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Fight Club is a slick combination of art and entertainment. Ultimately, it’s a cautionary tale of consumerism's breeding and antagonization of toxic masculinity. Through the chaos, Fight Club offers emotional vulnerability as the solution to that vicious cycle. Indeed, this narrative is as relevant as ever. Plus, Pitt and Norton bring intense passion to their roles. Norton fluidly evolves from dejected, to invigorated, to overwhelmed, to empowered. Meanwhile, Pitt is at his absolute best, forcefully embodying his cult of personality. Collectively, these dynamics produce a perfect storm of commentary, impact, and relatability that will draw a reaction from all viewers.
Simultaneously, Fincher creates an existential atmosphere that feels both alluring and unhinged. Visually, this is done with symbolic colors, hypnotic camerawork, and surreal composition. The audio contributes with meta narrations, psychological distortions, and exaggerated sounds. The editing has a super-charged structure and tempo, melding realities and giving the film a dreamlike quality. Additionally, the production design blends chic with decay, the effects are modern yet gritty, and the soundtrack ends with the best song possible (all of which underscore the themes). Overall, Fight Club is a masterpiece of contemporary angst and a punch of renegade art.
Writing: 10/10
Direction: 10/10
Cinematography: 10/10
Acting: 10/10
Editing: 10/10
Sound: 10/10
Score/Soundtrack: 8/10
Production Design: 9/10
Casting: 10/10
Effects: 9/10
Overall Score: 9.6/10
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💤Fight Club (1999)👊
Unhappy with his capitalistic lifestyle, a white-collared insomniac forms an underground fight club with Tyler Durden, a careless soap salesman. Soon, their venture spirals down into something sinister. "The first rule of Fight Club is, You do not talk about Fight Club." I might have to break that first rule just to say how amazing this movie was! This film is one everyone talks about, but I never really gave it a thought until I stumbled upon it one day on Netflix. I recognised it was a David Fincher movie, which never disappoint, so I just couldn't hold back! This movie is an adaption of the 1996 novel by the same name. This is relevant because there are very few changes to the layout of the movie and writing of the script, which I appreciate. Books typically go into alot more depth when telling a story and have the reader really connect to the characters, so I liked that they kept that element in the film. The main character is an insomniac who attends Trama Recovery groups and sessions as a means to help him get better sleep. When he goes there he cries, and that helps him get much needed rest, a couple more hours each night. Sounds kind of odd, I know, but he soon becomes frustrated when the novelty of it all begins to fade as he grows distracted by his surroundings, preventing him from letting out his emotion. This leads to him losing sleep once again. I wont go into too much detail as this film is much more enjoyable when you have no prior knowledge of the events that take place. It makes it even more shocking and confusing (in a good way). But I will say that I liked that most of what you needed to know was all explained by the end of the film, and just a little bit of information was left for you to piece together. This film will leave you questioning everything and everyone, but I think that's one of the best attributes of this movie. So with that being said, when people say this film is good, they mean this film is great! David Fincher has directed so many outstanding films with mind bending endings and this is definitely one of them! 9.3/10
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