Positive

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 2003)

I view the movie Fight Club in the same way I do the book, I felt as I a had witnessed something revolutionary. With some exceptions, movies in the past two decades have had a somewhat formulaic design. Although I find it difficult to explain what this design is, it's easy to tell movies that deviate from this by the general feeling they leave after viewing them. For example, most people after watching Pulp Fiction or Memento probably feel somewhat disoriented and confused, but in a good way. These films are examples of deviation from the norm in a chronological manner. Fight Club deviates by making us question not only perceived reality, but the ideas and norms that society values(very similar to American Psycho). Are we too materialistic? Are we a generation of disillusioned men looking for a right of passage? Movies which questioned reality and challenged the viewer to see things in a varied prospective were much more common in the seventies, such as Apocalypse Now and even Harold and Maude. I want the movie to make me feel uncomfortable and question the way I view things. More movies should be like this.