TheFireCar
Banned
how do you guys feel about Fight Club today as a film. Do you think it aged particularly well. Think some look at it today as being edgy and sort of an "incel's anthem" type film
Did Fight Club age well?
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how do you guys feel about Fight Club today as a film. Do you think it aged particularly well. Think some look at it today as being edgy and sort of an "incel's anthem" type film
It’s aged incredibly well for me. The themes only get stronger as time goes on. Consumerism, people lost and looking for some sort of cause, misguided masculinity? All there.
TheFireCar
Banned
i think some of the criticism today comes from people taking the wrong ideas from the film in the first place
remember there were people starting fight clubs after the movie came out, pretty much taking the incorrect message from the film. The film's not about fighting at all, but like you said misplaced masculinity and the nihilism of corporate America and suburbia
Yup. And that’s a given with anything. The wrong people championed the flick and the criticisms came from people who engaged in that level rather than the obvious one
TheFireCar
Banned
it's still a great movie imo, Ed Norton was on a roll during this time coming off of American History X
he sort of fell off after that though
One of the more overrated film in recent times. It's essentially your casual viewer's 'deep film', that's about as deep as a puddle of water.
Why so? Curious
Because there are an infinite number of films that tackle that kind of subject matter and tone [satire] in a more effective way. And that's just not isolated to Fight Club either, nearly every mainstream film suffers from the same thing, where the masses will eat up anything that appears to go beyond the surface and/or is different.
MenacingMonk
War & Peace
Of course. It gets better after every viewing.
MenacingMonk
War & Peace
What other movies came out around that time that dealt with the same subject matter? What films in the 90s period?
NBK might fall in the category. Fight Club was/is one of those once or few in a generation movies. I give it it’s props and never knew how hyped it was til after the fact.
feelosofer
#ninergang
Yes. Its still holds up. Arguably more relevant today
SuburbanPimp
Giving game to lames since the 90s
Yes it’s aged well, it’s not perfect and still feel it went a bit off the rails in the last 20-30 mins but I still watch it at least once a year.
I don’t think it tries to be extra deep or anything. Just a reminder that life isn’t about accumulating things and working a 9-5. Do what makes you feel alive, life is short
I always felt like Fight Club and American Beauty had similar themes. AB was more of the suburban version while FC was the gritty version
I don’t think it tries to be extra deep or anything. Just a reminder that life isn’t about accumulating things and working a 9-5. Do what makes you feel alive, life is short
I always felt like Fight Club and American Beauty had similar themes. AB was more of the suburban version while FC was the gritty version
Still great with an amazing ending. Still wild that ppl took all the wrong things about masculinity from it when the film ends with dude explicitly shooting himself in the head, killing the tyler durden version of himself and refocusing on what matters the most to him...Marla.
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
Is this on 4k?