Last Night I watched David Fincher's "Fight Club" (1999)

[milestogo]

I don't know what I was doing when this movie came out, but I've never seen it. In my head I thought it was a rougher version of The Breakfast Club. Maybe just because of the title.

I'm totally freaked out by this movie. I'm actually watching it again right now to see if there is something I missed. I don't understand why this movie is so popular. In fact, I really don't understand the movie at all.

[Snackshack]

1. I thought.

It was/is a really good movie. The transformation of Edward Nortons character from the buttoned up guy with the ikea home to anarchist is pretty intense. It certainly made me think about some things. I’ve watched probably 5-6 times since it came out and each time catch something I missed in a previous viewing.

[CrispyQ]

2. The first rule of Fight Club is to never eat the clam chowder.

It was an out there movie, but I liked it. It's been a long time since I've seen it but I remember I couldn't decide if it was about a guy with multiple personality syndrome or a different kind of mental illness, but it was a look inside that world.

[Moostache]

3. Read the book...hues close to the film but better

Loved them both myself

[rownesheck]

4. one of the

greatest movies of all time. I watched it first time as a youngster in my 20s. Really connected with my life at the time. Not that i created an entire other identity, but i felt as if i could have. Marriage and children have F'd all that up now. Thanks, family. Kidding! Lord, I'm terrible.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

5. In the film, the Narrator (Edward Norton)

is probably suffering from personality dissociative disorder, although that's never really made clear to the viewer. Tyler (Brad Pitt) is one of the alternative personalities he creates in his mind to cope with his world.

Does that help ?

[Nay]

6. I second this. Once you realize this, the movie makes much more sense. nt

[milestogo]

7. I picked up on that the second time through...

It was hard for me to get past the violence to the underlying memes.

[genxlib]

8. Damn it! You forgot the first rule!

One of my favorite movies of all time.

It can be confusing the first time because so much of the plot is about the dual personality. You have to watch it again to understand how cleverly they played it.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

10. Oh yeah. It was an excellent employment of a plot device.

But I think if you don't know that, it impairs your ability to appreciate the movie, because you're going crazy trying to figure out WTF is going on !!

[Sgent]

9. Kind of like Pulp Fiction

it grows on you the second watching IMHO.

[Solly Mack]

11. I am Jack's tired meme.

I liked the movie.