Incredible

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2001)

I had actually rented this movie without any real idea as to what it was about. Like many people, I had seen the ads and heard reviews which focused 100% on the violence in the movie, and had assumed that it was a shallow romp about guys beating each other senseless. I was quite wrong.
To give an incredibly short summary: Nameless narrator (Norton) suffers from insomnia and an incredibly bland life with no meaning behind it. He goes to support groups for ailments he doesn't have and is okay, but after a woman shows up who is also faking he can no longer go. He meets up with Tyler Durden (Pitt) and they create Fight Club, gaining an extraordinary amount of members, and from there things continue to get more bizarre.
Now that doesn't tell nearly anything about the movie, simply an idea of what happens. It is easily the most cerebral movie I have ever seen (possibly tied with Being John Malkovich), and once it starts you can't stop watching. Every aspect of the movie is 100% original and you will find yourself watching it numerous times, because you cannot possibly catch everything the first time through.