Fight Club - Finding Balance In Life
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
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This week's video essay is a look into David Fincher's Fight Club. It's an analysis of the major themes of the movie by looking into a few of the different major characters (or arguably character) and what they reveal to be the film's main message
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"The film tells us that in order to find a meaning in life, we need to first find a balance."
We're still thrust into the corporate slave world of capitalism though. Capitalism run amok now no less, with the frequent and ever worsening erosion of liberties via the policestate apparatus of the patriot act. How can there possibly be the balance between the two, chaos and order when the world has already lost that balance given way to government and corporate tyranny? There can't be. Tyler's world didn't shift reality all that much anyhow, Tyler's world doesn't work either. The chaos paradox, I get it. But capitalism doesn't work either and as already explained in the video clip, the Fight Club story is against both, both Tyler's solution and capitalism's solution. Because both angles still end in separate forms of slavery. Also a lot of people nowadays become complacent with their slavery accepting the despotic rule before them so it's also a lot like out of Plato's allegory of The Cave.
But before that, you must hit rock bottom
@@nunisthathigh4825 That's the whole challenge of life. You have to create that balance in your life, and make it work for you. Regarding the external world, control the controllable and let the chips fall where they may.
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These are new thoughts on Fight Club. For one, I never considered Marla to be the narrator's moral compass. That is interesting.
Well done.
Thank you!
Right. I never thought of her that way either. I always thought of her as an intrusion to his peaceful state/ sleep. .
I perceived her more as (from the narrators perspective) femininity intruding on his attempt to regain his masculinity, his free side (Tyler) sleeps with her regularly but he can't stand her as his neurotic side. In my mind it demonstrates how toxic that form of masculinity can be since he's denying his own desires for no good reason. He is deeply attracted (to the point of obsession) to Marla and he hates himself for it.
@@samwilkinson6296 Marla is his anima.
@@anonb4632 Interesting reading, it's strange, as I've gotten older I've more and more found Marla to be the most interesting character in Fight Club!
I love the movie, and the book even more so. A thing to add to your video is, immediatly after "jack" mocks the muscular man add, the movie cuts to a scene of Tyler beating a man in fight club and he leans back with (Brad Pitts) perfect body highlighted by the lighting. So while he mocks it, it is his hidden desire.
ying & yang, order and chaos, ability & challenge, passive & aggressive, life is best when you're balanced with both
Definitely!
Ahh... A man of culture
Amen
Darth Revan is an example.
Great one, pal
This is probably one of my favorite movies. It has a great sense of dark and subversive humor that I couldn't help but love it.
It's highly subversive... That's why some people don't like it, it takes them to places they don't like to think about. Even Project Mayhem itself is a satire of the response to modern stupidity.
This is genuinely one of my favorite video essays ever. You are one of the first people I’ve seen talk about both extremes that this movie tackles. I love this movie because it’s about living in the grey area between the two and you captured that perfectly.
I agree, this is probably the best video essay on Fight Club that I've seen
You’ve been doing some really fucking great film lately
Thank you! I've really been trying to make a push to do so!
I am Jack's sense of satisfaction. Awesome video! 😉❤️Do one on The Dark Knight!
I am Jack blushing!
Also-I think you'll be pretty happy in the next month or so...
Marla being the Narrator's subconscious? That's incredible, never thought of that!
Got to read the book, if you haven't already.
Narrator is wearing a dress at the end.
Tyler and Marla arent visible on the hotel mirror
Fight Club is one of my favorite movies, but my thoughts on it are summed up by the closing statements of Roger Ebert's negative review of it;
"Fight Club is a thrill ride masquerading as philosophy--the kind of ride where some people puke and others can't wait to get on again."
I think that's pretty similar to my thoughts on the movie.
TheKersey475 - I usually agreed w Roger when he was alive but I can see him being too refined to understand the gutter sub conscious that some of us LoVe.
Ebert gets it right for once. Pity he could get it so wrong about films like "Withnail & I" which tackles similar issues.
“There’s no need to surround yourself with expensive goods. Going out and experiencing life is all that is important”. Well fucking put, dude
I rewatched Fight Club yesterday. This video came right on time
Perfect timing
I'd never thought of Marla as the antithesis to Tyler. That was a very interesting analysis of the film. Nice job!
I deeply apreciate the fact that you try to put new thoughts on a film like this, great work!
Thank you!
Clips from this film reminded me to watch it again, it's been a long long time since I last saw it and huge parts of my life has changed, thus I'll probably view it quite differently. Thx for this.
It's difficult to find new insights into a cult movie of this caliber that's been around for almost two decades at this point, but I think you managed to provide one with your chaos-order dichotomy that can definitely be considered a covert moral of the story. Love your videos.
It's nice to find a fresh review on Fight Club.
I love these kind of movies that u can see several times and generate new thoughts.
One of the key messages i find in this movie is to stop being a life spectator.
Awesome touch (Easter Egg) at the very beginning of the video (intro)!
And again: fantastic, fresh and true insight into a cult classic. Always straight to the point. LOVE your editing and graphics! Top notch!
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I'm glad you enjoyed!
Jordan Peterson said that in the classical myths of man, you can’t fully grasp their meaning. You can always go deeper and deeper. Fight Club achieves exactly this. Every theory I come up with, and every analysis I watch, always gives me a fresh way of looking at it, but I’m never satisfied. I can always look more. That’s the sign of great story (not just film!) if ever there was one.
Great analysis as always. In most reviews, they just say that Project Mayhem was just like the corporate system they wanted to destroy, and stopped there. But you continued by saying that the whole point is to find a balance between chaos and order which is a great conclusion to make. Never would have thought about that, but it makes soooo much sense.
Definitely, it was written by Jim Uhls and he definitely deserves a lot more credit for "hiding" so many messages and interpretations of the movie.
“Fight club is a movie about coming to love your moral conscious, without a care for others or a care for yourself, life is meaningless.”
You do my favorite film reviews on the Tube, this one is no exception. Thanks!
Thank you!
Jack's Movie Reviews I like that you didn’t take the “modern masculinity in crisis” approach like so many reviews of this work do. Obviously, that argument has merit, but it was nice to see this fresh analysis.
Dude I subscribed to you a few weeks ago and I gotta say that I love your analysis on film. It really helps me get a deeper understanding into everything that goes into making a compelling movie. I'd love to see you do Taxi Driver one of these days, it's one of my favorite films and the narrator in Fight Club kind of reminded me of the main character from Taxi Driver.
Keep on making awesome videos man.
I'm glad you enjoyed!
I definitely will have to cover Taxi Driver at one point!
As soon as the film opens (Such a cool theme!), "Fight Club" already has my attention and the insane, thought-provoking story that's about to be told! :D
It blows my mind every time I scroll down to the comments and I see the sub-count under 100k. You do fantastic work. I hope the channel continues to grow because of it
Fight Club is a masterpiece and childhood memories for me. Your analysis of this movie is perfect.
Hey man, this was awesome. A perfect articulation of how this movie can be broken down. Every time I watch this flick I take away something new. Your bit about Marla being his grounded morality was something new to me, and a cool perspective to bring up.
I agree, the backbone of the movie's message Is balance, i wonder if the YingYang table was there as a reference.
Whenever someone asks me what movie or book influenced me the most, I always name #FightClub
One of the more misunderstood films, but I think you hit it right on the mail.
watching these reviews or analysis really gave me a new perspective, and learning more and learning something I have misses
Loved it. You put in clear words some ideas that I couldn't get to put down when someone says that Fight Club it's a movie against corporations at the same time it shows a Starbucks cup in every scene, a really clear way to put the ironic/sarcastic treatment of the message in the movie. Thanks a lot!
I love fight club. A lot of the philosophical aspects behind it are amazing and an overall well made great film. Its probably one of my favourites.
I was raised in a neglectful/abusive environment. My father left when I was 5 & my mother left me w friends so she could party & then married and abusive prick. By the time I was 14 I was a teenager asshole. My honors biology teacher gave me detention & while sitting in his classroom after school he talked to me about my life. After next class he have me his first edition hardcover version of Fight Club (this was < 1 year after the book came out). The book changed my life. I spent the next 20 years "being my own father" in a Tyler durden nihilistic sense. Now in my mid 30s I too have come this same conclusion. It's not about being lopsidedly anticommunist, antiestablishment, anticivilizarion. It's a balance. It took getting married & having a child for me to see this. I needed to become my own father bc I needed the structure of anticonsumerism, etc. to define who I was, but, like the members of project mayhem who drink when they're not suppose to & bend/break other rules, I have to defy my father/self & conform in some regards to societal standards & norms. I do this bc to raise a child I myself have to impose rules & someone who imposes rules while booty accepting the rules of others is a tyrant & not worthy of being followed. This review, IMO, his the nail on the head. There's balance that needs to be met. Nice job, sir.
Unique take, really enjoyed this one.
Always my goal, I'm glad you enjoyed!
Underrated channel
these were my exact thoughts on the film, unfortunately I don't make video essays so I'm glad someone else talked about this aspect of the film.
this is the first time ive heard the theory of marla being his good conscience, i have never even considered that. good thought and good job on your videos! been on a bit of a binge watching them today :p
Unique explanation on balance. Great! Love it.
This is superb. My by far favorite movie and after all this time you come up with this whole new perspective of balance which is astonishing for me. I feel like you opened my eyes, just like I felt the movie did as well. Thank you very much my friend :)
This reading is even more backed by the book btw - it's interspersed with a decent amount of Buddhist imagery/references (balance is a big thing in Buddhism, they even have this thing/principle "The Middle Way" which is like a balance between the extremes of over-indulgence and asceticism)
this isn't a unique perspective. this is an accurate perspective. Great content!
“Reasonably sized group of friends” lmao
I still think about Fight Club a lot, for some reason, and this is still my favorite and probably the most accurate depiction of the film.
I know that a video about Brazil can be your best one, after all it's your fav movie and everyone knows how much passion you put into your work, these are films that you love.
I love Brazil soooo much. It's definitely up there i my top 5 movies of all time-which is kind of why I'm worried to talk about it-there may be a discussion this year (it is a Christmas movie after all)
Love your content man! Fight Club is one of my favorite movies and your analysis of it was fantastic! Keep it coming brother!
Thank you buddy, will do!
Really great video, I always look forward to your reviews, short, concise, and profound. The ending to this analysis was really uplifting, great channel dude.
Thank you Daniel. I used to try to make my videos as long as possible, but honestly I've changed my writing process recently to try and be as efficient as possible.
And it shows! A lot of other youtubers only have maybe a couple of things to say and pad their videos with recapping the plot in an almost laborious way. You got some good lean vids
CONGRATS on the great increase in your subscribers Jack, I'm so happy for you and, as many of us have said so many times, you really really deserve it!!! It doesn't seem that long ago you were in 4 digits and non of us could believe the quality of your content with so few subscribers!! I'm sure it will just keep growing in leaps and bounds!! And here another awesome commentary and great choice of film as usual. Wishing you all the best for this coming year!!
Thank you Bev! Great hearing from you again. Your words and support really mean a lot, I'm hoping this year is great for you too!
I love Fight Club. And I love Tyler’s speech. What I don’t love are when people on the internet quote Tyler’s speech non-stop as a means of excusing their shitty, boring lives. After a while you start to notice that these guys are just whining. “Where’s MY Great War? Waaaaaah!”
I am Jack's film analysis. Without me, Jack's channel ceases to exist
I love the film and I love that you gave me a new perspective on it. Thank you!
I’ll never view Fight Club in any other way ever again. I loved your review. I thought it was very enlightening as well as uplifting. Excellent and definitive, thank you!
it’s like i don’t even have to ask for suggestions you got these covered!! addicted to your vids man. 2 thumbs up 👍🏼
Thank you Jack for shinning new light on this film about the order,chaos and balance 👏👏
this was exactly my original take on the movie; life is about balance. Great Job!
Balance between what??
@@shortcinematicuniverse895 between Tyler and Jack
I deeply enjoyed both the movie and your comment on it. Keep on the good work.
I believe one of the reasons I enjoyed Fight club so much is because it shows both the good and the bad consequences of «rebelling against the system».
The fully self-actualized man has one foot in order and the other in chaos.
Jordan Peterson
But it depends on what you mean by order and chaos, and the archetypal structure of foot.
Fight Club is so good. I resonate with its themes so much! One of the greatest films of all time, and one of my favorites!! I adore Fight Club!!
This is one of my favourite films. Top 2, love it. Nice video.
Fantastic film and analysis
Thank you for addressing the fact that many people watch Fight Club and misinterpret it’s message. Many think it’s a movie that glamorizes the violence and anarchy that ‘Tyler’ so earnestly wants to merge with. When in reality the film satirizes both it’s stagnant washed out society as well as the over the top toxic masculine response to said society. It asks how does society treat the male sex and why does this arguably callous and uncaring treatment lead some men to surrender themselves to their animalistic instincts?
If anything it proposes that perhaps the best option is for society to stop trapping men in hopeless professional and personal situations and to provide them with creative outlets for emotional expression. That’s how you achieve the balance of both the narrator and Tyler.
I was surprised that you were in the former meaning you did not like the movie because it is the best analysis of the movie I have ever heard👍
In my opinion it's your best video analysis. Keep going ;)
Another great video as always, keep em up Jack :)
Thanks Tom! Will do!
Thank you ! This is the best critique of Fight Club I could ask for
Love your channel my friend. Keep up the great work
Thanks Stefan!
Very interesting
Tyler is the id, Marla the superego, and the protagonist the ego. Never thought of it that way.
Great perspective. Definitely a refreshing point of view. I never considered that Marla was the equal opposite of Tyler.
This review comes very close to how I view the movie. I would've elaborated a lot on the disjointed style though. Great work with this one
5:00 ZERG OST, You are brilliant Bub!
Overmind!!!!!
Where can I find this ost plzzz reply!!
I love this movie so much, it has an special place in my heart
Very well done! Thank you!
Hey jack. I loved this video, great analysis and one of my favourite films. You should do a video on the TV show the leftovers There is so much to discuss on it.
I've had a lot of people recommend it to me-I watched the first episode and it didn't click. It takes a pretty great series to capture my interest just because of how big of a time commitment a 60 hour TV series is.
Excelente analysis. Glad I found out your channel. I tend to be a very extreme person - Which happily Ive been working on and improving lately - and your analysis opened up a very interested new perspective.
Great video essay. Thanks
Rules are made to be broken, especially first two.
Mission accomplished!!! I've read that book almost four times...but I think I'll give it another go...
...cuz the whole Marla aspect...That was amazing!!! No one has brought that forward before..that I know of.
Assuming you've read the book...did you notice in the intro, how he gave credit to SNL for Fight Like a Girl Club when it was MADtv....???
I appreciate & agree w your insight but to me the most significant scene is when Tyler or ED walks away briefcase in hand & Tyler is telling Ed how his Father & most Fathers leave family & keep opening up new families like franchises. Ultimately, this is about Men w no Fathers & the ramifications.
Amazing analyses
This film in one the few cases in which the book is great and so is the movie, but both of them achieve this by using different approaches...I love this film...great analysis BTW
I need to read the book, I've heard it isn't as good as the movie.
It´s quite different, but the main differences aren´t in the plot (there are some though), but the tone and the approach, I personally like Palahniuk novels very much because of his beautiful phrasing (something very hard to translate into a movie), however I agree that his story developing rhythm can be a little bit boring...
This was an interesting point of view about the movie
Great video man
Interesting Perspective!. Would like your analysis on Chinatown.
One of may favorite films of all time.
I'll tell you what man, I have watched this movies as many times as anyone else who loves it, and I understood the whole movie early on and rewatched to learn more, but I never ever caught the fact that the people working for Project Mayhem were drones just as much as the office zombies. Wow. I see it now that it's been brought to my attention but wow. They actually seemed like they were in a military they no longer wanted to be in but you don't ask to get out kind of like the Nazis. I don't mean to parallel the Nazis and Project Mayhem volunteers lol, but yeah they almost acted like they didn't want this as much as the narrator didn't want his life in cooperate America either. Thanks. That gives it a whole new sinister spin. Wild
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Awesome review on the movie!!! Greetings from Venezuela
Great movie
At 4:50 we are shown a (quite literally) faceless corporation. I've watched this film several times and only just now made the connection.
love it. great job.
You have the best reviews on UA-cam I stg you brought up new ideas for fight club as well as other movies good shit to
Hedonism versus a sense of obligation. We each wrestle with it individually each and every day. I think the movie portrays that well. We were never meant to live like Tyler Darden, he’s just a reflection in the mirror, of the split psyche that is often found in the modern working man.
Fight Club is honestly my favourite film of all time.
Right after Chips of course
Don't you know the first rule? You aren't supposed to talk about this movie!
I'm glad someone said it! But let's talk about it for a minute because (in my opinion) they help show us the hypocrisy of Project Mayhem/Tyler.
The whole point of the society is trying to bring everyone to the same level "economic equilibrium" BUT there's a very clear hierarchy within the group.
That was the whole point. You are supposed to break the rule
See, this guy gets it.
Your analysis makes even more sense if we think about the book ending the didn't make into the movie: "Tyler" wakes up in some sort of hospital facility and it turns out that his former companions of the mayhem project are still there, and this is told in order to tell the reader that the social entropy isn't going to stop yet. Why didn't it make into the movie? Your character study suggests, to some extent, that this movie is more about the personal evolution of a character who must find a way in order, not just to survive, but to live properly. Putting the book ending in the movie would have not been of any help in this regard. I think this is an additional piece of evidence to say that your analysis really nails the movie!
Love the take...interesting and genuine perspective.bravo.
Excellent analysus
Great analysis Jack, keep up the good work,
Thank you!
Ambivalence is when you finish enjoy watching Fight Club and go wash the dishes.