Fight Club

Deciding to write about a successful and famous movie like Fight Club is kinda awkward, since so many have talked about it before. So I am going to ignore all that and close 2012 with this movie.

Fight Club is a movie directed by David Fincher and based on the omonymous novel by Chuck Palahniuk. It is about a regular guy, (Edward Norton), a man with a conventional office job, whose feelings of loniless and desperation have caused him insomnia. He finds cure to his insomnia by attending support groups for people with health problems he actually doesn't have.. until those groups are attended by another "tourist", Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), whose presence disturbs him. After confronting her they decide to split the groups they attend, so he returns to his normal sleeping pattern, without meaning he is content with his life.

The next chapter begins when during a work trip he meets a confident guy, Tyler Durder (Brad Pitt) - by the way, I don't know how many "Tyler Durden" usernames I've seen :P. After he finds his house burned by accident, he calls Tyler who invites him to stay at his .. home. Tyler leads a strange life, free of many modern life obligations, living in a house ready to collapse, having minimal expenses and making soap for a living among other night jobs. Tyler introduces him to fighting as a hobby that helps him reconnect with his male identity, as opposed to the consumer he had become, a hobby which soon attracts other men.. The rest is in the movie.

Even though Fight Club is not necessarily my favorite David Fincher movie, I consider it a milestone in cinema. Among a pile of movies celebrating the classic american dream of the house with the garden and the dog (usually romances, comedies or dramas) or the action movies that involve a particular group of people such as Martians or criminals or police officers, there's a movie that takes a look into the conventions of modern society through the eyes of a random person, who is neither a golden boy nor an outcast, just a person who feels trapped in it. Just because this person is a single "30-year old boy", the film is free of family drama and can get more innovative. His friend, Tyler Durden, is like a caricature with a strong life philosophy and a prominent sense of freedom – there, I tagged him. Marla is something between Edward Norton's character and Tyler Durden's match – quirky, with also a unique view on society and life, unattached to material things.

The movie has great cinematography and David Fincher's classic dark colours. The undertone of the movie is not specifically sad, happy, funny or tense – I guess it could be described as slightly gloomy, yet exhilarating, with some disgusting and some funny moments. (Spoiler alert) I wonder how the film would look without Marla. Even though she doesn't influence the plot development directly, she is quite significant to the hero – can you imagine him in the end, looking from the glass alone? He might look kinda sad. (/Spoiler alert)

Favorite line: Let the chips fall where they may.

PS: Noticed the "cigarette burn" in the end?

Awsome soundtrack songs:

 And as a bonus, the audio commentary of the director and the cast about Fight Club. 
(This is so good I almost wanted to keep it for myself).