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Is there a president for the Fincher Fan club?
David Fincher is my favorite director. I have seen all of his films except Alien 3 because Fincher hates Alien 3 and the studio screwed with him on it. I have all of his movies, you could call it a collection, and I am really looking forward to Gone Girl.
I remember my first David Fincher movie. This was a few years ago and my dad had decided to get two Brad Pitt movies from Netflix. The first was Inglorious Basterds which I watched right away because I hadn't got to see many Tarantino movies and I was wondering what all the hype was about. The other movie he got was Fight Club. I had never seen it before, and barely knew what it was about. It was later in the morning and I was still wearing my pajamas and hadn't showered yet. We popped Fight Club into the dvd player and started watching. It had my attention right away. "What are these crazy opening credits? Someone's brain? That's awesome! I thought this was just a fighting movie!" I realized that this film had so much more in it. I was so used to pointless stories that are just meant to entertain, but Fight Club had a message. "A message in a movie? A movie that makes you question the society you live in? What is this?" I was enthralled in the message of consumerism and started to realize that they were right. We do care too much about what we buy in this society. The characters were stunning! "Our narrator goes to support groups when he's not even sick? What's wrong with this guy? Wow this Marla girl is crazy! What's wrong with her? I thought main characters were supposed to be smart and clear headed, I can't believe this." And then we meet Tyler. Tyler has a certain way about him. There is so much intrigue and mystery behind him you wonder "Why does he do these crazy things? What could POSSIBLY be the explanation for this?" And they give you an explanation, and all of a sudden all the horrible things that Tyler does becomes justifiable and you start to side with him and want to follow him. Tyler Durden puts the audience in the same feeling of trust and awe as he does the members of Fight Club.
I know I've talked about Fight Club more than Fincher, but let me just tell you that this film mesmerized me. I was whisked away into another world. I was completely involved in the story and had never seen anything like it. I had never seen a movie that made me see the world differently when it was over, it made me think "If a film can change someone's perspective on society, then amazing things can be done with film. You can change lives. Someday I want to make a movie that will change someone's outlook and will keep them in awe from beginning to end and long after the movie is finished."
I also noticed how good the movie looked. I'm pretty sure I watched this movie on DVD on a normal dvd player without an hdmi cable, and it looked fantastic. I remember checking to see what year the movie was made because it looked so recent. "The camerawork was fantastic! Why does the movie have this green tint to it? It looks amazing! I've never seen anything like it!"
After the movie was over I could not stop thinking about it. I started thinking about my life and how one day maybe I could make a movie like that. A movie that was so good, it would leave audiences stunned and thinking about their lives and thinking "Maybe there is still hope for good movies. Maybe there is hope for modern day classics. Maybe some movies from our generation will be remembered as fondly as those older films."
I looked up David Fincher and saw that he had done many other movies and I wanted to see them instantly. I saw that they all had that same look with the green tint, and they were made with such precision. He takes care of his films like they were his children. He notices things noone else can and changes them. He is a perfectionist and if more films can be made with the precision and carefulness that Fincher has, then there is still hope for good films.
If there already is a president of the David Fincher fan club I will settle for just being in it. But if there is no president, I would greatly appreciate it if you considered me. If you took the time to read this super long post, thank you.