Watching this movie more than once is a must so you can enjoy all the little hints that Tyler isn’t “real”. Like the zoom in on the pay phone saying it doesn’t accept incoming calls, the opening lines being “I know this because Tyler knows this…” all the little things that you might miss the first time around but can start piecing together once you know what to look for
It definitely deserves a rewatch. There are so many subtle hints about what is going on, that make it a whole different experience. To name a few: the phonebooth states it doesn't receive calls so it's impossible that tayler called him back; when tayler's golf balls hit a car nothing happens but when The Narrator's golf balls hit it, the alarm turns on; when he's fighting himself in the boss's office, he says it reminds him of his first fight with tyler; when the crash happens, pay attention what side of the car he comes out of...and more. These are the reason this is my favourite movie of all times and I love wathing others experience it for the first time.
The flashes earlier in the movie are not...that. They are glimpses of Tyler before you meet him, showing that he was already there with the Narrator. I can't remember if you've watched it yet, but the movie Primal Fear was Edward Norton's first movie, and was an incredible acting performance. I really recommend that.
This is the kinda movie you HAVE to see twice. It honestly might get better on a second viewing. They allude to and skirt around the twist the ENTIRE movie, it's soo well done
@@themoviedealers During the bosses office beatdown: "For some reason, I thought of my first fight with Tyler." because he's beating himself up, just like he was then
I just need to point out that Helena's American accent is FLAWLESS. There are times when brits try to do it and they do ok, but she does it just right. Well done Helena!
It seems that imitating an American accent is easier than imitating a British one (all respective regions of both countries considered), but without knowing exactly which dialect you're going for, mistakes in either can be quite common. Props to her for getting it so precise.
Fun fact: that punch at 10:47 was scripted, the connection with Brad Pitt's ear was not. Norton hit him there by mistake so Brad Pitt's reaction was quite genuine lol
Pretty sure the script said that Norton would punch Tyler in the shoulder but the director told Norton to punch him in the ear without Brad Pitt’s knowledge. That’s what made it genuine.
@@kratosGOW That could be, don't remember the exact story too well aside from the fact that Brad was very much not expecting to get boxed in the ear and I'm honestly surprised he was as controlled as he was after, that shit hurts lol
It's legit. Norton has for sure gone on the record saying Fincher, the director, secretly told him to really punch Brad in the ear. And facts, that shit does hurt like a sonuvabitch😂
It also a good way to identify club members to each other. You just have to mention both rules to know that the other too are in Fight Club, few clubs has that rule and repeated in the second rule.
Just a fun trivia: the doctor at the beginning of the movie, the one Edward Norton talks to about insomnia and then he recommends the testicular cancer support group, that actor is the same actor that delivers the box at the end of Se7en.
Another trivia I picked up when watching special edition DVD commentary (yes, I am that old :) ) - when Marla goes to "sell" the clothes she stole at the pawn shop and stomps on the Narrator's foot, the actress wasn't actually supposed to stomp on his foot but just close enough on the floor and let Norton do the acting part. But Norton's reaction was so genuine, that Helena Bonham Carter freaked out for a second, thinking that she did indeed hurt him pretty bad. Testament to Ed Nortons acting chops.
Edward Norton's character is called The Narrator. Some assumed that he's the one that wrote all of those books he found, so they assume his name may be Jack.
The line, "for some reason I thought of my first fight with Tyler" as he beats himself up with his boss in the room. It hits harder later on once you know his first fight with Tyler was with himself... 10:46 that punch was real and Pitt didn't know it was coming. The director, David Fincher asked Edward Norton to do it for real to see how Pitt would react. Marla asking Pitt, "who are you talking to when shutting the door in Tyler's face. Pitt's character controlling the conversation while at the bottom of the basement say, "this conversation is over" by just whispering it. PItt's character died because Tyler basically tricked him because he thought Tyler off'd himself even though he just shot out the side of his cheek.
things that hint at the twist, when tyler calls the phone booth the phone booth clearly says no incoming calls. after the car crash tyler and ed norton get out of the wrong sides of the car
@@menotyou8369 Nah. The point is, if you have nothing, then what can be taken from you? If you have a home and a life and belongings, then losing those things [by going to prison or whatever] would be a consequence you'd want to avoid. If you are homeless, penniless, and have no ties, then such consequences don't exist. Essentially the statement is a paraphrasing of, "There's nothing more dangerous than a person with nothing left to lose." It's not a deepity, it's objectively true.
@@cyberingcatgirls7069 Right, and in this movie it's a cult indoctrination tactic. So why is our friend above posting a comment consisting of nothing except this quote? Because far, far too many people heard the line, thought it was profound, and never consider the second half of the movie. You're supposed to be drawn to Tyler, only to realize "oh wow, would I have become one of Tyler's space monkeys?" The two in the back seat for the car crash, right? They say they want to paint a self portrait and build a house before they die. But they're not doing that, are they? They've lost everything-they're free to do it, but they're not. Huh. Instead, they're sitting in the back of a stolen car intoning someone else's words in unison, about to be put in mortal danger by someone using them for his own ends. All of which is to say that, objectively true though it may be, by taking the line as important in its own right, divorced from its ultimate significance within this narrative, it becomes a deepity.
What that actually means is "I will take away or make you give up everything you have so you are totally dependent on me. I will enslave you with the lure of freedom. I will brainwash you and tell you it's your true self finally released. I will make you my pawn and convince you it's what you always wanted to be. I will give you the tools and materials, and you will willfully, joyously, build your own chains that bind you to me."
@@noodle_fc I get your point but I did what the respondent said and looked up "deepity" and the definition said nothing about context. Perhaps instead of being terse for the sake of snark, they would have been better served by saying something like, "In the context of this movie that statement is sort of like a deepity." But whatever, arguing semantics in comment threads is rarely a good use of time so cheers.
It is so much Fun to see when the light bulb goes off. 1st rule of a Twist. You Do Not talk about the Twist. 2nd rule of a Twist. You Do Not talk about the Twist.
Your reaction to Marla's line at around 14:17 was just priceless. Fun fact, in the original draft of the script, she was going to say "I want to have your abortion", to which the executives objected. David Fincher agreed to change the line, on the condition that the executives wouldn't veto the replacement line. They agreed, and the result was the even more crass line that we have in the finished film. Being English, Helena Bonham Carter didn't know what that line meant (she thought "grade school" was the same thing as high school), and was thus mortified when she found out later on
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Brad Pitt is Tyler Durden Edward Norton, the narrator, is Jack Moore It's OFFICIALLY(ish) revealed by unused props from the movie of Jack's driver's license and some of his mail, which show his name as "Jack Moore". There's also sort of an implication and common assumption that all of the "Jack" stuff was written by the narrator, and hence HE is Jack, and THAT'S why he later utters "I am Jack's smirking revenge." That maybe the "Jack" writings were things he wrote in his insomniac sleep(lessness) before he ever even created Tyler.
He had been in the squatter's house for a year, after all. Plenty of time to get his author on. And the 'Jack's Body Parts' series do sound like the kind of hyper fixation on yourself that I've heard can happen in early stage Disassociative Identity Disorder.
They never went ahead with the Jack stuff. It was more of a placeholder so they didn’t have to write Narrator all over the script and make it confusing. Chuck Palahniuk has stated several times he hates when people call him Jack because it was never intended to be his name.
Fun fact: Helena Bonham Carter wasn't familiar with the US school system at the time and assumed it was similar to the UK version. She was mortified when she found out.
"I keep seeing flashes of something" "We haven't heard his name yet have we?" Man, it's so wild that the movie can still make those observations possible for a totally new set of eyes, yet still catch you off guard. I was caught off guard when I first saw it too, but you picked up on WAY more clues than I did before the big reveal. Great stuff. Great movie. Great time seeing you experience it.
My favourite clue is actually in the very first scene. They spoil the twist within the first minute and nobody notices. "I know this, because Tyler knows this"..
Back in the day my future roommate pointed out to me that the penguin is the symbol of for Lenux the operating system. The anti establishment choice to Windows. We saw Fight Club in a drive in movie theater
Its funny, I have seen this movie a fair number of times and a good amount of reactions. I have NEVER noticed the scene at 8:45 where Ed Norton is in the phone booth and calls "Tyler" and Tyler asks "who is this?" and Ed Norton responds "Tyler, we met on the plane" (clearly introducing HIMSELF) ... THEN even cherry on top Addie immediately asks " has he actually said his name at any point in this movie yet?" talk about coincidental timing! I love it!
I like the movie more than the book because in the movie essentially Norton's character has two conflicting forces. His insomnia is driving him to be antisocial while his attraction to Marla is giving him a human connection and this helps him claw out of the pit he's dug himself. In the book it is his attraction to Marla that causes his descent which makes much less sense since it also helps him reject it.
There is no twist if you listen to what he says in the opening 5 minutes of the movie. People that are shocked at the ending of this simpleton film, blow my mind.
@@WheresWaldo05 simpleton is a noun not an adjective. When attempting to criticize the intelligence of others, it’s best not to say things that would make one appear to be a simpleton.
@@tylerdurden5406 English major/teacher. IQ 127 😘 But if you wish to meet my 6'6" self in person, I am 100% down Bubba. It will not go well for you though.
@@pymsapero7644 there’s a notice on the phone booth. “This phone does not accept incoming phone calls”. It’s literally screaming to us that the only way Tyler can call back is in his own mind
@@davidktd Ahh yes, I hadn't seen it from that angle! THANKS About public telephones, in Europe and Africa they have a number instead of your "notice", I was thinking in the USA the same
Edward Norton is referred to as "Jack" due to the various essays read from the point of view of the various organs "I am Jack's..." The only time the "privates" are jumping at you is at the end. The other flickers are all Brad Pitt as he becomes more and more part of Jack's life.
One of the more interesting thoughts about this movie, Is the first initial person to join fight club after Norton/Pitt. Would have only saw a singular guy beating himself up and asked to join in. Which is psychotic in itself. HE would have then had to tell a friend or two that you can come with him to beat a guy up. And that is how it got rolling.
I'm pretty sure the two guys in the parking lot that saw the narrator fighting himself and walked over were the first members. I think you see both of them at the first meeting.
@@0lyge0 Yeah. In an interview at the time, Chuck Palahniuk was asked "Do you think it at least odd that a person beating himself up viciously would influence other people to join in the 'club' initially?" His answer was "That step in the process wasn't shown. I can't explain that missing link, I guess that is the suspension of disbelief that is required of the viewer." So, yeah, even the writer of the book is like, "Idk, lol..."
@@johnplaysgames3120 I always assumed they went over to him to see what the hell was going on then "Tyler" explained his philosophy to them and they joined up.
To John Wayne Bobbitt. I don’t buy much into the idea that this is all a simulation, but some things just seem like they’re right out of a script. Sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction, of course.
@@feudist Because she had a breakdown as a result of her abuse. If she went to prison it would've been a tragedy. She more so belonged in a hospital and away from her abuser.
The comment about 'Getting your penis cut off and thrown out of a moving car' is a reference to John Wayne Bobbit who that happened to, somehow they found the cut off part and sewed it back on.
You may have noticed, if you knew about the musician/actor Meatloaf, that when he died many people on social media claimed: 'His name was Robert Paulson'. He played Bob. As well as Rocky Horror and many other roles. And he rocked not only as an actor, but literally as a rock singer. You probably know a few of his songs even if you didn't know the name. (Which you might, I am not saying you don't, just because you didn't show recognition of who he was when you reacted, so maybe you didn't recognize him or maybe you are entirely oblivious to him.
This story is a critique of modern consumerism, and in many ways a commentary on the issue of the alienation of men from society. When it came out that was an issue that really hadn't yet been recognized broadly. It has become much more acute in the years since. The filmmaking is phenomenal. One of the best social commentary movies ever.
Fun fact: The buildings in the end that were blown up were digital, however each one is a building owned by Fox, including the one used in Die Hard as Nakatomi Plaza. As far as the story, the narrator and Tyler are the same person, everyone else is a real person reacting to him from the outside only seeing one person. “He said he could never sleep” Actually what he said was he can’t sleep and sometimes he NODS OFF AND WAKES UP IN STRANGE PLACES. All the clues were there throughout the entire movie that he had a split personality. When he “fought” his boss he said it reminded him of his first fight with Tyler…which we found out that he was just punching himself then as well. Even the flickers you saw in the beginning of the movie and asked what that was…it was Tyler Durdhen starting to appear in his personality…starting to be born and break through.
I absolutely love this film, from everyone's performances to Fincher's fantastic directing, it is so incredibly well made. At the heart of it this was a commentary on the dangers of cults and the cult of personality. And it's even more poignant today... this book/film was a warning to society, and unfortunately a lot of modern men have taken it as a guidebook. So many grifters are using it's same conclusions to take advantage of vulnerable individuals and radicalize them.
Outside his burning apartment, when Tyler calls him back on the payphone (which you can't actually do), Tyler asks the Narrator: "Who is this?" In his bewilderment, the Narrator asks back: "Tyler?" They literally gave us the twist in the opening act.
Good point. You could call back older pay phones. I used to call my parents to pick me up from Six Flags and if they didn’t pick up I’d give the number on the pay phone (if there wasn’t a line to use the pay phone) they’d call back. I don’t think this was true of all pay phones.
When I first watched this movie, I thought Marla was an insane woman you should stay a million miles away from, but after seeing the twist, I felt so much sympathy for the poor woman dealing with such a crazy dude!
Addie picked up more hints than most people do on their first viewing, but it's testament to the movie that even when you see so many pieces of the puzzle it's still difficult to make the final leap.
I think Addie missed a clue in what's almost a throwaway line... When Jack (the narrator, from the lines "I am Jack's...") beats himself in his boss's office, he mentions how it felt like his first fight with Tyler.
This gets almost never said, when this movie is discussed, as the story is so front and center, but this is a really stylish movie, but very purposefully stylish. I mean sometimes you get style, sometimes a great story, but quite rarely you get this kind of polished and all around great presentation which actually feels really justified. Everything from cinematography to wardrobe, production design, editing, to effects and music, it just all fits perfectly with the story.
Fight Club is one of those few movies that becomes an entirely different story when you watch it a second time. I actually didn't care for it the first time I saw it, but boy did I fall in love on the second watch.
Something that's really cool about this movie is that everytime you watch it again, you notice some foreshadowing detail that you just can't see in the first visionnings.
One of the best things about watching Fight Club is being able to watch it again and see how many clues were scattered in there and how many slightly odd conversations make more sense.
The first time I saw Fightclub was also the first DVD I ever watched, when the PS2 launched... that burned itself into my 13 year old brain lol and I can still remember that night very clearly!
In the book it's heavily implied that "Tyler" was a tumor pushing on the inside of his brain, when he shoots into his mouth he inadvertently removed the tumor killing Tyler in the process.
A theory I remember reading is that Marla was also in his head. It would explain some scenes in the movie like her walking so calmly into traffic without anyone swerving to avoid her. No honking or anything either.
This was the most cult classic movie, me and all my teen friends were obsessed with this movie back in the day and it still hits so hard, and the last scene when the pixies play while the buildings blow up is one of the romantic scenes of all time.
LOVED this reaction. Knowing the twist and how it ends, it was fun watching you reacting to it. I agree that you should watch it again. It is a different movie knowing how it ends.
I first saw this in the theater and loved it. But it didn't become one of my favorite movies until I rewatched it and noticed the flashes early on, rewinded it, and paused on the flash. That was a nod to the "cigarette burns" referenced later. It blew my mind to realize that Tyler Durden had been setting up Project Mayhem since before the movie started and they covered over it in the plot with his insomnia.
when i watched this I didn't see the flashes or notice that ed norton's character had no name. but one thing I realized just now is that whenever the movie touches on something that might give the twist away or make the viewer think about things - it instantly cuts to something crazy or insane like making soap or human sacrifice, and stops you from thinking about it more.
It's so funny, watching this the first time, we all tend to overlook or just explain away the things that our own logic is telling us feels off and then watching it subsequent times, knowing the twist, it seems so obvious, you wonder how you could have ever missed it.
I'm glad that you finally got around to reacting/reviewing Fight Club. It'd kinda like the Rocky movies. They're not sports movies, they're love stories. Fight Club is, ultimately, a love story between the narrator and Marla Singer.
this movie is an absolute MUST-REWATCH. it is ridiculous how everything is just out there in the open, but, as it is said, "nobody in the audience has any idea". btw, the protagonist is usually called either "Jack" (the name used in the script) or simple The Narrator. Tyler is only the alter-ego played by Pitt.
6:02 ''you can't have the whole brain'' was reference to the fact that Marla was also imaginary character living inside Tyler's (Narrator's) head, fighting for opportunity to express itself.
One of the all-time greats, in my opinion. Fincher really hitting his groove, Norton and Pitt are amazing together, Chuck Palaniuk's work adapted well for the screen... so good!
It would've been fun to get an update from Editor Addy about how she found the movie after a second viewing. I always tell folks to watch Fight Club and then immediately watch it again to get the full story.
Watching this movie more than once is a must so you can enjoy all the little hints that Tyler isn’t “real”. Like the zoom in on the pay phone saying it doesn’t accept incoming calls, the opening lines being “I know this because Tyler knows this…” all the little things that you might miss the first time around but can start piecing together once you know what to look for
It definitely deserves a rewatch. There are so many subtle hints about what is going on, that make it a whole different experience. To name a few: the phonebooth states it doesn't receive calls so it's impossible that tayler called him back; when tayler's golf balls hit a car nothing happens but when The Narrator's golf balls hit it, the alarm turns on; when he's fighting himself in the boss's office, he says it reminds him of his first fight with tyler; when the crash happens, pay attention what side of the car he comes out of...and more. These are the reason this is my favourite movie of all times and I love wathing others experience it for the first time.
Another is the link between the penguin 'slide' and his analysis of Tyler 'to let that with does not matter truly *slide'
The flashes earlier in the movie are not...that. They are glimpses of Tyler before you meet him, showing that he was already there with the Narrator.
I can't remember if you've watched it yet, but the movie Primal Fear was Edward Norton's first movie, and was an incredible acting performance. I really recommend that.
So they kinda are dickpics
_Cigarette Burns_
This is the kinda movie you HAVE to see twice. It honestly might get better on a second viewing. They allude to and skirt around the twist the ENTIRE movie, it's soo well done
"I know this because Tyler knows this."
The DVD intro version tricked me. 😅
@@themoviedealers During the bosses office beatdown: "For some reason, I thought of my first fight with Tyler." because he's beating himself up, just like he was then
I just need to point out that Helena's American accent is FLAWLESS. There are times when brits try to do it and they do ok, but she does it just right. Well done Helena!
Also she admitted she didn't realize what she was saying in the grade school line until later because it's call primary school in the UK.
It's good but nah. It's overly flat
Nobody actually sounds like that. Now Toni Collette has a spot on American accent.
@@Ason19 hue Laurie too
@@Ason19 almost like there are a dozen different American accents
It seems that imitating an American accent is easier than imitating a British one (all respective regions of both countries considered), but without knowing exactly which dialect you're going for, mistakes in either can be quite common. Props to her for getting it so precise.
Fun fact: that punch at 10:47 was scripted, the connection with Brad Pitt's ear was not. Norton hit him there by mistake so Brad Pitt's reaction was quite genuine lol
Pretty sure the script said that Norton would punch Tyler in the shoulder but the director told Norton to punch him in the ear without Brad Pitt’s knowledge. That’s what made it genuine.
@@kratosGOW That could be, don't remember the exact story too well aside from the fact that Brad was very much not expecting to get boxed in the ear and I'm honestly surprised he was as controlled as he was after, that shit hurts lol
It's legit. Norton has for sure gone on the record saying Fincher, the director, secretly told him to really punch Brad in the ear. And facts, that shit does hurt like a sonuvabitch😂
That’s the brilliant marketing by Tyler. By stating, TWICE, to not talk about fight club; you guarantee each member to spread the word
It also a good way to identify club members to each other. You just have to mention both rules to know that the other too are in Fight Club, few clubs has that rule and repeated in the second rule.
Just a fun trivia: the doctor at the beginning of the movie, the one Edward Norton talks to about insomnia and then he recommends the testicular cancer support group, that actor is the same actor that delivers the box at the end of Se7en.
Another trivia I picked up when watching special edition DVD commentary (yes, I am that old :) ) - when Marla goes to "sell" the clothes she stole at the pawn shop and stomps on the Narrator's foot, the actress wasn't actually supposed to stomp on his foot but just close enough on the floor and let Norton do the acting part. But Norton's reaction was so genuine, that Helena Bonham Carter freaked out for a second, thinking that she did indeed hurt him pretty bad. Testament to Ed Nortons acting chops.
what was in the box?
@@signalnine2601 A cute music box similar to what Pitt's character in Seven Years in Tibet gifted his son.
@@signalnine2601 it's a mystery box. It could be anything, it could even be a boat!
Addie “I don’t think Iv seen ever seen Brad Pitt in a movie where he has been so unhinged”
12 Monkeys & Kalifornia “Hold my beer”
Yup, came here to recommend 12 monkeys. Not only is it a great movie, but Brad Pitt is insane in it.
can confirm
Oh yeah, everyone should see 12 Monkeys.
@@MR2GRLiterally.
"Games that wanna get out, heh!"
Pitt's acting in 12M is the kind where you forget the actor because the character is so real.
Fight Club is one of the few movies that you can watch twice and enjoy it just as much each time for completely different reasons.
Edward Norton's character is called The Narrator.
Some assumed that he's the one that wrote all of those books he found, so they assume his name may be Jack.
The Pixies: "Where is my mind?"
Addie: "Blown, that's where!" :)
The line, "for some reason I thought of my first fight with Tyler" as he beats himself up with his boss in the room. It hits harder later on once you know his first fight with Tyler was with himself... 10:46 that punch was real and Pitt didn't know it was coming. The director, David Fincher asked Edward Norton to do it for real to see how Pitt would react. Marla asking Pitt, "who are you talking to when shutting the door in Tyler's face. Pitt's character controlling the conversation while at the bottom of the basement say, "this conversation is over" by just whispering it. PItt's character died because Tyler basically tricked him because he thought Tyler off'd himself even though he just shot out the side of his cheek.
Makes ya wonder what those guys were thinking when they walked up and said "Can I be next?"
@@joeblankenship377 exactly .. dude is beating himself up and they want to join? wild
I love watching the faces of people when they finally realize they are the same person. First confusion comes, then realization.
things that hint at the twist, when tyler calls the phone booth the phone booth clearly says no incoming calls. after the car crash tyler and ed norton get out of the wrong sides of the car
“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything”
You might want to google the definition of deepity.
@@menotyou8369 Nah. The point is, if you have nothing, then what can be taken from you? If you have a home and a life and belongings, then losing those things [by going to prison or whatever] would be a consequence you'd want to avoid. If you are homeless, penniless, and have no ties, then such consequences don't exist. Essentially the statement is a paraphrasing of, "There's nothing more dangerous than a person with nothing left to lose." It's not a deepity, it's objectively true.
@@cyberingcatgirls7069 Right, and in this movie it's a cult indoctrination tactic. So why is our friend above posting a comment consisting of nothing except this quote? Because far, far too many people heard the line, thought it was profound, and never consider the second half of the movie. You're supposed to be drawn to Tyler, only to realize "oh wow, would I have become one of Tyler's space monkeys?"
The two in the back seat for the car crash, right? They say they want to paint a self portrait and build a house before they die. But they're not doing that, are they? They've lost everything-they're free to do it, but they're not. Huh. Instead, they're sitting in the back of a stolen car intoning someone else's words in unison, about to be put in mortal danger by someone using them for his own ends.
All of which is to say that, objectively true though it may be, by taking the line as important in its own right, divorced from its ultimate significance within this narrative, it becomes a deepity.
What that actually means is "I will take away or make you give up everything you have so you are totally dependent on me. I will enslave you with the lure of freedom. I will brainwash you and tell you it's your true self finally released. I will make you my pawn and convince you it's what you always wanted to be. I will give you the tools and materials, and you will willfully, joyously, build your own chains that bind you to me."
@@noodle_fc I get your point but I did what the respondent said and looked up "deepity" and the definition said nothing about context. Perhaps instead of being terse for the sake of snark, they would have been better served by saying something like, "In the context of this movie that statement is sort of like a deepity."
But whatever, arguing semantics in comment threads is rarely a good use of time so cheers.
Addie’s reaction to the last flash at the end 😂 😂
"Next up Saltburn" might be the biggest psychological trauma train ever.
It is so much Fun to see when the light bulb goes off.
1st rule of a Twist. You Do Not talk about the Twist.
2nd rule of a Twist. You Do Not talk about the Twist.
"I can't believe he's his FATHER!"
"I can't believe he was dead the WHOLE time!"
"I can't believe he was actually a PATIENT!"
I trust nothing now.
Unless you are Rosie O’Donnell in 1999 and you intentionally spoil the ending live on your talkshow like an asshole.
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It is a crime that she hasn't reached 100k subs. She is on level with those who have 300k subs.
Your reaction to Marla's line at around 14:17 was just priceless. Fun fact, in the original draft of the script, she was going to say "I want to have your abortion", to which the executives objected. David Fincher agreed to change the line, on the condition that the executives wouldn't veto the replacement line. They agreed, and the result was the even more crass line that we have in the finished film. Being English, Helena Bonham Carter didn't know what that line meant (she thought "grade school" was the same thing as high school), and was thus mortified when she found out later on
Addie's "Oh, I thought she had a wild night..." had me wondering where her mind went before the narrator says he didn't sleep with Marla 😳
3:00 "Something just flashed on the screen."
I'm glad you noticed that. So many little things in this film are easy to miss on your first viewing.
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It bugs me that they say “They shot Bob,” but then when the narrator says “Bob,” they say we don’t have names.
The joke everyone always misses: “I still can’t think of anything.” “Ahh flashback humor”
Brad Pitt is Tyler Durden
Edward Norton, the narrator, is Jack Moore
It's OFFICIALLY(ish) revealed by unused props from the movie of Jack's driver's license and some of his mail, which show his name as "Jack Moore".
There's also sort of an implication and common assumption that all of the "Jack" stuff was written by the narrator, and hence HE is Jack, and THAT'S why he later utters "I am Jack's smirking revenge."
That maybe the "Jack" writings were things he wrote in his insomniac sleep(lessness) before he ever even created Tyler.
He had been in the squatter's house for a year, after all. Plenty of time to get his author on. And the 'Jack's Body Parts' series do sound like the kind of hyper fixation on yourself that I've heard can happen in early stage Disassociative Identity Disorder.
But the airline vouchers he got from work had Tyler Durden on them
"Jack Moore" sounds like advice about self-pleasure... just sayin'. There is the line in the film that masturbation is self-improvement.
They never went ahead with the Jack stuff. It was more of a placeholder so they didn’t have to write Narrator all over the script and make it confusing. Chuck Palahniuk has stated several times he hates when people call him Jack because it was never intended to be his name.
@@nthdgree5078 False. Chuck Palahniuk himself has REPEATEDLY called him Jack, and even acknowledges that as his name in the movie.
@14:15 the single greatest reaction moment so far on this channel is when Marla drops the "Grade school" bomb on Addie's mind!
The original line from the book is arguably worse. I won't post it here.
That's OK, I'll post it.
It was "I want to have your abortion"
To hell with censorship
Fun fact: Helena Bonham Carter wasn't familiar with the US school system at the time and assumed it was similar to the UK version. She was mortified when she found out.
The original line was "I want to have your abortion" but was deemed too controversial.
"I keep seeing flashes of something"
"We haven't heard his name yet have we?"
Man, it's so wild that the movie can still make those observations possible for a totally new set of eyes, yet still catch you off guard.
I was caught off guard when I first saw it too, but you picked up on WAY more clues than I did before the big reveal.
Great stuff. Great movie. Great time seeing you experience it.
I was lucky enough to see this movie in the theater in 1999! It made the "splicing" part that much more real.
You didn't know about the twist because of the first and second rule. It's very rare that anybody catches all the hints on first viewing.
My favourite clue is actually in the very first scene. They spoil the twist within the first minute and nobody notices.
"I know this, because Tyler knows this"..
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Absolutely
Congratulations Addie, you just had a near life experience.
Back in the day my future roommate pointed out to me that the penguin is the symbol of for Lenux the operating system. The anti establishment choice to Windows. We saw Fight Club in a drive in movie theater
Resetting the cc debt is actually genius though
Its funny, I have seen this movie a fair number of times and a good amount of reactions. I have NEVER noticed the scene at 8:45 where Ed Norton is in the phone booth and calls "Tyler" and Tyler asks "who is this?" and Ed Norton responds "Tyler, we met on the plane" (clearly introducing HIMSELF) ... THEN even cherry on top Addie immediately asks " has he actually said his name at any point in this movie yet?" talk about coincidental timing! I love it!
I like the movie more than the book because in the movie essentially Norton's character has two conflicting forces. His insomnia is driving him to be antisocial while his attraction to Marla is giving him a human connection and this helps him claw out of the pit he's dug himself. In the book it is his attraction to Marla that causes his descent which makes much less sense since it also helps him reject it.
One of the greatest endings of any movie. That twist, him taking control, The Pixies playing at the end, fucking epic.
It hits those beats perfectly. 'Strange time in my life', explosions, Pixies, (🍆), credits
Even Palahniuk admitted he liked the movie ending better than what he wrote lol. In the book it was the Natural History museum of memory serves
There is no twist if you listen to what he says in the opening 5 minutes of the movie. People that are shocked at the ending of this simpleton film, blow my mind.
@@WheresWaldo05 simpleton is a noun not an adjective. When attempting to criticize the intelligence of others, it’s best not to say things that would make one appear to be a simpleton.
@@tylerdurden5406 English major/teacher. IQ 127 😘
But if you wish to meet my 6'6" self in person, I am 100% down Bubba. It will not go well for you though.
8:51 “this telephone does not accept incoming calls”
all public telephones had a number and you could call them back
@@pymsapero7644 there’s a notice on the phone booth. “This phone does not accept incoming phone calls”. It’s literally screaming to us that the only way Tyler can call back is in his own mind
@@davidktd Ahh yes, I hadn't seen it from that angle! THANKS
About public telephones, in Europe and Africa they have a number instead of your "notice", I was thinking in the USA the same
I like this movie so much when it first came out ….my boys middle name is Tyler🙂 named after this movie….. This is a great movie.
Addie @17:50 " I am kind of worried about where the ending of this movie is going to go " LMAO bahahahahaha
@38:33 that's what she said
Edward Norton is referred to as "Jack" due to the various essays read from the point of view of the various organs "I am Jack's..." The only time the "privates" are jumping at you is at the end. The other flickers are all Brad Pitt as he becomes more and more part of Jack's life.
Fun fact: Brat Pitt told Ed Norton to hit him somewhere he wouldn't expect it, for a more realistic reaction. Hence the ear. :)
One of the more interesting thoughts about this movie, Is the first initial person to join fight club after Norton/Pitt. Would have only saw a singular guy beating himself up and asked to join in. Which is psychotic in itself. HE would have then had to tell a friend or two that you can come with him to beat a guy up. And that is how it got rolling.
I'm pretty sure the two guys in the parking lot that saw the narrator fighting himself and walked over were the first members. I think you see both of them at the first meeting.
@@0lyge0 Yeah. In an interview at the time, Chuck Palahniuk was asked "Do you think it at least odd that a person beating himself up viciously would influence other people to join in the 'club' initially?" His answer was "That step in the process wasn't shown. I can't explain that missing link, I guess that is the suspension of disbelief that is required of the viewer." So, yeah, even the writer of the book is like, "Idk, lol..."
@@johnplaysgames3120 I always assumed they went over to him to see what the hell was going on then "Tyler" explained his philosophy to them and they joined up.
Rules 1 and 2 of Fight Club are reverse psychology marketing and they worked perfectly.
9:00 actually happened. And her name, believe it or not, was Lorena Bobbitt.
Younger people need to watch the video for Weird Al's Headline News.
To John Wayne Bobbitt. I don’t buy much into the idea that this is all a simulation, but some things just seem like they’re right out of a script. Sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction, of course.
And got away with it...
@@feudist Because she had a breakdown as a result of her abuse. If she went to prison it would've been a tragedy. She more so belonged in a hospital and away from her abuser.
@@Ergoperidotlooking back, it is pretty amazing. Many women go to prison for killing their abusers in our messed up system.
The comment about 'Getting your penis cut off and thrown out of a moving car' is a reference to John Wayne Bobbit who that happened to, somehow they found the cut off part and sewed it back on.
I think the actor playing Bob is the singer known as "Meat Loaf". He was in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" too.
Speaking of Meat Loaf (RIP), I also suggest The Mighty (1998). #TheMightyForAddieCounts
Yes Bob was played by Meat Loaf, your thinking is correct.
You may have noticed, if you knew about the musician/actor Meatloaf, that when he died many people on social media claimed: 'His name was Robert Paulson'. He played Bob. As well as Rocky Horror and many other roles. And he rocked not only as an actor, but literally as a rock singer. You probably know a few of his songs even if you didn't know the name. (Which you might, I am not saying you don't, just because you didn't show recognition of who he was when you reacted, so maybe you didn't recognize him or maybe you are entirely oblivious to him.
His name was Robert Paulson
His name was Robert Paulson
His name was Robert Paulson
My favorite rule is the last one.
"If this is your first night at Fight Club you have to fight."
*club, you
This story is a critique of modern consumerism, and in many ways a commentary on the issue of the alienation of men from society. When it came out that was an issue that really hadn't yet been recognized broadly. It has become much more acute in the years since. The filmmaking is phenomenal. One of the best social commentary movies ever.
Fun fact: The buildings in the end that were blown up were digital, however each one is a building owned by Fox, including the one used in Die Hard as Nakatomi Plaza. As far as the story, the narrator and Tyler are the same person, everyone else is a real person reacting to him from the outside only seeing one person. “He said he could never sleep”
Actually what he said was he can’t sleep and sometimes he NODS OFF AND WAKES UP IN STRANGE PLACES. All the clues were there throughout the entire movie that he had a split personality. When he “fought” his boss he said it reminded him of his first fight with Tyler…which we found out that he was just punching himself then as well. Even the flickers you saw in the beginning of the movie and asked what that was…it was Tyler Durdhen starting to appear in his personality…starting to be born and break through.
I absolutely love this film, from everyone's performances to Fincher's fantastic directing, it is so incredibly well made.
At the heart of it this was a commentary on the dangers of cults and the cult of personality. And it's even more poignant today... this book/film was a warning to society, and unfortunately a lot of modern men have taken it as a guidebook. So many grifters are using it's same conclusions to take advantage of vulnerable individuals and radicalize them.
I like this movie so much when it first came out… my boys middle name is Tyler… named after this movie….
This is a great movie
There's a sick desperation in your laugh... Love it!
Outside his burning apartment, when Tyler calls him back on the payphone (which you can't actually do), Tyler asks the Narrator: "Who is this?"
In his bewilderment, the Narrator asks back:
"Tyler?"
They literally gave us the twist in the opening act.
Good point.
You could call back older pay phones. I used to call my parents to pick me up from Six Flags and if they didn’t pick up I’d give the number on the pay phone (if there wasn’t a line to use the pay phone) they’d call back.
I don’t think this was true of all pay phones.
There were lots of payphones that you could definitely call back to.
But I was wrong! This one specifically said it could not take incoming calls! I forgot that bit!
@@AndyTernay thank you.
I don't get it. How does that give away the twist?
“IT WAS ME! (I’d like to thank the academy…)” he basically confessed without realizing he confessed😂😂😂😂
This movie proves that having Brad Pitt as an imaginary friend is a bad idea
That’s the most original joke I have heard in a while. 👍 good job
When I first watched this movie, I thought Marla was an insane woman you should stay a million miles away from, but after seeing the twist, I felt so much sympathy for the poor woman dealing with such a crazy dude!
Addie picked up more hints than most people do on their first viewing, but it's testament to the movie that even when you see so many pieces of the puzzle it's still difficult to make the final leap.
Fight Club is infinitely rewatchable. Love it and love this reaction.
It was a sports movie. They hit golf balls.
I think Addie missed a clue in what's almost a throwaway line... When Jack (the narrator, from the lines "I am Jack's...") beats himself in his boss's office, he mentions how it felt like his first fight with Tyler.
It’s always so entertaining to see someone watch this movie for the first time, because it’s never about what they think it is.
This gets almost never said, when this movie is discussed, as the story is so front and center, but this is a really stylish movie, but very purposefully stylish.
I mean sometimes you get style, sometimes a great story, but quite rarely you get this kind of polished and all around great presentation which actually feels really justified.
Everything from cinematography to wardrobe, production design, editing, to effects and music, it just all fits perfectly with the story.
There's one line that stuck with me is when Tyler says “Just let go.” simple but really deep.
His name is Robert Paulson
His name is Robert Paulson.
His name is Robert Paulson.
His name is Robert Paulson.
His name is Robert Paulson
His name is Robert Paulson.
Fight Club is one of those few movies that becomes an entirely different story when you watch it a second time. I actually didn't care for it the first time I saw it, but boy did I fall in love on the second watch.
When you said you thought this was a sports movie, I knew this was gonna be an all time classic reaction.
It’s one of those movies that when you watch again you’re like how did I not see the twist the whole time
Something that's really cool about this movie is that everytime you watch it again, you notice some foreshadowing detail that you just can't see in the first visionnings.
One of the best things about watching Fight Club is being able to watch it again and see how many clues were scattered in there and how many slightly odd conversations make more sense.
This was one of the first movies i can remember watching.
This.. then Toy Story XD .. then The Patriot. all bangers to this day
The first time I saw Fightclub was also the first DVD I ever watched, when the PS2 launched... that burned itself into my 13 year old brain lol and I can still remember that night very clearly!
Addie, movie is famous for all the not-so-subtle subliminal images. lol
Chuck Norris CAN talk about Fight Club!
In the book it's heavily implied that "Tyler" was a tumor pushing on the inside of his brain, when he shoots into his mouth he inadvertently removed the tumor killing Tyler in the process.
I was in 12 Step meetings in the 90s and this is what it was like, half of the people were there just looking for company.
I feel like you can gauge how innocent someone is by their reaction to this movie. Cheers Addie love your reactions keep it up!
It is definitely a movie where I had an incredibly different experience watching it the 2nd time around, it is done so very well.
A theory I remember reading is that Marla was also in his head. It would explain some scenes in the movie like her walking so calmly into traffic without anyone swerving to avoid her. No honking or anything either.
She's in the sequels so I'd say she's real
This was the most cult classic movie, me and all my teen friends were obsessed with this movie back in the day and it still hits so hard, and the last scene when the pixies play while the buildings blow up is one of the romantic scenes of all time.
1999 was a great year for movies.
One of the best movies ever made
Very good reaction. That was me sitting in the theater watching it 25 years ago.
LOVED this reaction. Knowing the twist and how it ends, it was fun watching you reacting to it. I agree that you should watch it again. It is a different movie knowing how it ends.
I first saw this in the theater and loved it. But it didn't become one of my favorite movies until I rewatched it and noticed the flashes early on, rewinded it, and paused on the flash. That was a nod to the "cigarette burns" referenced later. It blew my mind to realize that Tyler Durden had been setting up Project Mayhem since before the movie started and they covered over it in the plot with his insomnia.
I saw the thumbnail and it made my night. Just started and cannot wait for the big reaction! Let's go!!❤😂
More trivia: three singers are in this movie, all in non-singing roles obviously: Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, and Ed Kowalczyk (lead singer of Live)
Addie's face says it all lmao 14:20
Ed Kawalcyzk from the Rock Group LIVE was the waiter who says whatever you order is free of charge.
His dad used to teach at the high school I went to. I had him for social studies; he took us on a couple field trips into York city
when i watched this I didn't see the flashes or notice that ed norton's character had no name. but one thing I realized just now is that whenever the movie touches on something that might give the twist away or make the viewer think about things - it instantly cuts to something crazy or insane like making soap or human sacrifice, and stops you from thinking about it more.
It's so funny, watching this the first time, we all tend to overlook or just explain away the things that our own logic is telling us feels off and then watching it subsequent times, knowing the twist, it seems so obvious, you wonder how you could have ever missed it.
"I know this, because Tyler knows this."
The movie gives away the twist in the opening monolog, and none of us noticed.
It's clever, it seems like a throw-away line on first watch.
It's said multiple times in the book and still no one noticed.
@@chaospoet really? Interesting.
@@TheeGoatPig Yeah, funny enough I just reread it last week after like 20 years. He says it almost as much as "I am Jack's...."
I'm glad that you finally got around to reacting/reviewing Fight Club. It'd kinda like the Rocky movies. They're not sports movies, they're love stories. Fight Club is, ultimately, a love story between the narrator and Marla Singer.
One of my favorite movies. It gets better every time you watch it.
this movie is an absolute MUST-REWATCH. it is ridiculous how everything is just out there in the open, but, as it is said, "nobody in the audience has any idea".
btw, the protagonist is usually called either "Jack" (the name used in the script) or simple The Narrator. Tyler is only the alter-ego played by Pitt.
I love you picked more than few of the clues of the plot twist before it happened.
Marla's 'grade school' line is just hilarious.
6:02 ''you can't have the whole brain'' was reference to the fact that Marla was also imaginary character living inside Tyler's (Narrator's) head, fighting for opportunity to express itself.
One of the all-time greats, in my opinion. Fincher really hitting his groove, Norton and Pitt are amazing together, Chuck Palaniuk's work adapted well for the screen... so good!
This movie is childhood memories for me so happy to see you reacting to this movie.
It would've been fun to get an update from Editor Addy about how she found the movie after a second viewing. I always tell folks to watch Fight Club and then immediately watch it again to get the full story.