The first and second rules of Fight Club state that you could’t talk about it.
It wasnt really until the following year when the DVD was released thatFight Clubbegan to build its following.
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In the ten years since its DVD release,Fight Clubhas grown in stature.
In fact, Tylers plan is flawed not only in its outcome but in its very conception.
Project: Mayhems forced recession might work in bringing down the banks and corporations that we despise so much.
So Tylers plan is revealed to actually be a bit narrow-sighted and ultimately selfish.
Just like the grand plans of your average corporation.
Its an example the corruption of power.
And as long as capitalism and consumerism reign, it will remain so.
So far, this makes it all sound very serious and like a political/social polemic.
But this is not the case at all.
There is always something here to make you laugh.
One of the reasons for the divisive nature of the film is its violence.
Many critics argued that it was so for the sheer sake of it, for shock value.
Violence gives them the shock they need.
So yes, the excessive violenceisfor shock value, but for the characters, not for the audience.
It doesnt soundtoorealistic does it?
Its all in the execution.
HadFight Clubbeen made a mere two years later I doubt any of us would have seen it.
Perhaps even today, nine years after the fact, Hollywood would be a bit jittery.
The surface ofFight Clubhas barely been scratched here.
Opinions and interpretations continue to differ on what it all means.
Why not give it another spin?
Its out on Blu Ray now as well, and what would Tyler make of that?
But then, weve already broken his first two rules anyway…
