| Fight Club |
| i thought this movie was brilliant and the way it was narrated by edward norton was pretty cool that allowed it to add some humor to the movie, which is usually a good thing one part that especially struck me as funny or cool or something, was when he was reading the pamphlet about some support group or something and it was written in the first person by an organ ("i am jack's liver...") and then throughout the movie edward norton narrates lines such as that into the movie ("i am jack's broken heart") and the fact that edward norton's character does not have a name in the movie (i usually refer to him as jack, because of the previous thing that i just talked about) really makes the movie interesting i now however have a new theory about the movie, i have never heard anyone else say this about the movie, but the last time i watched it, it just jumped out at me, and id like to hear what other people think about this: i think the whole movie is a metaphor for religion when the fight club turned into project mayhem, edward nortons narration says something to the effect of why are they all doing this? because "in tyler we trust" that is a direct quote, which sounds just like in god we trust i think that is saying something about the extent of things people will do "in the name of god" without needing any other reasons another line, is when (edward norton) realizes finally that tyler and himself are the same person, tyler says something like (and i am paraphrasing...) "you wanted to do things that you could never do on your own, so you needed to have someone there for you, someone who was everything youre not someone who is confident, strong, good in bed..." you get the point... and all these "armies" or other fight clubs spring up all over the nation, most of the "followers" have never even seen tyler dirden just the name tyler dirden becomes somewhat legendary people say things like "i hear he has facial reconstructive surgery every three years so no one will know what he looks like" these are obviously fabricated, because "jack" knows tyler, and in fact, as we realize later, tyler doesnt even in fact exist so you have one central figure, who doesnt even exist, leading all of these people who will do whatever "he" wants them to without asking questions ("first rule of project mayhem is do not ask any questions") tons of separate "churches", if you will, spring up all over the place, and it just about tears apart the fabric of society with mindlessness and destruction and at the end, (edward norton) says something to the effect (this would be alot stronger if i had exact quotes perhaps...) "i did need you before, but now, i can do fine on my own" and to relate this to my "religion" scenario, he realizes that he can survive without the idea of an "imaginary" person living and making decisions for him he takes his life into his own hands and at the end "kills" tyler so in my opinion, what is the director "saying" about religion? people "need" something in their lives, and sometimes, just because it seems to be their only option, they will turn to religion, or god, or "tyler dirden" and they will have direction in their life, but it will be perhaps the "wrong direction"? and until they realize that they in fact do NOT need this religion, this person telling them what to do, telling them the "rules", that horrible things can happen and finally, when people realize that there is no "tyler", they can begin to live life on their own, and truly be happy (shown by the end when the buildings are all blowing up, and he has a nasty hold in the side of his head, but he seems "at peace" and even tells marla that he is going to be okay) anyone have any thoughts on this theory? i watched the movie three times before i thought of this message, but it really does seem to make sense to me and this was like a week ago that i thought of this, so there may be things that i am overlooking? im not sure yet i would really like to hear what other people have to say about this...or maybe hear other, interesting theories on the meaning of fight club... |