David Fincher's best movie

Rating: 9/10 (4 December 2015)

This is the ultimate cult classic movie. For this reason it is hard to believe it is adapted from a book, but it is, and apparently it follows the novel closely (I don't know exactly, because I haven't read the book.) Perhaps for this reason, upon it's release it wasn't highly regarded, as many book to screen adaptations are not.
This movie is about a man known only as 'The Narrator.' He is a very average type of office worker. If he was in a large crowd of people, no one would notice him. The most interesting thing about him, is that he suffers from insomnia (inability to sleep.) After his apartment accidentally catches fire, he decides to move out for a while. Soon he meets Tyler Durden, a soap maker, who just doesn't have a care in the world.
Tyler is presented as the exact opposite of the narrator, which becomes VERY significant later on. The move into a house together, and every now and then they go to a bar for a few drinks. This is where thy start the fight club, and it grows into much much more. These two men started it, and eventually many people join, and they become almost a mini terrorist organization. This is a far cry from the narrator, who at the start was a simple, almost boring, office worker.
Tyler's greatest moment is when he's giving a speech about motivations, about "how we're brought up to think we're going to be celebrities, or rock stars, but we won't. We're slowly learning that fact" are the types of things he says to motivate the fight club, in it's early stages.
Then he suddenly disappears. The 'fight club' has become a mini terrorist organization, and the narrator no longer wants to be a part of it. He then runs into Tyler. Except no he doesn't, he has a self confession. Tyler Durden isn't a person. He is the narrators alter ego, who he (the narrator) created to feel more powerful in the world around him, rather than just an insomniac office worker.
There is of course much more to the movie than this, such as the main female character, who creates complications for the narrator, the members of the fight club risking their lives, and so on and so forth.
Fight Club is a cult classic, but it may not be the most appealing movie. It is at times quite dark, and has an interesting ending, one that took me a few watches to completely understand. Nevertheless it is an interesting movie (genre isn't certain but it's pretty much a drama/thriller/crime hybrid and I give it 8/10