Very cool

Rating: Null/10 (8 October 2004)

Fight Club is a bizarre film. There's no other word for it. Visually, Requiem of a Dream is probably just as weird, but when it comes to the message and how it makes you feel, Fight Club is in a class by itself.
It's hard to review Fight Club without spoiling it, but I'll do my best.
Edward Norton's character (nameless, I believe, throughout the film) is the epitome of the young corporate man. He works for a sprawling company, has an expensive condo, nice clothes, and an average routine. But life is boring--- full of anonymous people, hotel rooms, Ikea, and TV dinners.
Enter Tyler Durden, a bizarre and addictive man who lives in a terrible house and is the absolute antithesis of corporate America. He is intriguing, amazing, dangerous--- everything Edward Norton's character wants to be. Enter Marla, a strange young woman he meets in the support groups he attends (through a false name and a pretend illness). Enter Fight Club--- a world of beating the snot of each other, a man with man boobs, and driverless, careening cars in the rain.
This is Fight Club, a movie that will grab you around the throat and keep you awake at night.
I'd see it again. And if you're absolutely comfortable with your life, you should see it, too. Bizarre and amazing and incredible in every aspect, Fight Club is probably one of the most addictively insane films I've ever seen.