I’m about to break the first rule of Fight Club. Fight Club fits into the 1999 trend of people who are fend of with their normal lives. It was far more aggressive than movies like Office Space or American Beauty. Eventually gaining a cult status despite polarizing reviews. Similar to David Fincher’s previous directorial effort SE7EN, the intense tone of Fight Club was a bit much for me. Fight Club is about a nameless insomniac narrator played by Edward Norton. His perfect materialistic life makes him depressed. So he seeks comfort from support groups he doesn’t belong to. A deceitful scam that ends the moment he meets Marla Singer. A down on her luck woman played by pre-Burton Helena Bonham Carter. Things really change when he meets Tyler Durden. A soup selling Brad Pitt that teaches him to stop caring about his megger positions. So they form the titular Fight Club as a place for men to let out their aggression. I enjoy masculine things as much as the next guy, but there’s no way I’d join a club like this. Eventually Fight Clubs esulates to the point it becomes a chaos spreading anarchist organization called Project Mayhem. Their sadistic activities are why I’d have a hard time rewatching Fight Club. However, the twist is another story. SPOILER ALERT! It turns out Tyler is a figment of the narrator’s imagination. Which was hidden in plain sight with quick splices at the beginning, Tyler never speaking to Marla, or the boss blackmail being compared to their first fight. I’ll admit it is a clever twist. As is the 90’s special effects and use of alt rock music during society’s collapse. Fight Club has well executed social commentary, but I’m more likely to follow the first and second rule.
Tyler Durden prepares fight
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