I bought my husband the Fight Club Blu Ray DVD last Christmas, and we just now got around to watching it and checking out some of the extras.  We’d both seen the movie when it came out around ten years ago, and the movie itself definitely holds up, I can tell you that. Sometimes with movies that are ten years or older, that you have really fond memories of, just don’t hold up when you watch them again and you’re ten years older.

Not sure if that’s because your perspectives and life experiences have changed so much, or what, but I’ve often found that movies don’t hold up, the longer it’s been , the more likely it won’t hold up.

This one though, did. Brad Pitt does a great job with what he does best, which is the wacky, eccentric characters, which is truly his niche, although he is often considered a leading man because of his Hollywood image.

Edward Norton probably does one of his best acting jobs in the movie, besides his superb acting in American History X as an ex skinhead who murders a black in cold blood and pure hatred.  Ed Norton is Jack, and Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pitt, is his alternate personality (as we find out for sure in the end of the movie).

We both noticed a lot of flashes of Tyler Durden in the movie leading up to the ultimate revelation that he is in fact the same person as Jack, Norton’s character, who suffers a psychotic break after lack of sleep and life events that he can’t deal with in his ultra uptight personality.  My husband and I both wondered how we were so clueless when all the facts pointed to it in the movie all along in the second watching. It was almost like watching a different movie because we already knew that they were the same person.

You notice that they are always in the same room together, and people’s conversations with Jack could be interpreted as conversations with Tyler. Especially Helena Bonham Carter’s character in the film, who is seeing Tyler/Jack. Her lines definitely clue you in, but somehow we were both clueless when we first watched this movie ten years ago!  The soundtrack is great, the sound itself is really awesome.

At some points, we thought it might blow our speakers out, but they were fine. The sound and picture quality are really superb on this Blu Ray, so if you’re thinking of buying it, it’s worth it. There are also some great extras, and the commentary features Brad, Ed, and Helena, which is awesome for commentary to have all the big names in it.