:heart_eyes: Helena Bonham Carter in what should be considered a career defining role; totally stealing the show in a part that should have been bigger. Brad Pitt in one of his more colorful and memorable performances. Edward Norton is a great lead, with his narration carrying the plot forward; it takes most of the movie before his performance turns to his usual explosive self as his character is pushed aside from the spotlight. Loads of great and quotable dialogue. The primary cast is small, but the caharcters are distinct and fleshed out. Fight Club only gets properly interesting in its final hour, once it picks up on both speed and intensity. As the fight club turns into the maniac cult Project Mayhem things truly take a turn for worse and spin out of control, and this is where the film excels. The big twist smacks you right in the face but is perfectly logical and oh so powerful. Memorable and truly amazing climactic sequence. It does a lot to actually improve the final product. :smiley: Visually, it's playful and creative, with most of the CGI still holding up today. Varied and shifting storytelling keeps the film interesting. Director David Fincher takes his sweet time to truly create deep characters and a gritty world, but the plot itself takes only minor steps forward. The greatest scenes are those few ones that are riddled with dark humor and irony as well as the actual fight club parts. Jared Leto in a small put surpringly interesting role. Great visual and character directing from Fincher. :neutral_face: Most of the narration is kind of hit and miss. Takes a good while to get interesting, and another good while to actually go anywhere. There is a lack of real tension until the very end and it feels like the movie just floats between different genres until the twist towards the end. That ending is a bit meh. Perfectly watchable once, but there is little here to enjoy on further viewings, apart from the final hour. :frowning2: It kind of forgets its main plot for huge chunks of the film. The lack of plot progression in the first hour is frustrating. I find no deeper meaning in violence as a way to deal with stress and depression, and if there are deeper layers to this film, they are definitely lost in the midst of the confusing narration. :face_vomiting:
Review by Theo KallströmVIP 6BlockedParent2019-10-28T22:09:25Z
The Five Emojis of Fight Club:
:heart_eyes:
Helena Bonham Carter in what should be considered a career defining role; totally stealing the show in a part that should have been bigger.
Brad Pitt in one of his more colorful and memorable performances.
Edward Norton is a great lead, with his narration carrying the plot forward; it takes most of the movie before his performance turns to his usual explosive self as his character is pushed aside from the spotlight.
Loads of great and quotable dialogue.
The primary cast is small, but the caharcters are distinct and fleshed out.
Fight Club only gets properly interesting in its final hour, once it picks up on both speed and intensity.
As the fight club turns into the maniac cult Project Mayhem things truly take a turn for worse and spin out of control, and this is where the film excels.
The big twist smacks you right in the face but is perfectly logical and oh so powerful.
Memorable and truly amazing climactic sequence. It does a lot to actually improve the final product.
:smiley:
Visually, it's playful and creative, with most of the CGI still holding up today.
Varied and shifting storytelling keeps the film interesting.
Director David Fincher takes his sweet time to truly create deep characters and a gritty world, but the plot itself takes only minor steps forward.
The greatest scenes are those few ones that are riddled with dark humor and irony as well as the actual fight club parts.
Jared Leto in a small put surpringly interesting role.
Great visual and character directing from Fincher.
:neutral_face:
Most of the narration is kind of hit and miss.
Takes a good while to get interesting, and another good while to actually go anywhere.
There is a lack of real tension until the very end and it feels like the movie just floats between different genres until the twist towards the end.
That ending is a bit meh.
Perfectly watchable once, but there is little here to enjoy on further viewings, apart from the final hour.
:frowning2:
It kind of forgets its main plot for huge chunks of the film.
The lack of plot progression in the first hour is frustrating.
I find no deeper meaning in violence as a way to deal with stress and depression, and if there are deeper layers to this film, they are definitely lost in the midst of the confusing narration.
:face_vomiting:
Final Emoji: :smiley: