Quite simply, one of the best movies ever!!!

Rating: 10/10 (8 April 2006)

"Fight Club" is very much like a lot of art. You either love it or hate it. This movie does not eschew difficult topics or hesitate to delve into some pretty serious content about society and its inner workings, all the while delivering one of the most memorable movie-going experiences I have had thus far in my life. Yes, Fight Club is that good.
In an age where studios seem to be afraid to create, market, and distribute challenging films, relying more and more on material originating not from the creative process but from the sterile and puerile environs of a focus group, Fight Club stands as the rarest of treats. Here is a film that has the gumption to ask the fundamental question: What is life in a postmodern society all about and is it worth living the way it is currently constructed, or is a change in order? Many have cited the recent releases of films such as "Crash" and "Syriana" as evidence of Hollywood getting back to producing material which serves to challenge the status quo and discuss some important issues. I would beg to differ. It was quite clear to me, after watching both films, that what Hollywood was doing was playing it safe. It released films that reflected its own left-leaning politics, knowing full well that they will be heartily embraced by the media as reflections of their own well-entrenched values. Then, it surmised, it could look around and say to anyone who would listen that they are making important and politically relevant statement, when in fact all they are engaged in is preaching to the converted. Not very daring at all.
"Fight Club" transcends pat classifications and easy categorizations and attempts to appeal to all audiences. That it does not succeed in doing so should not in any way diminish the enormous achievement the filmmakers were able to realize. Whether you like the underlying message of the film or not is not important. What is important is that somebody had the nerve to ask tough questions and propose their own theories and answers to them. Now, that, is quite rare courage indeed.
Notice that I did not give you many details about the movie. This is because "Fight Club", like many movies, needs to be experienced from the vantage point of having an open and curious mind and a hunger for world-class film-making. That, "Fight Club" has in abundance. Enjoy!