Fight Club Review

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2011)

Fight club is definitely yet to be challenged in the genre of cult films, of all the cult films i have seen clockwork orange has come the closest but still lacks a touch of brilliance that fight club brings to the table.
Firstly i want to talk about the performance of brad pitt, it has to be the best of his acting career. The character of tyler durden is completely mastered, the film's interpretation of the books tyler, was very accurate, a person who believes that working for what society deems to be normal, sitting in a office typing your life away to buy things we don't even need, is hit head on from the performance of brad pitt.
David finchers view of the world according to fight club is frighteningly realistic, in parts of the film the philosophical theme can leave you thinking whether working for the rest of your life is actually the answer, Finchers unusual concept of directing was perfect for fight club, in my opinion if anybody else had tried to interpret chuck palahniuk's novel, it would have crashed to the ground faster than the release hot shots part deux.
The quotations used in the film are scripted to perfection, delivery of the quotes are also perfect. Also i have to complement fincher again on his choice of actor/actresses, Norton plays the part of a sleepless insomniac dead on and helena bohnan carters role as the girlfriend dragged into the crazy world of the narrators character is nailed, The way the philosophies are brought into the films are also quite controversial, (I would tell you specific examples but i cannot include any spoiler), controversy is the core of any remotely successful cult film, which makes fight club the most crucial ingredient to the genre.