After all these years, finally piling on

Rating: 10/10 (7 March 2015)

Just watched it again. Checked my IMDb "Reviews" list... surprised to see that I never got around to commenting on it!
In a nutshell; one of those flicks that has a shimmering, gemlike mythology at its heart, and a Heisenbergian event cloud wildly thrashing about, to and fro, around that myth. The actual depicted events of the story often conflict, presenting sometimes rather smudged plot lines and character studies. Somehow, one finds occasional lapses in the storytelling. You can easily see how and why Fight Club was a popular punching bag for the cream of the cinema criticism corps. It is, plainly, a self-indulgent mess.
But it has these saving graces: As stated above, it has a seductive myth at its core; the myth of the birth of an anarchist package deal, with praxis and theory seamlessly integrated. Beside that, you've got decent production values, a "labor-of-love" feel, some great ensemble work, and direction that strangely errs on the side of _Sound of Music_- style cornball(!).
But I still remember the feeling I had when I first saw this. I talked about it, with friends, for months. Was I just an impressionable youth? Sure. At least, it flatters me (sort of) to think of myself as having been a "youth" at the age of 45!
And watching it again, in 2015, I still sagely nod at key moments in the exposition. The mythology shines through like a nuclear blast through opaque film stock.
Check it out.