I hadn't seen it in quite a while, but I remembered liking it a lot when I first saw it (although I was struggling to remember whether I saw it at the cinema or not).
Anyway, I'm not sure what to say about it, other than I was still blown away by how ambitious and innovative the production was – especially for its time. It hasn't aged badly at all, and in fact looks a hell of a lot better than most of the films that copy from it these days.
I really need to read the book now, because I don't think the whole corporate criticism message rang as true with me when I watched it as a teenager as it does now. Having worked for companies, seen that kind of life and known it better, I really identified with the rage of Tyler Durdan far more than I did in my teens. The script was flawless, and that makes me think I need to read the book.
There were so many wicked tracking shots, and at times I have no idea how they pulled them off – for example the scene where the camera moves amongst the wires of the bomb, or the part where the camera tracks around The Narrator's kitchen before it blows up. Incredible. I wonder if they were rendered digitally or not, I really couldn't say for sure. And that's testament to how good they are. David Fincher and his cinematographer are geniuses.
I honestly thought I was going to cry in the final scene (even though I knew it was coming this time) when they're standing hand-in-hand against the windows (perfect composition) and the buildings start to crumble in the windows to The Pixies' Where is my Mind?
I'm going to put a photo of it here just so we can appreciate how perfect that moment is:
Seriously. Look at how beautiful that is. 9/10
