"On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero". Instant classic.

Rating: 9/10 (18 January 2015)

"Fight Club" is a masterpiece, a near perfect achievement that will be remembered for the ages. It is a very important film that will only grow increasingly more relevant as days pass.
It doesn't meet the status quo, it completely surpasses it and raises the bar higher for the films after.
The 3 main characters: the Narrator (Edward Norton), Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), and Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter) all completely astonished me, and changed my notions on the ability and importance of acting. Norton does a brilliant job at portraying the typical American man, in your typical American society, while gradually losing his sanity until he hits rock bottom. Carter was quite a surprise too, beforehand I was only familiar with her work in the Harry Potter series, so I had never imagined her as that good of an actress until watching FC. But the focal point of interest here in acting was none other than Brad Pitt. Prior to FC, I was a bit disappointed with this man's work. I thought he was rather bland in comparison to the praise he received. Boy, was I wrong. In his character as Tyler Durden, we seem him develop into this incredibly intriguing, complex, nihilistic, cynical, humorous, and likable character. Hell, there aren't enough adjectives and lectures to describe his character. The way Pitt portrays this character is the definition of shock value..... he looks as if he is literally losing his mental state in some scenes to the point whether you question Brad's mental stability rather than Tyler's. So, combining a character with so much depth, with the perfect actor to play him, in my book rules him as the most memorable character of all time (for now).
Nearly every line is quotable, there are multiple stunning scenes and fascinating subjects and themes less explored (consumerism, nihilsm, etc...) the concept is something rare but beautiful, and to top it all off, all of this is executed perfectly. FC is very dark, disturbing, harsh, cruel, but also exacting, blunt, truthful, mindful, and ingenious. The dialogue is also flawless, I already praised the quotes but a lot of the conversations and narration all around is just excellent.
Anybody trying to disown the film of its merits is either biased against Fincher (it's not exactly "cool" to like his work), a conformist to those biased, a simplistic individual, someone who thinks in black and white, or a pretentious, contrarian critic who believes the whole movie is exaggerated, when:
1. It never claimed to be a realistic depiction of anything. 2. It's just ambitious and imaginative, a great quality a lot of films lack and desperately need. 3. Ever heard of suspension of disbelief?
Fan-wise, one other issue I have is the misdirected adulation. The twist, while great, isn't even at the point of the movie, it's not even the best aspect of it. Just please, go watch this movie as soon as you can (and binge on it too for further comprehension), it's a cinematic essential no matter what anyone tells you. And who knows, it might inspire you enough to become a film buff as I did afterwards.
Find the beauty in darkness
Final score: 9.3/10