Pretty Good - But Not Great

Rating: 7/10 (21 February 2013)

This movie has been hailed by many (mostly men) as the greatest movie of all time. It has been continually rising up the "Top 250" and now ranks as the 10th best on IMDb.
I'm sorry, after 4 viewings, I still do not get to that level. I don't think I ever will.
I have read many of the reviews and I agree with most of the positive comments and do not agree at all with most of the negative reviews. The movie is not dumb by any means. It is not an experience in testosterone driven world of violence. It is anything but a mess.
It is a very well written, extremely well directed, view into a dark anti-consumerism world.
The movie's message is recognize consumerism and reject consumerism. As such, it presents the conflict between two characters Tyler Durden played by Brad Pitt and someone who is called Jack, Rupert or Cornelius and who is played by Edward Norton.
Jack is quite a consumer, or at least at the start of the movie he is. There is also Marla Singer played by (Helena Bonham Carter), who is both like Tyler in most ways and like Jack in other ways.
Tyler is basically against everything society values, and virtually anything positive. He argues with, and eventually begins to win Jack over to his thinking. At one point, he fights Jack and the two of them create fight club. Tyler also has a sexual relationship with Marla, despite the fact that his friend Jack can't stand to be around her.
The movie has a good and memorable twist. The movie is loaded with numerous unique and memorable quotes. Most of the quotes are very negative. The movie is extremely intelligent and every frame of the movie is meant to be in the movie for some reason. The Director, David Fincher is Fantastic.
If we desperately needed a movie against consumerism: this is it! Here is one of the quotes:
"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet."
If we needed a positive movie or a positive message or to learn something positive, or something that at least makes us feel good or feel uplifted in some way,
This is not it,
and
This is anything but it.
Here is another one of the movies' unique quotes that gets shouted more than once:
"You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world."
Here is another line that someone shouts:
"You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else."
If you like dark negative movies, this is a good one. If you want to be uplifted, this is not your movie, it's Jack Movie as the DVD tells you.