What a disappointment

Rating: 3/10 (14 February 2011)

So It's been 12 years since this movie came out, and I've finally gotten around to watching it. Given I was seven when it came out so the content would've been unsuitable. Still I've heard for years how good this movie, heard all the memorable quotes, everything that sort of surrounds a cult film like this. So I can't begin to tell you how disappointing this film is. One thing to remember before watching the film is that it's not about fighting, so don't even expect a few cheap thrills from the action, cause the fisticuffs are short, few, and far between. Yeah it's a metaphor for the male role in modern society, what a rip off.
It's crap masquerading as intellectual, and important, but really it's just burying itself in grit and violence, and tricking you all into thinking it's a smart film, just because it's dark and misanthropic nature. Don't get me wrong a dark and gritty film can be excellent, however Fight Club doesn't deliver anything but sloppy, bloody punches. It's well shot, and the acting is good, but it's just completely devoid of entertainment. Setting aside the fact that it's one of the most depressing films I've had the displeasure of seeing, where 90% of the dialogue is Norton whining about his petty problems, and then going about like a total ponce and faking real problems to get attention. Somehow I'm supposed to care about this character? He's a douche, an unsympathetic, pathetic, boring douche, not the everyman that this movie thinks he is. The protagonist isn't this film's only flaw, it's arrogant, and pretentious, and has this twisted view of the world which it has deluded itself into believing everyone else shares.
In short this is a popular film, and you will probably like it more than me, especially if you've got a taste for the realistic and seedier side of film making, but please don't just be like swarms of other people and actually view this film objectively, rather than just going in and getting psyched because of it's cult status, and basically tricking yourself into thinking you like it. It's a movie that tries to make you think, but unfortunately few do, please think about the content. Now I just wish that my first IMDb review weren't a negative one.