rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States, Germany; 1999
Directed by David Fincher; produced by Art Linson, Ross Grayson Bell; screenplay by Jim Uhls
Starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonhem Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
There will be a lot of people who will not like Fight Club. They will say it
is too violent, too disturbing, too complicated and simply too insane. They
might be right in a way, but I just love this film.
The first time I saw the film I was confused and amazed at the same time. I
could not really tell what just happened but I enjoyed every second of what
I had seen. The second time I saw the movie it was even better. The story
totally made sense to me now and it did not cheat once. I think it is true
that you have to like these kind of films. The name Fight Club is not a
coincidence; the movie is about a Fight Club with some bloody fighting in
it. Bored men start beating each other up to feel much better. It sounds
ridiculous, but the way this is brought to you is convincing.
The directing of David Fincher (Se7en, The Game) is just great, the
cinematography gives the movie a cool look, the score was pretty good but
most of all I loved the performances. Brad Pitt, who also starred in Se7en,
gives his weirdest but best performance I have seen, Helena Bonham Carter
and Meat Loaf were enjoyable, but the best thing in the movie is Edward
Norton. He is one of the greatest actors of his generation. Academy Award
nominations for Primal Fear and American History X were well deserved and I
would not have been surprised if he was nominated for this one. In one of
the best scenes he even fights himself.
If you like clever stories with great actors and you can stand a little
blood just see this one. But see it more than once, because it gets better
every time you will see it.