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Fight Club

October 25, 2018
By MovieReviewer_18 ELITE, Short Hills, New Jersey
MovieReviewer_18 ELITE, Short Hills, New Jersey
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 Fight Club is a movie revolving around a depressed man that suffers from insomnia. In an attempt to help himself sleep, he goes to group therapy sessions for diseases that he doesn't possess, in order to be comforted by other people who feel his own pain. Although this buys him a slight bit of happiness, this ends abruptly and drastically. The depressed narrator eventually goes back to his boring, typical life, but a spark is lit inside of his head when he meets an interesting soap salesman named Tyler Durton. After the narrator's house is burned down, he asks Tyler if he can stay with him. Instead of dealing with their issues with life and their jobs, the two guys decide to take their hidden anger out by physically fighting each other. Other guys soon like the idea of fighting their problems away, and, thus, an underground fight club with very strict rules is born. However, Tyler's relationship with the narrator starts to go sour when Durton starts hiding things, leaving the narrator helpless in the dark. 

 This movie truly is one of a kind, and naming a few movies with a similar plot is difficult. There are plenty of thrilling twists and turns that no one will see coming, and that's not even including the brilliant revelation that just changes everything. The movie elucidates a fair amount of themes that the everyday person can relate to. In the movie, most of the characters are poor, depressed, working people that feel like emotionless drones, and their only purpose is to act as slaves to the cycle of life. Both Edward Norton and Brad Pitt have spectacular performances, and their on-screen chemistry is truly remarkable. The ending of the movie is incredible and is a fitting end for the wild ride, while also managing to capture the movie's greatness, perfectly bringing the must see to a close.

 Fight Club also possesses many symbols that help to shape the outcome of the film, which eventually become more important as the movie goes on. Even though the movie is well done, some people might need to watch it twice, in order to truly understand what's going on and what's happening. However, when people truly understand the spectacularness of the movie, their minds will just be blown into bits and pieces at the shear brilliance that does the book justice. 

 Although the visual effects of the movie aren't outstanding or that note-worthy, they manage to get the job done, and there are a few scenes in which the special effects manage to shine superbly. As great as the movie is, for some reason, Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie a 79%, which isn't terrible, by any means, but certainly doesn't seem like a good score for the international success that is/was Fight Club. However, a much more fitting 93% of Google users liked the movie, which is a great sign that showcases how fans seemed to be more than satisfied with the film. The dialogue of the movie is packed to the brim with outstanding one-liners and thought through quotes that seemed to be timed to perfection. Fight Club is an excellent movie that should receive more recognition for being one of the coolest movies of all time, as well as a movie that makes audiences change the way they live their lives. 


The author's comments:

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything." - Tyler Durden


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