Fight Club Review

There are movies which entertain you, and there are movie which provoke you. Fight Club is in the grey area.

Jack(Not named in the movie, but called the same in the script) is a typical everyday guy, trying to find the perfect balance between the expansions of his personal effects and his bank account. He runs into Tyler Durden, an impossibly self centered man with radical ideas who's sexy enough that it's illegal. They start a Fight club, a place where (quoting Jack) you can be GOD for a few minutes. How Marla singer fits into this, Fight Club metamorphosizing into something more sinister and the real identity of Tyler Durden forms the plot.

Edward Norton plays the narrator, an everyday man suffering from insomnia before finding a cure that satisfies his inner demons. He is slyly hilarious and brings the necessary gravitas to the character. But the character to stay with you is Tyler Durden played by Brad Pitt in a career defining role. While he oozes charm effortlessly, he also brings a lot to the table which is absent in the original Chuck Palahniuk's novel. Helena Bonham Carter plays Marla Singer, a tragic dark mess with sufficient charm. You won't even notice the other characters until familiar faces like Jared Leto pop up once in a while.

David Fincher took quite a gamble in directing Fight Club after the debacles of his previous releases. This was a movie which was way ahead of its time(and was expectedly rejected by the then audience). But his faith in the source material paid off in the long run, and Fight Club is now considered to be one of the best films ever made and rightfully so. The cinematography is impeccable, consistent with Fincher's works. The dialogues are sure to stick with you for years to come. Almost every line Tyler speaks is frame-worthy. The vinegar burn scene is the stand-out, though. Special mention to the opening credit graphics.

I made sure this review stays spoiler free, but the internet is not so kind. Stay away from spoilers if you don't want to ruin the experience of your life.