Don't Fret About Plot 'Holes'

Rating: 9/10 (24 June 2001)

Fight Club is a genuinely entertaining and excellently produced flick. Why fret about Plot Holes? I see that many of the reviewers here lack the ability of the suspension of disbelief. This movie most certainly requires a certain suspension of all disbelief and inane, pretentious skepticism. The movie itself does not say something momentus or particularly original about the decadence of shallow American society. In this regard it is a lot like 'The Matrix' - attempting to say something profound about our world while still captivating those short attention span high velocity flick-loving American audiences. Granted both Fight Club and the Matrix accomplish this wonderfully. But also granted, both Fight Club and the Matrix textually say things about society and reality that are at best skin deep, akin to a particularly ambitious article pondering a mainstreamed existence you would find in say 'Seventeen Magazine.' But, don't let that bother you. Fight Club is well made for what it attempts, much better than The Matrix, I think. Don't miss it! 9/10.