I have to break the first two rules!

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2020)

It's been a while since I've seen this film but I cannot keep quiet any longer. I have to talk about Fight Club!
Fight Club is about an insomniac office worker and a soapmaker who create an underground fight club which slowly evolves into something bigger and catastrophic.
This was on my watchlist for the longest time and I cannot believe how long it took me to finally see this insane film. I expected Fight Club to be an extremely violent venture but what I got was something deeper and psychological and loved every second of it. Having a director like David Fincher work on a film like this is a massive blessing. His way of directing is something else. The film looks absolutely stunning with its murky and dark colour palette which sets the tone and style perfectly. The screenplay by Jim Uhls is fantastic. It's filled with some of the most memorable and witty dialogue I've heard as well as one of the best twists ever put into a film. It's one I felt I shoud've seen coming but it really took me by surprise. Then thinking back to everything that happened before makes the twist so obvious and believable
Yes, this film is really violent but that's not what it focuses on. Fight Club presents us with many underlying themes and commentary such as hypermasculinity, death, isolation, he consumer-driven society we live in and more. It's ideas thicken and get complex as the film goes on which is why it's been on my mind for a long time. It's a film I would love to watch again and again to analyse its meanings further.
Aside from Fincher's direction and Uhls's screenplay, the performances are what make this film special. Brad Pitt gives an outstanding performance. One that'll be remembered for a really long time. He brings the character of Tyler Durden to life and owns every scene he's in. Edward Norton gives his breakthrough performance here and it's the best I've ever seen of him. I did not expect Helena Bonham Carter to do a role like this but she pulled it off really well.
Fight Club is a very unique film. The film gave us some of the most memorable characters, Oscarworthy performances, an engaging and unpredictable plot as well as one of the best twists in film history. David Fincher can mark this as another success in his book and let's hope Tyler Durden doesn't come after me for breaking his rules.