I recently started going down a list of classic movies I should have seen at this point, and I realized I have never seen Fight Club. Many people consider this one of the best movies of all time, and after watching it I definitely get the hype. The story follows a depressed man who suffers from insomnia and a general distaste for his current daily life. After his apartment gets blown up, he lives with a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden, and together they start an underground fight club to help others with similarly boring lives to fight each other. The club slowly evolves to include more people and bigger plans, and soon things spiral out of control! I know my synopsis of the film doesn't do it justice, but I will say I was really impressed with the content and the themes in this movie considering it was released in the 90s. Movies with this level of a complex story and deeper meaning were pretty rare during the time of release, hence why many people consider this film to be ground-breaking and one of the greatest ever. Right off the bat, even though this twist is used in many other movies, I do like that this movie was the first film to use this twist and it did so very well. I was completely unsuspecting of the twist until maybe a couple minutes before the reveal, and it made me really want to re-watch the film to see all the details I missed up until that point. That being said, the extremities shown in the film that convey toxic masculinity and consumerism culture felt very new considering the time it was made, and I love how the film shows the messages through extreme actions that the characters spiral towards throughout the movie. Another think I liked was the feeling of 'something is not right' that stayed with me all the way until the credits, and it's a testament to how well-written this movie is (based on the book which is similar) because only a few movies pulled off such a story with a direct impact on the audience. I will also say this movie is pretty hard to explain in general due to the way it is structured and how the twist impacts the viewing experience, so my only advice (since I know my review itself is pretty generic) is for anyone who hasn't seen this movie to go ahead and watch it, since it is now one of my favorite films and I regret not watching it sooner.
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