earlier, i decided to stay out of hte fight club discussion; but now im
feeling as if i should put my two cents in, since my opinion has not yet
been thrown into the mix.
although seeing criticism of materialism in a movie was refreshing because
its so rarely done, i found the criticism trite and almost boring in its
predictability. other than that i found the movie disturbing and cant
imagine why anyone would want to propagate such ideas about the natural
inclinations of human nature. also, as far as depiction of women goes, it
was horrible - the only woman in the movie was a not very smart whore
type. and the comment about "we're a generation of men raised by women" :
1. so what? women aren't bad. 2. so what? aren't all generations of men
raised by women?
anyway, i found some redemption in norton's realization that things had
gone too far, but not much. it was too late by that point though. the
cinematography etc had already pulled in much of the audience and everyone
just thought it was so "cool" at that point, so counterculture; when it
seemed to just re-ingrain much of those cultural values that already cut
at society - sexism, violence, etc.
and as an end note; rumor has it that fight clubs have sprung up in NYC
and LA. how horrible.
amna
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