Once you hit rock bottom.. you have nowhere to go but up.
Now, I'm not a fan of watching most of Edward Norton's movies more than once, with exemption so far being The Hulk (2), The Illusionist (2), Red Dragon (3), Rounder's (4), and Fight Club (13). Now the thirteen viewings of Fight Club may seem like alot to some people considering it came out in 1999, I believe, but I think and average of once a year is enough for me.
When a movie is made that is based off of a book, in most cases, the book is better. However, as far as Fight Club goes, I consider both the book AND the movie amazing. They changed stuff and left stuff out, but the movie still brought the point that Chuck Palahniuk (the author of Fight Club) was trying to get across, about how the human race is no longer evolving to a great extent. And what are we trying to do? "Deliver me from swedish furniture! Deliver me from clever art!" We are all living in the dreamy world of corporate America, we have no culture, we have no purpose except ones that we make up for ourselves. "You are not the contents of you're wallet, you are not the car you drive!"
Anyways, I'm not pro-anarchy or anything like that, but Chuck Palahniuk's way of making points is through shock value and extreme entertainment. And I think he was very successful in showing the audience that there's more to life than shopping at IKEA and having a successful career. I love this movie, and the only fault in it I can see is that it is too extreme to effect the minds of conservative people, they will just brush it off as some crazed film about the destruction of earth or something like that. But if you really want more like this, I really suggest you read the book as well.
"You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake! We are the same decaying organic matter as everything else."
Btw, I'm out. Later.
When a movie is made that is based off of a book, in most cases, the book is better. However, as far as Fight Club goes, I consider both the book AND the movie amazing. They changed stuff and left stuff out, but the movie still brought the point that Chuck Palahniuk (the author of Fight Club) was trying to get across, about how the human race is no longer evolving to a great extent. And what are we trying to do? "Deliver me from swedish furniture! Deliver me from clever art!" We are all living in the dreamy world of corporate America, we have no culture, we have no purpose except ones that we make up for ourselves. "You are not the contents of you're wallet, you are not the car you drive!"
Anyways, I'm not pro-anarchy or anything like that, but Chuck Palahniuk's way of making points is through shock value and extreme entertainment. And I think he was very successful in showing the audience that there's more to life than shopping at IKEA and having a successful career. I love this movie, and the only fault in it I can see is that it is too extreme to effect the minds of conservative people, they will just brush it off as some crazed film about the destruction of earth or something like that. But if you really want more like this, I really suggest you read the book as well.
"You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake! We are the same decaying organic matter as everything else."
Btw, I'm out. Later.