In David Fincher's movie Fight Club, staring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter, David does a great job of captivating the audience just by the utter strangeness of the story. It was based off of a book by Chuck Palahniuk which has become very popular since. The story throughout most of the movie doesn't seem to mean much except the fact that the main character has a crappy life and his "friend,” played by Brad Pitt, is definitely making it more interesting.
Jack(Edward Norton), starts as an insomniac who becomes addicted to going to support groups because they are the only thing that cure his insomnia. This is where he meats Marla (Helena Bonham Carter) who screws everything up and he ends up not being able to sleep again. This leads him to try and find another way to sleep at night and he ends up meating Tyler(Brad Pitt), who after his apartment blows up, he stays with and ends up starting the Fight Club. The movie seems very random throughout consisting of Jack becoming more and more of an aggressive person who seemingly learns it from Jack.
In the beginning portion of the movie you will notice a unique addition to the production in that there are random foreshadowings of clips that are spliced into the movie at various scenes. They are just shots of Tyler appearing out of nowhere and only lasting a fraction of a second but if you pick them up you can figure out that something isn't right which helps lead to the conclusion of the story and why all of the movie is happening in the first place and what lead up to the opening scene of Jack with a gun to his head. I agree with James Berardinelli when he says David Fincher does a good job of putting depth into a seemingly random story while still keeping it entertaining.
3 comments:
I agree about the fun, random aspect of the movie. I noticed the little blips of Brad Pitt, and it makes things interesting, just as you said.
Did you read the comment right after the FBI warning on the DVD? It's really funny, although it lasts a fraction of a split eff-ing second.
What did you think about the whole ending? Do you think that the evil of the world one in the end?
I definately agree. The film itself is a piece of art only to be seen by someone who deserves it.
I also think that your analysis of the film itself was that at a level of Mr. Klobuchar.
Good Job.
Please do your second post so that I can comment on it and not get docked points. Thanks Greggggg!
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