Fight Club | Full Uncut Reaction

Older reaction I know (sorry, but a great one!), but you asked why people who love this movie love it. As you touched on I think more than anything else it IS a critique of capitalism, consumerism, and the rat race culture, and how it leaves people feeling disillusioned, trapped, lost, empty, etc etc. That affects all kinds of people, but then paired with toxic masculinity and the anger that so many men are conditioned to resort to, Fight Club's the most extreme example of what that can lead to. I really don't think you're supposed to agree with "Tyler" if you're reading the movie as intended - it's not speaking through him, embracing his philosophy ruined the Narrator's and everyone around him's life. The problem is just that too many people, and a lot of young men, are feeling the same way as the characters do, so they're falling for that nihilistic, patriarchal world view rather than seeing the film as an obvious caution of it. You didn't mention this but there's also homoerotic subtext. Every queer person I've watched it with has found even the first plane banter scene ("how's that working for you? being clever?") to seem SO flirtatious lol. The Narrator comparing them to Ozzie and Harriet, "I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer we need", the gun barrel in the mouth, the hand kiss, the ass slap, "what do you care if it's a guy or a girl?", even just him creating Tyler to be a jacked dude who wears mesh tops and goes commando... His idea of what a man "should" be and how their relationship is, it's for sure partly formed by attraction. And of course guys fighting has long been a vehicle for that subtext, "you construct intricate rituals which allow you to touch the skin of other men" and such. Much more on-the-nose in the book but it adds another layer to me that makes it more than just a movie about dudes beating each other and blowing shit up! So those are my thoughts as someone who loves the movie, but I got your view on it too cos the way so many men love it for all the wrong reasons makes it a rougher watch sometimes.

Didn't see anyone mention it, but the penis out the car window is a Lorena Bobbit joke. She actually did that to her husband. They found it. Reattached it and he went into making porn movies. I know it sounds like bullshit, but true story. It's all over the internet. It happened in the early 90s so a lot of you here might be too young to remember. You can't make up stories like that one. I hate fighting. No boxing or even football for me. My son saw this in the theater with some buddies and finally got me to watch it on VHS or DVD whatever it was then. I struggled with it as you are but got it in the end. I am a diagnosed insomniac. Been to all kinds of doctors, sleep tests, psychiatrists, they give up eventually. My grandma said I didn't sleep like a baby either. I medicated myself for years and ended up hooked on a bunch of shit drugs. Now I'm just a natural night owl. 10am right now and I'll be headed to bed directly. I work parttime overnights and just sleep when I can. Getting rid of caffeine and a steady dose of indica helps. ✌️💖

This movie is so sick- I love it.😁😎

Oh noooo, this movie. I was obsessed with this movie, the book, the writer and read like a dozen books by him when I was 18/19. I don’t think this movie is overrated, I think it’s over-revered. People elevate this movie beyond what it is, a fucking cautionary tale. A tale about dwindling mental health and fragile masculinity. Not something to look up to, and the book was even worse on this, lol. Can’t wait to watch

Super late to this bc I just joined but yeah I knew I trusted you when you immediately called out the red flags in Tyler's behavior. Like sure he had some points to make and some great lines but I fully agree with you that if he had a bone to pick it should be with capitalism and the ppl in power who uphold it. Admittedly, when I first watched the movie I enjoyed it unironically but in my defense my frontal cortex wasn't even fully developed yet lmao. Now though, as much as I still love this movie, it's more so bc of the story and the performances and the execution that were all done flawlessly in my opinion. This movie now feels like a warning. Tyler's cult members thought they were leading a revolution but were just extremists acting out their fantasies of what they thought A Real Man should be. Anyway I'm rambling now and I'm honestly not articulate enough to fully express my thoughts on this movie and the core messages. This is all just to say, I totally get where you're coming from when you ask why so many ppl love this movie so much. Cause yeah no one should be taking notes from this.

at 1:22 you ask what it is we enjoy about this movie and that reminds me of my good friend who LOVES film. She adores this movie because she's a big fan of Edward Norton and because this movie is a bit fucked up. But most of all she loves the movie because she loves unreliable narrators. She also says that its an incredible movie BUT the reason why you love it is more important than IF you love it. Because if u love it bcs u agree with all that crap they're talking about how men this age don't have any goal etc and the rest of the bullshit thats obviously a big red flag. But if you love it because of the way the story is portrayed and the way they're not shying away from using the medium they have to portray the story, while seeing that Yes This Kinda Outlook Is Bad and reflects darker parts of society then thats fine ofc lol

Yooo if you ever want to talk at length about insomnia, I'll be glad to have a conversation about it and it's effects if you want to compare from reality to this movie's depiction of it. I've suffered from chronic insomnia for many years (along with a lot of other lifetime and incurable crap but that's beside the point here)! I'm sorry it took me so long to finally get to watch your reaction. Been having a lot of stuff and obligations to attend to lately. :( But I'm here now, and I'm so excited I get to experience this with you finally! Can't wait to see the rest of it and what impressions it made on you! 💜❤️

What i like in this movie, he never physically hurts anyone not even his boss. Except an other fighter, himself or just objects. He just gave hope and purpose.