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Fight Club
1999 Directed by : David Fincher.
A film about the banality of an insomniac's life and the extreme changes that occur in his life upon a chance meeting with the elusive and charasmatic Tyler Durden.
Ah, Fight Club, perhaps the first great film of the 21st century. A film that points out the futile pursuit of happiness through the purchase of desireable but non-essential products, and also makes though provoking social comment on today's modern man.
Fight Club is one of those films that seems to be universaly loved or loathed, it's also one of those films that people seem to be able to quote automatically, as well as have deep opinions on.
I've talked about Fight Club in various company, and many people often have their own take on the underlying social commentary and meaning in the film, as well as their own views on how relevant it is to todays modern society.
But let's not get too deep into the subliminal and hidden meanings.
Fight Club is another modern day classic in my mind, there is a lot in the film that I can relate to, and in Tyler Durden we have an instant icon.
I'm a huge fan of Norton and Pitt as actors, both have made some excellent and challenging films in between making standard Hollywood fluff to pay the bills.
Pitt is fantastic as Tyler, a great performance, and his many nuances crack me up every time I watch the film. Norton also gives a fantastic performance, especially as the straight man, a harder role to portray whilst Pitt seems to be given full reign to do whatever he pleases.
I'm not a big fan of Helena Bonham-Carter, but again she is perfect in the role of the oddball Marla, and gives a great performance.
Fincher is a fantastic director, one whom I greatly admire, and for anyone who has ever read Chuck Palahiuk's work will realise the difficult task he undertook to make the film of the book.
The continual sense of anarchy set against the protagonists vision of freedom is a difficult act to balance, but Fincher uses tons of dark humour and cool visuals to help achieve this, and it would have been easy for a lesser director to loose the plot and the audience.
Admittedly, some of the CGI used looks very unrealistic to the trained eye ( guess what I'm studying at film school at the mo! ), but it is used sparingly enough that it never becomes a major issue.
Well, in posting this review, I've already broken two major rules:
1. Never talk about Fight Club.
2. You never talk about Fight Club!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know this because Tyler knows this.
Cult film that I like so much, I even changed my avatar.
Rating 4.99/5
1999 Directed by : David Fincher.
A film about the banality of an insomniac's life and the extreme changes that occur in his life upon a chance meeting with the elusive and charasmatic Tyler Durden.
Ah, Fight Club, perhaps the first great film of the 21st century. A film that points out the futile pursuit of happiness through the purchase of desireable but non-essential products, and also makes though provoking social comment on today's modern man.
Fight Club is one of those films that seems to be universaly loved or loathed, it's also one of those films that people seem to be able to quote automatically, as well as have deep opinions on.
I've talked about Fight Club in various company, and many people often have their own take on the underlying social commentary and meaning in the film, as well as their own views on how relevant it is to todays modern society.
But let's not get too deep into the subliminal and hidden meanings.
Fight Club is another modern day classic in my mind, there is a lot in the film that I can relate to, and in Tyler Durden we have an instant icon.
I'm a huge fan of Norton and Pitt as actors, both have made some excellent and challenging films in between making standard Hollywood fluff to pay the bills.
Pitt is fantastic as Tyler, a great performance, and his many nuances crack me up every time I watch the film. Norton also gives a fantastic performance, especially as the straight man, a harder role to portray whilst Pitt seems to be given full reign to do whatever he pleases.
I'm not a big fan of Helena Bonham-Carter, but again she is perfect in the role of the oddball Marla, and gives a great performance.
Fincher is a fantastic director, one whom I greatly admire, and for anyone who has ever read Chuck Palahiuk's work will realise the difficult task he undertook to make the film of the book.
The continual sense of anarchy set against the protagonists vision of freedom is a difficult act to balance, but Fincher uses tons of dark humour and cool visuals to help achieve this, and it would have been easy for a lesser director to loose the plot and the audience.
Admittedly, some of the CGI used looks very unrealistic to the trained eye ( guess what I'm studying at film school at the mo! ), but it is used sparingly enough that it never becomes a major issue.
Well, in posting this review, I've already broken two major rules:
1. Never talk about Fight Club.
2. You never talk about Fight Club!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know this because Tyler knows this.
Cult film that I like so much, I even changed my avatar.
Rating 4.99/5