Off-the-wall strange production...

Rating: 8/10 (16 February 2003)

1st watched 2/16/2003 - 8 out of 10(Dir-David Fincher): Off-the-wall strange production that is basically about a middle-of-the-road man trying to change things in his life and the world around him by becoming his ultra-ego. Yes, it is about a fight club and it does have Brad Pitt in it and this is basically all we're told about this movie by the sales people. This movie is so much more than that! It is definetly one that needs to be seen again to get a full understanding of what's going on. It seems simple enough in the beginning, kind of. The middle-of-the-road guy meets an off-the-wall free spirit in Brad Pitt and then becomes further and further involved in his life. They start a club together to basically get out our frustrations from daily life by pummeling our fellow man and then living to go another round. The association becomes more and more complex and increasingly more specifically focused on corporate america until a wild finale with the two men, who are really one man, duking it out on each other to the very end until one side wins over the other. The romantic interest, played by Helena Bonham Carter is kind of just thrown into the middle of this whole mess but sticks with the one man until the very end. If I've confused you, I'm sorry. See the movie and you'll know why I'm confused!! But it's a good kind of confusion that I like to see in films of unique quality like this one and the more publicized Memento. It's amazing that this was distributed by one of the big boys(20th Century Fox) despite it's uniqueness. I guess, Brad P. threw some of his money in on this one.