Human Progress - Blessing or a Curse?

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 2010)

This is not a movie you should go check out at your local cinema or rent for the sake of being able to pass the time at your Friday night's party. "Fight Club" is a work of art which must be seen at least three times to even begin to comprehend. The idea is a simple one and it belongs to the great Chuck Palahniuk. It's not the complexity of it that makes both Palahniuk's book and the movie based on it a must-read and a must-see. It's the way it's presented and the characters that present it. "Fight Club" isn't going to make you cry. You're not going to find it extremely funny either although it has it's moments. It throws some level of violence at the audience but if that's what you're looking for when you go to see this movie it will disappoint you. The directing, acting, cinematography and score are undeniably flawless but even they are not what makes this movie a masterpiece. The shining gem of this magnificent picture lies within the dual character of Edward Norton and Brad Pitt which combines and puts in opposition a "normal guy" and a true modern-day philosopher. The concepts of overpopulation and overconsumption are very familiar to everyone but nothing has ever made me question the "progress" of human society from it's very birth to our present day as this movie has. "Fight Club" aims to lift the shroud that we have put before our eyes, to pop the bubble of our comfort and remind us that what we use and consume in our every-day life is way over our necessities. And in this task the movie succeeds undoubtedly using rather shocking methods which I hope every serious viewer will not fail to notice.