Definitely NOT All It's Built Up To Be

Rating: 4/10 (26 November 2001)

This film has been claimed to be, by members of this site and others, to be one of the greatest movies of all time. I still can't get over how people could possibly think that. Did the movie suck? Definitely not Was it a decent flick? Yes.
The cinemetography , editing, and Fincher's directing were very good. The acting was superb. Brad Pitt delivered an excellent performance as Tyler Durden. And I still believe that Edward Norton is the best young actor today. The first 30-60 minutes were good. When Fight Club gets going and the whole Project Mayhem thing starts, it was a little ridiculous and my interest started to fade. Yes, the violence was entertaining to me, I AM still 18, but it was definitely a little much. The message that "you don't know who you are until you get into a fight" is just silly. And that Edward Norton can only realize that life can contain positive things through this club is pretty sketchy. It's not until the infamous ending that the film TOTALLY falls off in my opinion. The double personality thing turned me off from the movie. It made the rest of the movie seem worthless as opposed to the intended improved.
This to me was just your average psychological thriller that fails in it's attempt to kick you in the teeth with "whoa! that was amazing" and ends up slapping you in the face with "wow! nice try, but that is just plain ridiculous"