Beyond excellence, lies spiritual overtones

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 2005)

This film is quite possibly the best film in recent history. The original book is a must read for a fan of this top caliber film. A quick, easy read that provides great depth, and amazingly, quite a different story than the film.
Both are divine and the author himself actually disclosed that he enjoyed the film's ending more than his own. The film is perfectly structured, featuring a trio of protagonists, of which would normally present disaster, but here the film blends a tango of terror beautifully.
The clean cut narrator (whose name is never revealed, but is assumed to be Jack), meets the eccentric wild man Tyler Durden who begins to set up an underground boxing match. The object is not to win the fight, but to realize what it is to be a man.
Once the men embrace their freedom, Tyler launches a plan that spirals recklessly out of control, and "Jack", who's always been the control freak, can't handle it.
Enter the third leg, Marla Singer. "Jack's" hate interest. The woman he despises but can't force himself to get rid of. Tyler constantly ravishes her to say the least. The fornication is overly absurd and hilarious at the same time hearing the screaming from three floors down.
Overall, Tyler is a man on a mission. He is the ultimate spiritual guru. Who is he? What does he represent or stand for? I'll let you decide. This is as close to a divine film as you will find in today's Hollywood.