Highly overrated!

Rating: 8/10 (9 March 2009)

"Fight Club" is a film that everyone talks about, either because they love it or they despise it. My impression of this psychological, violent thriller is of the latter, I'm afraid. The film starts out tremendously, as a small, absolute excitement focused on Edward Norton's character and this works perfectly until it reaches the middle. Here, the film starts downhill when it shifts its point of view from Norton exclusively to the now largely extended Fight Club. And eventually it hits rock bottom at its end. Here it completely betrays itself by neglecting the very exciting, minor psychological story of Norton's character and completely going all in on visual-effects, action-packed sequences and Helena Bonham-Carter's character, whose role until this minute has played no important part in events. It literally develops a sort of cinematic delusions of grandeur, and this does NOT suit the film at all! I'm afraid "Fight Club" is not as good as everyone says. Maybe as the Sunday-afternoon- rainy day fun it works, but as a film so critically acclaimed and loved, it disappoints and neglects. The acting is NOT that impressive, the story is well written, but NOT a masterpiece and the ending has plot-holes as big as its megalomania. To sum up, I honestly cannot comprehend why "Fight Club" is seeded as the 21st best motion picture of all times on IMDb's Top 250-list. I can't help thinking what marvels and jewels have been ignored in order for this movie to have its undeserved glory  and what a shame that is.