fight club
directed by david fincher
What follows is not really a review of Fight
Club but an explanation of why I think it is
overrated. So SPOILERS AHEAD!
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Spoilers!!!!
Warning: this box contains a movie post-mortem analysis that freely gives away important plot twists and details. If you have not yet seen this movie and intend seeing it, avoid this spoilers box until afterwards. Bookmark the page, see the movie, see if you agree with my review then write an arsy comment saying I am talking total b*ll*cks :-)
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First
Rule of Fight Club. Don't yawn about Fight
Club!
Second
Rule of Fight Club. Don't yawn about Fight
Club!
YaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwWWWWNNNNN!
Firstly I must point
out that my criticism of Fight Club
is not a reaction against its mindless,
gratuitous violence. I have always loved
violent thrillers when they are done well.
Most dumb ass violent movies are actioners
and I love the genre, including most Arnie
movies, James Bond movies, Die Hard I
& II, that sort of crap. Generally
I prefer my violent movies to be more
cerebral, such as The Godfather I &
II, Memento, The Usual Suspects, Seven
Samurai and LA Confidential. Despite its
transparent pretensions of depth, Fight
Club very much belongs in the
dumb ass category. But is it good?
The set up was sharp.
Fight Club kicks off swift-footedly
with nice little jabs and bobbing and
weaving. There is much tension and interest.
But soon the energy sags and it punches
itself into a mindless stupor. We get
grown men fighting and it was as cartoonish
as wrestling: make-believe violence that
doesn't even give you the testosterone
buzz that the best thrillers and actioners
hit you with.
The twist ending
- where Pitt was merely Norton's alter
ego - fell flat for me. I did not buy
into that dual personality wheeze. I like
genuine twists in movies, but a twist
has to feel right. Here the twist
is forced, unnatural and contrived. Worse,
it failed to explain anything. It seems
bolted on. The movie is already dead before
the terrible ending though. Everything
is fine up until the scenes of the cult,
and then dementia sets in.
I didn't rate Pitt
(as Tyler Durden) in this movie. He is
enjoying himself and this comes over.
Whilst watching Fight Club
I sensed that everybody involved thought
it was the coolest movie ever, and that
they would be ludicrously cool for appearing
in it. Everybody seemed to be showing
off, as if they were anticipating geek
worship, or at least credibility. Indeed
the whole self-congratulatory Hollywood
system is a perfect example of the corporate
Hell the movie is supposed to be
railing against. Fight Club
is insincere bullshit but it has fooled
a lot of people.
Some movies can
be bad yet provocative, and I find myself
discussing them at length. Fight
Club doesn't do that for me. I
shrug and think yeah right. And
that is it. Meanwhile people seem amazed
I'm not a fan and ask me why I am not
taken with the film. Hence I have cobbled
together these words.
First
Rule of Fight Club...
go and fuck your rules :)
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