The Irony

Rating: 8/10 (11 June 2008)

The movie is not the twist, it's the movie. Surrounded by hype, and a video game tie in(irony), it's still a great adaptation of an alright book. Like it or not this movie had a big impact on a lot of people, not mentioning those who actually started less philosophically concerned fight clubs of their own(i can think of a few sadly). It's not the greatest movie ever made, though it will be for a while for some(blush). It's another in a line of effective points of zeitgeist for modern counter-culture (The Matrix, Donnie Darko, etc.) and all that jazz, but it is effective. And the actors Pitt, Norton, Cater, and even Meat Loaf, all turn out iconic performances. As a great movie moment in transgressive literature it works, but not the best movie ever. Good for what it is, if you can sift through the hype and the violence.