Fight Club
Cast
Edward Norton as Narrator\Jack
Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden
Helena Bonham Carter as Marla Singer
Meat Loaf as Robert 'Bob' Paulson (as Meat Loaf Aday)
Zach Grenier as Richard Chesler
Directed by
David Fincher
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Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie
Rater #2
8/10. In David Fincher's controversial and outstanding Fight Club, Edward
Norton plays a person whose name we never find out. He has no life:
he has a dead-end job, he orders IKEA furniture mail-order, and he
becomes addicted to self-help groups. But Marla Singer (Helena Bohnam
Carter) also goes to his groups, and the Narrator's condo gets burned
down. And then he meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt).
Tyler sells soap. And so the Narrator moves in with Tyler, and they
soon find out that they have masochistic pleasures and start a "Fight
Club". Every Saturday night people can pummel each other for fun. And
the Narrator's life turns topsy-turvey.
Lotsa fights, action scenes, dark humor, and awesome acting. Norton
was exceptional as the Narrator. He really brought out the dullness
of the character he was trying to show. Great job. Pitt was good but
nothing to write home about. He did manage to tell us that he does
have some acting talent, but wouldn't be half as famous if he was
ugly. Carter really displayed some strong acting here. The supporting
cast, including Meat Loaf and Jared Leto, has strong potential (yes,
even Meat Loaf!).
There was, in the superbly written script, a lot of dark humor. The
early scenes, such as the Narrator and Marla arguing over which
groups to attend, had a lot of the humor. The script, which enjoys to
have great speeches by Pitt, was so well written. The over narration
(which dominates most of the film) was excellent. I can't really
describe it, there are no words.
The movie works best when it's at its trippiest. The ending twist
(which I unfourtanatly read about before) went out in more directions
that I had thought. If there is one major flaw, it is that Fight Club
doesn't really have a real plot. The opening part of the film is
about the Narrator's life. The second part is the Fight Club. The
third part is the scheme that Tyler has to branch off from Fight
Club. And the final part is the ending. The excessive violence, in my
opinion, was necessary to the movie and I wouldn't have cut anything
out.
Fight Club is an extremly entertaining movie with great acting and
stunning visuals.
Rater #3
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #4
Has Not Seen Movie
Rated R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language.
Running time: 139 minutes
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