lame-o
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I just saw Fight Club today. It's my thing right now, to look for old but good movies I've never seen.
*WARNING: SPOILERS (MAIN THEME OF MOVIE)*
Anyways, Fight Club was not what I expected. I thought it was going to be some action movie involving underground fighting tournaments, which is really kind of boring and overdone. But I realized very quickly that this movie isn't a joke. Every scene, plot point, character, and even the color pallet of the film had some kind of a meaning that was integral to the theme that (at least this is what I think, including some research) the "Everyman" is getting ****ed by society and is being taught to value materialistic happiness over everything else, and that there is no real solution to change this.
This obviously hit home with me cause I'm a teenager described as being hyped up on hormones and somewhat into the realm of teenage angst. The story itself, well, it isn't corny, it's dark, it's interesting, and it's the kind of story that after you know it you kind of feel this detachment from the rest of the world, like you know something powerful just occurred in your life, for a few days at least. I wonder if anyone else is moved by art in that way? Kind of gay-ish vibes there? No? Whatever. And however real the problem being shown in the movie is, I feel bad that it won't do any good in life. Nothing new.
The film was meant to be hypocritical by the way. The fact that Brad Pitt is the one who tells us this theme. The fact that it's a blockbuster movie. Well, not really. But it was still made in Hollywood. That's all intentional. There are also a whole bunch of other little details about all this stuff, there are entire essays devoted to deciphering all the metaphors and symbolism shown in the production, story, and whatnot.
In all, the movie is pretty much a masterpiece. See it or die.
*WARNING: SPOILERS (MAIN THEME OF MOVIE)*
Anyways, Fight Club was not what I expected. I thought it was going to be some action movie involving underground fighting tournaments, which is really kind of boring and overdone. But I realized very quickly that this movie isn't a joke. Every scene, plot point, character, and even the color pallet of the film had some kind of a meaning that was integral to the theme that (at least this is what I think, including some research) the "Everyman" is getting ****ed by society and is being taught to value materialistic happiness over everything else, and that there is no real solution to change this.
This obviously hit home with me cause I'm a teenager described as being hyped up on hormones and somewhat into the realm of teenage angst. The story itself, well, it isn't corny, it's dark, it's interesting, and it's the kind of story that after you know it you kind of feel this detachment from the rest of the world, like you know something powerful just occurred in your life, for a few days at least. I wonder if anyone else is moved by art in that way? Kind of gay-ish vibes there? No? Whatever. And however real the problem being shown in the movie is, I feel bad that it won't do any good in life. Nothing new.
The film was meant to be hypocritical by the way. The fact that Brad Pitt is the one who tells us this theme. The fact that it's a blockbuster movie. Well, not really. But it was still made in Hollywood. That's all intentional. There are also a whole bunch of other little details about all this stuff, there are entire essays devoted to deciphering all the metaphors and symbolism shown in the production, story, and whatnot.
In all, the movie is pretty much a masterpiece. See it or die.
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