A movie that you will think about long after you have seen it.

Rating: 7/10 (5 August 2000)

I rented Fight Club with reservations. I thought it was a film about a bunch of guys beating each other senseless, but the reviews were good. The film was much more than I expected and held my interest from beginning to end. It is a movie that you will think about long after you have seen it. I would have originally rated it a "6", but a week later I raised that to a "7". I was tempted to go higher, but it has been months since I have seen it, and I know there were parts where I thought "oh, come on, this is bordering on ridiculous". It is a great commentary on modern society told with lots of insight and a surprising amount of humor. I didn't expect a "surprise" ending, but started to suspect that things were not what they seemed to be. Now when people ask me if I have seen any good movies recently, the Fight Club is the first one I recommend. Although I have no desire to be beaten to a pulp or to do that to anyone else, I could certainly identify with many of the ideas expressed by Edward Norton's character.