Very Dark Humor!

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2000)

**SPOILERS**When I rented this film I actually thought it was about some underground boxing club run by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. The trailer didn't help much. The only reason I rented it was because people I know were saying how good it was. And it was getting good reviews by people who don't exactly like Van Damme movies.
When I finally did watch it, it just blew me away!!! The scene where "Jack" ( or "the Narrator") was in his apartment ordering something on the phone and the furniture lined up around him like in IKEA catalogs was brilliant! It even had price-tags and descriptions of the item. And the plot twist in the end was really unexpected. It doesn't really work out though (like in the scene where their driving and Tyler deliberately crashes the car), but who cares anyway.
===WARNING: SPOILERS!==> While browsing through the reviews I noticed that someone wrote: "This film seeks to undermine all the merits of mankind, while embracing decay and destruction." What??? Were you watching the movie? It's about a guy (Jack)whose life is slipping away, and he unconsciously creates a person(Tyler Durden) that is everything he wants to be. That person hates this society and it's ever-growing commercialism (I do to but I donÂ´t go blowing up buildings!). In the end Tyler is so strong that he starts doing things that Jack would never dream of doing. So, he starts chasing him around trying to stop him, until he figures out that Tyler Durden is actually himself (Brilliant!). And, you know, stuff happens, blah blah blah, until "Jack" finally stops Tyler, regains control of his own life, gets the girl, and saves the day (Well, not really).
Phew! okay, glad that's over with. So in summation: A great film about how everyone is on the brink of insanity in our modern, commercial, fast food society, and how someone might just deal with it.
Oh, and by the way: Anyone who thinks this movie is all about how cool it would be to start your own Fight Club, or make homemade explosives out of soap, really missed the point.