Fight Club
Basic Plot: An insomniac corporate drone (Edward Norton) meets roguish rebel Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), and together they form a cathartic but brutal underground society in which men fight each other freely in director David Fincher's sharp Oscar-nominated flick. But the line between reality and sleepless haze begins to blur when propagandist Durden transforms Fight Club from a group of non-conformists into a nihilistic cult. Helena Bonham Carter co-stars.
Rating: 5/5
My Thoughts: This is by far one of my favorite movies, behind Inception, of course. The acting was superb. The plot was scary good. Even the music was great. However, like I said in a previous post, the ending is everything, and Fight Clubnailed it. Any movie or story with a twist ending makes it into my "hall of fame." Edward Norton plays some interesting characters in his filmography, but this is my favorite character of his. He's borderline insane, but you, as the viewer, still grow attached to him. You fall in love with Brad Pitt as a character in the beginning, but as the unnamed protagonist starts to become alienated, so do you. It takes a powerful movie to do that to you.
Pulp Fiction
Basic Plot: A burger-loving hit man (John Travolta), his philosophical partner (Samuel L. Jackson), a drug-addled gangster's moll (Uma Thurman) and a washed-up boxer (Bruce Willis) converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper fueled by director and co-writer Quentin Tarantino's whip-smart dialogue. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time, resulting in one of the most audacious and imitated films of the 1990s.
Rating: 5/5
My Thoughts: This is also one of my favorite movies. My two favorite directors are Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino, so this is right up my alley. The witty remarks and the funny comments make the movie bearable between all the blood and violence. I even love the dark humor. No one can forget when John Travolta blows off a guy's head in a car, and yet, the viewers still laugh! All in all, one of my favorite movies.
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