Odd Film of the Month
for June 2000
Fight Club
Fight Club Ouch! The basic rule, if Brad Pitt is in it, go see it, applies. Pitt and Edward Norton meet as seat mates on a cross country flight. Soon after that, Ed's apartment blows up destroying all his great Ikea furniture. He calls Pitt's character, Tyler Durdin, looking for some consolation and they end up beating the snot out of each other in a parking lot. Both of them kind of enjoy the drubbing, and soon others join in the fun and "fight club" evolves. Their basic rule is never tell anyone about fight club, making this bashed up crew into an exclusive group. Pitt's character, Tyler develops a "fight club' philosophy as their ranks swell and before long their macho sadistic pastime gets out of hand. These bad boys quickly turn terrorists working for the good of mankind. This is a great depiction of a personality cults that's gone wild. Adapted form the novel by Chuck Plahntuk. Helena Bonham Carter is the serious love interest and an unusual soul. Meat loaf Aday has a slightly different character. Great film.
Copyright 1999 Twentieth Century Fox Rated R, 139 minutes
Don't let the title fool you, the fighting is just a small part of the story. It is, however, quite violent.
Tyler may well be the worst thing that's ever happened to her.
Meatloaf has a great pair of tits for this role.
When the movie's over, turn out the lights.
