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GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 05:21:12
August 13 2009 05:19 GMT
#1
I feel like my soul has become tainted after watching this movie. Like I've lost some part of my humanity or something. There was a point in the movie where I just paused it, looked down, and said to myself, "GrayArea, this is the first and last time I am ever going to watch this kind of movie."

The way I appreciate things in life is whether they can inspire me, or make me be something better. I want to come out of a movie saying, "I want to be a hero, I want to inspire the world around me, I want to save the world." I know that this may not be possible, but the movie should make me believe it anyway. Why? Because I feel that if you set your bars high enough in life, even if you don't reach your goal you are still pretty high up.

This movie made me feel the opposite. I didn't find one piece of value in that movie personally. Nothing to inspire me to become something better, or do something great, or believe in something true, or any type of positive feeling. It's like I've become more numb to the truth that people are not going to (or don't have the capability) to become a hero in life. (It's stated in the movie along the lines that people have false notions of becoming big/successful people in life.)

I won't discredit the fact that the movie is portrayed well, or that anything inherent with regards to the way the movie is structured is bad. The plot and whatnot is solid. But with regards to its fundamental significance in terms of moral value, or its "inspire" factor, this movie more than fails.

In the end, it all depends on what you want to get out of a movie. I don't watch many movies because I only try and see the best movies, the one's that I know can inspire me. For others, they may want to see some good acting, or fighting/violence/action, etc. With regards to my standards though, this movie failed hard.

**
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Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 05:23:13
August 13 2009 05:22 GMT
#2
You should watch Requiem for a Dream.

On a serious note, the movie didn't fail, you are just judging it by criteria that the film maker never intended to live up to. That is like if I watched 'The King and I' and said it failed because there wasn't enough gore and nudity.
Badjas
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Netherlands2038 Posts
August 13 2009 05:24 GMT
#3
I heard it is meant to be a comedy
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GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 05:27:35
August 13 2009 05:25 GMT
#4
On August 13 2009 14:22 Lemonwalrus wrote:
You should watch Requiem for a Dream.

On a serious note, the movie didn't fail, you are just judging it by criteria that the film maker never intended to live up to. That is like if I watched 'The King and I' and said it failed because there wasn't enough gore and nudity.

Ya, that's what I basically said in the last paragraph. I agree with that. But I don't know, I've never watched this type of movie before. Where there was just nothing in it. The movie itself was pretty good, but ya, it was kind of disturbing for me.
On August 13 2009 14:24 Badjas wrote:
I heard it is meant to be a comedy

I heard it was a good film and watched it because of that. I knew what it was about, I just hoped for something more. It's my fault, but still, for some reason I haven't seen another movie before that made me feel this way.
Kang Min Fighting!
cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
August 13 2009 05:28 GMT
#5
Chuck Pa-however-the-fuck you spell his name's dad died like halfway writing the book so I imagine he was a little disillusioned at the time as well.
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9104 Posts
August 13 2009 05:29 GMT
#6
Well it definitely is the worst movie in terms of looking for inspiration according to traditional moral values and standards. I mean the movie's theme is anti-society against the repression of our more barbaric, physical instincts and desires.

Personally I really enjoyed it for the cinematic value and the fact that it really just kind of kicked my ass because I had no idea what was coming at any point. Most movies nowadays are dreadfully predictable but to me at least, Fight Club was not.
VioleTAK
Profile Joined July 2006
4315 Posts
August 13 2009 05:29 GMT
#7
I am Jack's complete lack of surprise...
Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else.
I clearly remember there's the music theme of Zerg, somewhere in the movie.
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Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
August 13 2009 05:30 GMT
#8
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I think if they left out the split personality thing it would be a better movie. Just my two cents.
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9104 Posts
August 13 2009 05:30 GMT
#9
On August 13 2009 14:28 cgrinker wrote:
Chuck Pa-however-the-fuck you spell his name's dad died like halfway writing the book so I imagine he was a little disillusioned at the time as well.


Woah I had no idea it was based on a novel, I'll have to check that out.
MuR)Ernu
Profile Joined September 2008
Finland768 Posts
August 13 2009 05:32 GMT
#10
Fight club is easy.

Watch movies like salo or irreversible or whatnot and the effect is 1000x more powerful than in fight club.

I think fight club is almost pop corn entertainment compared to real movies about how life is shit and people=shit


Fight club is a really good movie though! It does raise some thoughts but i dont find it to be that much moving to me
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 13 2009 05:33 GMT
#11
facing the truth is heroic
GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
August 13 2009 05:34 GMT
#12
On August 13 2009 14:30 Athos wrote:
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I think if they left out the split personality thing it would be a better movie. Just my two cents.

Ya I totally agree with this.
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If he somehow stopped tyler, brought down his group, stopped the bomb, and came up with some inspiring image on how to make the world better, it would have been good. But the end is like...wtf....
Kang Min Fighting!
huameng
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1133 Posts
August 13 2009 05:34 GMT
#13
I thought Fight Club had some inspire factor. "stop trying to control everything and JUST LET GO!", "you aren't your fucking khaki's", and "let that which does not matter truly slide" did something for me. It's not the kind of shit you'd get out of Rocky, but I think the message that people need to stop obsessing over things that aren't actually important, and have the balls to go after what you truly want out of life, regardless of dangers, consequences, standards, etc, was inspiring.
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Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
August 13 2009 05:38 GMT
#14
Not that I think its ok to judge you but since you seemed to have passed judgement so easily after watching the movie once....

It seems from your review that you like to ignore harsh realities of the world. I just got the feeling that you actively block out or avoid things that bring down your spirit. Not really a good way to take on life.
GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
August 13 2009 05:44 GMT
#15
On August 13 2009 14:38 Ack1027 wrote:
Not that I think its ok to judge you but since you seemed to have passed judgement so easily after watching the movie once....

It seems from your review that you like to ignore harsh realities of the world. I just got the feeling that you actively block out or avoid things that bring down your spirit. Not really a good way to take on life.

It's not that I ignore the realities of the world. If I did, then why would I care about being inspired or try to be someone better? No, the reason I filter movies to those that inspire is because I know that the world has harsh realities, and I want to change them into something positive rather than sit and accept it. If your life sucks you should work to change it, not accept it for how it is.
Kang Min Fighting!
Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
August 13 2009 05:48 GMT
#16
Fair enough.
It was interesting to see your point of view, it is very different from my own.
coltrane
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Chile988 Posts
August 13 2009 05:48 GMT
#17
First of all I really like this movie for many reasons. One of them is that being all comercial holywood A class movie it has a powerfull artistic narrative content, besides the great film technique.

As a good piece of art (notice that not every movie could be called art) you will love it or hate it. Art is not gray, many movies are.

On August 13 2009 14:19 GrayArea wrote:
I feel like my soul has become tainted after watching this movie. Like I've lost some part of my humanity or something. There was a point in the movie where I just paused it, looked down, and said to myself, "GrayArea, this is the first and last time I am ever going to watch this kind of movie."


Seems to my by the 2 bold things that the movie succeded with honors. Is your choice, anyway, but I try things that I dont like a lot when is about movies or art.


The way I appreciate things in life is whether they can inspire me, or make me be something better. I want to come out of a movie saying, "I want to be a hero, I want to inspire the world around me, I want to save the world." I know that this may not be possible, but the movie should make me believe it anyway. Why? Because I feel that if you set your bars high enough in life, even if you don't reach your goal you are still pretty high up.

This movie made me feel the opposite. I didn't find one piece of value in that movie personally. Nothing to inspire me to become something better, or do something great, or believe in something true, or any type of positive feeling. It's like I've become more numb to the truth that people are not going to (or don't have the capability) to become a hero in life. (It's stated in the movie along the lines that people have false notions of becoming big/successful people in life.)


I think this has much to do with yourself. This movie inspires me many things, some of them destructive, yes, but some really constructive thoughts.


I won't discredit the fact that the movie is portrayed well, or that anything inherent with regards to the way the movie is structured is bad. The plot and whatnot is solid. But with regards to its fundamental significance in terms of moral value, or its "inspire" factor, this movie more than fails.

In the end, it all depends on what you want to get out of a movie. I don't watch many movies because I only try and see the best movies, the one's that I know can inspire me. For others, they may want to see some good acting, or fighting/violence/action, etc. With regards to my standards though, this movie failed hard.


I would like to know, wich movie did you like? just to have an idea.

May I recomend you some movies? maybe you wont like them... but are still good movies, and anyone should see them:

Brazil, by Terry Gilliam, 1985

Midnight Cowboy, by John Schlesinger, 1969
Jävla skit
ShloobeR
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Korea (South)3809 Posts
August 13 2009 05:49 GMT
#18
On August 13 2009 14:34 GrayArea wrote:
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On August 13 2009 14:30 Athos wrote:
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I think if they left out the split personality thing it would be a better movie. Just my two cents.

Ya I totally agree with this.
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If he somehow stopped tyler, brought down his group, stopped the bomb, and came up with some inspiring image on how to make the world better, it would have been good. But the end is like...wtf....


and then a prince on a unicorn could come in and they could ride off into the sunset!

seriously, you're judging this film by standards it was never meant to adhere to... it's like if you watch a Saw movie and then complain that's it's not good for children...
: o )
Ichigo1234551
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States649 Posts
August 13 2009 05:50 GMT
#19
Requiem for a Dream - After the movie Im just like wtf just happened. lol
Fight club - really good movie, also I was like wtf after the climax
Memotos - im also like wtf after the movie. and like holy mofo
The fountain - im also like damn that is a fucking good movie... i wish i watched this when i was high.
I WILL DESTROY YOU IN 2009 OK???????????????
coltrane
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Chile988 Posts
August 13 2009 05:53 GMT
#20
On August 13 2009 14:44 GrayArea wrote:
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On August 13 2009 14:38 Ack1027 wrote:
Not that I think its ok to judge you but since you seemed to have passed judgement so easily after watching the movie once....

It seems from your review that you like to ignore harsh realities of the world. I just got the feeling that you actively block out or avoid things that bring down your spirit. Not really a good way to take on life.

It's not that I ignore the realities of the world. If I did, then why would I care about being inspired or try to be someone better? No, the reason I filter movies to those that inspire is because I know that the world has harsh realities, and I want to change them into something positive rather than sit and accept it. If your life sucks you should work to change it, not accept it for how it is.


Thats very Tyler`s thinking... just a different work meaning.
Jävla skit
Failsafe
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States1298 Posts
August 13 2009 05:53 GMT
#21
I think Fight Club has a lot to offer, but apparently it's not for you at the moment. Because you seem very ill at ease with the movie I'll venture that one problem you might have encountered in Fight Club is that your system of values and thus what you find inspiring has not been thoroughly challenged
MrBitter: Phoenixes... They're like flying hellions. Always cost efficient.
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
August 13 2009 05:55 GMT
#22
On August 13 2009 14:50 Ichigo1234551 wrote:
Requiem for a Dream - After the movie Im just like wtf just happened. lol
Fight club - really good movie, also I was like wtf after the climax
Memotos - im also like wtf after the movie. and like holy mofo
The fountain - im also like damn that is a fucking good movie... i wish i watched this when i was high.

Do you mean Memento?
Etherone
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1898 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 05:59:55
August 13 2009 05:57 GMT
#23
On August 13 2009 14:33 travis wrote:
facing the truth is heroic


exactly, you will only achieve that to which you truly aspire, once you realize life is not a fairytale.


@ op, for some reason i believe IRC had something to do with this, please deny or confirm.

On August 13 2009 14:55 Lemonwalrus wrote:
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On August 13 2009 14:50 Ichigo1234551 wrote:
Requiem for a Dream - After the movie Im just like wtf just happened. lol
Fight club - really good movie, also I was like wtf after the climax
Memotos - im also like wtf after the movie. and like holy mofo
The fountain - im also like damn that is a fucking good movie... i wish i watched this when i was high.

Do you mean Memento?


is the fountain the movie with the immortal frog? if so that movie was very very good.
Straylight
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada706 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 06:01:38
August 13 2009 05:58 GMT
#24
Why can't you just enjoy a movie whether it is inspiring or not? It's just a movie and can be thought provoking regardless of how good it makes you feel.

It's strange that you look to movies for inspiration whereas most would find it in the connections they make with living and breathing people. And that, ironically, is precisely what Fight Club is about. The modern day, middle class, young American male with no real direction and looking for something more than the shit in his Ikea catalog. He's searching for connections with others. Maybe the way he goes about it is destructive - but that's the problem so many young male North Americans have today and I think it's something worth exploring.
It felt like gravity.
Atrioc
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States1865 Posts
August 13 2009 06:01 GMT
#25
hahhaa please watch requiem for a dream and then blog about it

i will send you $5
Writerman what
GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 06:15:34
August 13 2009 06:10 GMT
#26
On August 13 2009 14:53 Failsafe wrote:
I think Fight Club has a lot to offer, but apparently it's not for you at the moment. Because you seem very ill at ease with the movie I'll venture that one problem you might have encountered in Fight Club is that your system of values and thus what you find inspiring has not been thoroughly challenged

It's possible, but I guess I won't know until they have been? lol
On August 13 2009 14:57 Etherone wrote:
@ op, for some reason i believe IRC had something to do with this, please deny or confirm.

I don't go on IRC, so deny.
On August 13 2009 14:58 Straylight wrote:
Why can't you just enjoy a movie whether it is inspiring or not? It's just a movie and can be thought provoking regardless of how good it makes you feel.

It's strange that you look to movies for inspiration whereas most would find it in the connections they make with living and breathing people. And that, ironically, is precisely what Fight Club is about. The modern day, middle class, young American male with no real direction and looking for something more than the shit in his Ikea catalog. He's searching for connections with others. Maybe the way he goes about it is destructive - but that's the problem so many young male North Americans have today and I think it's something worth exploring.

I don't only look to movies for inspiration, its how I live my life in general. Hence why I said:
On August 13 2009 14:19 GrayArea wrote:
The way I appreciate things in life is whether they can inspire me, or make me be something better....

And your second paragraph doesn't describe/apply to me. I never said that I don't make connections with breathing people. I never said that I don't have direction in life or that I live a cookie cutter, conforming life. Rather conversely, a previous blog I wrote describes how I despise conformity.
Kang Min Fighting!
blue_arrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1971 Posts
August 13 2009 06:15 GMT
#27
haha everyone is recommending requiem
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Straylight
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada706 Posts
August 13 2009 06:15 GMT
#28
So, your life is so full of inspiration that you can't appreciate a movie about people who aren't as fortunate as you? Whatever dude.
It felt like gravity.
Motiva
Profile Joined November 2007
United States1774 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 06:24:03
August 13 2009 06:21 GMT
#29
The movie actually had an opposite effect on me when it first came out and i was quite young. I love it. It's a beautifully well made movie on the absurdities of life in my opinion.

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The mechanic says, “If you’re male and you’re Christian and living in America, your father is your model for God. And if you never know your father, if your father bails out or dies or is never at home, what do you believe about God?
...
How Tyler saw it was that getting God’s attention for being bad was better than getting no attention at all. Maybe because God’s hate is better than His indifference.
If you could be either God’s worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?
We are God’s middle children, according to Tyler Durden, with no special place in history and no special attention.
Unless we get God’s attention, we have no hope of damnation or redemption.
Which is worse, hell or nothing?
Only if we’re caught and punished can we be saved.
“Burn the Louvre,” the mechanic says, “and wipe your ass with the Mona Lisa. This way at least, God would know our names.”


Movie was great, Book was greater

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Palahniuk himself gives a much simpler assertion about the theme of the novel, stating "all my books are about a lonely person looking for some way to connect with other people."


And I disagree and think that the ending was ideal, and the whole movie woulda been pretty pointless if in the end he stopped Tyler and Project Mayhem...
lwstupidus
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States74 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 06:27:19
August 13 2009 06:22 GMT
#30
On August 13 2009 14:19 GrayArea wrote:
I feel like my soul has become tainted after watching this movie. Like I've lost some part of my humanity or something. There was a point in the movie where I just paused it, looked down, and said to myself, "GrayArea, this is the first and last time I am ever going to watch this kind of movie."

The way I appreciate things in life is whether they can inspire me, or make me be something better. I want to come out of a movie saying, "I want to be a hero, I want to inspire the world around me, I want to save the world." I know that this may not be possible, but the movie should make me believe it anyway. Why? Because I feel that if you set your bars high enough in life, even if you don't reach your goal you are still pretty high up.

This movie made me feel the opposite. I didn't find one piece of value in that movie personally. Nothing to inspire me to become something better, or do something great, or believe in something true, or any type of positive feeling. It's like I've become more numb to the truth that people are not going to (or don't have the capability) to become a hero in life. (It's stated in the movie along the lines that people have false notions of becoming big/successful people in life.)

I won't discredit the fact that the movie is portrayed well, or that anything inherent with regards to the way the movie is structured is bad. The plot and whatnot is solid. But with regards to its fundamental significance in terms of moral value, or its "inspire" factor, this movie more than fails.

In the end, it all depends on what you want to get out of a movie. I don't watch many movies because I only try and see the best movies, the one's that I know can inspire me. For others, they may want to see some good acting, or fighting/violence/action, etc. With regards to my standards though, this movie failed hard.


This is the dumbest post I have ever read on this website. And I actually feel sorry for you that you need to be "inspired" to enjoy a movie and what makes it even more ridiculous is that you even acknowledge people have different reasons for watching movies. I can't even comprehend how someone can think like this and then make a post about it for attention.

Movies are art, not religion
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passby20
Profile Joined July 2008
United States47 Posts
August 13 2009 06:30 GMT
#31
The movie is based on a book...
The book is a fictional account of Tyler's (i.e. the author's) struggle to realize his true identity as a repressed homosexual. The author wrote it for himself more than anyone. If you don't like the movie, don't watch it, but all the movie did was put in 2 hours of film what would take most people a week to read.
I'm not sure I exactly agree with the director's portrayal of the book characters and I definitely think you miss a lot of the really overt homosexual overtones (though Brad Pitt does a pretty good job of that, not sure it was intentional) that are expressed in the book. If you need to be inspired, watch Disney. When you turn 18, watch this again and you might feel differently.
And Requiem for a Dream. That shit was fucking depressing.
MamiyaOtaru
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1687 Posts
August 13 2009 07:10 GMT
#32
I considered this film to be like a male equivalent of The Hours
GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
August 13 2009 07:19 GMT
#33
On August 13 2009 15:22 lwstupidus wrote:
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On August 13 2009 14:19 GrayArea wrote:
I feel like my soul has become tainted after watching this movie. Like I've lost some part of my humanity or something. There was a point in the movie where I just paused it, looked down, and said to myself, "GrayArea, this is the first and last time I am ever going to watch this kind of movie."

The way I appreciate things in life is whether they can inspire me, or make me be something better. I want to come out of a movie saying, "I want to be a hero, I want to inspire the world around me, I want to save the world." I know that this may not be possible, but the movie should make me believe it anyway. Why? Because I feel that if you set your bars high enough in life, even if you don't reach your goal you are still pretty high up.

This movie made me feel the opposite. I didn't find one piece of value in that movie personally. Nothing to inspire me to become something better, or do something great, or believe in something true, or any type of positive feeling. It's like I've become more numb to the truth that people are not going to (or don't have the capability) to become a hero in life. (It's stated in the movie along the lines that people have false notions of becoming big/successful people in life.)

I won't discredit the fact that the movie is portrayed well, or that anything inherent with regards to the way the movie is structured is bad. The plot and whatnot is solid. But with regards to its fundamental significance in terms of moral value, or its "inspire" factor, this movie more than fails.

In the end, it all depends on what you want to get out of a movie. I don't watch many movies because I only try and see the best movies, the one's that I know can inspire me. For others, they may want to see some good acting, or fighting/violence/action, etc. With regards to my standards though, this movie failed hard.


This is the dumbest post I have ever read on this website. And I actually feel sorry for you that you need to be "inspired" to enjoy a movie and what makes it even more ridiculous is that you even acknowledge people have different reasons for watching movies. I can't even comprehend how someone can think like this and then make a post about it for attention.

Movies are art, not religion

Not everyone can be a genius like you
Kang Min Fighting!
caldo149
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States469 Posts
August 13 2009 07:23 GMT
#34
On August 13 2009 15:22 lwstupidus wrote:
... Movies are art, not religion
QFT.

Movies are art, and art doesn't have to be inspirational. It can be whatever the artist wants, and whatever you see in it. If it made you feel anything at all then the art has done its job and has not "failed hard."
GrayArea,you should look at the bright side, through the reaction it provoked in you, this movie reinforced your ideas of what's inspirational and what isn't.

On August 13 2009 14:19 GrayArea wrote:
I feel like my soul has become tainted after watching this movie. Like I've lost some part of my humanity or something.

P.S. stop being so dramatic. =P
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Osmoses
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Sweden5302 Posts
August 13 2009 07:56 GMT
#35
Fight Club is one of my favorite movies ever. If you want a moral lesson, how about this one: Get your shit in gear and realize what's really important in life or you will end up like Edward Norton and go to support groups for men with testicular cancer just to be able to sleep at night.
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Elite00fm
Profile Joined January 2008
United States548 Posts
August 13 2009 08:14 GMT
#36
you don't deserve tv, movie, internet, teamliquid, or blog privileges if you don't like fight club.

1/5
drug_vict1m
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
844 Posts
August 13 2009 08:20 GMT
#37
lets have a fist fight then greyarea!
One must feel chaos within, to give birth to a dancing star.
stroggos
Profile Joined February 2009
New Zealand1543 Posts
August 13 2009 08:27 GMT
#38
You watch every movie looking for morals and inspiration?

movies should be watched purely for entertainment, but if your looking for inspiration and morals i could recommend these movies: The lion king, snow white and the seven dwarfs, Cinderella, touching the void. All are good movies and i think you'll enjoy them if you havn't seen them already.
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WeSt
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Portugal918 Posts
August 13 2009 08:51 GMT
#39
If you want emotions go watch dramas... are you guys crazy? a diferent ending for fight club? it is suposed to represent chaos and not some sort of movie filled with life morality and that kind of crap. OP is emo.
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VioleTAK
Profile Joined July 2006
4315 Posts
August 13 2009 09:06 GMT
#40
Every fan of Starcraft is a fan of Lim Yo Hwan by association
Mah Buckit!
Profile Joined April 2009
Finland474 Posts
August 13 2009 09:25 GMT
#41
How can movies inspire anyone? Movies suck!
Well End of Days can inspire you ´cos Arnold shows how to kick Satans butt.....
And for inspiration I´d think Saló aka 120 days of sodom might be the thing :D
Starcraft? Epic Grimness.
Mah Buckit!
Profile Joined April 2009
Finland474 Posts
August 13 2009 09:28 GMT
#42
On August 13 2009 17:27 stroggos wrote:
You watch every movie looking for morals and inspiration?

movies should be watched purely for entertainment, but if your looking for inspiration and morals i could recommend these movies: The lion king, snow white and the seven dwarfs, Cinderella, touching the void. All are good movies and i think you'll enjoy them if you havn't seen them already.


mmm, lion king isn´t that good for your moral, you know the whole movie was stolen....
Starcraft? Epic Grimness.
o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
August 13 2009 09:36 GMT
#43
I think I'll go ahead and give the first serious recommendation. If you haven't seen it, watch Forrest Gump. Best inspirational movie ever.
Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 09:48:53
August 13 2009 09:48 GMT
#44
Fight club is a bit overrated, no?

Unfortunately I think many guys "like" it because of the fighting. Kinda ridiculous, but I really think most men see the movie as some sort of zen-like, violent movie that defines their manhood.

Like I said; I think it's overrated. Oh and usually movies that are liked by many people, aren't that good. There are of course exceptions to this
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Eiii
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2566 Posts
August 13 2009 10:17 GMT
#45
On August 13 2009 18:48 Foucault wrote:
Unfortunately I think many guys "like" it because of the fighting. Kinda ridiculous, but I really think most men see the movie as some sort of zen-like, violent movie that defines their manhood.


I'm sure there are plenty of people that look at it this way. They're very wrong, but there's not much you can do about that.

OP seems to have seen Fight Club, but it doesn't sound like he's really watched the movie. The ending is happy, ultimately. Realistically, a lot of the movie's appeal is it's incredible execution-- it's a great looking film, at least, and (to me, at least) it doesn't feel like there's a single thing missing or out of place in it. Plot aside, it's just a joy to watch. And the plot itself is very engaging... I just think far too many people think the narrator is talking to them when he's really talking to himself. And he's crazy, so...

Fight Club is a good movie. It might not fit your tastes, but that doesn't make it bad.
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stafu
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1196 Posts
August 13 2009 10:25 GMT
#46
Watch Dogville.

Anyway, if you watch movies only for uplifting feel-good self-improvement type stuff, you are going to miss out on a LOT of 20th/21st century art (Bergman/Fellini/Truffaut/Kubrick/Kurosawa/Godard/Leone/De Sica anyone? : ) or more recently films like Cidade de Deus, Requiem for a Dream, any of Scorsese's films, Amores perros etc. etc. etc. These are amazing movies and it's a little sad that you might miss out on them because you're hung up on messages in films and seeing things from different points of view.
Railxp
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Hong Kong1313 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 10:31:15
August 13 2009 10:29 GMT
#47
thats like saying you saw this,

[image loading]


felt that it tainted your soul,
and therefore it is a fail painting.

You don't watch a lot of movies and only try to see the "best" ones. But most of the "best" movies are not Self-help-empowering-Disney-happee movies that inspire. "Best" movies, although a very subjective term, are usually movies that challenge and portray an entirely different point of view to a particular situation.

You would draw a lot less flack from fanboys if you'd just write that you tried but cant appreciate what is probably a good movie, instead of "it made me feel bad so it is a bad movie."

And yes, now it is very overrated, referenced across the internets. but back when nobody heard about it and there was zero hype, it was a mind blowing cult classic. And hell, it has to be very fucking highly rated before it can evolve into being overrated.
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Kgosi
Profile Joined July 2009
Iceland79 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 10:42:42
August 13 2009 10:42 GMT
#48
On August 13 2009 14:50 Ichigo1234551 wrote:
Memotos


Facepalm
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6637 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 11:30:28
August 13 2009 11:11 GMT
#49
Movies are made to entertain not inspire, for the most part anyway.
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Oxygen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Canada3581 Posts
August 13 2009 11:16 GMT
#50
GrayArea,

I think movies that make you feel heroic or like taking over the world are often much too easily satisfying and don't actually look to solve a problem. You look at the result rather than the process, and that is why you feel so motivated. Fight Club gives you the inherent battle between ego and id that you need to face; once you face this, you decide your fate. Is that not beautiful?
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haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
August 13 2009 11:51 GMT
#51
I loved fight club when I was 14. I just watched it again a few weeks ago and I keep thinking how dumb i was before.
Rillanon.au
jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
August 13 2009 12:03 GMT
#52
read fakesteve's biography, that's a real man's story
Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
August 13 2009 12:10 GMT
#53
On August 13 2009 14:49 ShloobeR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2009 14:34 GrayArea wrote:
On August 13 2009 14:30 Athos wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
I think if they left out the split personality thing it would be a better movie. Just my two cents.

Ya I totally agree with this.
+ Show Spoiler +
If he somehow stopped tyler, brought down his group, stopped the bomb, and came up with some inspiring image on how to make the world better, it would have been good. But the end is like...wtf....


and then a prince on a unicorn could come in and they could ride off into the sunset!

seriously, you're judging this film by standards it was never meant to adhere to... it's like if you watch a Saw movie and then complain that's it's not good for children...


LOL so true. There's no way it could be improved by taking out the part that makes it fucking awesome.

and
+ Show Spoiler +
holy shit did you even watch the movie? He did stop tyler, and the bomb was a positive thing. It destroyed the credit card records 'bringing everyone back to 0'. Pretty decent ending for someone who always wants the good guy to win in the best way possible


seriously though i recommend opening your perspective a little bit and really trying to enjoy more of what's out there
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Sprite
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1015 Posts
August 13 2009 12:28 GMT
#54
Fight Club is an amazing movie it's just kinda sad that you judge movies based on positive messages and fairy tale BS. I mean the title is Fight Club did you expect a guy with morals, or a story that makes you feel better bout yourself?
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niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5281 Posts
August 13 2009 12:41 GMT
#55
I think I'm gonna watch this movie again,
I watched it when I was a young teenager.
Epicfailguy
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Norway893 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-13 12:45:31
August 13 2009 12:45 GMT
#56
On August 13 2009 14:29 VioleTAK wrote:
I clearly remember there's the music theme of Zerg, somewhere in the movie.

Yeah its when he gets shit from his boss and swaps personality, then owns him.

And the movie is fucking brilliant.
omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
August 13 2009 12:50 GMT
#57
im guessing the OP is < 21 years old.
Its ok man. Having your "real world cherry" popped is never without trauma.
punt
Profile Joined August 2007
Singapore50 Posts
August 13 2009 12:53 GMT
#58
Read Chuck's new book tilted RANT.. its sick
Epicfailguy
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Norway893 Posts
August 13 2009 13:00 GMT
#59
Saying fight club is bad is in my opinion an ok thing to say.
Music and movies are 100% subjective, and im sure more people think like him, so saying he's immature and stupid is just silly.

Its like "no country for old men", I hated the movie and if I wasnt at the cinemas when I watched it, I wouldnt complete the god damn thing, couse it was so fucking boring, and the dialuge wasnt good either..yet its got 8.3 on imdb.
lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
August 13 2009 13:08 GMT
#60
fight club is a decent movie but dont take it too seriously dude

if you enjoyed the (pseudo) philosophical aspects of the story you should look into some classic existential literature

I recommend you start with some camus.
RaiZ
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
2813 Posts
August 13 2009 13:28 GMT
#61
What's good about this movie is that at least it doesn't end up like 90% of the others movies.
I'm SO fucking tired of all those predictables movies yet they still continue to sell.
Sure fight club is overated, but at least i liked for its unpredictable end.

Much like Donnie Darko. I could recommend this film aswell if you haven't watched it yet.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Oscar Wilde
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
August 13 2009 13:52 GMT
#62
I fell asleep during this movie. god it was so boring.
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QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32071 Posts
August 13 2009 14:14 GMT
#63
How the hell do you decide that a good movie makes you feel good?
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Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
August 13 2009 14:20 GMT
#64
Ed Norton rules.
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AzureEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1360 Posts
August 13 2009 14:35 GMT
#65
I find Fight Club very good movie

If you want inspiration in a movie, go watch a Disney movie. Seriously, grow up and come back to re-watch it and you might appreciate its message
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ninjafetus
Profile Joined December 2008
United States231 Posts
August 13 2009 14:54 GMT
#66
So many people miss the point of Fight Club. The glorification of violence and self destruction is not the point. The point is, "Grow the fuck up."
Mooga
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States575 Posts
August 13 2009 15:45 GMT
#67
You JUST watched Fight Club? Have you been living under a rock for your entire life?

Also, I watch movies to be entertained, not to be motivated or find a greater purpose in life. Stop taking movies so seriously
KurtistheTurtle
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1966 Posts
August 13 2009 18:03 GMT
#68
On August 13 2009 14:19 GrayArea wrote:
Just watched Fight Club

the first rule of fight club is you do NOT TALK about fight club
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
Epicfailguy
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Norway893 Posts
August 13 2009 18:28 GMT
#69
On August 14 2009 03:03 KurtistheTurtle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2009 14:19 GrayArea wrote:
Just watched Fight Club

the first rule of fight club is you do NOT TALK about fight club

Ssssh dont talk about it :--(
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9104 Posts
August 13 2009 18:55 GMT
#70
On August 13 2009 18:06 VioleTAK wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrwGoaK5o4


lol that is awesome, I wonder if I picked up on that when I was watching it or not the first time. I also wonder if they both got that score from the same source or what.
GhostLink
Profile Joined January 2011
United States450 Posts
August 12 2012 18:17 GMT
#71
This movie inspired me more than any other movie. It opens your eyes to the fact that you simply need to be free. Liberate yourself from your stupid dead end job that makes you miserable and find something in life that makes it worth living.

If that's not inspiring, i don't know what is.
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