The new age of "classics" are amongst us!

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2008)

Fight Club is arguably one of the most groundbreaking films since... what? Pulp Fiction? No, it must be The Good, The Bad and The Ugly! Or maybe, Citizen Kane...? Or could it be... Casablanca??? Maybe all of the above!
Fight Club is scarcely a considerable masterpiece. In some instances, that statement can be extremely biased, but I actually thought the same way after my first viewing of Fight Club, but that was because I had a hard time understanding it. Maybe it is highly recommendable that you give this film a second, third or maybe even ten viewings. Because it is a little challenging for some people to wrap their brain around a film like this, it used to give me a head-ache after every time I watched it. What it is, is that you need to watch it with a psychological view - if you understand basic psychology. It is one complex little film which has a lot to say about itself. What this film does is take you on an amazing journey through a person's mind, this might even concern YOUR mind and it gives you two kinds of resolutions: "Where to go and when to take action - or; when to slow down and think it over."
That aside, Edward Norton (American History X) and Brad Pitt (Se7en) are both simply groundbreaking in this film, they are perhaps the Humphrey Bogart and James Stewart of our generation! And of course the direction, cinematography and editing are all fabulous. It is in fact one of the most iconic, amusing, entertaining, stylish, brutal and thought-provoking films of our time and arguably of all-time!
Give yourself a "check-up" on yourself and not only watch this film, but analyze it - in the right way!
The other noteworthy classics of our age includes Se7en, The Matrix, The Usual Suspects, The Dark Knight, American Beauty and The Lord of the Rings.