EPTI get the whole storyline, but what is the movie trying to convey? I'd like to hear your views/perspectives on it because. well I got none.
[Movie] Fight Club
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imperfect
Canada1652 Posts
I get the whole storyline, but what is the movie trying to convey? I'd like to hear your views/perspectives on it because. well I got none. | ||
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
And I suppose there's alot of anti-consumerism stuff in there too. | ||
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Or just some sick psychotic masculinity rage. I liked it, had to watch it 3x over to get the whole idea of it...or whatever. I watched memento from and old stash of dvds the other day, omfg what a mindfuckkk. watch that too. I could be entirely wrong though, but it just seems like that from the random shit people say about it. | ||
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
On April 23 2009 10:34 imperfect wrote: After many months, i finally got around to watching the movie. Overall, I thought it was a well-made movie, with some good acting, an interesting plotline, and a good deal of messages.. probably. I get the whole storyline, but what is the movie trying to convey? I'd like to hear your views/perspectives on it because. well I got none. Make sure you watch it twice before you try to answer that. | ||
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Djabanete
United States2786 Posts
Sheesh. | ||
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LaLuSh
Sweden2358 Posts
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AmorVincitOmnia
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Osmoses
Sweden5302 Posts
What the movie is trying to convey is pretty simple. Don't remember the quite perfectly but something along the lines of "We've all been brought up to believe that one day we're all going to be super rich and rock stars and movie gods, but we won't. We're slowly learning that fact. And we are very pissed off." The movie conveys the bitterness of being an average joe. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9101 Posts
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Chef
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ninjafetus
United States231 Posts
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Oxygen
Canada3581 Posts
Probably the easiest way to analyze the movie is through psychoanalysis, where the doppleganger ("double") has a well-established template. Tyler's Id is embodied by wild Pitt, which the ego (Edward Norton) has repressed at the instigation of the superego, society. Norton is initially deeply unsatisfied with life, like most of us may be now. The camera shows his apartment, his kitchenware, and we hear of his talk about Ikea catalogs to better furnish his house, yet these are all superficial images. His fridge, most often closed, reveals an empty and undernourished inside: Tyler (Norton) is all show, he has nothing to show for his life. Such a lifestyle may reflect on that of office workers (and not just the average joe) that have been sucked into such a consumerist culture. When Brad Pitt (Norton's doppleganger/Id) finally manifests himself, he takes such control of Norton because he satisfies everything Tyler didn't previously have: he gives him self-confidence, self-esteem, nurtures him and even gets him laid. In the chaos, Norton (ego) suffers and grows; he deals with the repressed desires contained in the Id. (I mentioned that these desires are suppressed by society. This means that Tyler cannot lash out at his boss at work; he cannot fuck Marla as he likes; he cannot express himself, he is stifled) However, he cannot let go of his previous life. He is still attached to his possessions and is still afraid. Norton has an epiphany when he realizes Tyler and he are the same person: he begins to understand the source of his problems, and he tries to deal with them by killing Tyler off. Of course, these desires never go away. This is symbolized by the flash of the penis at the end credits, which signifies that Tyler isn't actually gone - he's just been temporarily dealt with. Sorry if this is run-on. Been a bit since I saw the movie. | ||
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Oxygen
Canada3581 Posts
On April 23 2009 11:50 ninjafetus wrote: Guys, you're missing the point. The message wasn't all that anti-capitalist nihilist bullshit that the Tyler Durden persona was spouting. The message was for us to stop blaming society and grow up. In the end, self-destruction was just as bad as medicating immaturity with consumerism. Or, much better said, this. | ||
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deathgod6
United States5064 Posts
On April 23 2009 11:31 Chef wrote: Guys, you'll never believe what movie I just saw... BACK TO THE FUTURE! Omigosh, discuss. I got the story and all, but what is the significance of 88 miles per hour to time travel? How does a car run on garbage and why did they make up the term "jiggawatt"? ohhemmgee. I would like to hear your feedback on this matter. | ||
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AzureEye
United States1360 Posts
On April 23 2009 11:51 Oxygen wrote: Fight Club has a lot of depth to it, expanding on ideas such as masculinity, (anti-)consumerism, self-fulfillment and the construction of the self through a doppleganger. Probably the easiest way to analyze the movie is through psychoanalysis, where the doppleganger ("double") has a well-established template. Tyler's Id is embodied by wild Pitt, which the ego (Edward Norton) has repressed at the instigation of the superego, society. Norton is initially deeply unsatisfied with life, like most of us may be now. The camera shows his apartment, his kitchenware, and we hear of his talk about Ikea catalogs to better furnish his house, yet these are all superficial images. His fridge, most often closed, reveals an empty and undernourished inside: Tyler (Norton) is all show, he has nothing to show for his life. Such a lifestyle may reflect on that of office workers (and not just the average joe) that have been sucked into such a consumerist culture. When Brad Pitt (Norton's doppleganger/Id) finally manifests himself, he takes such control of Norton because he satisfies everything Tyler didn't previously have: he gives him self-confidence, self-esteem, nurtures him and even gets him laid. In the chaos, Norton (ego) suffers and grows; he deals with the repressed desires contained in the Id. (I mentioned that these desires are suppressed by society. This means that Tyler cannot lash out at his boss at work; he cannot fuck Marla as he likes; he cannot express himself, he is stifled) However, he cannot let go of his previous life. He is still attached to his possessions and is still afraid. Norton has an epiphany when he realizes Tyler and he are the same person: he begins to understand the source of his problems, and he tries to deal with them by killing Tyler off. Of course, these desires never go away. This is symbolized by the flash of the penis at the end credits, which signifies that Tyler isn't actually gone - he's just been temporarily dealt with. Sorry if this is run-on. Been a bit since I saw the movie. GFG explanation I'm still curious though What was the point of Project Mayhem? To bring down corporations? To make it more fair for all workers? And you say he only temporarily dealt with Tyler? I believe he actually finished him. I saw the penis at the end but I thought maybe they just did that for the hell of it In the end, great movie, love some quotes in there. Pitt did amazing job in the movie Love the part where he puts his hand on acid and Pitt says "You are free to do anything when you lose everything" | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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Xusneb
Canada612 Posts
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MamiyaOtaru
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Heyoka
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Oxygen
Canada3581 Posts
Also, not sure what GFG means :o | ||
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