The first rule of Fight Club is . . . you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is . . . you do NOT talk about Fight Club!
Finally, FINALLY I feel enlightened! A friend of mine who is in college is home for break and brought Fight Club over for me to watch (after beating me up verbally for an hour over the fact that I hadn’t watched it yet.)
Oh.My.God.
Why didn’t you guys TELL me how amazing this movie was?!
Oh…you did?
Well why weren’t you more forceful about it! I’ve seen most of Brad’s movies, but I can’t believe that I let the title of this movie keep me away from watching it. It’s not about fighting at all! Sure, there’s fighting in it (and just so you know I do like most fighting movies…Jackie Chan rocks!) but it’s so much more than that!
And the ending! WOW! No, I won’t give it away…if you haven’t seen it you need to watch for yourself to believe, but believe me when I say that I was confused as heck for over half the movie.
I pride myself on being able to figure out what’s going to happen in a movie, after all, most plots are classic with a slight twist to them. It takes a lot for a movie to trick and confuse me, and this one did. Even more surprising, though, was that my husband actually figured out the “surprise” before I did!
This movie really gives you a different perspective on life, and the author of the book, Chuck Palahniuk, really needs to be given credit for his amazing insight, as well as for the acrobatics of his words. I decided half way through the movie that the man was either a genuis or perpetually high. I was informed by my friend that he is a genius.
“I’ll bring us through this. As always. I’ll carry you - kicking and screaming - and in the end you’ll thank me. “
Sounds a bit like The Lord’s Footsteps prayer, doesn’t it?!
Brad Pitt, Tyler Durden, Fight Club