just because she mentioned it

[emchy]

what are folks opinions about fight club?
pantryslut i am looking at you first

mine was pretty simple. i enjoyed it with the same sort of gritty loving the aesthetic as i did with se7en. i liked how things twisted around in some ways and how things layered themselves. the silliness inherent in machismo had me laughing at some parts that i think we not meant to be funny. and in the end the pseudo revolutionary antics were just a random plot point to serve as eye candy while furthering the psychological story. i have seen it more than once. it holds up fine. but aside from the cinematography i have no fierce hold on it.

how about you?

Comments

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Important note: I saw it after 9/11.

As a result, the ending infuriated me. It was such a cop-out. The movie was all macho, but at the end it flinched. Boo!

Also I didn't swallow the plot twist. If you're going to do that, I need a tight construction a la the Sixth Sense, and it didn't have it -- it had point of view violations that irritated me.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

I'm going to stop commenting on journals you read, and let you do all the work. *g, d, r*

[justin42.livejournal.com]

I love that movie like a guilty pleasure. The first time I watched it, I was in a hotel room alone. I had gone away to some weekend conference or workshop. I walked to the liquor store, got myself a fifth and some smokes, went back and sat around in a t-shirt and underwear and watched Fight Club. I have watched the movie a lot of times since, and I even bought myself a copy. It is one of my comfort films. An old standby I can watch just about any time and be sure to love. I feel the same about Natural Born Killers. It is funny to me. Funny and surreal and a complete departure. I like the idea of just breaking away from society, losing your mind, totally bucking authority, and being stupid for no reason other than maybe you're crazy. That appeals to me very much. And I like watching gory, graphic, violent movies. I was a big fan of The Devil's Rejects, too. These movies make me laugh with their sadistic, insane, but somehow still kinda lovable characters. It's just a nice break from the every day grind. Makes me think the powerless still have some power, even if only to completely lose their shit and make a mess and pay for it in the end anyway. I like the way it makes you wonder who's the good guy and who's the bad guy, or if there's any such thing.

[cindymonkey.livejournal.com]

i have a similar affection for Natural Born Killers

[moongirli.livejournal.com]

I saw it at the behest of a friend of mine who I considered to be more movie-savvy than I. (It's also to his credit that I saw "American Beauty" - that might also be a good idea to ask about.)

I can understand the needing to get the aggression out thing, that made sense. Even the plot twist sort of made sense. The ending... didn't make sense.

[abostick59.livejournal.com]

I basically liked it, and at the same time I thought it badly needed a rewrite to fix inconsistencies that seem plausible when you watch them but that the plot "twist" -- more accurately, the fundamental conceit of the story -- renders nonsensical.

The ending didn't work for me; I thought they should have kept the original ending of the book.

[daveroguesf.livejournal.com]

It's a solid enough film.

There are men who take it as gospel, and I honestly think they're missing the point of the film, which to my view is equally critical both of mindless society and mindless revolution.

[sagahar.livejournal.com]

Again you pick one of my favorites.

I love Fight Club because of the memories I have of watching it the first time. I still get excited over the gradual destruction of The Narrator's "normal" life and his descent into his status as a revolutionary. I still think Marla Singer is an extremely attractive character (a fact that kind of scared me when I first watched the film). I love the the turnaround point where the audience discovers the mysteries of Tyler Durden, and the control The Narrator finally gets over his life.

Most of all, I'm still in love with my interpretation of the moral of the story (as much as there can be one): No matter how much worldly possession bullshit you have to cover it up, you're still an animal. And repressing that is what's making society sick.

That being said, there is definitely some over-machismo going on.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

Meh.

My ex was sort of obsessed with it.

I think it prompted all kinds of retro macho angst among men who really got into it.

[black-pearl-10.livejournal.com]

One of my favorite pornos ever.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

I loved watching the symbols of capitalism being blown up. Go team!