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One for the gentlemen, although ladies may wish to look in.
Dimmukane:
I'm basically trying to either watch it alone or avoid watching it with someone who thinks it's the greatest thing ever. That, and I have a long list of movies I'm trying to watch, and that's pretty low on said list.
I'm not saying that I am expecting it to be bad or unenjoyable, I'm trying to lower my expectations until I think I'll enjoy it. What I'm worried about is that it'll feel like American History X and Requiem for a Dream, in that it didn't reach it's full potential.
Coward:
The film of Fight Club is one of a rare breed that actually surpasses the book it was based on. For my money it is one of the best films ever made because I feel it covers pretty everything a man subconsciouly wants to see: insecurity, self-discovery, anarchy, revolution, violence, and, of course, sex. In a day and age where masculinity is thought by some to be eroded away in favour of 'metrosexualism', as the press like to call it, it's an entertaining demonstration of one particular way of being a man.
I highly recommend it to you, at the very least to bump it up a few places on your 'to-see-list'.
Plus, you know, Helena Bonham Carter gets her norks out in it.
Inlander:
My problem with the film of Fight Club is that it's an excellently directed, designed, and acted film, so much so that I've seen it about four times, and yet I really hate the male stereotypes that it perpetuates, which are fundamentally at odds with my own view of masculinity.
For the record, I haven't read the book. However I find it interesting that I've encountered more women who are ardent fans of the book, than I have men.
Dimmukane:
It also doesn't help that the 'big twist' was spoiled for me quite some time ago.
WriterofAllWrongs:
--- Quote from: Inlander on 03 Sep 2008, 06:39 ---My problem with the film of Fight Club is that it's an excellently directed, designed, and acted film, so much so that I've seen it about four times, and yet I really hate the male stereotypes that it perpetuates, which are fundamentally at odds with my own view of masculinity.
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Yeah, same here. I really dig the story itself (Thanks, Palahniuk), and everyone involved acted their parts excellently, and it was a crazy stylistic film, but the "Men are imperfect cavemen who can only solve their problems with violence" subtext that's provided is a bit annoying. Personally, I'm a physically slight dude who solves my problems with moping and talking, so I'm probably not the target audience of the message itself. But it doesn't really stop me from getting a bit agitated when my friends say shit like "It shows a philosophical aspect to the idea of masculinity", when really it seems like it is more showing the problems that can come out of such an extremely physical and political mindset.
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