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Art.
There are moments when Fight Club loses its pace; when moments drag. Put aside this one flaw, and put it aside you must, and you're left with a piercingly intelligent deconstruction of modern life. It is a movie perched on an overhang, with just enough height and distance to give a snarling, infuriariting perspective on a society that has turned us into docile husks. Ever feel that sinking emptiness inside, the hollow, clawing demise of your soul? Ever wish the plane you were on would crash, putting you and a couple of other hundred meaningless lives to rest? Fight Club tells us why it is so important to live, and what it means to take control of your life and scream to the heavens that you matter. Even if you don't.

That's where Fight Club begins for it's lead character; a man trapped, looking for a way out, knowing that he can't escape it alone. He needs a hero; a savant; an angel. And into his life walks Tyler Durden, a roaming, phantasmagorical Christ figure, ready to grab him by the neck and beat him into consciousness. I don't want to tell you more, but rest assured that the dialogue is crisp, insightful, and wonderfully real. The story is crystalline, full of metaphor, nuance, and irony. It is also breathtakingly violent, showing us how much we all need the equivalent of a sharp, short, shock to the face, to spit a few teeth into the sink, to feel the sting of lye burning through skin, through sinew, into bone. Pain may be the most real thing we have. It's the only thing that may make us listen--to ourselves and others.

Edward Norton and Brad Pitt shine, but so do the rest of the actors. The cinematography is lush at times; macroscopic at times; flamingly good. The directing is a wonder.

Films rarely are this good; stories are rarely so timely. And as you watch the final moments unfold, they may put current events in a very different perspective. Thank god this movie was made; it would not have been made later--as you will learn.

Watch it.

entertaining but not anything like the novel
Well, for those of us who struggled with Chuck Palahniuk's dark, unsettling, and extremely confusing novel, this movie provided a "quick reference guide". For those who haven't read the book or put it down after several pages (can't blame them), it makes for a good entertainment. Of course, that is, if your idea of entertainment is watching weak guys beat each other to the pulp.
There's no real drama in their lives, they're just looking for an outlet for all the testasterone. While some might just go to the weight room or a good dojo, these guys chose a fight club. The movie glosses over the lives that these guys lived prior to the onset of events, so it's not easy to grasp why they all of a sudden becoming freaks. Palahniuk's book certainly provided more background, grotesque as it was. This is certainly not a movie for the intellectuals, but neither it is a movie for a bunch of guys getting together for some beers and a flick. It's mildly disturbing, but not nearly as disturbing as it could have been. Ed Norton is his usual ice-cool self, Pitt is his un-usual intense alter ego. No one looks convincing in fight scenes with those personal-trainer-assisted musculature and choreography. Another "could have been" movie from Hollywood.

I want you to hit me as hard as you can
David Fincher, hands down is one of my favorite Directors working in film. Seven,The Game, Fight Club, Panic Room and even Alien 3(The script sucked, wasnt his fault)are examples of how a Great Director can make or break a Film. Finchers style fits Palahniuk's visions perfectly from Novel to Film. Im not going to rehash the plot here but pick this one up if you havent already. In fact grab anything by Fincher, he rarely dissapoints you, even if the material he is working with is sub-par. Fight Club isnt though and he parades us through Edward Norton's world of insomniac laden malcontent, a lifestyle of the 90's male stereotype. "We are a generation of Men raised by women." Tyler tells us, raised in a era of Divorce and materialism.Youre not your f*&(n khaki's! Still though, Buy it now!

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