" first rule of fight club is , do n't talk about fight club .
"
this quote deals directly with my opinion of this film , because quite frankly ,
it 's not even worth mentioning .
director david fincher ( seven ) has completely gone over the edge . with crude humor , an intolerable script and 2 hours and 19 minutes of pure torture ,
i 'm surprised i did n't walk out
.
this just goes to show that hype kills .
it 's very rare that a film so hyped up as " fight club " turns out to be noteworthy , and this is no exception .
the story goes like this .
edward norton is an insomniac trying to enlighten his dull life by going to a variety of disease therapy sessions , until he meets marla ( helena bonham carter ) .
norton claims that she is wrecking his pleasurable lifestyle , when he spots her at a session that he also attended .
apparently the disease sessions help them see what life is like , literally living in pain .
why any person would think of such a thing is beyond me , but things do get worse .
norton is soon assigned to a job that calls for traveling , and it 's on a plane that he meets tyler durden ( brad pitt ) .
the two men develop a bond , and go out to a bar , and by golly after they get drunk , the two pitiful characters fight .
how do they come up with this stuff ?
anyway , their fighting catches other pathetic loser 's attention , and a club is formed .
out of all this mess , there manages to lie a message .
fincher shows us that society is like robots .
we work in our jobs doing things step by step , and want out .
our insanity gets to our brain and makes things worse than they really are , and we blame it on others .
call me crazy , but this is common knowledge .
i think fincher was acting as if the film is moodier and more poignant than it really is , which is probably one of the reasons it fails miserably .
even with two good actors , and a solid actress , they only manage to weaken the story .
i could n't help but hide my face in shame when norton beats himself up into a bloody pulp .
it just shows how desperate the script is for attention .
i guess brad pitt was right for this role , because i felt like beating him up myself .
his bothersome and depressing character
, made me disgusted at his 20 million fee .
it only showed me that he was in it for the money and nothing more .
helena bonham carter however really had no purpose .
she just popped up on screen , mumbled some lines , smoked and left .
this continues for what seems like 6 hours .
the film drags on and my headache gets bigger , while " fight club " nears what i think might be the end .
unfortunately by then , the film hits rock bottom .
though the conclusion kept my interest for a mere 5 minutes , it backs down again and continues to move at a snails pace
.
on a side note , the trailer shows the only redeeming elements of the film , that coincidentally lasts the same amount of time that they did on the trailer .
fincher will hopefully regret making this film or at least learn a lesson .
concentrating on the atmosphere or a particular key moment , wo n't do any good if everything else is in need of support .
also , i 'm afraid that immature men might respond to the film 's violence .
the last thing the world needs is people praising a leader of a pointless cult .
when the film ends , i 'm just glad to get home and take some advil .
you 'll either enjoy what the film has to offer , or agree with ed norton when he says
" this is so f
*
* * ing stupid .
"
Output: N