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Fight Club

October 19, 2018
By MovieReviewer_18 ELITE, Short Hills, New Jersey
MovieReviewer_18 ELITE, Short Hills, New Jersey
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Fight Club is a movie revolving around a depressed man that suffers from insomnia. In an attempt to help himself sleep, he goes to group therapy sessions for diseases that he doesn't possess. This buys him a slight bit of happiness, but this ends abruptly and all too soon. The depressed narrator then goes back to his boring life, but a spark is lit when he meets an interesting soap salesman named Tyler Durton. After the narrator's house is burned down, he asks Tyler if he can stay with him. The two guys then decide to take their hidden anger out by fighting each other. Other guys soon like the idea of fighting their problems away, and, thus, an underground fight club with very strict rules is born. However, Tyler's relationship with the narrator starts to go sour when Durton starts hiding things.

 This movie truly is one of a kind, and just naming a few movies with a similar plot is difficult. There are plenty of thrilling twists and turns that no one will see coming, and that's not even including the brilliant revelation that just changes everything. The movie elucidates a fair amount of themes that the everyday person can relate to; in the movie, most of the characters are poor, depressed, working people that feel like emotionless drones that only live to be miserable. Both Edward Norton and Brad Pitt have spectacular performances, and their on-screen chemistry is really remarkable. The ending of the movie is incredible and is a fitting end for the wild ride, while also managing to capture the movie's greatness, perfectly bringing the must see to a close.

 Fight Club also possesses many symbols that help to shape the outcome of the film, which eventually become more important as the movie goes on. Even though the movie is well done, some people might need to watch it twice, in order to truly understand what's going on and what's happening. However, when people truly understand the spectacularness of the movie, their minds will just be blown into bits and pieces. 

 Although the visual effects of the movie aren't outstanding or that note-worthy, they manage to get the job done, and there are a few scenes in which the special effects manage to shine superbly. As great as the movie is, for some reason Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie a 79%, which isn't terrible by any means but certainly doesn't seem like a good score for the international success that is Fight Club. However, a much more fitting 93% of Google users liked the movie, which is a great sign that showcases how fans seemed to be more than satisfied with the film.

 The movie successfully manages to do the book justice and then some. Fight Club is an excellent movie that should receive more recognition for being one of the coolest movies of all time.


The author's comments:

"The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club." - Tyler Durden


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