Movie #10: Fight Club

Movie #: 10
Movie Title: Fight Club
Year Released: 1999

Director: David Fincher
Notable Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf Aday, Jared Leto

Short Description: An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: N/A
IMDB.com: #10
Ranker.com: #9
Lifed.com: #19
Empire.com: #10
FilmCrave.com: #2
FlickChart.com: #12



Date Watched: 12/7/2016

Grade: 4 out of 5 (Excellent)

Rationale: The chemistry in Fight Club between Edward Norton and Brad Pitt is as exceptional as the writing is. The fight scenes are well done and the preachings by Brad Pitt's character are both thought provoking and cerebral. I do find it interesting how, even after watching Fight Club a half dozen times or so over the years, there's still little tidbits I missed previously throughout the movie that I pick up that hint towards the ending. Fight Club is likely not a movie that'll come to the forefront of my mind when I'm asked to list what I believe are the best movies I've seen or of all time, but it deserves a place somewhere on the list.