Movie Review, Analysis and Criticism

What rules your world? Are you defined by your personality or the possessions you own? Do you have a fridge full of condiments but no food? Fight club directed by, David Fincher, is still considered a cinematic marvel. Edward Norton, who narrates the film, deals with insomnia, and it’s slowly eating away at his life. “When you have insomnia you’re never truly awake and you’re never truly asleep.” When seeking medical help he comes across these anonymous groups with different diseases. After being very skeptical about these groups he finally opens up to a big moose of a man with bitch tits named Bob. Following that he got sleep that baby’s dreamed of getting. He became addicted. Now no one knows that Norton doesn’t actually have any diseases but that didn’t matter to him. With these groups allowing him to open up he was able sleep and able to live with himself. Not long after this Marla Singer, played by Helena Bonham Carter, joined these groups; she was a fake too. Having another faker in the group wouldn’t allow for Norton to open up and not long after that his insomnia took over his life again. He contemplated calling her out, reciting the speech over in his head but could never get it out. He eventually goes to talk to her and they spilt up the groups so they don’t have to see each other. Norton in the film works for a car company that deals with car recalls. “Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one”. On one of his trips he runs into Tyler Durden, one of the most interesting people or “single serving friend”, Norton has met. In the beginning he doesn’t that seem that important. When Norton returns from his trip though his apartment has exploded and he has no one to call but Tyler. They meet up at a bar to talk about what happened and when they leave Tyler wants to start