completely missed the part where the cop called and asked if he knew anyone who had access to dynamite and in the next scene Tyler gives the step by step of how his items can be used to make Dynamite
First appearance of Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) in the video.... a frame at minute 1:11. If you blink you don't see it anymore. To see it well, speed at 0.25, and pausing...
This movie changed my life for the better. At the time, i was in medical school, overworked, exhausted, goal-focused....and VERY materialistic. As quoted in the movie, "Youre not your khakis," .... Dockers clothing line came out with a line of "masculine" colored Khaki pants, like gunmetal, titanium, sage, tobacco, etc... And i **did** actually ask myself "which XXX defines me, as a person," before buying things. i was messed up. It felt like the movie was talking directly to ME: I was young, materialistic, and dienfranchised and about to become a doctor with a lost soul. It was a wake up call. I started letting go of buying things, and became, what people today, call, a "minimalist." I learned how to fix things, like old shirts, shoes (i bought a cobbler's anvil on ebay,) make pizza at home from scratch and started to eat lunch outside under trees instead of the cafeteria. inviting coworkers and (ambulatory) patients to eat with me.I started focusing on patients instead of grades. In a few semesters, i stopped chasing status and money and got back into martial arts, tiny gardening (growing basil in tiny pots) and wieght lifting. I changed my specialty from lucrative surgery to pediatrics. Making little kids healthy was a better fit for me than cutting open abdomens to treat stomach cancers. A few years after it came out, I told my girlfriend, Fight Club was my favorite movie on our first date. The next day, she watched it on her own for the first time, and later said it was one of the mind altering movies she's ever seen. That was 17 years ago, and we're still together. A dig at masculinity? Cultish? Maybe. But that's not what i got out of it. I will be forever greatful to this movie for redirecting my life in a more meaningful direction.
This is amazing. Cheers to you for turning your life into a meaningful one. This movie tends to cater to a different kind of audience that don’t see it for what it’s really trying to convey but I agree this movie was a wake up call for me as well. It just makes you think about what you truly value in your life and letting go of all the noise and the bullshit
It's not a dig at "masculinity". It's a dig at *toxic* masculinity. The movie is all about the narrators deep need for intimate, emotional human connection and his inability to express that need outside of the violence and physical aggression of the titular fight club. He creates the persona of Tyler Durden from the need for connection and desire to break free from the societal pressures and definitions of what he "should" be. Marla Singer is the human connection he needs but cannot accept. Not all masculinity is toxic, but toxic masculinity is very real and a big part of the themes of this story.
@@JuggyFWB "toxic masculinity" is stupid modern buzzwords it wasn't even a thing when this was made, masculinity isn't blowing up buildings or anything like that yes the fight club is but i see nothing wrong with a organised fight club its no different to MMA and such. the issue is it went beyond masculinity to societal hatred the same hatred the drove the communists and such and how there lack of direction was used against them to be like "hu duh toxic masculinity" is such surface level nonsense, you have to subscribe to the idea that physicality is inherently toxic and will always lead to that but that is not true and is not the message, as i said its about lack of direction and societal hatred
I cannot think of the right words to say + the way this comment from you left me feeling speechless and made me strongly think about myself and how I even act with myself towards things in life I can't control. I barley saw the movie after so many years and I'm barley seeing you're 5-month-old comment as well. This movie is to me is very strong. And mind changing. it made me realize myself was realer than these other so-called friends. I feel like putting my mind to what I really want to do instead of focusing on people who simply acted like I was never there. I'm going to pursue my dreams and chase something I want to do vs what people tell me to do or what we were all made to do. And to not be consumed by people's thoughts on how you should or shouldn't be living. thank you, I hope to be back in a year and tell you how it goes.
Soap is indeed made from fat plus lye (sodium hydroxide). Although most soap is made with vegetable fats these days, animal fats like lard and beef tallow can also be used for soap. The fat you start with helps to determine the feel/consistency of the soap. Homemade soap nerds know that the fatty acid blends -- both the chain lengths (usually 12, 14, 16, or 18 carbon atoms) and what percent of the carbon bonds are saturated -- affect things like how soft the soap is, how easily it forms suds, how it responds to cold water vs hot, how creamy the lather feels, and how it responds to different skin pH's. Animal fats are usually rich in longer (creamier) fatty acids, and also higher in fatty acids with 100% carbon bond saturation, but those actually make the soap kind of useless in cold water. Modern hand soaps often start with olive oil, a nice middle-ground choice, and maybe add some coconut or palm oil if they want a creamier feel. (Not a soap nerd myself, but my ex is one.) The chemical burn is from lye. When dry (anhydrous) lye touches moisture, it releases a huge amount of heat as it dissolves. The water in your skin counts as "moist" for these purposes, especially if sweaty. As the lye dissolves it starts to saponify the fats in your skin's cell membranes, i.e. turn your skin into soap and glycerine, which releases more heat. Soap creation is actually a fairly violent series of chemical reactions, and doing it slowly enough to keep the temperature under control is a big part of the process.
This film always makes me think of when Meat Loaf died. Edward said he never took home things from set. But he had picture of Meat Loaf hugging him. He said it always made him smile.
On the note of not sleeping, sometimes my insomnia gets bad enough where I am awake for multiple days at a time.... then I start hallucinating... the visual ones can be easy to ignore after a while, but when you are finally dozing off alone, and someone whispers in your ear.... or touches your shoulder... Well, it's a heck of an adrenaline rush that makes it even harder to sleep.
This. Existing in that between-place, not asleep, not awake, the brain not taking it’s time-out. I agree, the audio hallucinations are hell. I hope you find some relief out there.
the flickering fits with how films were in cinema around that year, you had to watch it on a reel being projected and every now and then youd get those circles on the screen , those flickers and stuff like that so its kinda perfect that its used for the plot .
In the reality of that world, the way narrator visualises is meant to show how strong his imagination is and how deep he can go into fantasy very quickly. Given all evidence suggests he had Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder) which relies on an incredibly strong imagination and inner fantasy to deal with the ego splitting it makes sense. What's also a trip is thinking about "Is Marla an alter". Narrator was jerking off on one occasion while Tyler and Marla have sex, maybe that was what one man was actually doing while fantasising. Maybe the reason Tyler and Marla cannot be seen together is that the DID system wouldn't make sense if they were, not just because she is a separate person who only needs to know one of them
The thing about villains who "are right" is that they are willing to burn to ashes everything else in the name of their cause, and usually "the cause" has a huge flare of ego on it that can show up in many ways. In Tyler's case his sollution to all this societal problems was literally imploding society from the inside out with him as central figure
Charles Manson had a plan with a similar intent for the end result, though Tyler’s plan (to his credit) didn’t have the intrinsic racism angle to it that Manson’s had.
Heh, I like how you made the joke about "Me and Batman are never in the same room together" without realizing that you were thiiiis close to guessing the twist. Also, good for you for picking up on Tyler's hypocrisy and somewhat bullshit philosophy. Yeah, he makes some good points about modern issues, but most of his "solutions" to those issues are mean, unhelpful, or actively harmful.
You're talking about 'Guts', the short story 😂 Palahniuk is my favourite author, he and Fincher were made for each other! Palahniuk has the most interesting backstory as well. I think it was Soft White Underbelly who did an interview with him about his background, you should definitely watch it!
Notice how the camera shook when he hosed the priest? That's cause the camera guy was laughing so hard. If you really listen, you can actually hear it.
Dude, you are VERY wrong about insomnia. When I say I didn't sleep, I mean exactly that. I might nod off for a minute, but I jolt awake again almost immediately. My mind races a million mile an hour and nothing will slow it down. I've been dealing with that crap for twenty years now and it is not fun. The first 48 hours with no sleep are pretty normal. Any longer than that and things start to get weird. My longest bout was six days and on day seven I went to the hospital. There comes a point where you can't tell if you're really awake or not. What they're talking about here is not 'trouble sleeping.' It is much, much worse than all that.
More movie recommendations: 1917 Shindlers list The Wolf of wall street Catch me if you can Oppenheimer Society of the snow Wonka Avatar Captain Philips All quiet on the western front Keep up the good work Seb 😀
There are so fucking many good movies that he is yet to see... instead he was on a child friendly/kids movies run...but it looks like this is a good start for now. Let's hope he keeps up the pace with These kind of movies instead of kid's content.
A few neat things about this movie. Brad Pitt worked out constantly, got tanned, and essentially became more and more healthy looking from start to finish. Meanwhile, Edward Norton did the opposite. he practically starved himself, didn't work out at all, and avoided the sun. This results in Tyler looking better and better as he takes control, while Narrator withers away. The s*x scene of Tyler and Marla had a different line initially. I don't know if I'd be allowed to post it on TH-cam so you'll have to look it up. The censors said absolutely not, and Fincher said he'd change it, but they cannot veto the replacement. They agreed, and now we have the grade school comment. Every scene has a Starbucks cup, representing how the coffee company seems to be literally everywhere.
The thing about 'guys whose favorite film is Fight Club, is that a lot of the toxic masculinity, incel, alpha-male types completely misinterpret this film because they never read the book. They completely miss the examples of toxic-masculinity, mental health, and personal growth. Tyler even goes so far as to mock self-improvement and that is the genius of it, but some people need the "Idiot's Guide" version too. It puts a mirror up to this kind of mentality and exposes it for what it is: not something to be emulated. It is just presented in a very raw, ironic, and gritty nature so MEN can relate to it. SO MUCH of the book was cut for the film. That is why so many WOMEN love Fight Club the book, it has nothing to do with Brad Pitt. Also, don't know if Seb knows this but Lorena Bobbit actually did cut her husband's pen!s off and threw it from the car as she drove down the highway, six years before this movie came out. She was found not guilty due to temporary insanity and John had his member re-attached after a nine hour surgery. Yes, as far back as Ancient Rome man has made soap from rendered animal fat.
Insomnia isn’t “oh I barely laid down last night.” It’s day 3 of no sleep, voices sound weird, your visions giving out, and still you can’t sleep. You can feel the bags in your eyes but can’t stop it. Depression does crazy things to the human brain.
That's one form of insomnia. There's also early awakening insomnia, where you may get to sleep but only sleep for three or four hours, every night, for weeks on end. That's what I have and it's very, very not fun.
insomnia in DID can be regular, but can also be delusion of sleep from the host alter. Switching (persona) kinda feels like being sleepy for many people with DID. So even though it is normal for them to struggle to sleep, it's very common for them to go to bed, feel sleepy, close their eyes and wake up the next morning. Except it's like Tyler here, the narrator was both co-conscious and switching with Tyler during the day (both can talk to each other, both take turns controlling the body). But when the narrator goes to "sleep" Tyler is solely fronting in the body. And that's only fully how it works if Tyler is the only other alter, which is unclear.
I love fight club, growing up I thought it was all about consumerism and nihilism but I realized years later like the author said: its a love story. He tried filling his life with things to give himself meaning, then he tried to replace it with tearing it all down and losing all meaning, from things make you special to you are nothing. Both of these are just extremes people go to to avoid addressing their true feelings and issues and in the end what he needed wasn't the system or tearing down the system, it was Marla. They needed each other, it was something so simple and in his face but he didn't realize it until the end.
Gotta watch Mr. Robot. Absolutely amazing show and I think you'd love it. I'm a bit biased since I work in Cybersecurity, but it's about as close to accuracy as you'll get on what hacking is actually like in real life. Timelines are greatly sped up and make it look much quicker than it would really be, but it's mostly pretty legit otherwise.
The author of the book (Chuck Palahniuk) liked the film better than his novel because he thinks Fincher captured the love triangle of Tyler, Marla, and the narrator. I personally like the film better because I love the ending of "Tyler Succeeds, the economy is irrecoverably bombed."
During the speech when Tyler says "rockstars" he looks right at Jerod Leto's face, aka the frontman from 30 Seconds to Mars (and the asshole from suicide squad)
Damn. The films that came out back in the day were literally too good for words. I can't believe there are those who believe the shallow, gratuitous garbage that Hollywood releases these days even deserves to stand in the shadow of masterpieces like this.
One of my favorite details is when he’s fighting himself in the office he says it reminds him of his first fight with Tyler because his first fight with Tyler he was also beating himself up
9:30 No, what he just described is very real and all major companies from Toyota to Taco Bell and everything in between if recalling a product for some defect costs more than NOT recalling and just paying out for injuries they will keep running the product. 12:00 john bobbitt, I remember this happened in either '92 or '93 I don't remember exactly but it happened before I ended up in my current city so it wasn't 1994+... 24:09 He just said "Armalite Armalite 10" AR means Armalite 44:17 oh no, this is Fincher he made his own ending and The Author Chuck (who I have been told Chuck is God) likes this ending more than his own.
Thank fucking god seb. Yes! I like where u are going... yesterday with divergent and now with fight club...fucking hell i was tired of complaining about the kid friendly content...keep doing these for the sake of your channel.
Don't be careful with steroids. Just don't take steroids unless they are prescribed to you by a doctor for a medical condition that can be improved with steroids. Don't use steroids to increase muscle mass or for any other self-prescribed reason.
There's also a really disgusting detail in the fridge that's a nod to the book. See that gross bag of unmentionables? Marla's mom asked her to store her collagen for her for injections, and Tyler stole it to make soap.
watch this movie muliple timesexpecially after knowing its all in his head, you see so much you didnt notice before, like the payphone wasnt working, or how tyler durden never ever took any damage too anything, for example the car scene. he was perfectly fine
if you read the book you can actually see how much better the movie adaptation is and how much Fincher actually changes the story and plot in comparison to the book. Even Chuck Palahniuk admits how much better Fincher made the story.
Well, from what I know from buying massive amounts of handmade soap (sounds crazy but I don't get eczema anymore, plus there are a lot of soapmakers on TH-cam that are very influential); soap is a fat or oil combined with lye. There are soaps made out of tallow or animal lard, so it may be possible to make soap out of human fat. Plus, there are so many recipes to make soap. I prefer handmade soap because it's more moisturizing. Apparently, the store bought stuff, they take out the glycerin in their soap for probably another product, but you end up with soap that dries your skin out
6:45 i used to have REALLY bad sleep schedule, around my 17-20s i would sometimes not sleep for 2 days straight. I'm not exaggerating, and it's horrible, you feel annoyed, you feel like a zombie and when you do go to sleep it takes soooo long. In fact there was a guy who had the infamous record of not sleeping over two weeks and it ruined his life.
Book ending was way more ambiguous, and bleak. He blacks out, wakes up in a hospital, and for a second he thinks he's dead Then he finds out the hospital employees are members too, and they're waiting for Tyler to come back In other words: people that are supposed to help you are the ones hurting you
Regardless of the message here, the protagonist has a unique problem to his situation. Where this literally applies, that being said, it's totally sensationalized here. It's proper woke, before that took on new meaning of its own.
It's why the Tyler twist didn't surprise me (although that doesn't stop me admiring the sheer genius of how Fincher pulled it off) - the thing that blew my mind was that the plan *_WORKED_*
This is one of my top 5 movies, which also includes... The Shawshank Redemption One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Goodfellas
One time my bags got inspected and I had a stress ball shaped like a boob, as a funny gift. When the inspector asked, I said it was a "novelty stress reliever", and they looked confused, then smiled and nodded at me with a knowing wink. It was like "No, I swear it's not an embarrassing sex thing! It's just a gag!"
Watching this movie at 16, put my mind at ease about a lot of things, social and career things but it made me nihilistic, lazy and complacent. I'm still working on caring more and being more productive. Or perhaps it wasn't the movie and it's just me, idk.
My fav thing about fight club is that it is actually a feminist, anti-capitalist film advocating against toxic masculinity and encouraging men to be more emotionally expressive, loving, authentic and to go to therapy.... Disguised as a violent, obnoxious, bro film about the pinnacle of masculinity. One of my fav films of all time.
As an ex insomniac, Exercise did really help with it go away. I’d stay up 2-3 days before I ever felt tired, and when I did sleep, I only ever slept for 2-4 hours every morning…I’d go to bed at 2-4 in the morning. Memory became really bad and started to forget stuff and even got bad grades because I kept forgetting how to do math…
I remember introducing this movie to my brother about 15 years ago. Some 20 minutes in, he said, "I bet Marla doesn't exist." Then, 20 minutes later, he said, "Oh, okay. It's Tyler who doesn't exist." I couldn't believe it.
Wow, after all the family-friendly fare lately, this is quite a swerve (and a welcome one). 1999 was an amazing year for cinema. Cheers and salutations from across the pond. 🥃☮❤
Fun fact: Brad Pitt said once he was on a set where he went hours and hours without eating so in his movies he now likes to film while snacking so he will never be hungry again 😂😂😂😂
Fight Club isn’t Conservative, alt-right, or red pilled. Another example of the lack of education, specifically media literacy. It’s the same principle behind Fascists thinking Starship Troopers promotes authoritarianism rather than satirizing and mocking Fascists and American Exceptionalism.
If you want another great film where you don't know what's real or not is "Synecdoche, New York" one of my all time favourites, and what I consider the late great Phillip Seymour Hoffman's magnum opus role. Amazing philosophical dark comedy.
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watch wrath of man!
You should watch "Injustice (2021)", you'll like it.
PLS WATCH ROBIN HOOD(2018 version) SEBPLS
Lol wtf that ad sequence caught me off guard
“When you’re sick you want one thing, when you’re healthy you want 1000 things” very true Seb. 👏🏾 👏🏾
Just paused the reaction to mention this. That’s a goddamn beautiful and poetic line. I’m going to remember that one.
@@DylanSterling right
It's from Confucius, FYI.
@@Frostbite08 thanks
its not his line
Ed Norton whooping hisself in his bosses office is one of the coolest scenes I've ever seen
Facts
Its seriously so good too bad it doesnt really make sense or work
Ironically that's how the fight club started
@@georgewilson8025 we all know bruh we seen the movie
@@Camothor10 okay no hard feelings I was just commenting bc I only ever watched it once
Btw, when Edwards character punches Brad pitt, he actually hit him and that was the take used
Yep Brads reaction was legit
completely missed the part where the cop called and asked if he knew anyone who had access to dynamite and in the next scene Tyler gives the step by step of how his items can be used to make Dynamite
Or how Tyler and Marla immediately stop making noise from fucking the instant the Narrator picks up the phone😂
@@LordInsidiousI just assumed this was a movie thing ya know
When he calls Tyler after his apartment blew up, notice how the pay phone said no incoming calls allowed?
He called the payphone he was standing at?
@@READY_OR_NOThe cant,theres no incoming calls hinting that he's talking to nobody
I can't believe Fight Club is 25 years old. It blew my head off when I saw it upon release and it hasn't changed. Absolutely fantastic stuff.
First appearance of Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) in the video.... a frame at minute 1:11. If you blink you don't see it anymore. To see it well, speed at 0.25, and pausing...
Well spotted. if you do the same at 45.47 lol
This movie changed my life for the better. At the time, i was in medical school, overworked, exhausted, goal-focused....and VERY materialistic. As quoted in the movie, "Youre not your khakis," .... Dockers clothing line came out with a line of "masculine" colored Khaki pants, like gunmetal, titanium, sage, tobacco, etc... And i **did** actually ask myself "which XXX defines me, as a person," before buying things. i was messed up.
It felt like the movie was talking directly to ME: I was young, materialistic, and dienfranchised and about to become a doctor with a lost soul.
It was a wake up call. I started letting go of buying things, and became, what people today, call, a "minimalist." I learned how to fix things, like old shirts, shoes (i bought a cobbler's anvil on ebay,) make pizza at home from scratch and started to eat lunch outside under trees instead of the cafeteria. inviting coworkers and (ambulatory) patients to eat with me.I started focusing on patients instead of grades.
In a few semesters, i stopped chasing status and money and got back into martial arts, tiny gardening (growing basil in tiny pots) and wieght lifting. I changed my specialty from lucrative surgery to pediatrics. Making little kids healthy was a better fit for me than cutting open abdomens to treat stomach cancers.
A few years after it came out, I told my girlfriend, Fight Club was my favorite movie on our first date. The next day, she watched it on her own for the first time, and later said it was one of the mind altering movies she's ever seen. That was 17 years ago, and we're still together.
A dig at masculinity? Cultish? Maybe. But that's not what i got out of it.
I will be forever greatful to this movie for redirecting my life in a more meaningful direction.
This is amazing. Cheers to you for turning your life into a meaningful one. This movie tends to cater to a different kind of audience that don’t see it for what it’s really trying to convey but I agree this movie was a wake up call for me as well. It just makes you think about what you truly value in your life and letting go of all the noise and the bullshit
It's not a dig at "masculinity". It's a dig at *toxic* masculinity. The movie is all about the narrators deep need for intimate, emotional human connection and his inability to express that need outside of the violence and physical aggression of the titular fight club. He creates the persona of Tyler Durden from the need for connection and desire to break free from the societal pressures and definitions of what he "should" be. Marla Singer is the human connection he needs but cannot accept.
Not all masculinity is toxic, but toxic masculinity is very real and a big part of the themes of this story.
Good for you 😊👍
@@JuggyFWB "toxic masculinity" is stupid modern buzzwords it wasn't even a thing when this was made, masculinity isn't blowing up buildings or anything like that yes the fight club is but i see nothing wrong with a organised fight club its no different to MMA and such. the issue is it went beyond masculinity to societal hatred the same hatred the drove the communists and such and how there lack of direction was used against them
to be like "hu duh toxic masculinity" is such surface level nonsense, you have to subscribe to the idea that physicality is inherently toxic and will always lead to that but that is not true and is not the message, as i said its about lack of direction and societal hatred
I cannot think of the right words to say + the way this comment from you left me feeling speechless and made me strongly think about myself and how I even act with myself towards things in life I can't control. I barley saw the movie after so many years and I'm barley seeing you're 5-month-old comment as well.
This movie is to me is very strong. And mind changing.
it made me realize myself was realer than these other so-called friends.
I feel like putting my mind to what I really want to do instead of focusing on people who simply acted like I was never there.
I'm going to pursue my dreams and chase something I want to do vs what people tell me to do or what we were all made to do.
And to not be consumed by people's thoughts on how you should or shouldn't be living.
thank you, I hope to be back in a year and tell you how it goes.
26:00 "These are such good themes, I never see anyone talking about this."
Because we followed the rules, Seb.
Historically, candle makers, leather tanners, glue and soap makers were often relegated to the same districts, to control the stinks.
Never heard the phrase “grief thief” before but I’m going to be remembering that one. So many people I know are exactly that.
Soap is indeed made from fat plus lye (sodium hydroxide). Although most soap is made with vegetable fats these days, animal fats like lard and beef tallow can also be used for soap. The fat you start with helps to determine the feel/consistency of the soap. Homemade soap nerds know that the fatty acid blends -- both the chain lengths (usually 12, 14, 16, or 18 carbon atoms) and what percent of the carbon bonds are saturated -- affect things like how soft the soap is, how easily it forms suds, how it responds to cold water vs hot, how creamy the lather feels, and how it responds to different skin pH's. Animal fats are usually rich in longer (creamier) fatty acids, and also higher in fatty acids with 100% carbon bond saturation, but those actually make the soap kind of useless in cold water. Modern hand soaps often start with olive oil, a nice middle-ground choice, and maybe add some coconut or palm oil if they want a creamier feel. (Not a soap nerd myself, but my ex is one.)
The chemical burn is from lye. When dry (anhydrous) lye touches moisture, it releases a huge amount of heat as it dissolves. The water in your skin counts as "moist" for these purposes, especially if sweaty. As the lye dissolves it starts to saponify the fats in your skin's cell membranes, i.e. turn your skin into soap and glycerine, which releases more heat. Soap creation is actually a fairly violent series of chemical reactions, and doing it slowly enough to keep the temperature under control is a big part of the process.
35:50 Phrasing.
Or the wet from freshly licked lips before kissing his hand.
This film always makes me think of when Meat Loaf died. Edward said he never took home things from set. But he had picture of Meat Loaf hugging him. He said it always made him smile.
On the note of not sleeping, sometimes my insomnia gets bad enough where I am awake for multiple days at a time.... then I start hallucinating... the visual ones can be easy to ignore after a while, but when you are finally dozing off alone, and someone whispers in your ear.... or touches your shoulder... Well, it's a heck of an adrenaline rush that makes it even harder to sleep.
This.
Existing in that between-place, not asleep, not awake, the brain not taking it’s time-out.
I agree, the audio hallucinations are hell. I hope you find some relief out there.
the flickering fits with how films were in cinema around that year, you had to watch it on a reel being projected and every now and then youd get those circles on the screen , those flickers and stuff like that so its kinda perfect that its used for the plot .
in the guided meditation scene , the penguin represents the modern man , a bird that doesn't fly ,
I was thinking it's a spirit animal but it becomes Marla, so I think Marla is his second personality, the feminine side
In the reality of that world, the way narrator visualises is meant to show how strong his imagination is and how deep he can go into fantasy very quickly. Given all evidence suggests he had Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder) which relies on an incredibly strong imagination and inner fantasy to deal with the ego splitting it makes sense. What's also a trip is thinking about "Is Marla an alter". Narrator was jerking off on one occasion while Tyler and Marla have sex, maybe that was what one man was actually doing while fantasising. Maybe the reason Tyler and Marla cannot be seen together is that the DID system wouldn't make sense if they were, not just because she is a separate person who only needs to know one of them
The thing about villains who "are right" is that they are willing to burn to ashes everything else in the name of their cause, and usually "the cause" has a huge flare of ego on it that can show up in many ways. In Tyler's case his sollution to all this societal problems was literally imploding society from the inside out with him as central figure
Charles Manson had a plan with a similar intent for the end result, though Tyler’s plan (to his credit) didn’t have the intrinsic racism angle to it that Manson’s had.
Heh, I like how you made the joke about "Me and Batman are never in the same room together" without realizing that you were thiiiis close to guessing the twist.
Also, good for you for picking up on Tyler's hypocrisy and somewhat bullshit philosophy. Yeah, he makes some good points about modern issues, but most of his "solutions" to those issues are mean, unhelpful, or actively harmful.
This came out 25yrs ago, and it's still so relevant.
You're talking about 'Guts', the short story 😂 Palahniuk is my favourite author, he and Fincher were made for each other! Palahniuk has the most interesting backstory as well. I think it was Soft White Underbelly who did an interview with him about his background, you should definitely watch it!
God why did I have to be reminded of Pearl Diving.
Yeah, that story is pretty memorable.
@@karouakiva1714trauma inducing, memorable same thing. 😂 makes me shudder then laugh then shudder.
@@chrisf2636 Very true. 😂
The moment he mentioned it, I shuddered. Some stories just *stay* with you.
Notice how the camera shook when he hosed the priest? That's cause the camera guy was laughing so hard. If you really listen, you can actually hear it.
Same with the grade school comment.
This is one of those movies well worth a rewatch once you know the twist. So much that happens is telegraphing it once you know.
The ‘I am Jacks’ sayings are so cool. You can use them for literally anything.
Dude, you are VERY wrong about insomnia. When I say I didn't sleep, I mean exactly that. I might nod off for a minute, but I jolt awake again almost immediately. My mind races a million mile an hour and nothing will slow it down. I've been dealing with that crap for twenty years now and it is not fun. The first 48 hours with no sleep are pretty normal. Any longer than that and things start to get weird. My longest bout was six days and on day seven I went to the hospital. There comes a point where you can't tell if you're really awake or not. What they're talking about here is not 'trouble sleeping.' It is much, much worse than all that.
Sounds scary
@@ACORNyMOFO It is until you learn to deal. Then it’s just a part of life.
Lol, the pretty boy is Jared Letto the bleached hair looks so different many miss it
More movie recommendations:
1917
Shindlers list
The Wolf of wall street
Catch me if you can
Oppenheimer
Society of the snow
Wonka
Avatar
Captain Philips
All quiet on the western front
Keep up the good work Seb 😀
There are so fucking many good movies that he is yet to see... instead he was on a child friendly/kids movies run...but it looks like this is a good start for now. Let's hope he keeps up the pace with These kind of movies instead of kid's content.
All great suggestions!
Wonka 💀💀💀💀
@@G59METH wonka's willy💀
@@zumair6957 you mean Willy's Wanka ?
A few neat things about this movie.
Brad Pitt worked out constantly, got tanned, and essentially became more and more healthy looking from start to finish. Meanwhile, Edward Norton did the opposite. he practically starved himself, didn't work out at all, and avoided the sun. This results in Tyler looking better and better as he takes control, while Narrator withers away.
The s*x scene of Tyler and Marla had a different line initially. I don't know if I'd be allowed to post it on TH-cam so you'll have to look it up. The censors said absolutely not, and Fincher said he'd change it, but they cannot veto the replacement. They agreed, and now we have the grade school comment.
Every scene has a Starbucks cup, representing how the coffee company seems to be literally everywhere.
Been waiting ages for this! Thanks for all the content :)
Now you know why he actually has insomnia. All those odd jobs Tyler had, they were his.
The thing about 'guys whose favorite film is Fight Club, is that a lot of the toxic masculinity, incel, alpha-male types completely misinterpret this film because they never read the book. They completely miss the examples of toxic-masculinity, mental health, and personal growth. Tyler even goes so far as to mock self-improvement and that is the genius of it, but some people need the "Idiot's Guide" version too. It puts a mirror up to this kind of mentality and exposes it for what it is: not something to be emulated. It is just presented in a very raw, ironic, and gritty nature so MEN can relate to it. SO MUCH of the book was cut for the film. That is why so many WOMEN love Fight Club the book, it has nothing to do with Brad Pitt.
Also, don't know if Seb knows this but Lorena Bobbit actually did cut her husband's pen!s off and threw it from the car as she drove down the highway, six years before this movie came out. She was found not guilty due to temporary insanity and John had his member re-attached after a nine hour surgery.
Yes, as far back as Ancient Rome man has made soap from rendered animal fat.
Insomnia isn’t “oh I barely laid down last night.” It’s day 3 of no sleep, voices sound weird, your visions giving out, and still you can’t sleep. You can feel the bags in your eyes but can’t stop it. Depression does crazy things to the human brain.
That's one form of insomnia. There's also early awakening insomnia, where you may get to sleep but only sleep for three or four hours, every night, for weeks on end. That's what I have and it's very, very not fun.
insomnia in DID can be regular, but can also be delusion of sleep from the host alter. Switching (persona) kinda feels like being sleepy for many people with DID. So even though it is normal for them to struggle to sleep, it's very common for them to go to bed, feel sleepy, close their eyes and wake up the next morning. Except it's like Tyler here, the narrator was both co-conscious and switching with Tyler during the day (both can talk to each other, both take turns controlling the body). But when the narrator goes to "sleep" Tyler is solely fronting in the body. And that's only fully how it works if Tyler is the only other alter, which is unclear.
I love fight club, growing up I thought it was all about consumerism and nihilism but I realized years later like the author said: its a love story.
He tried filling his life with things to give himself meaning, then he tried to replace it with tearing it all down and losing all meaning, from things make you special to you are nothing.
Both of these are just extremes people go to to avoid addressing their true feelings and issues and in the end what he needed wasn't the system or tearing down the system, it was Marla.
They needed each other, it was something so simple and in his face but he didn't realize it until the end.
1998 and 1999 were incredible years for movies. I saw this on the big screen - the audience went wild. SO good.
Gotta watch Mr. Robot. Absolutely amazing show and I think you'd love it. I'm a bit biased since I work in Cybersecurity, but it's about as close to accuracy as you'll get on what hacking is actually like in real life. Timelines are greatly sped up and make it look much quicker than it would really be, but it's mostly pretty legit otherwise.
The author of the book (Chuck Palahniuk) liked the film better than his novel because he thinks Fincher captured the love triangle of Tyler, Marla, and the narrator. I personally like the film better because I love the ending of "Tyler Succeeds, the economy is irrecoverably bombed."
I am so happy that you finally watched fight club. This is the reaction video of yours that I've always been hoping for !!
During the speech when Tyler says "rockstars" he looks right at Jerod Leto's face, aka the frontman from 30 Seconds to Mars (and the asshole from suicide squad)
Motor oil makes for great fertilizer; it has the electrolytes that plants crave.
Love seeing these 40+ min videos
Did you notice that Tyler pops up a couple of times in split seconds. You don’t really notice until you know where and when to look.
If you're paying attention in the beginning, you'll notice that you can see blips of Tyler before he's introduced.
Damn. The films that came out back in the day were literally too good for words. I can't believe there are those who believe the shallow, gratuitous garbage that Hollywood releases these days even deserves to stand in the shadow of masterpieces like this.
Everything everywhere all at once literally released last year
Well, sure there's still the occasional diamond in the rough, but 9/10 movies and shows these days are appalling.
Omg I’ve been waiting so long for this!! HES DONE ITTT
The scenes of them trying to get a stranger to fight with them feel so out of place and hilarious 😂 Also yes to the pre programming 👀
One of my favorite details is when he’s fighting himself in the office he says it reminds him of his first fight with Tyler because his first fight with Tyler he was also beating himself up
Let me tell you from experience for being awake for a week straight by the third day you start feeling loopy and by the 5th,6th your hallucinating
Yep. I remember I started enjoying the buzz from being up more than I liked the drugs I was doing to keep me up🤣
That will make you old real quick lol
As David Bowie said “it’s not the side affects of the cocían”
@@signergirl1 cocaine*
Happened to me during long hours into an army exercise
9:30 No, what he just described is very real and all major companies from Toyota to Taco Bell and everything in between if recalling a product for some defect costs more than NOT recalling and just paying out for injuries they will keep running the product.
12:00 john bobbitt, I remember this happened in either '92 or '93 I don't remember exactly but it happened before I ended up in my current city so it wasn't 1994+...
24:09 He just said "Armalite Armalite 10" AR means Armalite
44:17 oh no, this is Fincher he made his own ending and The Author Chuck (who I have been told Chuck is God) likes this ending more than his own.
Thank fucking god seb. Yes! I like where u are going... yesterday with divergent and now with fight club...fucking hell i was tired of complaining about the kid friendly content...keep doing these for the sake of your channel.
there was a Darryl Dixon ad right when this guy was talking about spliced bananas..
Don't be careful with steroids. Just don't take steroids unless they are prescribed to you by a doctor for a medical condition that can be improved with steroids. Don't use steroids to increase muscle mass or for any other self-prescribed reason.
So this guy was in coma for the last 25-30 years , woke up and decided to see every movie ever made 😅
Definitely somewhere in my top 10 movies of all time
I've been taken aside into the inspection room by TSA for 'ayo' stuff. Humiliating is an understatement.
Should watch Wanted I think its a pretty dope movie
4:11 BROOO
22:34 my grandfather is actually making soap this way, but not with human fat, he is using pork fat instead
There's also a really disgusting detail in the fridge that's a nod to the book.
See that gross bag of unmentionables?
Marla's mom asked her to store her collagen for her for injections, and Tyler stole it to make soap.
watch this movie muliple timesexpecially after knowing its all in his head, you see so much you didnt notice before, like the payphone wasnt working, or how tyler durden never ever took any damage too anything, for example the car scene. he was perfectly fine
if you read the book you can actually see how much better the movie adaptation is and how much Fincher actually changes the story and plot in comparison to the book. Even Chuck Palahniuk admits how much better Fincher made the story.
This movie 🫦
The Chaos
The ending “Where is my Mind” -Pixies
God what a fcking Masterpiece ❤
Not you leaving in that frame at 45:47 💀💀💀 playing chicken with TH-cam (turn playback speed down)
Well, from what I know from buying massive amounts of handmade soap (sounds crazy but I don't get eczema anymore, plus there are a lot of soapmakers on TH-cam that are very influential); soap is a fat or oil combined with lye. There are soaps made out of tallow or animal lard, so it may be possible to make soap out of human fat. Plus, there are so many recipes to make soap. I prefer handmade soap because it's more moisturizing. Apparently, the store bought stuff, they take out the glycerin in their soap for probably another product, but you end up with soap that dries your skin out
6:45 i used to have REALLY bad sleep schedule, around my 17-20s i would sometimes not sleep for 2 days straight. I'm not exaggerating, and it's horrible, you feel annoyed, you feel like a zombie and when you do go to sleep it takes soooo long. In fact there was a guy who had the infamous record of not sleeping over two weeks and it ruined his life.
5:28 "Grief Thief" 🤓👍 yessir.. that is the word.
Thank you for that ❇️☺️🙏
seb please watch saltburn! if you like the twist in this im sure you will enjoy what saltburn has to offer (:
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I love the story the TH-camr Mr Sark told about he and some friends actually created a real life fight club when he was younger
Book ending was way more ambiguous, and bleak.
He blacks out, wakes up in a hospital, and for a second he thinks he's dead
Then he finds out the hospital employees are members too, and they're waiting for Tyler to come back
In other words: people that are supposed to help you are the ones hurting you
Regardless of the message here, the protagonist has a unique problem to his situation. Where this literally applies, that being said, it's totally sensationalized here. It's proper woke, before that took on new meaning of its own.
It's why the Tyler twist didn't surprise me (although that doesn't stop me admiring the sheer genius of how Fincher pulled it off) - the thing that blew my mind was that the plan *_WORKED_*
seb should definitely watch mr robot
Totally! ❤
This is one of my top 5 movies, which also includes...
The Shawshank Redemption
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Goodfellas
One time my bags got inspected and I had a stress ball shaped like a boob, as a funny gift. When the inspector asked, I said it was a "novelty stress reliever", and they looked confused, then smiled and nodded at me with a knowing wink. It was like "No, I swear it's not an embarrassing sex thing! It's just a gag!"
Such an iconic film
7:42 preach bro🙏 I’ve never thought about it like that
I used to have insomnia that would last for 3 days. I also had a labor job and still went to work. Its utter hell
The punch in the ear was improved my Ed and the director, brads reaction was authentic
Watching this movie at 16, put my mind at ease about a lot of things, social and career things but it made me nihilistic, lazy and complacent. I'm still working on caring more and being more productive. Or perhaps it wasn't the movie and it's just me, idk.
My fav thing about fight club is that it is actually a feminist, anti-capitalist film advocating against toxic masculinity and encouraging men to be more emotionally expressive, loving, authentic and to go to therapy.... Disguised as a violent, obnoxious, bro film about the pinnacle of masculinity. One of my fav films of all time.
So happy you did this, I’ve waited for so long🐐
You NEED to watch Death to Smoochy next !!!
There is no way bro has not seen grave encounters yet the hell
You should pause exactly when the image flickers, you'll get a pretty easter egg
As an ex insomniac, Exercise did really help with it go away. I’d stay up 2-3 days before I ever felt tired, and when I did sleep, I only ever slept for 2-4 hours every morning…I’d go to bed at 2-4 in the morning. Memory became really bad and started to forget stuff and even got bad grades because I kept forgetting how to do math…
I remember introducing this movie to my brother about 15 years ago. Some 20 minutes in, he said, "I bet Marla doesn't exist." Then, 20 minutes later, he said, "Oh, okay. It's Tyler who doesn't exist." I couldn't believe it.
MY DAD SHOWED ME THIS MOVIE YESTERDAY AND I LOVE IT
Been watching you for quite a while now, mate. Love your stuff, can't believe you've never seen fight club!!!
Wow, after all the family-friendly fare lately, this is quite a swerve (and a welcome one). 1999 was an amazing year for cinema.
Cheers and salutations from across the pond. 🥃☮❤
Fun fact: Brad Pitt said once he was on a set where he went hours and hours without eating so in his movies he now likes to film while snacking so he will never be hungry again 😂😂😂😂
Can't miss a seb upload.
very true
Interesting looking back that he looks at Jared Leto when says about being rockstars, since he’s done the acting and the rock star but :)
I'm just gonna have to start a petition to get Seb to watch Surfs Up
Do it 😂
Fight Club isn’t Conservative, alt-right, or red pilled. Another example of the lack of education, specifically media literacy. It’s the same principle behind Fascists thinking Starship Troopers promotes authoritarianism rather than satirizing and mocking Fascists and American Exceptionalism.
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Why can’t we just enjoy movies without dissecting it to death
@@anonomas6126 why can you enjoy movies without interpreting what they're saying?
The Sixth Sense also came out 1999 and is a must watch
You should watch Norbit sometime. It is really funny😂
Short story book is called haunted.
If you want another great film where you don't know what's real or not is "Synecdoche, New York" one of my all time favourites, and what I consider the late great Phillip Seymour Hoffman's magnum opus role. Amazing philosophical dark comedy.
YESSSSSS IVE WAITED FOR THIS ONE
I know this movie has been hijacked by a certain type of people, but man, it is so good
love this film. love the quotes, that are spot on. makes you think, our brains can develope a whole new person. scary as fuck
That was one smooth sagway into sponsor time