FIGHT CLUB Tribute

Fight Club is not only another very well-shot movie with excellent cinematography or script from the great David Fincher, it is much more than that… It’s a movie that, aside from being all metaphoric but very explicit at the same time, causes the spectator multiple feelings and emotions. You can love it or hate it but it doesn’t cause you any type of indifference. 

As I said, there’s no doubt about the talent that David Fincher has to manage to create perfect shots beautifully colored and coherent with the content, just like it usually happens in most of his movies, but the greatest thing about this movie is its capacity of transcending and being universal without needing extraordinary characters or sceneries, meaning that they’re all common and decadent but that’s what makes them special. With all their gloom and pathos, they are superheroes in the end.

There are tones of black humor and the dialogues are so peculiar that you never know what to expect. The whole story in itself is very extravagant and unbelievable and, although you may not understand what’s going on most of the time, you can follow it easily because the narrative is fluent and catches your attention. Obviously, a second watch is necessary to understand the movie better but this is one of those films that captivate you enough from the very first time to keep on watching without understanding exactly what is all about. I think it can be considered a masterpiece and, of course, it is one the clearest examples of what a cult movie is.

THESIS

I think this movie is a critique of violence and how competitive and cruel society has ended up turning to be nowadays. There are a lot of references to consumerism and shallow advertisements and the “fight club” concept in itself, as well as the great ending of the movie, can be a metaphor for how the destruction of standards and labels is sometimes necessary to build a better world. 

The consumerist society we are living in and its standards of perfection are nothing more than an illusion we have created so that we don’t need to face the real truth about what really matters in life.