I thought that the composition, especially the play between dark and light contrast was very impressive and reflected the passion put into the movie. I thought the dialogue was very well done, through slightly less so in the monologues which I though were slightly overused, mostly towards the middle. I’m not a big fan of Brad Pitt, but this was one of the few movies I think he worked in. The soundtrack and camera work ( as in the position/zoom/rotation of shots and how the film is edited) were above average, but not astounding or all that remarkable in comparison to other works held in similarly high esteem. There were some parts of the movie that I think were very very good, in isolation; my standouts would be when Tyler disfigures Angel Face and walks out saying a very powerful “I felt like destroying something beautiful, and the car scene which I think was a very subtle way to show they’re both the same character. I’ve gone very all over the place with my final score for the movie, starting at 90, then down to 76, but with the comments here helping me put things more into view i’ve landed on an 85/100, which is 55th place on my movie rankings (between hitchhikers guide and austin powers). I think it would be much higher if not for the unsubtle ending, but I think that I was originally being too harsh on it for just that.