Excellent, favourite movie

Rating: 10/10 (28 November 2011)

This film was a contrast of the sheltered life and the life we all wish we could live, but can't do to societal restraints. Ed Norton is a very boy-ish looking person, which is perfect for the role of the sheltered Narrator. Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pitt, is an excellent contrast because (after some obvious training behind the scenes) he is muscular, taller, and a great deal more sure of himself. I suppose it's a bit ironic that Tyler, played by Pitt, was advocating the fact that we are all the same decaying matter as everything else, and that we'll never grow up to be movie stars, but he is a movie star. Just something that always struck me as strange. The casting, despite that, was perfect in my opinion. The comedy and the action mixed perfectly to keep you interested enough to know exactly what was trying to be said. The duo between Pitt and Norton is perfect in executing this comedy-action style. Even the choice of cars being used, a Lincoln (all Lincolns look more or less the SAME) is used and is comparable to the fact that everyone is (should be) equal. The goriness of the movie during the fights were perfect, and they were very realistic. Fights were never made to seem glamorous, but raw and bloody and painful. They did not sugar coat any of the movie in any way. Tyler's decrepit house where they the Narrator and Tyler lived was perfect. Isolated and broken, relative to the Narrators psyche at the time. If you haven't seen it, you should watch this film. If you have seen it, you should watch it again! Strong message, and strong acting accomplished it well.