@@Alysa-Aiday Makes me think the two ladies watching weren't really paying attention. Just waiting for a chance to talk. I mean a bit later he mentions using vinegar to neutralize the burn, then she assumes it was alcohol.....
The point of the film is the dangers of conformity - whether that is conforming to consumerism, fascism, cults of personality, or any other rigid belief system. The buildings falling at the end represent not only the collapse of financial systems, but the connection and dependence on systems themselves. The Narrator (his real name is never given) is truly free - but at a great cost, because with the death of "Tyler" he has also seen the death of certainty. Now he is free - to do what?
I don't agree. What you describe may be the plot of the film but is not the driver of the film. The driver of the film is the forced femininity of men by women who believe they can define what is masculine.
HL Minkin once wrote “there comes a time in every man’s life that he hast to hoist the black flag spit on his hands and begin to cut throats”. That’s what this movie is about. Generations of young men have been raised in a geocentric society, where masculinity itself is considered toxic. The movie came out in the late 90s and was a bit ahead of its time, but the author could see where society was moving. A society, the suppresses, masculinity, and the spirit of the adventurer, create an Underbelly of young, frustrated, and violent men.
If you watch the gunshot closely you can see the bullet hole afterward in the back left corner of his jaw. He put the gun in his mouth, but it wasn't pointed straight at the back of his throat or up at his head. You saw his right cheek balloon as the shot fired, but that was from the explosion of the gunshot.
I also thought the complaints that Fight Club was an irresponsible film that encouraged violence were a bit ridiculous. I actually think it did a good job at showing that violence is ugly and can have serious consequences
This is essentially about the problem of male loneliness and feeling like needing a glorious purpose as well as giving up on the system that reinforces this loneliness obviously men and women deal with loneliness in a different way but for men thats an overarching need to do greater or to matter
Another detail with that car they crash when they crawl out of it, Edward Norton gets out of the driver's side even though he was the passenger. Some post editing team mentioned it to David Fincher because they thought it was a continuity error and David Fincher was like, "don't worry about it." Also, Fight club is one of those brutally honest commentaries on society that will never go out of style. It's a masterpiece of a movie.
I would think most people involved in the production, particularly an editor, would have read the critically acclaimed novel as soon as they got the job. It's not like Fincher was the only person on set aware of the twist.
You got it.. The movie is very symbolic/metaphorical. It is about how society has turned men into p\_/ssies. Note how Tyler said that people will do anything to avoid a fight when he gave out the homework. It is about groups of guys who rediscover their masculinity (albeit to extremes) and it spreads like crazy. The flashes you saw were subliminal images of Tyler Durden, prowling around in Cornelius' mind (he wasn't actually named). Once he failed to connect with Marla, Tyler appeared in a more realized way. This movie pioneered the use of "photo-grammetry." Scanning in real objects and their textures so the 3D camera could push through the scene in ways that was previously impossible. Fincher used this effect even more in Panic Room. When the physical film was being scanned for home video, they used ILM's expensive THX mastering process. Someone at THX called Fincher and warned him that there were occasional frames of noise or artifacts in the film. Fincher then questioned why they used this expensive mastering process if they could not recognize these flashes as crystal clear images of Tyler Durden.
This one has so many memorable quotes. Like: You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your effing khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world. Classic.
Welcome to the boys' locker room, ladies. I admire your pluck in sticking it out through all the testosterone but your ambivalence and confusion can be at least partially attributed to this being a "guy movie" that deals with what it means to be a "man" through all its manifestations i.e. race, orientation, status etc; and the struggle against the emasculation and helplessness of western society. It is also a lovestory and the search for love as part of the adult experience in our need to ffind compltetion. I love it when the female lead (Chole?) Turns to him on the bus and says right before tge door hisses close, "You're the worst thing that ever happened to me." If that's not love, I don't know what is. Thank you and take care.
As a man there are so many things that call to you, purpose, respect , courage to be a man in a fight, calls to how men a left out on their own but find a comradeship, to that and the uniqueness of the story it was when it came out with the physiological twist
I love how the ending gives you no answers, because that's more realistic. I've never heard of physical trauma 'fixing' mental illness in an instant, but many people assume that Tyler is gone for good. Is that the end of project mayhem, or do they have a phase 2 that the narrator doesn't remember? There are so many unanswered themes of society, cultism & delusion that this story could be discussed in 1000 years and they'd still be relevant.
@@kingspanky2794 No doubt, seen it 4-5 times? Know I’ll grab some insight next time I watch. Luckily, life is not completely about the intellectual or there might be Tyler’s all over the place?
You have to watch this movie while not relating to real life. There are plenty of hilarious things in comedies that would not be funny in real life. Same principle. This is one of those movies that gets better the more you watch it.
END GAME WAS THEY ERASED DEBT,. YES, IS SYMBOLIC, So they could start over. People serving\ working life away for no gain..Modern family costs so much and people working all day everyday, like walking on treadmill..with that said, it is very odd movie...
idk if anyone has u yet but the flash is actually brads character meaning that it appears the film six times before he and Norton's character meet officially meet. another fact about the film is that Norton’s character may refer to himself as “Jack” a few times and adopts some other names for his various support groups, but none of them is his actual name. Instead, the main character is just known as “Narrator.”
Great movie. You should see another David Finch movie called The Game 1997 with Michael Douglas. It is a very underrated movie but it is a one in a life time experience you can not recreate the first time you see it .I highlly recommand it. It is truly one of the best movies I ever saw.
The Game is jaw-dropping and mind blowing. I envy anyone who gets to see it for the first time, it’s never the same again, although still great on rewatch, just different.
No offense to you ladies, i did enjoy the reaction and you were great as usual, but every woman I know and every female reactor I've seen reacts the same way with confusion and not grasping the movie. But most men, love the movie and catch the small details that make it a much more enjoyable watch. Also the gun was in his mouth, but wasn't pointed straight back. The bullet went out the side behind the jaw below the ear.
No offense taken as this is very much a guys movie. It is designed to speak to men more so rather than women. There are movies that do this in reverse and males would struggle to understand why it means so much to women. ☺️
I enjoy Fight Club, I didn’t think it was as deep and profound as others did, but it’s a very clever satire that got better for me every time I watched it, very well made. Love Fincher’s work or hate it, in terms of filmmaking technique he knows what he’s doing
I really enjoy seeing reactions to movies, where the reactors' personality is not in congruence with the tone of the movie. It produces really interesting reaction results. In this particular case, it's entertaining for me to see happy people not understand despair. I sometimes recommend happy people that I know read the book, Notes from Underground, for the same reason.
Animal fats were used in soap making for hundreds of years. The soap was primarily used for cleaning clothes not necessarily bodies. It wasn't until about WW1 that animal fats were replaced by synthetic detergents and used regularly for bathing, primarily in thanks to advances made by Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio.
If you watch They Live you’ll understand Fight Club. Both these movies are about how we let society rule over us. How obsessed we are with being liked and accepted. How we are oblivious to the very things that imprison us. So in Flight Club he went through a labyrinth to break free of the world he allowed to rule over him. He couldn’t leave life and couldn’t enjoy it either so he hoped a tragedy would end all for him. His journey led him to realize he is the only one that has the power to choose to enjoy life without societies demands.
have you guys seen these Brad Pit movies????? 1.Interview With A Vampire 2.Burn After Reading 3.12 Monkies 4.Moneyball 5.Cutting Class 6.Cool World 7.Oceans 11 8.Oceans 12 9.Oceans 13 13.Snatch 14.Mr And Mrs Smith 15.Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 16.Benjmin Button 17.The Mexican
There are many videos about what things mean in this movie one that i watched blew my mind all over again. What was pointed out I believe fits! I will give a hint: who else is maybe the same person like brad pit was?
“Lotta fighting” LMAO. Very unique story. The original author is incredibly strange if you ever listen to his interviews. Maybe the “hero” should have just went to church and met some people. Lol
One of my top 5 of all time. So many philosophical, social commentary underpinnings within this movie, believe there are college courses devoted to it. Shout out to Fincher as well, really crushed it in all movie making aspects.
@@RandyWhite-e6t Well, probably dates me, but picks covering a few genres and no particular order: 1. John Wick 2. The Big Lebowski 3. The Matrix 4. Fight Club 5. Forrest Gump
A couple of years after this movie came out a friend of mine gave me the DVD and told me to watch it. I wasn't really interested thinking it was going to be some over the top testosterone filled movie like "Road House". So I kept putting off watching it, we were at the bar one night and he asked me if I watched the movie yet. I said "No', he said "Just watch the f*cking movie". So I went home that night and watched it and was blown away. It was nothing like i had imagined.
@17:51 thirty seconds before he said you could use vinegar to neutralize the burn. I really loved this movie. It spoke to something inside of me as a man. Its natural that women don't get it or like it. Its a reason fight club was all men but its always interesting to see womens outlook on man movies.
Not really a criticism of the movie, but if you should ever need to, do not use vinegar to neutralize a strong base like caustic soda. Baking soda in water is the way to go. That was on every lab bench I have ever used.
@leroylowe5921 NaHCO3 is both a weak acid and a weak base. It can either react with the H+ from an acid to form H2O and CO2 or contribute an H+ to react with the OH- from a base and form H2O and Na2CO3.
ive always thought this was some extreme schizo mixed with insomnia, cuz like ive had a psychosis before and the voices i heard were so close to reality that i had to go check if the person i was hearing was in the building. and every time i see this movie im like holy shit. but the early lines of "insomnia is like ur awake and asleep but never really both" means he may take the hallucinations from schizophrenia or schizoaffective as the main memories especially if he has a powerful imagination.
Intense friendships can thrive between secure heterosexual men, where privacy is not a concern. However, diverging life paths may alter the trajectory of such a friendship.
Not sure if someone else explained it but he shot himself through the back of his cheek but it was the back of the head for Brad Pitt's character. This movie is based off of a book and I think the author had different themes in mind from what was shown in the movie. I've always enjoyed the movie but I can see how you two may have not liked it. The 90s were the start of guys losing their purpose and this plays into it. The reason so many guys were drawn into the fight clubs is because it was something just for the guys to do. The fights weren't about hate but rather testing your limits and feeling something primal. The Project Mayhem is a reflection of wanting to fight the system and taking it too far. I enjoyed watching your reactions and subscribed to your channel. :)
I would assume since lye is basic that the acidity of vinegar would cancel out immediately on contact, likely not adding to the pain of the lye burning the skin.
Dry or powder lye will not burn skin but if there is water present, it will. If lye starts to burn because of moisture, it is best to quickly rinse the rest off with water and neutralize any lye left with a small amount of vinegar. The vinegar and lye reaction is very exothermic and will cause heat burns in addition to the lye and water burns. Water will dissolve the lye, sodium hydroxide, (NaOH) and dissociate it into Na+ ions and OH- ions. The former are harmless. The latter will cause caustic burns. Adding water will make more OH- ions.
I agree a bit! This is a movie that you pick up more & understand more when you watch it again and it gets better. Lots of hidden comments and meanings along the way…example = Tyler lives on Paper St & named his Soap Co. Paper St. soap. When subdivisions are built, they name future or IMAGINARY streets Paper St.
It's less about payoff and more resolution, and that's to the conflict between Man vs Society/Societal Expectations reducing to Man vs. Himself (literally in this case). So the payoff isn't tangible so much as men venting their psychological and philosophical anxieties, exploring what might happen if it went too far.
I never found that the movie ending needed a to be more than it was. Not all issues have to be solved.. I mean why? Interesting enough though. The story is based on a book by Chuck Palahniuk. There they don't blow up the buildings and "the protagonist ends up in a psychiatric facility. I also interpreted the little flicker before it goes to black that the building they were in also blew up so there's no more need to get help or anything.
Great reaction 🙌 !!! I’ve always found Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter chemistry electric ❤One of my favorite Edward Norton movies and performance, another Ed Norton movie y’all should react to is The Painted Veil (2006).
👍🏼❤️ @FOLE Speaking of FIGHT CLUB finally catching up on DAREDEVIL in season 2. This movie is more a psychological thriller than fighting action and taps into something in us men we wish we could do to relieve the stress of our problems and that is the appeal. It takes you on this journey keeping your interest with wonderful acting and story, but like you when I first saw it is unsatisfying in the end like they did not finish the story or they wanted you to makeup the dining in your head. Doubt there was any sequel planned to continue the story
The part I enjoy most is him going to the support groups and then meeting Marla, and negotiating splitting them up. That whole part, including "go to your cave" and Chloe lol. I read in another comment about the experience the author had that inspired him to write the booķ, but I wonder how he came up with the faking at support groups idea.
Michelle with two l's has the funniest and most womanly voice I have heard so far xD And while the movie is certainly about the crisis of malehood nowadays, I think it is also about just being a modern human being in a world that wasn't made for you. At first, diving into Nihilist contrarianism is fun, but sooner or later, it will turn into a just another type of conformism.
This was really intersting to watch. You guys kept bringing up things that me and my friends have never discussed when watching this. Talking about getting a hotel, how he looks, the uncomfortableness of it all. It's a very male film and I think it's hard for most women to see the reasons it was made and what men see in it. You guys missed most of the points throughout it and didn't react to some very important things. It shows that as sexes we really do operate from very different viewpoints.
I don't think the disconnect was so much about you being females as it is that you both have had normal, healthy upbringings & have lived relatively normal, good lives. Neither of you strike me as a child of divorce or a broken home. (I apologize if I'm wrong about that.) The "narrator"'s problem was that he was a fatherless child brought up in a society where absentee father situations are rampant. In short, they don't learn love, because they weren't loved, so weren't taught how to love, as children. So, in order for boys like that to feel good about themselves, they achieve certain things. They earn money, they buy whatever material things they want, they have as many meaninglessness relationships as they can, they go aimlessly through the world craving the sensation of being alive, but very few things deliver. Sports, fighting, sex, financial independence, all are stand-ins for finding real meaning in life. The "narrator" was so empty inside, he could no longer get to sleep. A person needs sleep to be in their right mind. So a schism happened & he started to try to remake himself & the society around him to fit his wishes. He was finally feeling powerful within the fight club. His alter ego had no basis in morality, only in vengeance towards the society that he feels is screwing up the lives of so many men. So, in that sense, he is a very relatable character for many people (mostly, but not only, men). This is one of, if not my very favorite, movie. Thanks, ladies, & keep being a force of light....& sanity. 😂 Oh, he didn't shoot himself straight back or up, the bullet exited near his ear, not damaging the brain at all. I know it doesn't look like that's what he did, but... What's REALLY unrealistic is you wouldn't be able to hear anything after a gunshot goes off inside your mouth, so I don't know how he was talking with others right after that.
It’s finally here! Been waiting for this watch reaction video to show up. Thanks Michelle and Natalie 😊 Will your Joker 2 out of theater reaction happen today or tomorrow?
“It feels like you don’t like you,” Michelle with two L’s reacts and gets the whole story down in one line. Narrator doesn’t like himself, enter Tyler. You ladies are great and better looking every time a new video comes out so whatever you’re doing, keep it up. Love ya both. This is the way.
I absolutely love this movie and it may be because I love Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. The acting is so good. And I love David Fincher movies. It’s definitely a weird movie but it’s one of my top favs ! When it came out it was huge, everyone was talking about it. It gets better the more times you see it bc there’s sooooo much dialogue, it’s interesting how much you miss while trying to keep up with the story 😊
If Good Will Hunting is your go-to need-a-cry film then might I recommend Shadowlands? Anthony Hopkins as an older CS Lewis, Debra Winger, the kid from Jurassic Park (in the only other film I've ever seen him in), directed by Richard Attenborough, a lovely little film but by all that's holy make sure you've plenty of tissues to hand!
Really enjoyed Shadowlands. A beautiful little film. If you have not already, you should try 84 Charring Cross Road(1987). Another excellent little Anthony Hopkins outing with Anne Bancroft!
It's funny that in the movie it's "You don't talk about Fight Club" but find yourself talking about and discussing it :) Even with me, having not seen it in a long time, this was a nice refresher :) So many questions, interesting aspects. I did remember the twist near the end. 1 of those weird, bizarre films that keeps your interest. I had almost forgot Jared Leto was in this, and love Helena Bonham Carter. If you want to see another crazy, twisted Brad Pitt character, check out 12 Monkeys with Bruce Willis. Loved your reaction, especially the gross out moment where you wanted to throw up haha.
31:40 this scene will never get old and it’s one of the most well executed twist reveals in Fight Club. To think that Edward Norton & Brad Pitt were the same person all this time, it’s just so brilliant in my book. I’m glad you two took the time to react to this film. Fight Club is one of the films you’d love to rewatch in case you’ve missed something and it still leaves you questions and all of the above.
David Fincher still is my favorite director. And I have just recently seen another movie of his that I hadn't seen, called "The Game" with Michael Douglas. And I was fascinated. This guy apparently just can't make a bad movie...
This movie addressed so many important issues, that is why its the favorite of so many young men. It portrayed these guys just floating through life. Miserable, but they don't understand why and they are not emotionally developed enough to express themselves. So they love fighting, because it helps them feel something for the first time in as long as they remember. If men don't identify with this, then they are lying.
18:08 Animal fat is rarely used in soap anymore as "soap" is just a generic term for skin cleaning liquid. They're almost all made with just chemicals now which is extremely laughable as some actually advertise as "vegan" which is true as there's no animal fat, and "eco friendly" which is also true since the chemicals aren't toxic, and "organic" which is a bold faced lie since it's made of chemicals, and actual "organic" soap would be made of animal fat which people don't want.
Here's how I see it. Marla and 'Narrator man' are now together and he is now sane and in control of a worldwide army network. He's just playing power. He would just buy a mansion in any island anywhere and keep doing it, playing power politics and generally exerting pressure in a meaningful way by way of force because they are a co-operative and therefore a robust entity which can enjoy more equality via their network of bully boys.
I remember watching this movie years ago, I thought it was weird. It did definitely make an impression on me. I liked it more when I watched it again more recently. I’m not surprised it wasn’t your kind of movie, I wouldn’t really expect it to be. It probably means you are mentally stable women.😜
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What was Edward Norton's Character's name in the movie? 🤔
Jerad Leto was that angle face baby face guy that Brad Pitt beat up
Women not understanding what fight club is about is the most unintentionally funny commentary on society lmaoo
I've seen men misunderstanding it and it's sad but hilarious at the same time
I was thinking the same thing. An artistic representation of Men’s mental health is somehow not understood. Sounds about right…….
The dull & the dim. Bravo ladies.
Me too @@JustKrin
The majority of women I know love this movie but the majority of people who misunderstand would be a segment of women.
Rule 4 of Fight Club "If Someone Says "Stop" Or Goes Limp, Taps Out, The Fight Is Over"
Why is this making me think of Drago saying: "If he dies, he dies" in Rocky 4?
@@Alysa-Aiday Makes me think the two ladies watching weren't really paying attention. Just waiting for a chance to talk. I mean a bit later he mentions using vinegar to neutralize the burn, then she assumes it was alcohol.....
The point of the film is the dangers of conformity - whether that is conforming to consumerism, fascism, cults of personality, or any other rigid belief system. The buildings falling at the end represent not only the collapse of financial systems, but the connection and dependence on systems themselves. The Narrator (his real name is never given) is truly free - but at a great cost, because with the death of "Tyler" he has also seen the death of certainty. Now he is free - to do what?
This has been the best explanation yet!
Yup, too heavy handed and preachy a plot.
I don't agree. What you describe may be the plot of the film but is not the driver of the film. The driver of the film is the forced femininity of men by women who believe they can define what is masculine.
freedom isn't free
@@philmakris8507 It should be. You don't get people like Jesus Christ and other messianic figures without being heavy handed.
HL Minkin once wrote “there comes a time in every man’s life that he hast to hoist the black flag spit on his hands and begin to cut throats”. That’s what this movie is about. Generations of young men have been raised in a geocentric society, where masculinity itself is considered toxic. The movie came out in the late 90s and was a bit ahead of its time, but the author could see where society was moving. A society, the suppresses, masculinity, and the spirit of the adventurer, create an Underbelly of young, frustrated, and violent men.
>>>geocentric
Think you meant gynocentric.
His name was Robert Paulson
If you watch the gunshot closely you can see the bullet hole afterward in the back left corner of his jaw. He put the gun in his mouth, but it wasn't pointed straight at the back of his throat or up at his head. You saw his right cheek balloon as the shot fired, but that was from the explosion of the gunshot.
And on the VHS version you can see the bullet come back out of his mouth. I think the idea was his cheek ruptured from overpressure.
And definitly dont worry about any sequels written
I also thought the complaints that Fight Club was an irresponsible film that encouraged violence were a bit ridiculous. I actually think it did a good job at showing that violence is ugly and can have serious consequences
This is essentially about the problem of male loneliness and feeling like needing a glorious purpose as well as giving up on the system that reinforces this loneliness obviously men and women deal with loneliness in a different way but for men thats an overarching need to do greater or to matter
I agree.
Another detail with that car they crash when they crawl out of it, Edward Norton gets out of the driver's side even though he was the passenger. Some post editing team mentioned it to David Fincher because they thought it was a continuity error and David Fincher was like, "don't worry about it."
Also, Fight club is one of those brutally honest commentaries on society that will never go out of style. It's a masterpiece of a movie.
I would think most people involved in the production, particularly an editor, would have read the critically acclaimed novel as soon as they got the job. It's not like Fincher was the only person on set aware of the twist.
You got it.. The movie is very symbolic/metaphorical. It is about how society has turned men into p\_/ssies. Note how Tyler said that people will do anything to avoid a fight when he gave out the homework. It is about groups of guys who rediscover their masculinity (albeit to extremes) and it spreads like crazy.
The flashes you saw were subliminal images of Tyler Durden, prowling around in Cornelius' mind (he wasn't actually named). Once he failed to connect with Marla, Tyler appeared in a more realized way.
This movie pioneered the use of "photo-grammetry." Scanning in real objects and their textures so the 3D camera could push through the scene in ways that was previously impossible. Fincher used this effect even more in Panic Room.
When the physical film was being scanned for home video, they used ILM's expensive THX mastering process. Someone at THX called Fincher and warned him that there were occasional frames of noise or artifacts in the film. Fincher then questioned why they used this expensive mastering process if they could not recognize these flashes as crystal clear images of Tyler Durden.
The Gucci ad on the bus WAS actually Brad Pitt.
Ma'am, no looking at phones during a reaction. 😄
Somebody has a somebody…
@@adnap What does that mean?
"Nunchuckin'" - great versatile verb. To wield nunchucks or to chuck nuns out of a van...
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This one has so many memorable quotes. Like: You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your effing khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
Classic.
Welcome to the boys' locker room, ladies. I admire your pluck in sticking it out through all the testosterone but your ambivalence and confusion can be at least partially attributed to this being a "guy movie" that deals with what it means to be a "man" through all its manifestations i.e. race, orientation, status etc; and the struggle against the emasculation and helplessness of western society. It is also a lovestory and the search for love as part of the adult experience in our need to ffind compltetion. I love it when the female lead (Chole?) Turns to him on the bus and says right before tge door hisses close, "You're the worst thing that ever happened to me." If that's not love, I don't know what is. Thank you and take care.
As a man there are so many things that call to you, purpose, respect , courage to be a man in a fight, calls to how men a left out on their own but find a comradeship, to that and the uniqueness of the story it was when it came out with the physiological twist
I love how the ending gives you no answers, because that's more realistic. I've never heard of physical trauma 'fixing' mental illness in an instant, but many people assume that Tyler is gone for good. Is that the end of project mayhem, or do they have a phase 2 that the narrator doesn't remember? There are so many unanswered themes of society, cultism & delusion that this story could be discussed in 1000 years and they'd still be relevant.
Women just don't get this movie. It's understandable.
The guy who plays Bob is the singer/actor Meat Loaf!
The bullet did go through his mouth but it went through the side of his neck/cheek.
Because James McAvoy taught him to curve the bullet.
Most disturbing thing about Fight Club, intellectually speaking….nothing within it is necessarily incorrect.
It's funny because most people don't understand that. It's a watch many times to pick up on everything movie.
@@kingspanky2794 No doubt, seen it 4-5 times? Know I’ll grab some insight next time I watch. Luckily, life is not completely about the intellectual or there might be Tyler’s all over the place?
Weren't you listening? You violated the three rules..."you DO NOT talk about Fight Club! "
In my opinion I think the whole movie is basically a metaphor
In the early 2000s, we had a fight club in the boys' bathroom at high school.
While you might not want to watch it regularly, it's definitely worth a second watch, just to catch all the early hints for the twist :)
I’m sure! Thanks!
i see fight club reaction, i click. I'm jacks lack of total surprise
You have to watch this movie while not relating to real life. There are plenty of hilarious things in comedies that would not be funny in real life. Same principle. This is one of those movies that gets better the more you watch it.
If you could fight any social media personality who would you fight?
I vote for them to fight Feli from Germany and Diane Jennings
END GAME WAS THEY ERASED DEBT,. YES, IS SYMBOLIC, So they could start over. People serving\ working life away for no gain..Modern family costs so much and people working all day everyday, like walking on treadmill..with that said, it is very odd movie...
idk if anyone has u yet but the flash is actually brads character meaning that it appears the film six times before he and Norton's character meet officially meet.
another fact about the film is that Norton’s character may refer to himself as “Jack” a few times and adopts some other names for his various support groups, but none of them is his actual name. Instead, the main character is just known as “Narrator.”
Great movie. You should see another David Finch movie called The Game 1997 with Michael Douglas. It is a very underrated movie but it is a one in a life time experience you can not recreate the first time you see it .I highlly recommand it. It is truly one of the best movies I ever saw.
The Game is jaw-dropping and mind blowing. I envy anyone who gets to see it for the first time, it’s never the same again, although still great on rewatch, just different.
The Game? Meh.
@@shack8110 The Game is better than Seven , Fight Club and Zodiac toghter.
Michelle, good job on being a member of Fight Club. Since age 16 you have upheld the first two rules! 😆
No offense to you ladies, i did enjoy the reaction and you were great as usual, but every woman I know and every female reactor I've seen reacts the same way with confusion and not grasping the movie. But most men, love the movie and catch the small details that make it a much more enjoyable watch. Also the gun was in his mouth, but wasn't pointed straight back. The bullet went out the side behind the jaw below the ear.
No offense taken as this is very much a guys movie. It is designed to speak to men more so rather than women. There are movies that do this in reverse and males would struggle to understand why it means so much to women. ☺️
I enjoy Fight Club, I didn’t think it was as deep and profound as others did, but it’s a very clever satire that got better for me every time I watched it, very well made. Love Fincher’s work or hate it, in terms of filmmaking technique he knows what he’s doing
I really enjoy seeing reactions to movies, where the reactors' personality is not in congruence with the tone of the movie. It produces really interesting reaction results. In this particular case, it's entertaining for me to see happy people not understand despair. I sometimes recommend happy people that I know read the book, Notes from Underground, for the same reason.
Animal fats were used in soap making for hundreds of years. The soap was primarily used for cleaning clothes not necessarily bodies. It wasn't until about WW1 that animal fats were replaced by synthetic detergents and used regularly for bathing, primarily in thanks to advances made by Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Endrocrine disrupting fragrance and chemicals are not an advancement unless you want a weak, diseased and easily controlled population
If you watch They Live you’ll understand Fight Club. Both these movies are about how we let society rule over us. How obsessed we are with being liked and accepted. How we are oblivious to the very things that imprison us. So in Flight Club he went through a labyrinth to break free of the world he allowed to rule over him. He couldn’t leave life and couldn’t enjoy it either so he hoped a tragedy would end all for him. His journey led him to realize he is the only one that has the power to choose to enjoy life without societies demands.
Your analysis is if a fifth grader who was held back and played on the Little League World Series at the age of 21.
What celebrities would you guys fight?
It was a love story guy movie style. The two found each other at the end.
have you guys seen these Brad Pit movies?????
1.Interview With A Vampire 2.Burn After Reading 3.12 Monkies 4.Moneyball 5.Cutting Class 6.Cool World 7.Oceans 11 8.Oceans 12 9.Oceans 13 13.Snatch 14.Mr And Mrs Smith 15.Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 16.Benjmin Button 17.The Mexican
most of these are horrible - Snatch is great
@@shack8110 all them are good movies
And “The Devil’s Own”. Don’t forget that film.
My wife loves this movie & the novel its based on.
Rule 81 of Fight Club.Don't shart in your opponent's face.😂👍
Classic not understanding the subtle learning of this movie is clinche women stuff 😂. Best wishes from india
There are many videos about what things mean in this movie one that i watched blew my mind all over again. What was pointed out I believe fits! I will give a hint: who else is maybe the same person like brad pit was?
“Lotta fighting” LMAO. Very unique story. The original author is incredibly strange if you ever listen to his interviews. Maybe the “hero” should have just went to church and met some people. Lol
That would have been better for them! Maybe add to it a boxing gym haha
I am Jack's sense of eternal desperation
One of my top 5 of all time. So many philosophical, social commentary underpinnings within this movie, believe there are college courses devoted to it. Shout out to Fincher as well, really crushed it in all movie making aspects.
What’s your top 5?
@@RandyWhite-e6t Well, probably dates me, but picks covering a few genres and no particular order:
1. John Wick
2. The Big Lebowski
3. The Matrix
4. Fight Club
5. Forrest Gump
I appreciate your honest opinion ladies.
Keep it real.
Good reaction.
Thank you!!
A couple of years after this movie came out a friend of mine gave me the DVD and told me to watch it. I wasn't really interested thinking it was going to be some over the top testosterone filled movie like "Road House". So I kept putting off watching it, we were at the bar one night and he asked me if I watched the movie yet. I said "No', he said "Just watch the f*cking movie". So I went home that night and watched it and was blown away. It was nothing like i had imagined.
Women always want the good-looking man, but they shouldn't because the good-looking man likes other the good-looking men.
I remember going to the theater to see this. I thought it was great. Ed Norton was really good. Who was yalls favorite character?
@17:51 thirty seconds before he said you could use vinegar to neutralize the burn.
I really loved this movie. It spoke to something inside of me as a man. Its natural that women don't get it or like it. Its a reason fight club was all men but its always interesting to see womens outlook on man movies.
Not really a criticism of the movie, but if you should ever need to, do not use vinegar to neutralize a strong base like caustic soda. Baking soda in water is the way to go. That was on every lab bench I have ever used.
@@michaelb1761 Baking soda is alkaline.
@leroylowe5921 NaHCO3 is both a weak acid and a weak base. It can either react with the H+ from an acid to form H2O and CO2 or contribute an H+ to react with the OH- from a base and form H2O and Na2CO3.
Endgame: It's a guys version of a 'love story'.
it's just a guy thing, you know? no Great War, no Great Depression...if I did have a tumor, I'd name it Tyler!
Great review
Thanks!
ive always thought this was some extreme schizo mixed with insomnia, cuz like ive had a psychosis before and the voices i heard were so close to reality that i had to go check if the person i was hearing was in the building. and every time i see this movie im like holy shit. but the early lines of "insomnia is like ur awake and asleep but never really both" means he may take the hallucinations from schizophrenia or schizoaffective as the main memories especially if he has a powerful imagination.
Intense friendships can thrive between secure heterosexual men, where privacy is not a concern. However, diverging life paths may alter the trajectory of such a friendship.
Not sure if someone else explained it but he shot himself through the back of his cheek but it was the back of the head for Brad Pitt's character. This movie is based off of a book and I think the author had different themes in mind from what was shown in the movie. I've always enjoyed the movie but I can see how you two may have not liked it. The 90s were the start of guys losing their purpose and this plays into it. The reason so many guys were drawn into the fight clubs is because it was something just for the guys to do. The fights weren't about hate but rather testing your limits and feeling something primal. The Project Mayhem is a reflection of wanting to fight the system and taking it too far. I enjoyed watching your reactions and subscribed to your channel. :)
I would assume since lye is basic that the acidity of vinegar would cancel out immediately on contact, likely not adding to the pain of the lye burning the skin.
Dry or powder lye will not burn skin but if there is water present, it will. If lye starts to burn because of moisture, it is best to quickly rinse the rest off with water and neutralize any lye left with a small amount of vinegar.
The vinegar and lye reaction is very exothermic and will cause heat burns in addition to the lye and water burns. Water will dissolve the lye, sodium hydroxide, (NaOH) and dissociate it into Na+ ions and OH- ions. The former are harmless. The latter will cause caustic burns. Adding water will make more OH- ions.
You guys are too pure for this!!! Lol.
I think so 😂
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Good on you for giving it a shot though.
I agree a bit! This is a movie that you pick up more & understand more when you watch it again and it gets better. Lots of hidden comments and meanings along the way…example = Tyler lives on Paper St & named his Soap Co. Paper St. soap. When subdivisions are built, they name future or IMAGINARY streets Paper St.
I am honestly blown away you two did not love this masterpiece of a script.
Brad Pitt's best. Oceans 11 and Once upon a time in Hollywood. Honorable mention his cameo in True Romance
LOL
It's less about payoff and more resolution, and that's to the conflict between Man vs Society/Societal Expectations reducing to Man vs. Himself (literally in this case). So the payoff isn't tangible so much as men venting their psychological and philosophical anxieties, exploring what might happen if it went too far.
I agree.
@@gluuuuue I see that you don't understand the movie. What are you confused about?
First Rule Don't Talk About Fight Club! Awesome ladies!
I never found that the movie ending needed a to be more than it was. Not all issues have to be solved.. I mean why?
Interesting enough though. The story is based on a book by Chuck Palahniuk. There they don't blow up the buildings and "the protagonist ends up in a psychiatric facility.
I also interpreted the little flicker before it goes to black that the building they were in also blew up so there's no more need to get help or anything.
Great reaction 🙌 !!! I’ve always found Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter chemistry electric ❤One of my favorite Edward Norton movies and performance, another Ed Norton movie y’all should react to is The Painted Veil (2006).
Thanks!!
Surreal experience. The gunshot to the head totally unreal but this movie has always been out there!
ok you two, i have a couple more suggestions.
1. A Bronx Tale
2. Something About Mary
you probably already seen them but I'm going to try anyway.
👍🏼❤️ @FOLE Speaking of FIGHT CLUB finally catching up on DAREDEVIL in season 2. This movie is more a psychological thriller than fighting action and taps into something in us men we wish we could do to relieve the stress of our problems and that is the appeal. It takes you on this journey keeping your interest with wonderful acting and story, but like you when I first saw it is unsatisfying in the end like they did not finish the story or they wanted you to makeup the dining in your head. Doubt there was any sequel planned to continue the story
The part I enjoy most is him going to the support groups and then meeting Marla, and negotiating splitting them up. That whole part, including "go to your cave" and Chloe lol. I read in another comment about the experience the author had that inspired him to write the booķ, but I wonder how he came up with the faking at support groups idea.
first rule of FOLE we don't talk about MIC & NAT
Michelle with two l's has the funniest and most womanly voice I have heard so far xD And while the movie is certainly about the crisis of malehood nowadays, I think it is also about just being a modern human being in a world that wasn't made for you. At first, diving into Nihilist contrarianism is fun, but sooner or later, it will turn into a just another type of conformism.
This was really intersting to watch. You guys kept bringing up things that me and my friends have never discussed when watching this. Talking about getting a hotel, how he looks, the uncomfortableness of it all. It's a very male film and I think it's hard for most women to see the reasons it was made and what men see in it. You guys missed most of the points throughout it and didn't react to some very important things. It shows that as sexes we really do operate from very different viewpoints.
Doesn't really interest me but I like looking at Red. Creepy I'm sure but it is what it is.
I don't think the disconnect was so much about you being females as it is that you both have had normal, healthy upbringings & have lived relatively normal, good lives. Neither of you strike me as a child of divorce or a broken home. (I apologize if I'm wrong about that.) The "narrator"'s problem was that he was a fatherless child brought up in a society where absentee father situations are rampant. In short, they don't learn love, because they weren't loved, so weren't taught how to love, as children. So, in order for boys like that to feel good about themselves, they achieve certain things. They earn money, they buy whatever material things they want, they have as many meaninglessness relationships as they can, they go aimlessly through the world craving the sensation of being alive, but very few things deliver. Sports, fighting, sex, financial independence, all are stand-ins for finding real meaning in life. The "narrator" was so empty inside, he could no longer get to sleep. A person needs sleep to be in their right mind. So a schism happened & he started to try to remake himself & the society around him to fit his wishes. He was finally feeling powerful within the fight club. His alter ego had no basis in morality, only in vengeance towards the society that he feels is screwing up the lives of so many men. So, in that sense, he is a very relatable character for many people (mostly, but not only, men). This is one of, if not my very favorite, movie.
Thanks, ladies, & keep being a force of light....& sanity. 😂
Oh, he didn't shoot himself straight back or up, the bullet exited near his ear, not damaging the brain at all. I know it doesn't look like that's what he did, but... What's REALLY unrealistic is you wouldn't be able to hear anything after a gunshot goes off inside your mouth, so I don't know how he was talking with others right after that.
Oh, I think it is that we are females 😂 but appreciate the comment!
It’s finally here! Been waiting for this watch reaction video to show up. Thanks Michelle and Natalie 😊
Will your Joker 2 out of theater reaction happen today or tomorrow?
Review will come out tomorrow!
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Thanks! Can’t wait to hear what the both of you think of it
The guy just needed the sleeping pills 😂
Alot of good creative interesting movies of all genres came out back then , thanks yall !
“It feels like you don’t like you,” Michelle with two L’s reacts and gets the whole story down in one line. Narrator doesn’t like himself, enter Tyler. You ladies are great and better looking every time a new video comes out so whatever you’re doing, keep it up. Love ya both. This is the way.
Aww thank you!!
I am Jacks complete lack of surprise
always good videos from this channel!
Thank you!!
I absolutely love this movie and it may be because I love Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. The acting is so good. And I love David Fincher movies. It’s definitely a weird movie but it’s one of my top favs ! When it came out it was huge, everyone was talking about it. It gets better the more times you see it bc there’s sooooo much dialogue, it’s interesting how much you miss while trying to keep up with the story 😊
HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSON!! 🤣
If Good Will Hunting is your go-to need-a-cry film then might I recommend Shadowlands? Anthony Hopkins as an older CS Lewis, Debra Winger, the kid from Jurassic Park (in the only other film I've ever seen him in), directed by Richard Attenborough, a lovely little film but by all that's holy make sure you've plenty of tissues to hand!
Really enjoyed Shadowlands. A beautiful little film. If you have not already, you should try 84 Charring Cross Road(1987). Another excellent little Anthony Hopkins outing with Anne Bancroft!
I've seen Big Fish destroy people, it's a great film
It's funny that in the movie it's "You don't talk about Fight Club" but find yourself talking about and discussing it :) Even with me, having not seen it in a long time, this was a nice refresher :) So many questions, interesting aspects. I did remember the twist near the end. 1 of those weird, bizarre films that keeps your interest. I had almost forgot Jared Leto was in this, and love Helena Bonham Carter. If you want to see another crazy, twisted Brad Pitt character, check out 12 Monkeys with Bruce Willis. Loved your reaction, especially the gross out moment where you wanted to throw up haha.
31:40 this scene will never get old and it’s one of the most well executed twist reveals in Fight Club. To think that Edward Norton & Brad Pitt were the same person all this time, it’s just so brilliant in my book. I’m glad you two took the time to react to this film. Fight Club is one of the films you’d love to rewatch in case you’ve missed something and it still leaves you questions and all of the above.
Wake up, Red!
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David Fincher still is my favorite director.
And I have just recently seen another movie of his that I hadn't seen, called "The Game" with Michael Douglas. And I was fascinated. This guy apparently just can't make a bad movie...
Alien 3 has entered the chat lol
@@stevefisher5433 I also like that one. But it's his worst one imo.
Hahaha, I was looking forward to this one. ;) I still remember the first time I saw it.
Brad & Ed were awesome in this movie, plus i heard that Ed actually hit Brad in the ear recording the scene and they kept it in the movie
This movie addressed so many important issues, that is why its the favorite of so many young men. It portrayed these guys just floating through life. Miserable, but they don't understand why and they are not emotionally developed enough to express themselves. So they love fighting, because it helps them feel something for the first time in as long as they remember. If men don't identify with this, then they are lying.
18:08 Animal fat is rarely used in soap anymore as "soap" is just a generic term for skin cleaning liquid. They're almost all made with just chemicals now which is extremely laughable as some actually advertise as "vegan" which is true as there's no animal fat, and "eco friendly" which is also true since the chemicals aren't toxic, and "organic" which is a bold faced lie since it's made of chemicals, and actual "organic" soap would be made of animal fat which people don't want.
Its not a "bro movie" a lot of women love this movie. I am one of them.
I’m sure that’s true. It is just a movie that mostly men love.
You only like it because you place yourself in the role of taming the man.
Here's how I see it. Marla and 'Narrator man' are now together and he is now sane and in control of a worldwide army network. He's just playing power. He would just buy a mansion in any island anywhere and keep doing it, playing power politics and generally exerting pressure in a meaningful way by way of force because they are a co-operative and therefore a robust entity which can enjoy more equality via their network of bully boys.
I am in love with that 1950 ginger bird
If you want a movie that will hit you in the feels, Ordinary Angels.
I have a review!
The twist was interesting when I watched it first coming out; but yeah, I was also like, what's the point?
to free people from engrained societal expectations
He always downplays this but Andrew Kevin Walker, who wrote Se7en, supposedly wrote a lot of Fight Club
I remember watching this movie years ago, I thought it was weird. It did definitely make an impression on me. I liked it more when I watched it again more recently. I’m not surprised it wasn’t your kind of movie, I wouldn’t really expect it to be. It probably means you are mentally stable women.😜