Wow

Rating: 4/10 (19 May 2011)

There are three main characters in this film. Brad Pitt plays Tyler Durden, who is Edward Norton's imaginary being. Edward Norton plays the narrator and has no real name due to he is really Tyler but doesn't really think so. Helena Bonham Carter plays Marla Singer. She meets Norton's character at addiction meetings and help groups. She is sleeping with Brad Pitt's character of Tyler Durden, but in the end, we find out she has really been sleeping with Norton's character. The only character's name that could give something away would be Edward Norton's character due to him not even having a name; they just call him the narrator. Brat Pitt's character always looks nice after a fight, like it didn't even happen, and that is how most girls imagine an attractive man to look like. Edward Norton's character always looks tired, run-down, and like he doesn't care about anything. Carter's character Marla looks crazy. Her hair is always messed up, as well as her make-up.
The setting is mysterious and dark. It takes place in a city, but the viewers are never given a specific city, which lets them know that a fight club could be started anywhere. The mood of the film was depressing and gives off the feeling that no one cares about anything you do, and everyone's lives suck. I feel the setting and mood make Norton's character show his true colors. There are a lot of crime looking areas and run down places in the film and it could be foreshadowing how Norton's character is feeling inside.
The point-of-view is the narrator, Edward Norton. Imagery I took from the film was the way Brad Pitt and Edward Norton looked. Pitt's character always was in great shape while Norton's character always looked worn out. Pitt's character is the typical standard for women of what a man should look like, and Norton's character is the typical crazy looking person people imagine. The camera angles in the film show you who is talking and, in a way, from whose point-of-view we are in at the time. In a few scenes, Norton's character breaks the fourth wall when he looks directly into the camera and talks to the audience. The music is music directors put in to add suspense and to let the viewer know when something big or important is going to happen.
The movie "Fight Club" was an interesting and confusing movie. There were many twists in the plot that kept me watching and trying to figure out what was going to happen next. This movie gives viewers an insight into what it's like to have a mental health problem like Edward Norton's character has in the film. Overall it was a good film because it kept you watching and intrigued by everything that was going on.