Analysis
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Hero's Journey
Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...
Setting
Anytown, U.S.A. (1996)When was the last time you went into the basement of your local dive bar? Probably never, are we right? There could be a fight club happening in there right now. Fight Club wa...
Point of View
Blink and You'll Miss ItDavid Fincher says he made Fight Club (sure you did, Dave) but it feels like Tyler Durden made it. The film is a single story, and Edward Norton or Brad Pitt (the two sides...
Genre
Postmodernist; DramaPartying like it's 1999 turned out to be a pretty bleak affair based on all the moody dramas released that year: American Beauty. Boys Don't Cry. The Talented Mr. Ripley. So wha...
What's Up With the Title?
It's not book club, or Meat-of-the-Month club, or the AV club. It's a bunch of guys start a club for fighting. They call it fight club. What else would they call it?Of course, fight club isn't just...
What's Up With the Ending?
He Needs That Like He Needs a Hole in the HeadDon't you hate it when you accidentally almost destroy society? Our main character sure does. He finds out that not only are he and Tyler Durden the sa...
Shock Rating
RFight Club is so gruesomely, graphically violent that we wouldn't be surprised if the Blu-Ray itself jumped spinning rapidly out of the case and cut your head off. Be careful. Men get their faces...