An Anime movie would be fun to react to! You could watch Your Name, or Weathering With You! You can also watch Demon Slayer, the series and the movie. The animation is pretty solid
@@Whereisbigpapa joker copied this movie, the king of comedy and taxi driver, so no it’s not the same. The 90s were definitely the only time Hollywood was doing bold and innovative movies.
@@MikeB12800 Reservoir Dogs, Natural Born Killers, True Romance, Schindlers List...I mean the shitty movies from 90's would garner such praise nowadays...12 Monkeys...could go on and on
@@kingheart9555 The director told Norton that Brad was expecting it, but he didn't actually tell Brad anything. It's why Norton reacts with "I fucked it up?", because he thought by Brad's very real and uexpected reaction that he did something wrong.
@@jacksonisonline2049 The director may have wanted a more genuine reaction from the two. You'd be surprised at how many directors make calls like this. Sadly, sometimes it ends up permanently injuring actors when directors take it too far and not tell their crew about changes in some stuns. One of the stunt doubles were intentionally not told that part of her advanced stunt was going to be changed by the director's orders, because he wanted her to really feel the "impact" by unexpectedly getting hit or something by REAL AND DANGEROUS "props". This resulted in her losing limbs and all kinds of horrible things. It should only be done in moderated things like this Fight Club scene.
@@-umbra-1590 I remember at the time I didn't see it because I didn't want to watch a film about some guys hitting each other. Various people over the next couple of years would bring it up and when I said that they'd say that it was not what I was thinking, so I'd ask what it was and all of them responded, 'The first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club!'.
Yea it's fun to rewatch it knowing the twist, you'll find all kinds of little hints that Tyler and the Narrator are the same person. Heres a few: 1. The Narrator calls Tyler on a payphone and Tyler doesn't answer, but then calls him back. If you look closely, it says on the payphone "No incoming calls allowed" so it's impossible for Tyler to have called him back. 2. When Tyler crashes the car, Tyler crawls out of the passenger seat and pulls the Narrator out of the drivers seat, showing the Narrator was actually the one driving. 3. In the scene where they're hitting golf balls at cars, the car alarm only goes off when the Narrator hits a car, not when Tyler does.
Also when the narrator fakes the fight in his bosses office, he thinks of Tyler. Also when Tyler and the Narrator finish their fight for the first time, they share one beer. One beer. One person
Seriously, when Tyler says “Welcome to Fight Club”, I’d forgotten that it was the name of the movie. I’d gotten so into the rest of it that it took me a couple of seconds to realize.
@@kylereese5841 after he makes a deal with his boss to be able to stay home and get payed if he doesn’t reveal company secrets, he starts hosting Fight Club every night because he doesn’t have to work any more
1999 was one of the best years for cinema. Matrix, fight club, sixth sense, and office space just to name a few. There are articles written on the subject. Pretty interesting stuff, worth a google.
Peak year of human civilisation I’d argue. The excitement for the millennium, before 9/11, early days of the internet. Hell American Beauty is about how boring a stereotypically great life in America is in the 90s
@@renzolayacan2596 you say that but apart from Pulp, Gump, Shawshank, Lion King, Leon.. what else great came out? They’re great flicks of course and I love some True Lies and Speed as much as the next guy but 94 is very top heavy and nothing on 99 imo - 99 has 10-12 all timers
Why doesn't anyone understand that this rule was made precisely to be broken? Tyler says "I see new faces, one of you broke the first rule of the club" and the crowd laughs. Tyler knew it would happen and he wanted it.
@@shubhammitra99 the first rule of fight club is to not talk about fight club... the 2nd rule is you dont talk about fight club... that bit of marketing is what kept people from telling other people the twist of the movie... it worked beautifully... people ask their friends how fight club was and is it worth seeing and every1 responded with the first rule of fight club is u dont talk about fight club... thats probably #1 why box office did so poorly and #2 why sales hit the roof as it became a cult classic after people were told over and over they HAD to see the movie without being told the twist because nobody wanted to spoil that moment for some1 in the hotel room when it all comes together
"you'd think his work would be concerned that his face always had bruises...and bleeding..." actually, the story grew out of the fact that in the writer's real life, he noticed that the more he was injured or bruised when he went into work, the less people would ask about his life, and the less attention they'd pay to him. so he wrote a short story, which later became chapter 6 of the book, about a guy who would go into work with fresh cuts and bruises from fights, and everyone would pretend not to notice because of how uncomfortable they are.
@@fostena He has no disorder. Tyler is, in a literal sense, his imaginary friend. The narrator is aware of this fact but in denial. Near the end of the film he is forced to reconcile with the facts he's been neglecting to see.
@@zarathustra7291 I don't agree. If I recall correctly he experiences "loss of time" which means that he does things while being Brad-Pitt-Tyler and not Ed-Norton-Tyler. This is a symptom of DID
From a taoist philosophy perspective, at the beginning of the film Edward Norton's character is dominated by yin or femininity. He suppressed his masculinity or yang for so long that it eventually resulted in the manifestation of Tyler Durden. At the end of the film, shooting himself caused him to suddenly achieve balance of the two sides.
@Garrus Vakarian wow everything you said is so true, exactly what i have been thinking for a while. we are more depressed now but our lives faaar better than 300 years ago
Its an accurate satire of how people who feel crappy about themselves fetishize self destructive behaviour, like how the guys say he's so tough proudly after he shot himself and feels like crap.
The ending is open to interpretation, but my favorite way of looking at it is he got rid of Tyler by finally doing what Tyler told him to do: accept that one day, he will die. So he shot himself, not knowing if he'd survive, and was finally free of Tyler. Also yes, it's a completely different movie when you watch it a second time.
10:09 - one of the reasons chuck palahaniuk wroote the book is because one day he injured himself camping and when he went to work no one said anything about the obvious injuries and marks on his face
The backstories of his novels are often extremely interesting. The way he pulls together real things that happened to him or friends , and stories he read or heard , and turns them into a cohesive story.
If you guys haven't read the books survivor, and choke. You should they're fucking great. His others are pretty good as well but for me those also stood out.
@@michaellarnach4161 I personally thought "Haunted" was weak. Not to insult your taste , of course. It just didn't work for me. My favorites of his are "Rant" and "Lullaby". And I did also like "Fight Club" and "Choke" quite a bit. And his nonfiction collection "Stranger Than Fiction" shows what a good writer he is when he eschews the writing tricks that he likes in his novels.
The grade school line was “I want to have your abortion” in the books. The studio didn’t like that so they changed it to the grade school line which they liked even less.
The studio said they had to change the line, but the writers responded that the studio had to accept whatever they changed it to as final. The studio assumed it couldn’t get worse and said “OK, as long as you change it.”
@@LuxLoser Yep, the original script had the grade school line in it and the studio said change it. Then Fincher went with the abortion line and the studio said the grade school line was fine. That's how Fincher tells it.
19:25 "Wiping all the DVDs" - As a cranky geriatric man in his 30s, I feel obligated to inform you that those are not DVDs. They are a piece of ancient technology called VHS tapes, which can be damaged/erased with powerful magnets. Which is what they are doing in that scene. That would not work with DVDs.
Actually, the book ends with Tyler waking up at the hospital, then the doctor brings him the meds and tells him: "we miss you, Mr. Durden". Good video, new sub here! :)
Kids today don't have a concept of magnetic media. Or film, really, which makes the projectionist job in the movie less relatable to modern audiences. It's a product of how fast tech has been changing.
Well, i mean, some kids are confused by the lack of selfphones in older movies, so vhs and magnets might be a little obscure. I'm not even sure the majority of people back then understood it instantly.
@@spacemonkeyentertainment6413 I'm 43. I grew up with cassettes, bus tapes, and floppy disks. Everyone understood that magnets would destroy the information on them. There were warning labels.
@@kramasnu3826 Yeah, that's what i meant, i grew up in the 90s and had no idea really. We had VHS, but apparently i missed the "don't play near them with the giant magnet"-talk ^^. I knew about hard drives though, if that is a consolation ?
@@fernicusmaximus9282 Beta men in western society are the modern slaves submited to the system, like guinea pigs running their wheel until they die, and the only way to take back the control of their lives is to step out of that wheel and go their own way. I know that sounds naive but very few men come to that realisation before they're too deeply indebted and have to pay for the rest of their lives, or, too old to have the strenght to do it. The bombing of the business buildings at the end meant that to find their way, they have to get rid of their compulsive ties to the material. In the begining of the movie Tyler is tied to a work he hates just to be able to buy the next IKEA furniture, then the car, then the house etc, when he starts the fight club, the most important thing is that it's *free* and lets in anyone brave enough to punch him, meaning bold enough to get out of their way, then when he start recruiting for his project, every applicant has to abandon the life behind him and start a new one with no possession, then the result is that the predatory bank system that enslave men before they even have a chance to decide for themselves will implode if it can't suck them dry anymore.
@@MsSharondenadel but while they leave a system that enslaves them, they become enslaved in another - project mayhem. fight club is a satire -the nice guy and the alpha male - and when the line between them disappears, all that is left is toxic and fragile masculinity and look what happens to society.
but like you said, it’s also about how people are so obsessed with things that don’t really matter. like tyler says ‘we are consumers’ and that’s very true. we buy these things to fit society’s standard and tyler is there to show the narrator that we do NOT need these things to live - although he shows us this, he is still not a reliable ‘person’ as he is a hypocrite. what i found most interesting about tyler is that he wears these funky glasses and outfits a lot throughout the film. he doesn’t need them to live but he still bought them and wears them.
@@fernicusmaximus9282 “You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world.” that's the message
I hadn't seen this in 10 years so I decided to rewatch it yesterday. I found that I vividly remembered every scene. Not many films are that memorable for me.
Well at least she got the part that they were wiping them. Fincher said that during prerelease screenings almost nobody understood that the fuck they were doing
You should definitely watch it again. It's kind of hilarious how mean he's being to Marla. They just got done having sex and she comes downstairs and he's like 'Why are you here?'. But it's funny because he's not doing it on purpose. The first time you think she's the crazy one.
Actor Trivia: Helena Bonham Carter did not know the age range for US "grade school" when she delivered that line and was mortified when she found out later.
The original line was “I want to have your abortion.” A Producer objected, so Fincher said he’d change it but only if they kept the new line no matter what. Obviously, the Grade School comment was worse & he was asked to change it back to the abortion line. Fincher refused.
@@Hoganply This is one of these scenes - imho - where most viewers get derailed by Tyler Durdens attitude and demeanor, "his breakfast will be the best he ever tasted" - why, cus he says so?? Edward's character is right! He is the checks and balance during most of the movie! Tyler makes many good points, but he is a complete mentalcase. I'd honestly be surprised if ol' Raymond were able to even open up a biology book without getting gun-to-the-neck flashbacks and crying all over himself in the classroom :D
This is why they were "human sacrifices". I see reactors missing the scene where the Narrator closes a door that shows a bunch of licenses and is labelled human sacrifices.
One of my favourite films of all time. The more you watch it the more you notice stuff you missed before. Its such a clever film. Definitely watch it again if you get the chance. It's one that needs to be watched a few times to be fully grasped. It's incredible.
This movie set a high bar for many movies to come. It's really amazing to see how timeless Fight Club is when it can still resonate with people watching it for the first time. You get to relive it again watching other people's reactions.
Fun Fact: Her "Grade school" line was at one point during the production of the movie "I can't wait to have your abortion", "I wanna have your abortion", or something along those lines. The movie studios lost it with the abortion line so the grade school one was used.
Yeah, being British she didn't know what "grade school" meant and agreed to say the line because she thought it meant something like high school. Wasn't too pleased when she learned what it REALLy meant.
Just to up the What: There was a theory that Marla was also imaginary, narrator's suppressed feminine side. Chuck Palahniuk said that no, but he wished he thought of it.
@@mikhailnekrasov6644 what?? Tyler avoided being in the same room as both marla and the narrator so marla wouldnt question the narrator talking to 'noone'. Wtf are you talking about?
@@Summer-uq1vr ok, I misunderstood your point. My point is that Tyler is internal masculine side of narrator and contact between him and Marla couldn't be handled by narrator due to his cultural background.
The novel has an even darker ending. He wakes up in the hospital, unable to move. A janitor leans close and says "don't worry sir, everything is under control."
@@chrissonofpear1384 the film is definitely about masculinity and how the culture presented in the film seems to have no place for it, or provide it any meaningful, positive sustenance. a common theme in our society today is “toxic masculinity” and i do think this film addresses that in an offhanded manner by providing an example of how things go wrong when masculinity is either disregarded or written off as a negative. the cult thing is a given. you want to tear down society and start from the roots up? well how do you do that? you probably will make your own society, one of control and mayhem.
In the original script, the line "I haven't been f***** like that since grade school" was originally "I want to have your abortion", but that line was deemed too inappropriate. Also, there are 2 comic book sequels written by the same guy who wrote the original book.
@@shammycat3538 well the studio wanted the director to change it and the director agreed but only if the studio agreed to leave the second line in no matter what. Thus "I haven't been F**ked like that since grade school" was left in and the studio didn't have a choice in the matter they already agreed
Another fact, Helen Carter is British, "grade school" doesn't mean the same thing over there, she thought she was saying the equivalent of High School, "grade school" in America means like 5th graders at most.
If you like a bit weird movies, be sure to check the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's starred by Jim Carrey but it's not a comedy. Another great movie is Amelie (year 2001 release).
Forgot about the penis being cut off reference, 6 years prior to the movie, that actually happened, look up John Bobbitt. None of the new generation is gonna understand that reference though, its been like 30 years.
My theory is when he shot himself, he finally accepted his death and was willing to take a life without hesitation. And in doing so, evolved and no longer needed Tyler to push him to change.
iirc they were originally going to use actual recipes for making explosives but the studio came down hard on that. it's so good on the second watch. it's really interesting watching the others characters reactions to Tyler/Jack knowing the twist. imagine it from Blondie's perspective. one minute you're Tyler's favourite, next minute he's beating you half to death.
I love how open and instinctive your reactions are! You are right that Fight Club is a mindfuck of a film, it's a lot to take on in one go and it does stay with you for a while afterwards so your reaction is similar to a lot of people. I sort of loved how confusing and overwhelming it is the first time, it's a challenge to keep up with it.
I love it when people are watching it for the first time and do not see/react to the Tyler Durden blip flashes on screen in the early parts of the movie.
When I first watched Fight Club, my friend told that after I watch the movie, watch it again. He was right it is completely different movie the second time around.
I love some of the fan theories about this movie. My personal favorite is that people with multiple personalities never have only one other personality, so both Marla and Bob aren't real people either.
The reaction to the twist... Wonderful! I remember sitting down to watch this with my partner, without telling her what to expect. Just telling her this is an amazing film, you've gotta see it... She wanted to punch me afterwards. 😅 That twist really comes at you like a sucker punch.
I watched this movie on the first day when it came out in theaters. As a teenager, it had a profound impact on me. I didn't do ANYTHING with my life since then.
Am I the only one seeing all of the "subliminal" clips of brad pit in these parts that Alyska chose to show up to the 3:05 time mark. Did Alyska intentionally cut it that way to include them??
There's a comic book that continues the story . Marla is pregnant and Jack is terrified that it's Tyler's child meanwhile the Project continues and it seems Tyler had big big plans
Fight Club is analogous to buying new sneakers as a kid...I felt like I was given superpowers when I wore those new kicks....watching Fight Club gives me confidence that I didn't earn just like those 👟 .... just a gratifying vibe!
If you rewatch the car crash scene, you can see that Edward Norton was sitting in the passenger seat while Brad Pitt was driving, but when they crawl out, Edward Norton climbs out of the driver's side. When I first saw that, I called that out to my friend, who had seen it already, as a continuity error. 45 minutes later I understood why he was chuckling at that.
Also, there’s something lesser known that connects the first fight and the office scene. So, on the Fight Club soundtrack, there is a song called “Jack’s Smirking Revenge”. Part of the song plays either during the “Hit me as hard as you can” section or the montage of when Fight Club was still in the parking lot. Another major part of the song plays during the office self-ass-kicking.
Bi polar is a description of extreme emotional imbalance, what "Cornelius" has is more closely related to disassociated personality disorder/multiple personalities.
Literally the first time ever I had any enjoyment watching someone react to a movie on RUclips. So congratulations, your genuine personality shines through.
As someone who watched this movie when it first came out in theaters 20 years ago, thanks for allowing me to relive that experience through your reactions watching it here for the first time!
My friends at Uni had a fight club, one of them is an MMA instructor now. But essentially they got a euphoric feeling from being beaten up, so they set up a club and got like-minded people to get all their anger out at the fight club. I never joined because I don't like getting hit or fighting! They actually managed to tame some of the more toxic men into just focusing their frustrations onto fight club members rather than anyone outside of the fight club. They had strict rules though on what was and wasn't allowed, and any bad behaviour outside of fight club that came back to them would mean repercussions and full cooperation with the police in handing anyone who used physical violence against non-fight club members.
The big guy hugging Ed Norton is Meatloaf. He is a singer that was big in the 70s and the 90s.He made an appearance in the musical movie Rocky horror Picture show. Meatloaf’s best albums are Bat out of Hell 1 and Bat out of Hell 2.
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An Anime movie would be fun to react to! You could watch Your Name, or Weathering With You! You can also watch Demon Slayer, the series and the movie. The animation is pretty solid
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Have you heard of a channel called "Vivsiepop"?
I'd highly recommend her stuff 😁
How about Sin City?
Enemy with Jake Gyllenhaal is a very good and interesting Movie it is a bit lengthy storywise but overall it is a pretty deep Movie
They don't make movies like this anymore. The 90s were absolute GOLD.
You haven't seen Joker have you?
@Kane Foxx ...... Gonna have to to disagree but ok .....
@@Whereisbigpapa joker copied this movie, the king of comedy and taxi driver, so no it’s not the same. The 90s were definitely the only time Hollywood was doing bold and innovative movies.
Trainspotting, Pulp Fiction, L.A. Confidential, Se7en, Matrix, so many classics!
@@MikeB12800 Reservoir Dogs, Natural Born Killers, True Romance, Schindlers List...I mean the shitty movies from 90's would garner such praise nowadays...12 Monkeys...could go on and on
fun fact. norton really did surprise brad pitt and actually hit him pretty hard in the ear.
i believe it. that punch and reaction was too real.
@@kingheart9555 The director told Norton that Brad was expecting it, but he didn't actually tell Brad anything. It's why Norton reacts with "I fucked it up?", because he thought by Brad's very real and uexpected reaction that he did something wrong.
it is actually in the book tho, so i’m surprised that it wasn’t in the script
Fun fact: A "juicer" is _not_ someone who drinks a lot of juice. 🤣
@@jacksonisonline2049 The director may have wanted a more genuine reaction from the two. You'd be surprised at how many directors make calls like this. Sadly, sometimes it ends up permanently injuring actors when directors take it too far and not tell their crew about changes in some stuns. One of the stunt doubles were intentionally not told that part of her advanced stunt was going to be changed by the director's orders, because he wanted her to really feel the "impact" by unexpectedly getting hit or something by REAL AND DANGEROUS "props". This resulted in her losing limbs and all kinds of horrible things. It should only be done in moderated things like this Fight Club scene.
It’s always funny to see ppl reaction to the crazy twist
I agree.
Yep. And the "don't talk about fight club" thing was the perfect way to keep it from coming up too much in pop culture lol
-Umbra- I never thought about it but your right. It’s like a built in anti spoiler
@@-umbra-1590 I remember at the time I didn't see it because I didn't want to watch a film about some guys hitting each other. Various people over the next couple of years would bring it up and when I said that they'd say that it was not what I was thinking, so I'd ask what it was and all of them responded, 'The first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club!'.
I’m so glad I watched it before it was ruined. Same thing with the sixth sense
Yea it's fun to rewatch it knowing the twist, you'll find all kinds of little hints that Tyler and the Narrator are the same person. Heres a few:
1. The Narrator calls Tyler on a payphone and Tyler doesn't answer, but then calls him back. If you look closely, it says on the payphone "No incoming calls allowed" so it's impossible for Tyler to have called him back.
2. When Tyler crashes the car, Tyler crawls out of the passenger seat and pulls the Narrator out of the drivers seat, showing the Narrator was actually the one driving.
3. In the scene where they're hitting golf balls at cars, the car alarm only goes off when the Narrator hits a car, not when Tyler does.
Also when the narrator fakes the fight in his bosses office, he thinks of Tyler. Also when Tyler and the Narrator finish their fight for the first time, they share one beer. One beer. One person
Also when the narrator interrupts Tyler during sex...
Marla: “Who’re you talking too?”
“Tyler:” “No one.”
Marla is imaginary too, she represents his conscience. Its not a coincidence she shows up when and where she does.
@@nathanpapp432 David Fincher has stated Marla is real though.
One of the other hints are his relationship with marla. When Marla asks him after a hormone session "who are you talking to"?
"This film isn't what I expected!"
No one EXPECTS to see one of the best movies ever made when it's called something like "Fight Club".
I thought we were going to watch Never Been Kissed, but it's whatever
@@joeyrao402 Hey. I get that!
Seriously, when Tyler says “Welcome to Fight Club”, I’d forgotten that it was the name of the movie. I’d gotten so into the rest of it that it took me a couple of seconds to realize.
Fun fact. He kept getting his ass kicked every night, because he was fighting twice every night.
Thought he was only going on Saturdays.
@@kylereese5841 after he makes a deal with his boss to be able to stay home and get payed if he doesn’t reveal company secrets, he starts hosting Fight Club every night because he doesn’t have to work any more
@@garmen- more so because he doesn't have to work BUT GETS PAID REGARDLESS
@@KrishmanyuThakur perks of working at Ford
The fact that you called those vhs tapes dvds really makes me feel old af
why are we watchin' a clueless youngin's reaction to anything idk
Maybe it Is because we want to feel somehow superior. Or connected to someone. Choose one. Or both.
What's "DVD" ?
I'm younger than she is, but even I remember vhs tapes. My favorite was this dinosaur documentary.
Same
1999 was one of the best years for cinema. Matrix, fight club, sixth sense, and office space just to name a few. There are articles written on the subject. Pretty interesting stuff, worth a google.
The Boondock Saints was 1999 as well!!!
Peak year of human civilisation I’d argue. The excitement for the millennium, before 9/11, early days of the internet. Hell American Beauty is about how boring a stereotypically great life in America is in the 90s
also 94
@@renzolayacan2596 you say that but apart from Pulp, Gump, Shawshank, Lion King, Leon.. what else great came out? They’re great flicks of course and I love some True Lies and Speed as much as the next guy but 94 is very top heavy and nothing on 99 imo - 99 has 10-12 all timers
I was born in 1999, that's really a great year for the cinema!
This is like the 3rd fight club reaction this week. Which means there’s a lot of people out there breaking the first 2 rules.
bruh they were meant to be broken, at least later in the movie
Hahahahaahahahaha
That was the whole essence of Fight Club! It was to break the rules, and not follow them like sheeps...
Why doesn't anyone understand that this rule was made precisely to be broken? Tyler says "I see new faces, one of you broke the first rule of the club" and the crowd laughs. Tyler knew it would happen and he wanted it.
@@shubhammitra99 the first rule of fight club is to not talk about fight club... the 2nd rule is you dont talk about fight club... that bit of marketing is what kept people from telling other people the twist of the movie... it worked beautifully... people ask their friends how fight club was and is it worth seeing and every1 responded with the first rule of fight club is u dont talk about fight club... thats probably #1 why box office did so poorly and #2 why sales hit the roof as it became a cult classic after people were told over and over they HAD to see the movie without being told the twist because nobody wanted to spoil that moment for some1 in the hotel room when it all comes together
"you'd think his work would be concerned that his face always had bruises...and bleeding..."
actually, the story grew out of the fact that in the writer's real life, he noticed that the more he was injured or bruised when he went into work, the less people would ask about his life, and the less attention they'd pay to him. so he wrote a short story, which later became chapter 6 of the book, about a guy who would go into work with fresh cuts and bruises from fights, and everyone would pretend not to notice because of how uncomfortable they are.
He is not bipolar :D
He suffers from "fictional, awesome, multiple personality disorder"
Not fictional it's real called "DID" dissociative identity disorder
@@karimyacob1043 i said it's fictional because it's not an accurate portrayal of the disorder. Not that DID is not a thing, per se.
@@fostena He has no disorder. Tyler is, in a literal sense, his imaginary friend. The narrator is aware of this fact but in denial. Near the end of the film he is forced to reconcile with the facts he's been neglecting to see.
@@zarathustra7291 I don't agree. If I recall correctly he experiences "loss of time" which means that he does things while being Brad-Pitt-Tyler and not Ed-Norton-Tyler. This is a symptom of DID
From a taoist philosophy perspective, at the beginning of the film Edward Norton's character is dominated by yin or femininity. He suppressed his masculinity or yang for so long that it eventually resulted in the manifestation of Tyler Durden. At the end of the film, shooting himself caused him to suddenly achieve balance of the two sides.
This is the most important movie in modern history no doubt
It's an analogy for the world right now.
Study history please, people have no idea how lucky they are until it’s all gone.
@@aeternavictrix7861 Does a backflip
@Garrus Vakarian wow everything you said is so true, exactly what i have been thinking for a while. we are more depressed now but our lives faaar better than 300 years ago
Its an accurate satire of how people who feel crappy about themselves fetishize self destructive behaviour, like how the guys say he's so tough proudly after he shot himself and feels like crap.
The ending is open to interpretation, but my favorite way of looking at it is he got rid of Tyler by finally doing what Tyler told him to do: accept that one day, he will die. So he shot himself, not knowing if he'd survive, and was finally free of Tyler. Also yes, it's a completely different movie when you watch it a second time.
10:09 - one of the reasons chuck palahaniuk wroote the book is because one day he injured himself camping and when he went to work no one said anything about the obvious injuries and marks on his face
The backstories of his novels are often extremely interesting. The way he pulls together real things that happened to him or friends , and stories he read or heard , and turns them into a cohesive story.
@@adgato75 the book "haunted" is a collection of those kinds of stories - one of his best books imo.
If you guys haven't read the books survivor, and choke. You should they're fucking great. His others are pretty good as well but for me those also stood out.
@@michaellarnach4161 I personally thought "Haunted" was weak. Not to insult your taste , of course. It just didn't work for me.
My favorites of his are "Rant" and "Lullaby". And I did also like "Fight Club" and "Choke" quite a bit.
And his nonfiction collection "Stranger Than Fiction" shows what a good writer he is when he eschews the writing tricks that he likes in his novels.
@@jaimeruiz7837 wasnt a big fan of survivor, lullaby was ok, haunted was great but invisible monsters was superb
The grade school line was “I want to have your abortion” in the books. The studio didn’t like that so they changed it to the grade school line which they liked even less.
British grade school is different from America's so Helen was especially pissed.
The studio said they had to change the line, but the writers responded that the studio had to accept whatever they changed it to as final. The studio assumed it couldn’t get worse and said “OK, as long as you change it.”
John Perry What is grade school in Britain? In America it’s 1-8th grade. Which is roughly 6-14 years old.
@@LuxLoser Yep, the original script had the grade school line in it and the studio said change it. Then Fincher went with the abortion line and the studio said the grade school line was fine. That's how Fincher tells it.
Helena didnt know how young grade school was, which was how she could deliver it so well
19:25 "Wiping all the DVDs" - As a cranky geriatric man in his 30s, I feel obligated to inform you that those are not DVDs. They are a piece of ancient technology called VHS tapes, which can be damaged/erased with powerful magnets. Which is what they are doing in that scene. That would not work with DVDs.
If you're geriatric in your 30's, at 47 I must be effing dead, lol.
VHS is the video system that was used by the cavemen.
Actually, the book ends with Tyler waking up at the hospital, then the doctor brings him the meds and tells him: "we miss you, Mr. Durden".
Good video, new sub here! :)
There's sequels... it's a trilogy btw
@@jaimeruiz7837 really? ive read the book multiple times and never knew there was a follow up
@@mike-mz6yz there's a comic that acts as a sequel to the book and movie but ididnt know about the 3rd
Those were not dvds they were vhs cassettes. They were susceptible to magnets. The more times you watch it you pick up little subtleties.
Kids today don't have a concept of magnetic media. Or film, really, which makes the projectionist job in the movie less relatable to modern audiences. It's a product of how fast tech has been changing.
Well, i mean, some kids are confused by the lack of selfphones in older movies, so vhs and magnets might be a little obscure. I'm not even sure the majority of people back then understood it instantly.
@@spacemonkeyentertainment6413 I'm 43. I grew up with cassettes, bus tapes, and floppy disks. Everyone understood that magnets would destroy the information on them. There were warning labels.
@@spacemonkeyentertainment6413 Lol, you have no idea how well you just proved your own point.
@@kramasnu3826 Yeah, that's what i meant, i grew up in the 90s and had no idea really. We had VHS, but apparently i missed the "don't play near them with the giant magnet"-talk ^^. I knew about hard drives though, if that is a consolation ?
20 years ago, i didn't understand the message behind this movie. Today i do.
What's the message?
@@fernicusmaximus9282 Beta men in western society are the modern slaves submited to the system, like guinea pigs running their wheel until they die, and the only way to take back the control of their lives is to step out of that wheel and go their own way.
I know that sounds naive but very few men come to that realisation before they're too deeply indebted and have to pay for the rest of their lives, or, too old to have the strenght to do it.
The bombing of the business buildings at the end meant that to find their way, they have to get rid of their compulsive ties to the material. In the begining of the movie Tyler is tied to a work he hates just to be able to buy the next IKEA furniture, then the car, then the house etc, when he starts the fight club, the most important thing is that it's *free* and lets in anyone brave enough to punch him, meaning bold enough to get out of their way, then when he start recruiting for his project, every applicant has to abandon the life behind him and start a new one with no possession, then the result is that the predatory bank system that enslave men before they even have a chance to decide for themselves will implode if it can't suck them dry anymore.
@@MsSharondenadel but while they leave a system that enslaves them, they become enslaved in another - project mayhem. fight club is a satire -the nice guy and the alpha male - and when the line between them disappears, all that is left is toxic and fragile masculinity and look what happens to society.
but like you said, it’s also about how people are so obsessed with things that don’t really matter. like tyler says ‘we are consumers’ and that’s very true. we buy these things to fit society’s standard and tyler is there to show the narrator that we do NOT need these things to live - although he shows us this, he is still not a reliable ‘person’ as he is a hypocrite. what i found most interesting about tyler is that he wears these funky glasses and outfits a lot throughout the film. he doesn’t need them to live but he still bought them and wears them.
@@fernicusmaximus9282 “You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world.” that's the message
"Where is my mind?" Love that song
I hadn't seen this in 10 years so I decided to rewatch it yesterday.
I found that I vividly remembered every scene.
Not many films are that memorable for me.
Tyler shot into the side of the back of his mouth by the jawline. That's why he was "fine" in his words. It wasn't fatal.
he did put some gauze on it, he should be ok....
"yeah yeah I'm okay" his words
Yeah the narrator missed, but tyler never shot
When you watch it again, pay close attention to the Marla character. Pure genius how that particular character was written.
Way better in the book. Most of the differences were equally good in diferent ways but marlas character was one i definitely prefered in the book
is it just me or when he says "you met me at a very strange time in my life" you can hear both Norton and Pitt through the audio.
They are finally integrated, Jack has evolved out of his weakness and Tyler out of his psychotic willpower. Fireworks ensue to celebrate.
And I even thought that was Norton trying to make a Brad Pitt impression to show that Tyler and Jack became one in the same
Damn its been a minute since I watched this
The moment I read your comment, it literally SAID posted 1 minute ago.
Same here. I actually caught myself saying "Oh yea, Chloe" when Chloe's first scene came on.
Fight Club was overlooked for its ideals in the 90s and scrutinised beyond recognition in the 2010s. It's as relevant today as when it was released.
It's relevant, but as a satire of toxic people that i think the fanbase misses. They're not saying it's good to be a violent terrorist.
says you@@kylereese5841
Fight Club is a beautiful film. And needs to be watched at least twice. Among my favorite movies, along with Pan's Labyrinth and Secretary.
Yeah you notice so much stuff the second watch through
"wiping all those DVDs"
how adorable
she's young leave her be LOL
Well at least she got the part that they were wiping them. Fincher said that during prerelease screenings almost nobody understood that the fuck they were doing
Makes me feel old
LOL thought the same thing
@@george_svarovski What were they doing? Could someone explain it to me?
I don’t know what’s funnier: you thinking that they were DVDs, or you believing that you can wipe a DVD magnetically. 🤣🤣🤣
@Mr. Durden a strong magnet destroys VHS cassettes, not DVDs.
This is one of those movies you need to watch more than once.
Where is my mind, the song by the Pixies at the end is in about 25 films.
You should definitely watch it again. It's kind of hilarious how mean he's being to Marla. They just got done having sex and she comes downstairs and he's like 'Why are you here?'. But it's funny because he's not doing it on purpose. The first time you think she's the crazy one.
Actor Trivia: Helena Bonham Carter did not know the age range for US "grade school" when she delivered that line and was mortified when she found out later.
The original line was “I want to have your abortion.” A Producer objected, so Fincher said he’d change it but only if they kept the new line no matter what. Obviously, the Grade School comment was worse & he was asked to change it back to the abortion line. Fincher refused.
Jake Vossepoel Lol, Thats awesome 😎
INCLUDE TIME STAMPS!!!
In some ways, it may NOT be worse, though (refuge in absurdity and all that) And, given the often touchy USA attitudes to abortion...
i wish i knew if raymond is a veterinarian today and is grateful for what happened to him back then
More likely still in the store, but now with some ptsd and related alcoholism
@@zegh8578 Idk, I'd probably be very motivated by the fear of death, but I'd also have PTSD, which kinda cancels out the whole success thing.
@@Hoganply This is one of these scenes - imho - where most viewers get derailed by Tyler Durdens attitude and demeanor, "his breakfast will be the best he ever tasted" - why, cus he says so?? Edward's character is right! He is the checks and balance during most of the movie! Tyler makes many good points, but he is a complete mentalcase.
I'd honestly be surprised if ol' Raymond were able to even open up a biology book without getting gun-to-the-neck flashbacks and crying all over himself in the classroom :D
This is why they were "human sacrifices". I see reactors missing the scene where the Narrator closes a door that shows a bunch of licenses and is labelled human sacrifices.
One of my favourite films of all time. The more you watch it the more you notice stuff you missed before. Its such a clever film. Definitely watch it again if you get the chance. It's one that needs to be watched a few times to be fully grasped. It's incredible.
This movie set a high bar for many movies to come. It's really amazing to see how timeless Fight Club is when it can still resonate with people watching it for the first time. You get to relive it again watching other people's reactions.
I think it probably resonates with people even more now than when it was released. Eerily prophetic.
Fun Fact: Her "Grade school" line was at one point during the production of the movie "I can't wait to have your abortion", "I wanna have your abortion", or something along those lines.
The movie studios lost it with the abortion line so the grade school one was used.
Yeah, being British she didn't know what "grade school" meant and agreed to say the line because she thought it meant something like high school. Wasn't too pleased when she learned what it REALLy meant.
The Narrator: “We’re the same person.”
Girls: “I don’t understand!”
Just to up the What: There was a theory that Marla was also imaginary, narrator's suppressed feminine side. Chuck Palahniuk said that no, but he wished he thought of it.
Yeah, if marla was also an alter tyler wouldnt have avoided her
@@Summer-uq1vr acceptance of his internal feminine side in a man of that generation? Don't think so=)
@@mikhailnekrasov6644 what?? Tyler avoided being in the same room as both marla and the narrator so marla wouldnt question the narrator talking to 'noone'. Wtf are you talking about?
@@Summer-uq1vr ok, I misunderstood your point. My point is that Tyler is internal masculine side of narrator and contact between him and Marla couldn't be handled by narrator due to his cultural background.
@@mikhailnekrasov6644 we seem to be having different conversations haha
The novel has an even darker ending. He wakes up in the hospital, unable to move. A janitor leans close and says "don't worry sir, everything is under control."
The whole idea of the movie is a mixture of “Don’t let your possessions own you” and “Chaos & destruction as a form of creation”.
That and how men can get repressed about their masculinity, seek to escape materialism, but end up enslaved in a new cult, too...?
Try White Man’s Burden next. Powerful film I watched for my psychology class in high school.
@@chrissonofpear1384 the film is definitely about masculinity and how the culture presented in the film seems to have no place for it, or provide it any meaningful, positive sustenance. a common theme in our society today is “toxic masculinity” and i do think this film addresses that in an offhanded manner by providing an example of how things go wrong when masculinity is either disregarded or written off as a negative. the cult thing is a given. you want to tear down society and start from the roots up? well how do you do that? you probably will make your own society, one of control and mayhem.
When i was a teen i loved the movie for its soundtrack and crazy characters, older you get better you understand it.
In the original script, the line "I haven't been f***** like that since grade school" was originally "I want to have your abortion", but that line was deemed too inappropriate.
Also, there are 2 comic book sequels written by the same guy who wrote the original book.
This is one of the few movies that was better than the original book In my opinion.
@Daniel 3598 It was the director who wrote the replacement line, it was the studio wanted to use the original line again after refusing it before.
@@shammycat3538 well the studio wanted the director to change it and the director agreed but only if the studio agreed to leave the second line in no matter what. Thus "I haven't been F**ked like that since grade school" was left in and the studio didn't have a choice in the matter they already agreed
@@LyonHall1 lol, classic! And in my opinion, the second was a much better line anyway.
Another fact, Helen Carter is British, "grade school" doesn't mean the same thing over there, she thought she was saying the equivalent of High School, "grade school" in America means like 5th graders at most.
31:34 That fourth wall break was perfect.
If you like a bit weird movies, be sure to check the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's starred by Jim Carrey but it's not a comedy. Another great movie is Amelie (year 2001 release).
Not gonna lie I saw this pop up, I went to the kitchen. Got my red wine, put my headphones on. Got lost in it like it was a show I was watching. Aha
Forgot about the penis being cut off reference, 6 years prior to the movie, that actually happened, look up John Bobbitt. None of the new generation is gonna understand that reference though, its been like 30 years.
“I say never be complete. I say stop being perfect. I say let’s evolve, let the chips fall where they may.”
My theory is when he shot himself, he finally accepted his death and was willing to take a life without hesitation. And in doing so, evolved and no longer needed Tyler to push him to change.
Fun fact: the punch to Brad Pitts ear was unscripted, so his reaction to getting punched outside the bar is genuine
Fun fact: you're amazing.
@@bando3107 Fun Fact: YOU'RE AMAZING
iirc they were originally going to use actual recipes for making explosives but the studio came down hard on that.
it's so good on the second watch. it's really interesting watching the others characters reactions to Tyler/Jack knowing the twist.
imagine it from Blondie's perspective. one minute you're Tyler's favourite, next minute he's beating you half to death.
Fight Club is one of my favourite movies of all time.
Now you know the plottwist, watch it a second time and it's even more crazy and brilliant!
So tragic that all these young reactors don't get the Lorena Bobbitt reference.
I love how open and instinctive your reactions are! You are right that Fight Club is a mindfuck of a film, it's a lot to take on in one go and it does stay with you for a while afterwards so your reaction is similar to a lot of people. I sort of loved how confusing and overwhelming it is the first time, it's a challenge to keep up with it.
I love it when people are watching it for the first time and do not see/react to the Tyler Durden blip flashes on screen in the early parts of the movie.
When I first watched Fight Club, my friend told that after I watch the movie, watch it again. He was right it is completely different movie the second time around.
Yeah, it definitely needs to be seen twice to really absorb everything.
Ending things
I'm thinking of
I love some of the fan theories about this movie. My personal favorite is that people with multiple personalities never have only one other personality, so both Marla and Bob aren't real people either.
So glad you're doing movies again. You should watch "Snatch" next. Another great Brad Pitt movie
It’s great to watch as a first time viewer has their assumptions of the characters change as the movie unfolds 😂
The reaction to the twist... Wonderful!
I remember sitting down to watch this with my partner, without telling her what to expect. Just telling her this is an amazing film, you've gotta see it... She wanted to punch me afterwards. 😅 That twist really comes at you like a sucker punch.
I watched this movie on the first day when it came out in theaters. As a teenager, it had a profound impact on me. I didn't do ANYTHING with my life since then.
I forgot how dope this dust brothers soundtrack is
Fun fact, Brad Pitt actually chipped his tooth, learned boxing, grappling, taekwondo, and soap making for his role as Tyler durden
30:17 kids don't try this at home it doesn't turn out the way it does in the movies
He shot himself in the cheek, not into his skull.
The gas expansion would likely still be lethal, however.
Love how you're young enough to think those were dvds
Am I the only one seeing all of the "subliminal" clips of brad pit in these parts that Alyska chose to show up to the 3:05 time mark. Did Alyska intentionally cut it that way to include them??
There's a comic book that continues the story . Marla is pregnant and Jack is terrified that it's Tyler's child meanwhile the Project continues and it seems Tyler had big big plans
If not already on your list I recommend, “The Usual Suspects” next.
Fight Club is analogous to buying new sneakers as a kid...I felt like I was given superpowers when I wore those new kicks....watching Fight Club gives me confidence that I didn't earn just like those 👟 .... just a gratifying vibe!
26:04 for the twist
I wish i could erase my mind and watch it again for the first time!
18:26 There was still alot of uncertainty about how AIDS spread when Chuck wrote that scene.
If you rewatch the car crash scene, you can see that Edward Norton was sitting in the passenger seat while Brad Pitt was driving, but when they crawl out, Edward Norton climbs out of the driver's side. When I first saw that, I called that out to my friend, who had seen it already, as a continuity error. 45 minutes later I understood why he was chuckling at that.
American History X would be a great one to do
This movie came out 22 years ago
This story was so very well written.
The bit about taking panicked breaths of oxygen during a flight is more or less true btw
One of my fave films of all times! Excited for this reaction 😁😊
Your reaction to Marla's comment about her experience in grade school is my favorite.
If you haven't seen it yet, you must check out 12 Monkeys!
Yes!
19:25: "Wiping all the DVDs!"
Damn, I feel old now... those were VHS, like... big cassettes xD
Reaction suggestion: "The Fisher King" (1991). You'll love it.
No woman I've ever seen has understood fight club tbh. One woman thought it was about communism XD
19:11 That's the biggest hint for the twist you're going to get right there.
Also, there’s something lesser known that connects the first fight and the office scene. So, on the Fight Club soundtrack, there is a song called “Jack’s Smirking Revenge”. Part of the song plays either during the “Hit me as hard as you can” section or the montage of when Fight Club was still in the parking lot. Another major part of the song plays during the office self-ass-kicking.
At 19:20 the one guy hugging is the priest who was sprayed with the hose. This film is pure genius and now part of the American lexicon.
Here's a recommendation. You should see "The Crying Game"
lol
Does she know anything about the IRA?
I'm thinking
Of ending things
That Pixies song in the end of this film.... EPIC!
Bi polar is a description of extreme emotional imbalance, what "Cornelius" has is more closely related to disassociated personality disorder/multiple personalities.
Fun fact: there's a Starbucks cup in every scene of this movie
Literally the first time ever I had any enjoyment watching someone react to a movie on RUclips. So congratulations, your genuine personality shines through.
This is the Fight Club. It’s never been just a Brad Pitt fighting film. Remember...never talk about Fight Club.
Congratulations, you just had a near life experience.
As someone who watched this movie when it first came out in theaters 20 years ago, thanks for allowing me to relive that experience through your reactions watching it here for the first time!
You broke the first rule: You do not talk about Fight Club!
Fight Club is a movie which is pretty hardcore the first time you watch it and phenomenal on the second viewing.
My friends at Uni had a fight club, one of them is an MMA instructor now. But essentially they got a euphoric feeling from being beaten up, so they set up a club and got like-minded people to get all their anger out at the fight club. I never joined because I don't like getting hit or fighting! They actually managed to tame some of the more toxic men into just focusing their frustrations onto fight club members rather than anyone outside of the fight club. They had strict rules though on what was and wasn't allowed, and any bad behaviour outside of fight club that came back to them would mean repercussions and full cooperation with the police in handing anyone who used physical violence against non-fight club members.
Based!
That’s fucked up
"uuuhmm... what?!"
and that's how you know when a film is freaking awesome.
You should try watching next "Pulp Fiction" one of the best movies ever made. :)
The big guy hugging Ed Norton is Meatloaf. He is a singer that was big in the 70s and the 90s.He made an appearance in the musical movie Rocky horror Picture show. Meatloaf’s best albums are Bat out of Hell 1 and Bat out of Hell 2.