OUTSTANDING!!!

Rating: 10/10 (30 November 2000)

After the previews I saw I was not excited about seeing the film. The scenes of fight, the scent of violence, the blood splitting everywhere is not my idea of a great movie. BUT, first: this is not just a movie. Second: previews -in an average percentage- are 98 to 100 a joint of images that has nothing to do with the movie itself. And third: THE MOVIE WAS NOT ABOUT THE KIND OF FIGHT -meaningless and ridiculous- that guys for any reason could -and do- have. This film TURNED ON MY BRAIN in a way that only those who wanna take a chance and see it will certainly experience. I can tell, this movie is as powerful enough to change lives. Edward Norton, as always, is by all means gifted. He can make you feel anything and everything just with a gesture. From my humble position of an amateur actress I envy his skills and I'm willing to go to hell for this sin. It is amazing the way he works and the feelings he manages with, like a magician... taking them out of his top-hat soul and making them appear in ours. That's magic. That's talent. That's him. God did not touched him, God grabbed him! Brad Pitt is an amazing actor too, and together they are unbeatleable...! Dinamite for emotions. Soap plus other stuff, you know...
This cast, Palahniuk's idea and Fincher's direction made this movie a story that could not be possibly better. I hardly recommend this movie to EVERYBODY, specially to those who are in their 20's. You, male or female, will feel with an amazing intensity how close you are to Norton's character. Won't, can't and don't want to say anything else. This is not a movie to spoil with 'previous words'. But see it, feel it, get amazed and then talk by yourself. The 'after words' will be inevitable. And your thoughts will never be the same. And you'll be thankful for that.