One of the best movies ever made

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2007)

Long ago I saw Fight Club for the first time. Back then it was so precisely showing all that I felt about modern society, and a lot more, it just seemed like a divine revelation. I can hardly say how much and what it gave to me, but the closest word to describe it would be "hope".
Usually as time goes by, your point of few changes, you get into other roles in life and tend to distance yourself from turbulent times in the past. But looking back today, I have to realize, that although many things have changed, Fight Club is still what it was:
Not only can I still identify with its extreme criticism, not only is it still a uniquely deep and perfectly done movie, it still stands all alone, more alone then ever perhaps, with all it has said. Brad Pitt playing Tyler Durden has remained one of the best performances ever given - just like Edward Norton as anonymous main character of the movie. Norton portraying the "normal", sick life standard of modern societies, contrasting himself to and finding himself in Tyler Durden, the anarchistic mythical creature living in and from the idea of the portrayed life standard itself. (think of the plot at this point)
The movie's portrayal of our lifes is at least a strong call for realism towards our roles in a capitalistic world, which - in the terms of globalization for example - has never seemed more unheard. And this is exactly what makes Fight Club's devastating, anarchistic point of few so highly legitimate. In the end everything is subject of interpretation, as this subversive masterpiece has put every piece of even itself into a context highly ambivalent - consciously avoiding any constructive criticism.
Many have associated this movie with a Generation of people identifying with it. Looking back many years later, this is still true - with one addition: It is clearly going to be more then one generation.