SLEEPER.

Rating: 2/10 (17 August 2002)

I am back for my second review of Fight Club. Why, you ask? Because I was told I had an "inadequate" amount of evidence to prove my point! So here I go. Fight Club is a very strange, erratic movie that, quite honestly, nearly put me to sleep within the first ten minutes. It seemed that the whole movie revolved around an insomniac! And that's true--this movie is about nothing but a guy who can't sleep. For over half of it seems to be the very first movie that has no plot, no decent characters (what kind of main character is known only as "The Narrator"?), and a crummy soundtrack. I was SO disappointed. "Plot Outline: A man disillusioned by what his life has become encounters an exciting stranger who introduces him to a new way of life." Well, yeah, that's all fine and dandy, but this new way of life doesn't come in until WAY later. And once Fight Club is finally introduced, it is hardly shown. Then it turns into a macho group of terrorists... I'm sorry, but how utterly boring! From the commercials and video cover, I was expecting there to be a plot that revolved around the Fight Club. Instead, I was slapped in the face with this stupid terrorist group that doesn't serve a purpose. I now have to go to Helena Bonham Carter. Hey, lady, you did excellent in Planet of the Apes! But in this movie she plays as a rival counseling group member (speaking of which, what purpose do these groups serve for the movie? NOTHING! The final conflict, in which The Narrator (boy, that name is just so cool) is fighting "himself", is utterly pathetic. How boring. And then the buildings topple... and that's the end. Ho! Wait! I see a naked man from the waist down at the ending! Maybe this is the second reason people liked this stupid, boring movie so much. It shows both female AND male anatomy. How stupid! Repulsive! I DESPISED this movie. Now you know why. If, in fact, you STILL don't understand, listen closely: 1. Boring 2. No plot (adds to number 1) 3. Shallow characters 4. Actual film has hardly anything to do with its title 5. Constant swearing/nudity that sickened me 6. Music was cruddy Basically, this film reeked of anything but stupidity. I was so sick of it before the first half hour was up. I will never watch it again. And I hope my review will help keep you from watching it as well.