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“Fight Club” had such a huge impact on my life that I won’t even mention other films. QUOTES: "This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time." “Gene

“Fight Club” had such a huge impact on my life that I won’t even mention other films. QUOTES: "This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time." “Generations have been working in jobs they hate, just so they can buy what they don't really need." "You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else." "Getting fired is the best thing that could happen to any of us. That way, we’d quit treading water and do something with our lives."

rsecora 6y ago
The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. :)
- cvs268 6y ago
  The second rule of Fight Club is: You. Do not. Talk about. Fight Club
  - dTal 6y ago
    "Oh no, hang on... shuffles cards ...sorry! the Second Rule is, no pinching! That's cheating!"
DonaldPShimoda 6y ago
Fight Club is a great film! But I can't believe how many people watch Fight Club and miss the real message: that Tyler Durden's philosophy is not one to live by, because it doesn't bring you any joy or fulfillment. Too many people watch the movie and see a tour de force of machismo and stick-it-to-the-man ideology, but the movie is really about the negatives of extreme, prolonged toxic masculinity. The Narrator conjures Tyler Durden out of a misplaced idea of what he's "missing" in life, and he suffers greatly for it. Durden is a false prophet, and shouldn't be idolized in the slightest. But tons of people watch the movie and come away wanting to start their own fight clubs, or otherwise emulate the masculine charisma of Durden without ever understanding what it was really all about. Also ironic that the modern use of "snowflake" (at least in America) originated with Fight Club but has become completely divorced from its intended semantics.
- monetus 6y ago
  I wonder how the destruction of those credit agency buildings would play out in real life. It was a very "ends justifies the means" moment in the film.
- ttyprintk 6y ago
  Spot on. [Ebert's review] goes further and describes the Project Mayhem followers as victims of a "fascist" ideology. At the time, I thought that was harsh and sensational, but I think he was warning us that the subtler, less comfortable messages will be lost within themes that are powerful to an unsophisticated audience. Has it become propaganda? [0] https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fight-club-1999 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fight-club-1999
- juniper_strong 6y ago
  > the movie is really about the negatives of extreme, prolonged toxic masculinity Chuck Palahniuk, the author of the book the movie is based on would disagree with you. For one, he has said he doesn't believe in the term toxic masculinity. He has said that Fight Club is "about empowering the individual and allowing the individual to make what they see as the best choice" and "about the terror that you were going to live or die without understanding anything important about yourself". He has also remarked about how few cultural narratives there are for young men today, "I feel a little frustrated that our culture hasn’t given these men a wider selection of narratives to choose from. Really, the only narratives they go to are The Matrix and Fight Club". As for the snowflake term being co-opted, he says, "once that material passes on to an audience, the audience adopts it. It will become the child of the audience and will serve whatever purpose the audience has for it. It would be insane to think that the author could control every iteration or every interpretation of their work." For me, Fight Club was a very nihilistic (Chuck Palahniuk admits to being somewhat of a nihilist) and also very hopeful book (and movie), which is a tough combination to pull off.
  - throwaway092837 6y ago
    >> the movie is really about the negatives of extreme, prolonged toxic masculinity > Chuck Palahniuk, the author of the book the movie is based on would disagree with you. Palahniuk: “Throughout childhood, people tell you to be less sensitive. Adulthood begins the moment someone tells you that you need to be more sensitive.” > For one, he has said he doesn't believe in the term toxic masculinity. He criticized the term, for being poorly defined, not the concept: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/a-conversation-with-chuck-palahniuk-the-author-of-fight-club-and-the-man-behind-tyler-durden-2 https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/a-conversation-with-chuc... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fight-club-2-chuck-palahniuk_n_5845c35ae4b028b32338a632 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fight-club-2-chuck-palahniuk_...
snapetom 6y ago
Cheesy to admit it, but the Raymond K. Hessel scene came at a young, impressionable stage in my life. It got me to start taking my career and personal relationships seriously. Two great quotes came from it: "Tomorrow will be the most beautiful day of Raymond K. Hessel's life." "On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero."

rsecora 6y ago

The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. :)

cvs268 6y ago
The second rule of Fight Club is: You. Do not. Talk about. Fight Club
- dTal 6y ago
  "Oh no, hang on... shuffles cards ...sorry! the Second Rule is, no pinching! That's cheating!"

DonaldPShimoda 6y ago

Fight Club is a great film! But I can't believe how many people watch Fight Club and miss the real message: that Tyler Durden's philosophy is not one to live by, because it doesn't bring you any joy or fulfillment. Too many people watch the movie and see a tour de force of machismo and stick-it-to-the-man ideology, but the movie is really about the negatives of extreme, prolonged toxic masculinity. The Narrator conjures Tyler Durden out of a misplaced idea of what he's "missing" in life, and he suffers greatly for it. Durden is a false prophet, and shouldn't be idolized in the slightest. But tons of people watch the movie and come away wanting to start their own fight clubs, or otherwise emulate the masculine charisma of Durden without ever understanding what it was really all about. Also ironic that the modern use of "snowflake" (at least in America) originated with Fight Club but has become completely divorced from its intended semantics.

monetus 6y ago
I wonder how the destruction of those credit agency buildings would play out in real life. It was a very "ends justifies the means" moment in the film.
ttyprintk 6y ago
Spot on. [Ebert's review] goes further and describes the Project Mayhem followers as victims of a "fascist" ideology. At the time, I thought that was harsh and sensational, but I think he was warning us that the subtler, less comfortable messages will be lost within themes that are powerful to an unsophisticated audience. Has it become propaganda? [0] https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fight-club-1999 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fight-club-1999
juniper_strong 6y ago
> the movie is really about the negatives of extreme, prolonged toxic masculinity Chuck Palahniuk, the author of the book the movie is based on would disagree with you. For one, he has said he doesn't believe in the term toxic masculinity. He has said that Fight Club is "about empowering the individual and allowing the individual to make what they see as the best choice" and "about the terror that you were going to live or die without understanding anything important about yourself". He has also remarked about how few cultural narratives there are for young men today, "I feel a little frustrated that our culture hasn’t given these men a wider selection of narratives to choose from. Really, the only narratives they go to are The Matrix and Fight Club". As for the snowflake term being co-opted, he says, "once that material passes on to an audience, the audience adopts it. It will become the child of the audience and will serve whatever purpose the audience has for it. It would be insane to think that the author could control every iteration or every interpretation of their work." For me, Fight Club was a very nihilistic (Chuck Palahniuk admits to being somewhat of a nihilist) and also very hopeful book (and movie), which is a tough combination to pull off.
- throwaway092837 6y ago
  >> the movie is really about the negatives of extreme, prolonged toxic masculinity > Chuck Palahniuk, the author of the book the movie is based on would disagree with you. Palahniuk: “Throughout childhood, people tell you to be less sensitive. Adulthood begins the moment someone tells you that you need to be more sensitive.” > For one, he has said he doesn't believe in the term toxic masculinity. He criticized the term, for being poorly defined, not the concept: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/a-conversation-with-chuck-palahniuk-the-author-of-fight-club-and-the-man-behind-tyler-durden-2 https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/a-conversation-with-chuc... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fight-club-2-chuck-palahniuk_n_5845c35ae4b028b32338a632 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fight-club-2-chuck-palahniuk_...

snapetom 6y ago

Cheesy to admit it, but the Raymond K. Hessel scene came at a young, impressionable stage in my life. It got me to start taking my career and personal relationships seriously. Two great quotes came from it: "Tomorrow will be the most beautiful day of Raymond K. Hessel's life." "On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero."