Why Fight Club Is A Masterpiece

[@Yazzieeee]

“Fight Club didn’t do great at the box office, but 25 years later, it’s safe to say it’s reached the target audience” literal definition of ‘aged like fine wine’. Well said.

[@JK_Clark]

I watched it in a cinema and left with my jaw dragging on the ground. Such a brilliant piece of art, masquerading as a film about dudes 'fighting the man', it can never be bettered.

[@nickblood7080]

This is not correct. For a rated R movie it did great at the box office. It was actually number 1 at the box office it's opening weekend. And in 1999 It was not all or nothing that opening weekend.

[@SerenityChaos1975]

How was it a “ flop” ? We all read the book , it’s still one of the best movies. 😂😂😂

[@naughty5389]

@@nickblood7080it is correct lmao. Look at the statistics. Fight Club was not received well at all on initial release. Critics thought it was too violent an obscene.

[@grumpent]

Facts

[@revontulet4305]

You met me at a very strange time in my life.

[@claypotts2334]

Strange time for a lot of us bro

[@W1sd0mW4tch3r]

We all seemed to have met at a strange time.

[@Iloveratatouille-]

Me watching a 20 minute video when I already know it’s a masterpiece

[@HeadPatsForCats]

Bro broke the first rule

[@Operator_Cage]

this is literally the point, to break rules

[@TheSaikaDelic]

​@Operator_Cage fr, did he even watch the analysis?

[@Vinthechad]

I watched this film the other day with my dad for the first time. He's seen it many times but my first experience with it was a wild ride, it definitely deserves the cult classic title

[@glennpeterson1357]

I did the same last night…except I’m the dad! 😊 I would recommend watching it a couple of times as you get older. Make sure you watch it with your kids one day! 😉

[@lateralus6512]

This movie had a profound effect on my life in the early 2000’s. You did a great job of reviewing it and I agree with your personal conclusion.

[@Ickabodxx]

There are a couple moments that stand out to me. The first wen the penguin says "slide". The narrator later says, "to let everything that doesn't truly matter, slide." It's key because it gets to the point about minimalizing the junk in life to just deal with the things that are truly important to you. Later with the human sacrifice, the line, "would you rather be dead?" It really drives home the fact that we can make so many excuses for why we don't do what we really want to in life, how we're ready to just give up on our dreams. Finally in the car crash scene when Tyler asks the other guys in the car what they wish they had done in life. One responds, "Build a house" the other "Paint a self-portrait". The self-portrait and the human sacrifice about being a vet aren't "masculine" goals, which so many people miss thinking the movie is judging and pushing someone to be more masculine, it's really about being who you are and understanding your place in the world. The fighting is raw and strips down all of the noise in society to basic survival. The consumerism and being a "corporate drone" are all things that cloud us from being who we actually are and it leaves us pretending to be the person we think we're supposed to be, to me that is the struggle between the narrator and Tyler. Tyler's line, "you aren't your fucking khakis." is literally saying, you aren't what you own or how you dress, you are a person underneath all of the crap, and that is who you are supposed to be.

[@unknown5150variable]

IMHO i some cases there is nothing more masculine than ignoring societies expectations in favor of your values, goals, morals, dreams, doing you without regards to what society expects of you or tells you your supposed to do in order to be viewed as masculine

[@LoFiLime]

Read the book if you can, narrator meets Tyler on a nude beach, it's a new way to experience the story again

[@LiesOfPiss]

This video’s a masterpiece

[@saudade969]

You're a masterpiece

[@EJPeditz]

@@saudade969Rizz

[@donkeyparadise9276]

Yep

[@ryansmith2617]

Your moms a masterpiece

[@richardcollier1912]

Your sister's a masterpiece.

[@maxx_songaming7673]

At 7:25 there’s a little Easter egg in the movie when Tyler doesn’t answer at first and then the phone starts ringing on the phone it says no incoming calls allowed which is very interesting and I only picked up on my 3rd time watching the movie.

[@justinbellotti7838]

OMG, I noticed that through the movie, the only person, other than Edward Norton's character, Jack, that can hear, understand and acknowledge the narration is Brad Pitt's character, Tyler Durden. In the scene where he is working at a movie theatre and Edward Norton is explaining cigarette burns that tell you when it is time to change reels and sync them up, Brad Pitt's character points at the little symbol at the top of the screen. This is further proven right at the end of the movie, when Tyler Durden calls Jack out on his clever narration joke, where he picks up where he was when the movie starts. Knowing this, when I rewatched the movie, it added a new layer knowing that whenever Tyler Durden is around, he can also hear the narration. And when he is not around, he is still aware of everything that Jack was thinking. Amazing.

[@brucehewitt8639]

Excellent job of breaking this down. There is so much depth to this film you summarized a lot of it elegantly. Maybe do a part 2 and go deeper into the philosophy? Just a thought. I know I would enjoy it.

[@glennpeterson1357]

I agree on a deeper follow up video- there’s so much to cover in this brilliant film!

[@griswoldis]

u my favourite movie guy im ngl to u. ur vids are paced so well it doesnt even feel like 24 minutes

[@boonanaman7]

Thanks. I didn’t expect this video to be as long as it was but this ended up being the longest script I’ve written by far.

[@andy00grant]

Fight club is my favourite film. It changed the way I watched films. I went from loving average/good action films to watching things that make me think more and the enjoyment of a good twist.

[@adgepage2614]

I thought this was some huge movie reviewing channel based upon quality of video. Great work, looking forward to more.

[@boonanaman7]

Thanks. Hopefully someday it will be a huge movie reviewing channel

[@layzz2793]

Please keep posting man love these recent vids

[@jesustovar2549]

Man, your video is so good that it makes me want to rewatch the whole film under a new perspective, and I've seen it several times already, I feel like you need through an "anti-system" phase to get this film, just like The Matrix, which came out the same year, and also tells us the boredom that corporate life and office works offer, another movie from 1999 that taclkes onto those themes is Office Space.

[@jamesstalin5871]

Dude. . . . Wot are you on about

[@jamesstalin5871]

I feel like you need THROUGH an anti system phase to get this film. Wot are you on about. Much love xx

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@jamesstalin5871 maybe work on your reading comprehension a bit, i got what he meant and english isnt my first language

[@jamesstalin5871]

@@TheSuperappelflap BRILLIANT. I've been waiting for some genius like yourself to understand so i can ask. . . . Dude, what the fuc7 is he on about?? Much love and kisses if you need them

[@glennpeterson1357]

I think the “end of history” 1990s vs post 911 world is an interesting pivot point for looking at society

[@_xtel]

I describe the movie as a love story to people. He’s coming to learn to love himself as well as another human. My favorite interpretation is that Tyler AND Marla aren’t real. They’ll battling for his mental attention representing the masculine/feminine side of the narrator.

[@reillybrandle5763]

This video was amazing man looking forward to watching the other ones soon

[@WATCHMAKUH]

What a masterpiece in itself. The analysis was amazing. Very well thought of. Subbed at 5K. Keep up the great work!

[@TheSuperappelflap]

The lesson of the lye scene wasnt to live in the moment or experience some form of catharsis. It was to stop being afraid of pain. At least, that is how I interpreted it.

[@Illhostility]

I always loved the police scene, bc, to me, the one believable scenario in which the police would be in on Project Mayhem would be in fact to erase the debt records.

[@adrizle7038]

think about how police work is masculine and ties to the ideas of a fight club and overthrowing power

[@NourArt02]

People say the word "timeless" about a lot of movies, but for me THIS is the only "timeless" movie to ever exist, i watched this movie more than 20 times, and i can watch it right now and be entertained just like the first time i watched, nothing comes even close to Fight Club in terms of rewatchability. Truly a timeless masterpiece.

[@SonnySantana2099]

Facts. Completely true it’s so seamless

[@Zman82]

You need to watch some more movies then. I'm not saying Fight club is not as good as you think it is but there are other movies that are very good too.

[@NourArt02]

@@Zman82 I didn't say it's the only good movie, and i do watch a lot of movies, it's just that there is nothing like Fight Club when it comes to rewatchablity ..The LOTR trilogy, T2, Gangs Of New York, Forrest Gump come very close tho. I think the reason Fight Club is so rewatchable is the dense script, i remember the first 5 pr 6 times i watched it, i always noticed new things, whether it's hints in scenes (Like how Tyler appears before the airplane scene) , or new quotes, there is no way you would notice everything from the 1st time.

[@DodgerFloof]

Back to the future is very timeless (maybe pun intended) imo.

[@Haetzetz]

watch prestige from 2006

[@marschun]

Fantastic synopsis! Thank you! One of my favorite movies ever!

[@Julian_LewisDig]

Dude, your videos are good though. You should make a video about the Breakfast club, Goodwill hunting and meet Joe Black. Those are some of my favorite movies of all time.

[@boonanaman7]

Breakfast Club and Good Will Hunting are definitely films I want to cover in the future. I’ve never heard of Meet Joe Black to be honest, I’ll definitely look into it though.

[@JK_Clark]

@@boonanaman7 Breakfast Club and Goodwill Hunting are very close to my heart, as is Fight Club. I hope you cover them too, at some point in the future.

[@Julian_LewisDig]

@@boonanaman7 dude meet Joe Black is one of the best Brad Pitt movies of all time. He plays death and it is one of the most interesting and amazing movies I’ve ever seen. Came out in 1998. Brad Pitt was in his prime. Definitely go watch the movie soon because I think you would really like it, but please definitely do the breakfast club in Goodwill hunting. I can’t wait to see your upcoming videos

[@mistasomen]

pretty sure Marla is imagined as well. No one outside of the narrater and Tyler talk to her, she steals food right in front of people etc.

[@johanneso6083]

Yes! And when you see them from behind in the end they are dressed the same..

[@xGMOx]

Yeah. She's the anti Tyler. She's Jack's feminine side. Tyler is Jack's toxic masculinity.

[@mistasomen]

@@johanneso6083 who is dressed the same? Tyler and Marla?

[@tapset]

Who did they kidnap and drag to the narrator at the end then?

[@Ch1ck3nSp4nk3r]

Of course! He meets her at a support group for survivors of testicular cancer and no one bats an eye!

[@nozrep]

the intro is funny with the comments captures, and i haven’t seen the video where you made that comment, but also, as an “old dude” who was 13 y.o. when the movie first came out… even i did not even see it until several years later flipping channels in my dorm room at college. and yah it catapulted into one of my favorite movies ever! Friggin social media comments sections man, like ok yah social media comments section… but also you sound younger than me imo so that would mean u were either a child when the movie came out, or possible not even born yet. So people are stupid for not taking that into account inside of their brains when typing comments like that, however humorous and entertaining they of course are. anyways glad you did finally see it and do an essay!😅

[@ThomasPrevost-g7h]

Awesome video essay, looking forward to more!

[@SearcherRyan]

I also highly recommend the book. Its a really light read and the movie follows it almost 1:1. Although i think the movie is still a better piece

[@MrTL3wis]

Goonies and Fight Club are the best descriptions of Gen X that were ever filmed.

[@SlimeG935]

Think you should check out Me Earl and the dying girl. Most underrated movie with amazing cinematography. As a guy that loves fight club I never thought I’d like a movie about a girl with cancer. Its avoids every trope you think it would have for a cancer movie and I feel it needs more video essays!!!!

[@NeeleysHOG]

Everyone is talking about him breaking the first rule. But ya'll seem to forget that he also broke the 2nd rule.

[@NPC_exe]

Just mentioning the concept of rules in the comments of his video is already a breach of rules.

[@scottgregory3398]

Just found your channel and binged like 4 videos. Instant sub, keep up the good work dude. You're Every Frame a Painting level good

[@krampus7520]

It's strange to find a fight club essay tha doesnt use "emasculated" or similear untill the 50% Awesome video essay btw

[@rorikelly3]

another great video! eaisly my fav film bro youtuber

[@ltsTexx]

i don’t normally comment but this video made me find ur channel and the production and depth you go into is amazing. new subscriber man keep it up. I can tell you’re gonna blow up soon 👍

[@boonanaman7]

Thank you. There’s definitely more to come

[@puali00]

The plight of modern man .. daoism .. self-transformation and acceptance .. business .. dream-chasing .. becoming a warrior in a garden .. seeing the dark-side first-hand and coming back to the light-side with lessons .. the danger of toxic-masculinity .. excellent acting and directing .. this is my favorite movie of all time.

[@clarencegboddicker8144]

Awesome video! I’m definitely subscribing and looking forward to your next one.

[@Apri44]

Fantastic review of Fight Club

[@davidowens2738]

Awesome stuff man. Liked and subscribed.

[@burialofficial8913]

i love fight club i didn’t watch until recently but i’ve watched it many times already

[@Bochanable]

It is a Mini Masterpiece. And it is interesting trying to understand my friends who don’t get it.

[@seanmw23]

Great video man!

[@JP-np8fj]

Well made video! Feels professional!

[@Saybleu]

Well, put together video you've got my subscription.

[@rohnwest4497]

Ridiculously well done video !! Thank you !!

[@893loses]

seeing this in theaters at 14 and trying to get my parents to watch it was wild

[@TCuddles]

Edward Norton actually punched Brad Pitt when he punched his ear. The director told him to and didn’t tell Brad because he wanted a real response

[@Chrisdoesntlikenoisecore]

I just watched it last night and I felt so existential

[@meridianheights6255]

Honestly Fight Club is one of the greatest films I have ever seen. I think I've watched it like 20+ times and still pick up new things each viewing. Masterpiece 100%

[@johnlewis8934]

A lot of men really are the Narrator because we truly don’t feel complete until we achieved our goals

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Do you feel complete after you achieve a goal, though?

[@Juntasification]

@@TheSuperappelflap For a second. Then you forget and focus on your next oh so important goal. Thats what the narrator says in the book. "“I am helpless. I am stupid, and all I do is want and need things. My tiny life. My little shit job. My Swedish furniture."

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

"I know this because Tyler knows this." Huuuuuuuuuge hint dropped

[@harrycanyon6061]

You hit me in the EAR!

[@barretthoward9786]

wow. stumbled on your vids and thought you had like 100k subs.. the quality of your videos are very good.. hopefully you blow up soon

[@Ubermensch_DEV]

the movie was so great that its ending track randomly start playing in my mind

[@petersu4869]

Why doesn't this channel have more subs 😔😔😔

[@thegoat5417]

Broke the first rule we don’t talk about fight club

[@Upgrayyed]

The point of the first rule was to break it 🙃

[@lateralus6512]

Tyler used reverse psychology on us. He wanted the rules broken all along.

[@richardcollier1912]

​@@lateralus6512Gall-dang Genius, Gump.

[@heiker1351]

Tyler makes them think. Twice. He is the personification of a rule breaker. 😂 If you want something to be done, make a rule against it. It works like a charm.

[@_showvoid_2428]

Wish I’d be able to find a fight club in real life

[@CD44F]

Figure out what it is you feel like you’re missing, and strive to find/achieve it. Become your own Raymond K. Hessel. Create your own personal Fight Club. You got this.

[@JoelDombek]

the movie is simply put as a post-meta-ironic tale of "self help"

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Thats a lot of fancy words, i dont like the way you talk about this movie.

[@bamse5930]

This video should be 3 minutes long. Anyone clicking on it has already watched the film and don’t need a 20 min recap

[@NoahBrown-dt4sy]

Been waiting for this one

[@benjaminkoolman5619]

In regards to the recipe for napalm im pretty sure in the book tyler actually gives an accurate recipe but they didnt use it in the film for obvious reasons 6:44 I might be wrong though

[@jcbyron1112]

What you missed is Marla is also the narrator. Boooom

[@grumpent]

0:08 lmfao someone said they almost clicked off the video because you haven’t seen fight club yet. I was hollering 😂🤣 bro was wilding

[@SkinnyKitchen]

nice. every time i even hear the words fight club i get pumped up. why am i accepting the life of a beta when i am an alpha. i want to go do knuckle pushups on concrete until my hands bleed

[@nikodemus8626]

the movie has nothing to do with masculinity. Aggression =\= masculinity. In fact every person, man or woman, has a tendency for aggressiveness if they feel that they are missing something in life. Women manifest their aggressivness differently tho (namecalling, innuendo, slander, rumour spreading in school e.g. ; everybody knows stories like that), which is why everybody associates it that way

[@Chris-dy9gw]

Oxygen does in fact calm down people and help with pain management

[@Prilliyo]

I was high when I watched this but dude is bonkers

[@RandyWhite-e6t]

Watch sunset boulevard and double indemnity and you’ll be a fan of narration

[@jimmysandonato3403]

... his name is Robert Pulsin!"

[@blakethompson1884]

maybe i’m just high but you actually cooked on this one

[@WardSpose]

Saw it in the theater 3 times. Da faq? Factor was real. Great film.

[@patwaters3486]

One other thing. An excrement catipult is not a terrorist weapon.

[@PSYCHOPATH_AT_LARGE]

His name is robert paulson

[@cjh.23]

Great video my friend

[@johnrafferty4364]

Fight club is my favourite stand alone movie of all time

[@couchlockedkeezy]

will always be my fav movie oat

[@weaksause6878]

18:55 his name is Robert Paulsen

[@banzaiman3331]

Simply amazing

[@alexknox814]

It helped that when it went to dvd, the players themselfs had become affordable multiple players in one house, natrix dvd release they were still luxury hardware, fight club was diffrent every man and their dogg was buying dvd's just info i wanted to add. Ahhh you punched me in the ear? Lol.

[@eyespy3001]

Is this an explanation of why Fight Club is a masterpiece, or just a Chat GPT-written synopsis?

[@triguyart]

Read the book! Marla is another personality!

[@Casper0123]

Mala is the narrator too

[@michaelhowell2809]

Only thing you heard was the first 2 rules of fight club and... Tyler Durden.... o think that's enough for a fresh reaction . Lol

[@oktopusmann]

Do you guys sometime just search for a video essay to tell you how great that movie is u like? I do

[@lunchboxlunchbox4865]

Why is it that no one ever covers the best lines in the whole story/movie its in the part where he the narrator goes into describing exactly how he feels and what he is prepared to do as he completely destroyed the kids face. And says I want to breathe smoke, I want to open all the dump valves of all the supper oil tankers. ...

[@sardonically-inclined7645]

"Nothing like it has been made since" So, can I assume you haven't watched Mr Robot?

[@boonanaman7]

I haven’t but it looks really interesting. I also meant more in terms of the themes and the way they are presented rather than the subject matter.

[@nathanieldeclarador1466]

The book is great, the buildings don’t explode in the movie

[@ri-ch-es]

This video made me watch fight club

[@MumRah]

This movie couldn't happen today. Not for reasons thst you might think but because there wouldn't be plane tickets for the Narrator to find. He'd have to find Tyler's phone and figure out his password for the airline's app or hope it had biometrics enabled to find records of the flights. 😂

[@MrRichtermo]

One very interesting theory about fight club is that the narrator have testicular cancer! He has two choices to handle it. To remove his testicles and get better, or ignore it and probably die! Everything in the movie only happened in his head! He created two personalities! Tyler who stands for the ignoring side, and Marla who accepts the removal of the testicles! This is a video about this! m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXmoaKJ4q7Seb7c

[@TortuousFlame63]

You should watch memento then do a video on your take of that movie.

[@PlutoBoost]

Top 5 master pieces in order from best to worst 1.Fight club 2.The prestiege 3.Interstellar 4.Inception 5.everything everwhere all at once What is your top 5 if i havnt watched a moive you have on yours if i ser yhr comment ill add it to my watch list

[@charliebaby7065]

spoiler alert, narrators name is tyler durden. marla isnt real either tyler durden becomoes Marla, i mean, why would she be his power animal, and inside his own cave? why would he breath her in, thats when tyler jumps in and says he's reached premature enlightenment the meaning of fight club, is to JUST LET GO, let the chips fall where they may, or in other words SLIDE the last image we see in fight club isnt a man, it isnt a frame, a reel is of multiple slides and the movie Hid that they Slid in a SLIDE it was another change over point just be yourself, and don't let others or society dictate or mold you into what you should be or look like stop worrying about what people think stop being dependent on others just be yourself

[@thomdrolet2624]

I've seen that video too. I don't buy it. Tyler Durden isn't trans. Marla does exist. You are not a complete person if you don't reproduce.

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

Maybe the youtube comment montage is a tired editing gag

[@carlosdumbratzen6332]

The problem with fight club is that it becomes worse with every rewatch.

[@bat2906]

Care to explain?

[@carlosdumbratzen6332]

@@bat2906 the novelty wears of and you see through how it glorifies toxic masculinity. Even at the end Marla Singer is just an object for the success of the protagonist. Also there is nothing to replace the fascist cult he created. Though I have to say it has been quite a while since I last saw the movie, so my memory is a bit iffy. Still, 3 or 4 years ago when I watched it last I was really dissapointed in it, because it felt like I grew since Ive last seen it, but the movie still appealed to my 18 year old edgy me.

[@boonanaman7]

@carlosdumbratzen6332 The movie simply does not glorify toxic masculinity. The fascist cult, a negative thing, was the result of this toxic masculinity proving that it isn’t the answer. I don’t know if I didn’t articulate this well in the video but that was a point I was trying to make.

[@ElSeventhSon]

​@@carlosdumbratzen6332damn, you sound like a btch

[@mattiskarlsson3373]

Think you're getting it wrong with always calling Edwards character the "Narrator". Because the narrator character is kind of a third personality for the character.

[@lassouediyed1766]

21:50 mr robot is the successor of fight club. do watch it

[@arkfounder7056]

Every pre 2000's movies is a mastah-peace, mwahahaha!

[@PlutoBoost]

Bro broke rule 1 and 2