There was a scene where Marla says "I haven't be ____ like that since ____ school" That was a line that the writer / director explicitly made sure was in the movie. I think the producers were pushing him to make some changes so he said "There is one thing I get to keep and you can't change it" They agreed and that's what he brought them.
did you notice that by the end of the movie Tyler Durden has a bold shave cut just like Andrew Tate? Fun fact this movie created the expression of a snowflake.
Reading it at the moment. Fight Club 2: The Tranquility Gambit is a graphic novel. There is a third as well! Don’t think it will translate to the screen very well.
For sure. And all the other hints that are sprinkled in, the most obvious one which might have been the Narrator fighting himself in his boss's office and he says that it reminded him of the first time he fought Tyler.
During the office scene with the boss he says “for some reason I thought of my first fight with Tyler “ cause he’s fighting with himself like in the bar parking lot 😂 this has been my comfort movie since I was 16 and it NEVER gets old !
This movie definitely deserves a rewatch, because it actually holds up (both narratively and entertainment-wise) on multiple viewings, which is not something you can usually say about a movie that's built around a single major twist of this nature (most stories fall to plot holes and narrative inconsistencies). My favorite scene is the one where Marla and Narrator are talking about weak/strong bonding. Narrator asks, "What is it about a weak person that attracts them to a strong person?" Marla responds, "I dunno, what do you get out of it?" At this point, Narrator is thinking of Marla (weak) attracted to Tyler (strong), and _he thinks_ Marla is thinking of himself (weak) and Tyler (strong). On first viewing, the audience shares Narrator's perspective. But, in reality, Marla is thinking of herself (weak) and Narrator (strong). On second viewing, the audience realizes they're talking at cross purposes. The conversation continues: Narrator says, "I don't know, it's different between us". This piques Marla's interest: how can it be different for "us" when there's only _one_ "us" to talk about? She asks for clarification, "What do you mean _us?"_ This is when Narrator is suddenly and conveniently distracted by noises from the basement. With this line of discussion, Narrator is getting dangerously close to discovering his own dual nature, and so Tyler steps in to shut down the conversation. The whole scene is like a prism -- different vectors traveling in different directions yield different results, depending on how you turn the scenario. It's goddamn brilliant writing.
@@grunions9648 If you're referring to the theory that Marla is also a figment of his imagination, I don't subscribe to that notion. I don't believe he acted out as a woman in front of the support groups the way he acted out as Tyler in front of male audiences, and I don't think he was mentally having sex with himself after he interrupted his own sleep by calling himself out for attending support group meetings.
@@extantsanity Sure, but if you take the same logic that explains the Tyler reveal and apply it to Marla as a character, it's actually even more plausible for her to be the other end of the narrator's psyche from Tyler. She is magical (well, impervious to traffic), and how does she interact to the world beyond her interaction with the narrator? I think if you can accept Tyler as an alternate version of the narrator (which you have to obviously) then you have to accept that Marla fits that logic even better.
They basically give it away in that scene. Marla says "Jack" showed up at her place 'playing doctor' and we know he didn't. It was Tyler. But it slips right by you on first viewing.
Yep. Norton's "Shit! I'm sorry, I f*cked it up!" was in reference to the film take. He thought he'd ruined the shot, but Pitt went with it and they used it.
Many of the best villains ask the right questions, but come up witj the wrong answers. Tyler is a great example. The two big reasons that so many misinterpret his role (my highschool self included) are: 1. Because he is really "cool". Unfettered, confident, but honestly shallow and obvious. 2. The answer he offers is easy. It is satisfying and, most importantly, places the blame for a lack of fulfillment on other people (lacking personal reflection).
There’s even a bit of disguising of that blame shifting, in a “Hey, it’s also kind of your fault for not seeing it how I do” way. Manipulating them into feeling like they really need to have this epiphany.
In the fight scene with Norton and Leto on the "director's cut" the camera doesn't cut away to the fight club's reaction. It is truly one of the most graphic beatings I have seen in a movie in recent history.
The first Rule of Fight Club is you don't react to Fight Club. Oh well, this is still a great time. By the way, that scene where Edward Norton punches Brad Pitt, he actually punched him and his reaction was real.
The first two rules are meant to be broken. It’s the secret final rule that really matters: If this is your first time watching _Fight Club,_ you have to do a reaction.
Recently showed my best friend this movie for the first time and I felt so honoured as I watched his face during the twist. The last half hour really makes this movie.
if you rewatch it, you start to pick up so many subtle hints and call-forwards. during the intro when they zoom down to garage with the van, the van has a bullet hole in the windshield. the payphone Jack uses at his apartment is labeled "Does not receive incoming calls" when it rings for Tyler calling him back. while on a story level, it's very much a product of the late 90's. the line about "we've had no great war, no great depression" cracks me up because we would then experience both over the next 10 years.
I will never not be surprised at how people can watch this movie in 2023 spoiler-free. I'm so excited for you that you got the full first-time experience of this fantastic movie. this isn't my favorite Edward Norton movie (that title goes to Primal Fear) but I love the chemistry between Norton and Pitt throughout; it's fantastic! 😃
This movie is one of my favorite. The human psychology is wild. Primal Fear is another favorite of mine. Glad to see yall do this one, sad you were alone. Or were you? Haha.
My favorite member of the Reject Nation reacting to one of my favorite movies based on one of my favorite books... tis a great way to get the day started. 😂
I don't think so, Tyler on the plane is still him, the "soap" hes carrying are actually explosives, that's why he asks the airport employee if his suit case was vibrating
Definitely one of my favorite movies. Possibly Brad's best performance even though he's been in several great movies. Edward's also outstanding but I think his performance in American History X is his best one
1:54 I see what you did there. I love that. I adore this movie. The cinematography itself is delightful. And it’s really not far off from the book, the book writing is the same as Edward Norton’s narration. RIP Meatloaf. ❤️
33:12 It’s an office building located at 444 S. Flower Street in Los Angeles. That building has a huge public art collection; the one shown during Bob’s scenes is entitled “North, East, South, West” by Michael Heizer.
Fincher leaves a bunch of bread crumbs in this movie like the quick flashes of Tyler Durden in the beginning of the film to show what the twist is going to be. One of the reasons you have to watch this multiple times.
16:38 That’s because it was - Pitt didn’t think that Norton was actually going to hit him. Both of their responses were genuine, and it makes Pitt’s decision to continue on with the scene like nothing happened way funnier.
"Wow, dude ... how many fight clubs were born due to this movie? And how many were formed due to the book, and what is the crossover?" I know of at least one that was started in college by Cinema Therapy co-host Alan Seawright. He talks about it during one of the two episodes the channel did on Fight Club.
16:42 That's because it was. In a behind the scenes video in an interview it was revealed that the director asked Norton to actually hit Brad in the ear for real and they recorded it and used it for the film.
Very insightful reaction. I loved the extremism of this movie & saw it at the time it was meant to be---the height of yuppyism consumership. Agree w/your comparison to American Psycho. Everyone has their own POV at the end, but I've always believed that when Narrator pulled the trigger, he never meant to kill himself. He just blended the two personalities. You can tell how comfortable he was when everything was imploding & he reached for Marla's hand. Tyler & Narrator were one. Sometimes people have to be hit over the head with a hammer to pay attention. Great movie!
To answer your question, I worked in a movie theater when this came out, and we had a fight club, lol. We used empty theaters after hours. 16 and 17 year olds were not mentally equipped to handle this film in a mature way.
The fact the film is a satire of consumerism and toxic masculinity makes your story even more interesting, 17yo def weren’t mature enough to realise it’s satire
Fun Fact: this movie flopped back in 1999 with $11 million opening weekend, total of $37 million at the U.S. box office on a production budget north of $60 million. With commentary on anti-consumerism, chauvinism, cultist culture in America, existential themes of fear and death, mental health and the overall themes of anti-establishment rebellion against the authority, its no surprise the movie bombed, people in the 90's aren't ready for the types of movie Fight Club is. Or audiences who saw it just don't spread the word of mouth, as they were committed not to break the 1st rule of Fight Club: We do not talk about Fight Club!
I remember after seeing this movie, me and a friend went outside and punched each other in face cause we wanted to form our own fight club. It wasn't for us.
Though I do agree that 95% of these reaction channels pretend they haven't seen their favorite movie and get people to engage in the comment section by saying wrong things on purpose of things they already know. And this guy is no different I'm sure. But to be fair the name Tyler is mentioned in the very first scene.
Forget about what Todd Phillips tried to do in 2019 with his so-called Joker origin story. Fight Club is the definitive Joker origin story because Edward Norton's character is the Joker. Prove me wrong.
I never knew what this movie was about bc all people would say was “you don’t talk about fight club” and it always made me 🙄 but I finally watched this too and I loved it!! Less fighting than I expected
How'd you make it this long without seeing this?! I was in high school when this came out and it was all we talked about for a while. If somebody hadn't seen it, we'd go watch it again just to see them react.
Because the narrator is unreliable, it's weird how you start off admiring Tyler to watching him slowly become a menace during the course of the film. I would've loved for Coy to be in on this one so you guys could've discussed it in depth.
So Edward Norton went on a subsistence diet and avoided sunlight so his character would progressively become more frail and pale, while Brad Pitt bulked up and hit tanning salons so Tyler would grow more impressive, showing Narrator becoming the weaker personality as the Tyler personality grows stronger and takes over more. Also, Marla's line was original blocked by the censors, and Fincher agreed to change it on the condition they could not block the replacement line. Which got us the "since grade school" line. I dunno if I'd be allowed to share the original line on UA-cam, so I leave it to you to Google. :3 Edit: Oh, and the call back to the very beginning at the end. When we get back to Tyler holding a gun in Narrator's mouth "Any last words?", Narrator originally responds "I can't think of anything.", but at the very end says "I still can't think of anything." After you know the twist, you can notice more signs of it in subsequent watches, like in Marla's reactions, and even some of the Cultists, like the ones in the car. They're confused why Tyler is arguing with himself, but the first rule of Project Mayhem is you do not ask questions.
I have the original tri-fold with the slip cover DVD release of this movie which was one of the original master classes in how you package a physical home release. It also has some of the best bonus features ever for a DVD. The commentary track with the director, Brad and Edward is also hilarious to listen to. It's clear these guys had a ball making this movie.
@@nasyn4355 Yeah. It's a shame that it didn't get the same treatment when it was released on blu ray for its anniversary edition. Seemed like a missed opportunity to give it some baller cover art and packaging. It's also a shame there's been no 4K blu ray release for it. This movie would look incredible in 4K HDR!
So many little hints in the movie that you are like whoa on a second watch. Him beating himself up in front of his boss, ""For some reason I thought about my first fight, with Tyler." Then you find out he is Tyler and he had been beating himself up in the parking lot. Unless I missed you noticing it, but the flashes at the start of the movie are so fast that they startle you, but they are Brad Pitt's character. It happens so early in the movie that you forget about it by the time you meet "Tyler" on the plane.
This movie was taken out of soooo many theaters after opening weekend because of how many actual fight clubs were popping up all over the country ❤ no one literally got the 1st rule from day 1 lol...
Saw this opening weekend. I knew nothing about the plot. It was just a new release and something to do on a Sunday. Bought the DVD when it came out and watched it twice a month sometimes more.
Did anybody ever buy that pink bar soap they came out with. A buddy of mine had it but we weren't allowed to use it. Is that because it had no scent or was it just a prop for the bathroom???
Brad Pitt actually went to a dentist later in the shoot to take the caps out of his teeth so he could have a slightly more permanently beaten up look in the later scenes.
holy crap.Ive seen this movie a dozen times and when you mentioned that Marla was always "gracefully moving through traffic", wait Marla might not be real. And then later in the movie she calls Tyler Durdens house before ever meeting Tyler Durden. So did "Jack" give her Tyler Durdens home number or did he give her his apartment number. lol ive seen this so many times and now i really wonder, is Marla even real!
She is- she fully interacts independently with the “3rd party” characters. She also represents a more feminine perspective on the social and psychological issues plaguing the Jack/Tyler/masculine main characters. Ie her suffering still retains some (albeit f-ed up) form of romance, desire for mutual dependence and sharing, both sexual and non sexual physical touch, gracefully moving thru traffic that steamrolls ahead, unconcerned by her presence. She’s both chaos and tenderness and while jack starts off scapegoating her for his “split” she’s also the one who finally allows him to accept and confront Tyler when she reveals his name, ultimately removing any doubts jack might have held to in his delusions. She’s a fascinating character in her own right and it’s an interesting take on the standard movie trope type femininity at that time 🤷♀️
I literally lol’d when Tyler was talking about the river with sacrificed human blood and he says “you knew that was comin, something like it” all exasperated. After this movie I got really into the author Chuck Palahniuk. After five or six books I felt so polluted by his constant stream of depravity (great author, but damn) that I felt that same “I knew something like that was going to happen” exasperation in my soul.
Tyler's wardrobe is actually all thrift store stuff, that ironically get thrown together to look "fashionable" in a grunge way. But are nevertheless free/cheap/used clothes, so fits the ideology perfectly
What he talks about "His Job" at the start, is a real thing. Also shooting like he did would probably blow out all his teeth and burn his entire mouth horribly, even if it did go out the side like that. I have a feeling there would be a concussion as well. Its my believe that "Narrator's" name is actually Tyler Durden. While DID is debated (not real in my opinion) a lot of the capabilities of Tyler (Pitt) do make sense. For example Norton's character was involved in evaluating crash tests so he understands ignition, explosives, etc. Also I believe early on they discuss how the people burned because of their fat, thus explaining how he could know about that. It may also be that his character had some engineering background, probably to have such a position, but that isn't necessarily required. When it comes to beating himself up in front of his boss so well, it makes sense because that's what happened, even having him say how it reminded him of it. I think the movie does well keeping the plot point of them being the same out of a person's mind, so you don't have people halfway through the movie saying "oh, they're the same person" While there are things that give away "something isn't right" vibes, like how the phone says "does not receive incoming calls" or the house being on "Paper Street" (things I didn't notice) nothing really lends to the DID situation. But also nothing really conflicts with it.
23:47 I was sure you were going to get it there men :( ... SO MANY CLUES... "Who are you talking to?" not acknowledging there's someone else in the house. "I knew 'cause Tyler knew!" ... the fact that this far into the movie Ed Norton's character doesn't have a name. The Brad Pitt flashes, Ed saying he blacks out and appears somewhere else. A really big one!: 45:37 Tyler climbing out of the passenger seat, wasn't he driving? huh!?. The phonebooth says "No incoming calls", 24:01 Ed doesn't smoke, and he is surprised by the cig in his mouth. A big one is when they are hitting the cars only Ed's make the alarm go off. The way Marla acts around him, surprised at his mood swings and personality changes. The exact same scar on the hand. 34:16 Ed is clearly surprised about getting his ass kicked and says "... with Tyler"... a really big one c'mon dude 38:52 "Do you hear that"... Marla's behavior and Tyler literally being there talking through The Narrator! a second watch know all of this hits different haha.
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Good job John!
could you guys please react to the movie incantation? its a very scary taiwan horror movie
There was a scene where Marla says "I haven't be ____ like that since ____ school" That was a line that the writer / director explicitly made sure was in the movie. I think the producers were pushing him to make some changes so he said "There is one thing I get to keep and you can't change it" They agreed and that's what he brought them.
did you notice that by the end of the movie Tyler Durden has a bold shave cut just like Andrew Tate? Fun fact this movie created the expression of a snowflake.
The fact that the movie begins with "I know this, because Tyler knows this" is such a great intro
Should they make a fight club 2?
Reading it at the moment. Fight Club 2: The Tranquility Gambit is a graphic novel. There is a third as well! Don’t think it will translate to the screen very well.
For sure. And all the other hints that are sprinkled in, the most obvious one which might have been the Narrator fighting himself in his boss's office and he says that it reminded him of the first time he fought Tyler.
@@Vulcanerd no incoming calls on the payphone is crazy to see on the next watch lol, the hints are crazy
@@adamread5161 cool
This movie hardly ever gets spoiled because it has the first 2 rules built into it.
Yup
youre right, have always heard of the movie but NEVER knew about the twist
During the office scene with the boss he says “for some reason I thought of my first fight with Tyler “ cause he’s fighting with himself like in the bar parking lot 😂 this has been my comfort movie since I was 16 and it NEVER gets old !
This movie definitely deserves a rewatch, because it actually holds up (both narratively and entertainment-wise) on multiple viewings, which is not something you can usually say about a movie that's built around a single major twist of this nature (most stories fall to plot holes and narrative inconsistencies). My favorite scene is the one where Marla and Narrator are talking about weak/strong bonding. Narrator asks, "What is it about a weak person that attracts them to a strong person?"
Marla responds, "I dunno, what do you get out of it?"
At this point, Narrator is thinking of Marla (weak) attracted to Tyler (strong), and _he thinks_ Marla is thinking of himself (weak) and Tyler (strong). On first viewing, the audience shares Narrator's perspective. But, in reality, Marla is thinking of herself (weak) and Narrator (strong). On second viewing, the audience realizes they're talking at cross purposes.
The conversation continues: Narrator says, "I don't know, it's different between us". This piques Marla's interest: how can it be different for "us" when there's only _one_ "us" to talk about? She asks for clarification, "What do you mean _us?"_
This is when Narrator is suddenly and conveniently distracted by noises from the basement. With this line of discussion, Narrator is getting dangerously close to discovering his own dual nature, and so Tyler steps in to shut down the conversation.
The whole scene is like a prism -- different vectors traveling in different directions yield different results, depending on how you turn the scenario. It's goddamn brilliant writing.
You say dual nature, but do you perhaps mean threefold? Just saying.
@@grunions9648 If you're referring to the theory that Marla is also a figment of his imagination, I don't subscribe to that notion. I don't believe he acted out as a woman in front of the support groups the way he acted out as Tyler in front of male audiences, and I don't think he was mentally having sex with himself after he interrupted his own sleep by calling himself out for attending support group meetings.
@@extantsanity Sure, but if you take the same logic that explains the Tyler reveal and apply it to Marla as a character, it's actually even more plausible for her to be the other end of the narrator's psyche from Tyler. She is magical (well, impervious to traffic), and how does she interact to the world beyond her interaction with the narrator? I think if you can accept Tyler as an alternate version of the narrator (which you have to obviously) then you have to accept that Marla fits that logic even better.
They basically give it away in that scene. Marla says "Jack" showed up at her place 'playing doctor' and we know he didn't. It was Tyler. But it slips right by you on first viewing.
@@joeblankenship377 The scene where he played doctor was when he was checking her breasts for lumps, which was the narrator.
Fun Fact : Edward Norton ACTUALLY punched Pitt in the ear. So Pitts " You punched me in the ear!" was genuine
A subtle clue there; Tyler and the Narrator are shown to be the same height.
Amazing!
@@robburns4176 good catch
Yep. Norton's "Shit! I'm sorry, I f*cked it up!" was in reference to the film take. He thought he'd ruined the shot, but Pitt went with it and they used it.
“I haven’t f*cked like that since grade school.” Is one of my fave lines in cinema.
This movie has some of the best dialogue.
I think the alternate line was “I want to have your abortion”
Many of the best villains ask the right questions, but come up witj the wrong answers. Tyler is a great example.
The two big reasons that so many misinterpret his role (my highschool self included) are:
1. Because he is really "cool". Unfettered, confident, but honestly shallow and obvious.
2. The answer he offers is easy. It is satisfying and, most importantly, places the blame for a lack of fulfillment on other people (lacking personal reflection).
There’s even a bit of disguising of that blame shifting, in a “Hey, it’s also kind of your fault for not seeing it how I do” way. Manipulating them into feeling like they really need to have this epiphany.
This movie is still iconic. So weird, thought provoking, twisted and funny. 😂😂 Such a classic
In the fight scene with Norton and Leto on the "director's cut" the camera doesn't cut away to the fight club's reaction. It is truly one of the most graphic beatings I have seen in a movie in recent history.
The first Rule of Fight Club is you don't react to Fight Club. Oh well, this is still a great time. By the way, that scene where Edward Norton punches Brad Pitt, he actually punched him and his reaction was real.
The first two rules are meant to be broken. It’s the secret final rule that really matters: If this is your first time watching _Fight Club,_ you have to do a reaction.
Can you tell me about fightclub? I want someone to talk to me and tell me about fight club.
Recently showed my best friend this movie for the first time and I felt so honoured as I watched his face during the twist. The last half hour really makes this movie.
If you had to crash a support group, which would you choose??
sex addiction anonymous lolol
@@ghostmkc4045 Lemme guess: crash the group like Jesse Pinkman selling to people in recovery? Haha savage
I’d rob a gambling anonymous meeting, get all the money, and run 😂
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I’d Definitely Crash That Support Group
if you rewatch it, you start to pick up so many subtle hints and call-forwards. during the intro when they zoom down to garage with the van, the van has a bullet hole in the windshield. the payphone Jack uses at his apartment is labeled "Does not receive incoming calls" when it rings for Tyler calling him back.
while on a story level, it's very much a product of the late 90's. the line about "we've had no great war, no great depression" cracks me up because we would then experience both over the next 10 years.
Also, after the car wreck, Tyler climbs out of the passenger seat.
I will never not be surprised at how people can watch this movie in 2023 spoiler-free. I'm so excited for you that you got the full first-time experience of this fantastic movie. this isn't my favorite Edward Norton movie (that title goes to Primal Fear) but I love the chemistry between Norton and Pitt throughout; it's fantastic! 😃
Bc most that have seen it adhere to the first two rules lol
@@pnut3844able haha you're right! 😆
This movie is one of my favorite. The human psychology is wild. Primal Fear is another favorite of mine. Glad to see yall do this one, sad you were alone. Or were you? Haha.
Which also had Ed Norton in it as well.
@@blacksheep_edge1412 yeah boy sir!!
Love primal fear
So Excited to see John react to this movie! This movie is so amazing and a cinematic classic!
That ending with The Pixies playing is so iconic.
My favorite member of the Reject Nation reacting to one of my favorite movies based on one of my favorite books... tis a great way to get the day started.
😂
I always had this movie theory that he based Tyler on the guy he met on the plane. Like that Tyler was a real person.
Interesting
I don't think so, Tyler on the plane is still him, the "soap" hes carrying are actually explosives, that's why he asks the airport employee if his suit case was vibrating
Definitely one of my favorite movies. Possibly Brad's best performance even though he's been in several great movies. Edward's also outstanding but I think his performance in American History X is his best one
Partnered reactions are great, but I always feel solo reactions get the most genuine commentary.
The reaction to ear bunch was real. Brad Pitt wasn’t expecting to get hit there and Edward Norton did it accidentally.
1:54 I see what you did there. I love that.
I adore this movie. The cinematography itself is delightful. And it’s really not far off from the book, the book writing is the same as Edward Norton’s narration. RIP Meatloaf. ❤️
🤓😝
And where it does deviate from the book even impressed Chuck Palahniuk himself.
@@0okamino yes! I don’t think I want to look into his brain.
33:12 It’s an office building located at 444 S. Flower Street in Los Angeles. That building has a huge public art collection; the one shown during Bob’s scenes is entitled “North, East, South, West” by Michael Heizer.
"That looked authentic" has to be the best reaction to the first fight with Tyler.
The chemistry between Edward Norton and Helen Bonham Carter was intriguing ❤
“Could you wake up as that guy?” When Tyler is seen in the airport for the first time. I was dying.
Fincher leaves a bunch of bread crumbs in this movie like the quick flashes of Tyler Durden in the beginning of the film to show what the twist is going to be. One of the reasons you have to watch this multiple times.
It's in your face the whole time, but most don't catch it. Genius.
16:38 That’s because it was - Pitt didn’t think that Norton was actually going to hit him. Both of their responses were genuine, and it makes Pitt’s decision to continue on with the scene like nothing happened way funnier.
Ed really did hit Brad in the ear. That was real.
David Fincher, in my opinion, is the best modern director and it was fun to see John's reaction.
I’m not actually sure who I would say is _the_ best, but Fincher is easily up there on the list of candidates.
"Wow, dude ... how many fight clubs were born due to this movie? And how many were formed due to the book, and what is the crossover?"
I know of at least one that was started in college by Cinema Therapy co-host Alan Seawright. He talks about it during one of the two episodes the channel did on Fight Club.
The eggplant emoji thrown in the intro was hilarious
One of my favorite flicks. It was so brilliantly written, directed, and the cast was perfect.
Deff in my top 3
16:42 That's because it was. In a behind the scenes video in an interview it was revealed that the director asked Norton to actually hit Brad in the ear for real and they recorded it and used it for the film.
Very insightful reaction. I loved the extremism of this movie & saw it at the time it was meant to be---the height of yuppyism consumership. Agree w/your comparison to American Psycho. Everyone has their own POV at the end, but I've always believed that when Narrator pulled the trigger, he never meant to kill himself. He just blended the two personalities. You can tell how comfortable he was when everything was imploding & he reached for Marla's hand. Tyler & Narrator were one. Sometimes people have to be hit over the head with a hammer to pay attention. Great movie!
Ted Lasso: What's the first rule of Fight Club?
Beard: There is no Fight Club!
To answer your question, I worked in a movie theater when this came out, and we had a fight club, lol. We used empty theaters after hours. 16 and 17 year olds were not mentally equipped to handle this film in a mature way.
The fact the film is a satire of consumerism and toxic masculinity makes your story even more interesting, 17yo def weren’t mature enough to realise it’s satire
OMG you had a major gap in your cinematic education! I’m jealous you’re experiencing it for the first time!
I grew up in Nigeria and I'm like, really John?! First time?!! How?!!! 😅
You guys are one of my most watched channels...but how yall gonna call yourself a film channel and never have seen so many iconic movies😂
Theres a reason theres more ppl on channel now and why sometimes we gotta ride solo looool
Fun Fact: this movie flopped back in 1999 with $11 million opening weekend, total of $37 million at the U.S. box office on a production budget north of $60 million.
With commentary on anti-consumerism, chauvinism, cultist culture in America, existential themes of fear and death, mental health and the overall themes of anti-establishment rebellion against the authority, its no surprise the movie bombed, people in the 90's aren't ready for the types of movie Fight Club is.
Or audiences who saw it just don't spread the word of mouth, as they were committed not to break the 1st rule of Fight Club: We do not talk about Fight Club!
Fun fact, that giant man crying with Edward in the beginning scene is Meatloaf.❤RIP
Also Jared Leto is so pretty 😍
I remember after seeing this movie, me and a friend went outside and punched each other in face cause we wanted to form our own fight club. It wasn't for us.
I guess Tyler was right about that. After all, you _did_ learn something about yourself from the experience. 😉
I think the best foreshadowing is when hes hitting hinself in front of his boss and says it reminded him of his first fight against tyler
In Glass Onion, there is a portrait of Ed Norton's character but its his face on Brad Pitt's body from this movie.
You got caught slipping in HD... How do you know who Tylor is when his name hasn't been mentioned? First time watching huh? 7:35
Though I do agree that 95% of these reaction channels pretend they haven't seen their favorite movie and get people to engage in the comment section by saying wrong things on purpose of things they already know. And this guy is no different I'm sure. But to be fair the name Tyler is mentioned in the very first scene.
Forget about what Todd Phillips tried to do in 2019 with his so-called Joker origin story.
Fight Club is the definitive Joker origin story because Edward Norton's character is the Joker. Prove me wrong.
He's the hulk beating the joker while the vanisher watches
Thank you so much for splicing that eggplant into the intro 😂 God, we're all such nerds
You either freaking love fight club or hate it. There's no in between. I absolutely love this movie.
I love it but I wish more people understood that it’s a satire. A critique of violent masculinity, not an endorsement
So freaking happy seeing this movie being done!!! Freaking love fi…well I can’t talk about it
I never knew what this movie was about bc all people would say was “you don’t talk about fight club” and it always made me 🙄 but I finally watched this too and I loved it!! Less fighting than I expected
Fincher's movies from 20 years ago look better than a lot of blockbusters today.
Ha don’t think I ever noticed Seven Years In Tibet on the marquee before! Good catch! 🍿
Btw nobody has reacted to that gem! 💎
How'd you make it this long without seeing this?! I was in high school when this came out and it was all we talked about for a while. If somebody hadn't seen it, we'd go watch it again just to see them react.
Hey bro these solo reaction honestly got different would love to see these more from time to time
The only way I can explain the volume of movies you’ve never seen is that you’ve spent most of your life eating wallpaper.
😂 lol 14:07 as her garbled snacks so did I almost sounded identical
I love this movie. I think I've seen it around 15 times. Every couple of years I watch it , then I watch it two or three times in a week
Love this movie, so glad to share the experience with you, John!
Because the narrator is unreliable, it's weird how you start off admiring Tyler to watching him slowly become a menace during the course of the film. I would've loved for Coy to be in on this one so you guys could've discussed it in depth.
You know Bob in the beginning.Thats meatloaf the singer
Ohsnap! John hasn't seen this?? Looking forward to this reaction!
The knife used in the police scene is a serrated Spyderco Police, same brand Hannibal Lecter uses (Spyderco Harpy)
Fun fact: Brad Pitt's stuntman was David Leitch who of course went on to direct the first John Wick and Bullet Train
So Edward Norton went on a subsistence diet and avoided sunlight so his character would progressively become more frail and pale, while Brad Pitt bulked up and hit tanning salons so Tyler would grow more impressive, showing Narrator becoming the weaker personality as the Tyler personality grows stronger and takes over more.
Also, Marla's line was original blocked by the censors, and Fincher agreed to change it on the condition they could not block the replacement line. Which got us the "since grade school" line. I dunno if I'd be allowed to share the original line on UA-cam, so I leave it to you to Google. :3
Edit: Oh, and the call back to the very beginning at the end. When we get back to Tyler holding a gun in Narrator's mouth "Any last words?", Narrator originally responds "I can't think of anything.", but at the very end says "I still can't think of anything."
After you know the twist, you can notice more signs of it in subsequent watches, like in Marla's reactions, and even some of the Cultists, like the ones in the car. They're confused why Tyler is arguing with himself, but the first rule of Project Mayhem is you do not ask questions.
John watching a movie alone was more entertaining than I expected! He's just a likable dude!
3:12 lol nice NIN reference there
I have the original tri-fold with the slip cover DVD release of this movie which was one of the original master classes in how you package a physical home release. It also has some of the best bonus features ever for a DVD. The commentary track with the director, Brad and Edward is also hilarious to listen to. It's clear these guys had a ball making this movie.
One of the best dvd editions I ever bought.
@@nasyn4355 Yeah. It's a shame that it didn't get the same treatment when it was released on blu ray for its anniversary edition. Seemed like a missed opportunity to give it some baller cover art and packaging. It's also a shame there's been no 4K blu ray release for it. This movie would look incredible in 4K HDR!
So many little hints in the movie that you are like whoa on a second watch. Him beating himself up in front of his boss, ""For some reason I thought about my first fight, with Tyler." Then you find out he is Tyler and he had been beating himself up in the parking lot. Unless I missed you noticing it, but the flashes at the start of the movie are so fast that they startle you, but they are Brad Pitt's character. It happens so early in the movie that you forget about it by the time you meet "Tyler" on the plane.
Kid to Jared Leto: You're to fkn ...
John: Damaged?
😂😂😂
Chuck Palahniuk is one of the only authors I'll read. Fight Club, Choke, Invisible Monsters, Lullaby, etc. All amazing books
Damn good break down at the end. You really thought more about the movie then when I first saw it as a child.
This movie was taken out of soooo many theaters after opening weekend because of how many actual fight clubs were popping up all over the country ❤ no one literally got the 1st rule from day 1 lol...
The "people are missing the point" thing is funny, because Palahniuk occasionally lets slip that no, they really aren't.
If you come across the DVD, the menu is all done like "I am Jack's audio options" style. lol.
I love the headline montage for Project Mayhem: "Missing Monkeys Found Shaved." "Excrement Catapult Seized." Etc.
I really enjoy your perspectives on movies in general and this film specifically.
Hope we see more of you on your own.
Great movie and reaction, John!
I'm just shocked this one hadn't been seen lol And excited to dive in along side!
Saw this opening weekend. I knew nothing about the plot. It was just a new release and something to do on a Sunday. Bought the DVD when it came out and watched it twice a month sometimes more.
Ayyyy can’t wait to see John react to this! This movie is so awesome
Bonus points for the recent-ish Nine Inch Nails reference at 3:14.
Did anybody ever buy that pink bar soap they came out with. A buddy of mine had it but we weren't allowed to use it. Is that because it had no scent or was it just a prop for the bathroom???
Brad Pitt actually went to a dentist later in the shoot to take the caps out of his teeth so he could have a slightly more permanently beaten up look in the later scenes.
12:29 i never noticed the cab door says "scat"
12:33 well fuck me you said it right after
My favorite part was Jon singing Alt J haha
holy crap.Ive seen this movie a dozen times and when you mentioned that Marla was always "gracefully moving through traffic", wait Marla might not be real. And then later in the movie she calls Tyler Durdens house before ever meeting Tyler Durden. So did "Jack" give her Tyler Durdens home number or did he give her his apartment number. lol ive seen this so many times and now i really wonder, is Marla even real!
She is- she fully interacts independently with the “3rd party” characters. She also represents a more feminine perspective on the social and psychological issues plaguing the Jack/Tyler/masculine main characters. Ie her suffering still retains some (albeit f-ed up) form of romance, desire for mutual dependence and sharing, both sexual and non sexual physical touch, gracefully moving thru traffic that steamrolls ahead, unconcerned by her presence. She’s both chaos and tenderness and while jack starts off scapegoating her for his “split” she’s also the one who finally allows him to accept and confront Tyler when she reveals his name, ultimately removing any doubts jack might have held to in his delusions. She’s a fascinating character in her own right and it’s an interesting take on the standard movie trope type femininity at that time 🤷♀️
I literally lol’d when Tyler was talking about the river with sacrificed human blood and he says “you knew that was comin, something like it” all exasperated.
After this movie I got really into the author Chuck Palahniuk. After five or six books I felt so polluted by his constant stream of depravity (great author, but damn) that I felt that same “I knew something like that was going to happen” exasperation in my soul.
Tyler's wardrobe is actually all thrift store stuff, that ironically get thrown together to look "fashionable" in a grunge way. But are nevertheless free/cheap/used clothes, so fits the ideology perfectly
What he talks about "His Job" at the start, is a real thing.
Also shooting like he did would probably blow out all his teeth and burn his entire mouth horribly, even if it did go out the side like that. I have a feeling there would be a concussion as well.
Its my believe that "Narrator's" name is actually Tyler Durden. While DID is debated (not real in my opinion) a lot of the capabilities of Tyler (Pitt) do make sense. For example Norton's character was involved in evaluating crash tests so he understands ignition, explosives, etc. Also I believe early on they discuss how the people burned because of their fat, thus explaining how he could know about that. It may also be that his character had some engineering background, probably to have such a position, but that isn't necessarily required. When it comes to beating himself up in front of his boss so well, it makes sense because that's what happened, even having him say how it reminded him of it.
I think the movie does well keeping the plot point of them being the same out of a person's mind, so you don't have people halfway through the movie saying "oh, they're the same person" While there are things that give away "something isn't right" vibes, like how the phone says "does not receive incoming calls" or the house being on "Paper Street" (things I didn't notice) nothing really lends to the DID situation. But also nothing really conflicts with it.
Movie fact during the first fight Brad Pitt spontaneously starts hopping up and down making his head jump out of camera and that wasn't rehearsed
@ 16:00 - my face upon realizing that *this* is now technically a Disney film. Does this make Marla Singer a Disney Princess?
Cant believe my homie wanted to start a fight club when we worked together in this particular warehouse at our job site
R.I.P. Meatloaf
Opening scene: anything to say? “Can’t think of anything”
Way later we caught back up: anything to say? “Still can’t think of anything.”
Lolol
Genuinely this film changed my life. I know its so cliche and I almost hate admitting it but I looked at the world differently after I saw this film.
23:47 I was sure you were going to get it there men :( ... SO MANY CLUES... "Who are you talking to?" not acknowledging there's someone else in the house. "I knew 'cause Tyler knew!" ... the fact that this far into the movie Ed Norton's character doesn't have a name. The Brad Pitt flashes, Ed saying he blacks out and appears somewhere else. A really big one!: 45:37 Tyler climbing out of the passenger seat, wasn't he driving? huh!?. The phonebooth says "No incoming calls", 24:01 Ed doesn't smoke, and he is surprised by the cig in his mouth. A big one is when they are hitting the cars only Ed's make the alarm go off. The way Marla acts around him, surprised at his mood swings and personality changes. The exact same scar on the hand. 34:16 Ed is clearly surprised about getting his ass kicked and says "... with Tyler"... a really big one c'mon dude 38:52 "Do you hear that"... Marla's behavior and Tyler literally being there talking through The Narrator! a second watch know all of this hits different haha.