Beautiful, yet underwhelming

Rating: 7/10 (7 September 2018)

I just watched Fight Club (which was ashamedly the first time I had done so), and I must say I was thoroughly underwhelmed.
This could be a problem with the hype around it meaning my expectations were set really high, but at the same time I never see the hype around many David Fincher productions. This film is similar to David Fincher's other critical success - se7en. Both films are beautifully shot, Fincher's cinematography is characteristically dark but captivating and beautiful. However Fight Club, much like se7en, fails to capture me in its narrative.
The message of this film is that consumerism is making everyone a slave to society, suppressing every man's inner urges and masculinity, so people should be allowed to express their inner primal urges (but not let it entirely consume you). This is well discussed in films, and not new, but to the film's credit it deals with it in an imaginative - but not subtle - way.
Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter are great, but I failed to get invested in any of them to be honest. A well shot and imaginative yet underwhelming film. 7/10.