Fighting your problems all by yourself? .Call Tyler

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2007)

I wrote this review for school and thought i would post it on IMDb to see what people think.
It may contain spoilers Im not really sure
For six months he couldn't sleep. When a desperate insomniac (Edward Norton) tries everything to fight his perpetual state of sleep deprivation he meets the nihilistic renegade, Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt). Tyler solves his problems by having him fight something else late at night at their local bar. But Tyler has much bigger plans for them both and these club nights are only the beginning of a criminally anti-social sequence of events. This thought provoking thriller/black-comedy will keep you hooked up until the very last frame.
Fight Club, Directed by David Fincher, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, (Pronounced Paula-Nick) is set in the modern day in an average American City. The feel and overall look of Fight Club is very dark and cold as the majority of the film is set at night and mostly indoors. The Director does this to create a dark and at times, an unsettling raw atmosphere which can also be seen in Fincher's previous film, Seven (also starring Brad Pitt). The plot unravels at a constant and understandable pace which keeps you guessing until the end and even after the film has finished.
Edward Norton's character is the narrator of the film as well as the central character. He comes off at first as a pathetic and lonely man who suffers from insomnia and a desk job. He then develops into a person who realizes that he is capable of a lot more. Edward Norton's performance is brilliant as he portrays the quiet and confused office worker. Brad Pitt (Tyler Durden) plays the other main character in the film. He is a rebellious nihilist who is much more complex than he seems. Brad Pitt plays Tyler very accurately by staying true to the character in the novel.
Overall, Fight Club is a very dark but thought provoking film that, when first released in 1999, was seen just as an excuse to show violence and criminal activity on the big screen. Although the film is violent and at times somewhat disturbing, now that it is out on DVD, I hope more people will be able to see it and appreciate David Fincher's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's best selling first novel. I thoroughly enjoyed every scene of Fight Club and rate it 5 out of 5 stars.
W.Lawry