Time releasing mix of wisdom and action

Rating: 10/10 (28 August 2017)

This movie had been in my WatchList for a while and due to being a Brad Pitt starrer with a tell tale name I imagined it to be a hardcore action movie. Nothing could be farther than that notion.
The Narrator (Norton) is a Recall specialist of cars. His job is formulaic to him and he is doing well there. He is a compulsive shopper and suffers from insomnia. He cannot sleep and tries ways and means to get sleep.As fate would have it he meets Tyler Durden in a flight on his way back from a business trip. Tyler who makes soaps and tells him there are ways to make explosives at home and unlike Narrator believes in a non materialistic life. As a twist of fate ( or is it) these two become housemates and start fist fights as mode of recreation. This sport becomes popular enough to be a structured club and makes Tyler a cult leader.
This is such a clever movie and hides so much wisdom between its layers. The crux for the movie is how the young generation of today is having it all and yet so shallow and empty within. We try to fight our depressions and troughs in mood by retail therapy. We become the donkey with the carrot dangling in front of it. The corporate giants convince us that the secret to our happiness is the new anti wrinkle cream or owning the latest fashion or technology will ensure us the perfect soulmate and yet here we are doomed to strive on for the proverbial carrot. A generation slave to consumerism and driven by credit card companies. A generation whose pearly white smile doesn't sprout from the soul. Men who are members of the FightClub do fist fighting as recreation sans any ego or getting personal . These men could be anyone from a hot shot manager of a firm to your delivery truck guy. They invest their time after work in an active sport rather than drinking at the bar or playing video game in their room. While ideas and philosophies can be great but who knows when a philosophy becomes radical and an act of enlightenment becomes that of extremism. The line is so thin and it resides right within us. Even if you have firm faith on your leader should you not ask questions? When and how gradually does an avid anti materialistic movement becomes a militant group and what is that line that differentiates a degenerate from a guru? This movie reminded me of American Psycho and helped me better understand it too. FIGHTCLUB is stylish and punchlines to remember for life. Acting wise its a powerhouse with Edward Norton (Narrator) , Helena Bonham Carter (Marla Singer) and Brad Pitt (Tyler Durden) giving amazing performances. This movie far exceeded my expectations and it challenged my intellect.