WOW Fight Club was… lets just say a very interesting film. I don’t know about you, but it was all over the place and I had a million ideas as to what could possibly be happening. It had some fantastic cinematic elements to it that made it very interesting and expressive. For example the extreme close ups of sweat glands, bombs ex. were very interesting because it really made you feel like you understood what was going on, you saw every little detail. The shots that were made to look like images on a film really were kind of eerie but gave a good example of the premise of the film, splicing two personalities together like a role of film. There was very little nondiagetic sound in the film up till the very end, when the buildings were collapsing, which I thought was a really cool scene. The whole holding hands thing was not really with the pace of the film but whatever. Also the high and low angles of the fight scenes, conversations and final building scene gave us an idea of who was in charge.
I thought the mental, social and psychological topics brought up in this film were mind boggling!! I like how David Fincher showed each step of Edward Norton’s character as he slowly slipped into insanity. I particularly liked the narrations during the film, I though it helped describe his mental struggles and complex thoughts. The way all the members of Fight Club transformed was amazing, how each individual was slowly desensitized and striped of all societal norms and morals, it was kind of freaky. Tyler Durden was an interesting character and alter ego. He showed what Fincher’s character was after in life but could not seem to find. He was so real and vivid that I thought he was a separate person all together, and I think most of us did too. They were total opposites trying to reach the same goal, freedom and self recognition.
The film also disused the topic of a modern society and corporate America. It showed in a very extreme way the pressures and difficulties that the average white collar worker faces. The whole movie was about the negative psychological affects of living and working under conditions that aren’t fulfilling and don’t satisfy your own goals and aspirations. I think it pressed the importance of finding ourselves and doing the things we love in life. It also showed how pliable and powerful the mind is and what it is capable of doing. Finally I believe the film stressed the importance of moral values and their importance in society as a whole
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That Tyler Durden character was incredibly well made. It was, in my opinion, impossible to tell that he was two people at once. I mean, they were so completely different, and yet what they did and what they were after were the same things. It was just crazy how you couldn't tell they were the same people until near the end. I really loved that aspect of the movie. I thought it was probably the best part.
ReplyDeleteYa you really hit the nail right on the head! I think Tyler Durden is kid of the man Nortons character wants to be. One character was without limit and the other was limited by societal factors. I dont really understand what was going on with Nortons character though, how he didnt realize what he was doing until the end, really makes you think. Maybe its open to interpretation, i dont know.
ReplyDeleteSadly someone had ruined the ending before i saw Fight Club, but the characters were clearly the main story line. I was amazed with the complex issues and demons all the characters carried. It was crazy to see how all these completely different people became one living organization on the off hours while during their real lives they go about ignoring each other and being the kind and "normal" peopole we expect tto see. I think this speaks true to everyone. We all have to people living one life. Everyone switches from them, back and forth like a light switch. But Tyler was the next step, these two never changed when in character but instead they actually were two complete people. This is rare and probably is what people strive for everyday, but maybe with a different ending.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree that it seems like almost everyone has like a dual personality, but im not sure i agree that its the best thing that everyones after. Sure sometimes its necessary like when something really needs to be hidden from the public, but otherwise, i think its best to be yourself all the time and not try to be two completely different people. I kinda saw the Tyler Durden character as a more or less bad look on society. At the end of the movie, he was in so many different things because of his dual personality that it was just too crazy. If he had only been one of his personalities, then his life wouldnt have been so messed up and there wouldnt have been nearly as many issues.
ReplyDeleteYa, its crazy!!! the affect that fight club had on people, its was kinda like yoga or something only its fighting. It shows what people really feel on the inside and what they will do to relieve it. The way it sparked that nation wide cult was kind of freaky. The way his second personality (Tyler Durden) consumed him was interesting.
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