Fight Club
I started this series quite a while ago, and since then I wrote about many great movies with the whole purpose of helping people learn something new in an entertaining fashion, so the process of learning doesn’t feel like work. From the beginning, I wanted to keep something special for the 10th edition, so now; it’s about time to write about one of my favorite movies and books, Fight Club.
Fight Club is the kind of movie worth watching before you know anything about it because the effect will be more impactful so I advise you to give the film a watch or the book a read because I’m going to drop a few spoilers in this post.
Disclaimer: I have to note that these are my opinions, that I took from the movie, but I advise you to watch it yourself, maybe you will feel differently or pick up on something I missed.
Money and Consumerism
The whole movie is a criticism against consumerism and what it does to people. We can notice this even from the beginning, where the character of Edward Norton that has no given name, The Narrator, keeps on buying useless stuff just to fill the gaps from his life. Most people are doing the same thing, they buy new stuff they don’t need just to make themselves feel better about having specific issues in their lives, but that is far from a healthy behavior.
The real problem is when people start replacing other people with objects, staring at a screen for hours even if humans surround them, and forgetting to have meaningful connections with their loved ones.
Many people work jobs that don’t satisfy them only because they are earning more money this way, money that will probably end up being wasted on stuff. Yes, you might get paid less if you’re doing something you genuinely like, if your hobbies are your job, at least in the beginning, but the final payout will be worth a lot more.
Even if you don’t earn much, you can live an exciting life if you’re doing what you love because true happiness comes from within and no phone, clothes or money will be able to replace that authentic feeling of joy. Instead of just following the money and trends like everybody else does, “the dream” that Hollywood sold them, try pursuing a lifestyle that authentically resonates with you.
Carefreeness
Tyler Durden defines the idea of carefreeness through his philosophy about hitting rock bottom because once you don’t have anything to lose, you are free. But, you don’t have to hit rock bottom to get into that state, you already have nothing to lose, you came into this world naked, and you’re still naked and understanding this will help you tremendously.
What’s the worst thing that can happen if you go and talk to that girl/guy you always liked or if you ask your boss for a raise or if you finally launch that business you always wanted to start? If you understand that you don’t have to lose anything, then you’re free to do everything you want.
But of course, you can’t acquire this state of mind just like that, overnight. Just as in Fight Club, to get into a position of being totally carefree, you will have to practice not caring about stuff whenever you can; it’s like a muscle. The best way to practice this is by doing something you’re scared of, every day, like in Fight Club. After you go out of your comfort zone on a consistent basis, you will realize that it’s not a big deal.
Also, the biggest reason why people are not carefree is that they always focus on the things outside their control, they are always stressed out about things they can’t control the outcome of. If you can’t control how a situation will end up, then, all you can do is to let go and focus your energy on things that are in your control. Only this little change, exercise will make you more carefree, instantaneously if you apply it.
Self-Development
If you pay attention to the way Edward Norton’s character was acting at the beginning of the movie and the way he was behaving at the end, you will undoubtedly see how much he improved as a person. He went through a lot of things, and his change may not be perceived as positive by everybody but the lessons you can get from his journey, are fundamental.
He didn’t read books or watch any seminars to get better. Those methods are amazing, and I recommend them to anyone, but he did something a lot more effective, something that most people lack and that is action. If you want to grow as a human being then, taking action is the greatest thing you can do because nothing shapes your personality more effectively than the situations you go through.
Learning knowledge is advisable, but it’s useless without applying all that information, and the sad thing is that most people are crippled down by their past experiences and are afraid to try new things, to act, to push their boundaries. If you’re one of them, consider this your call to action and go out there and start living the life you want.
Lessons Learned
Fight Club has a lot of violence but, at a psychological level, I think that is the state of spirit many people nowadays have. A lot of people are tired of their boring jobs, of the absurdity of how things sometimes are in our society, so they feel that frustration, they have that urge to destroy things, but happily the majority exteriorize it in non-harmful ways.
I think that if people would be doing fewer things they hate, spending money only on stuff that brings real value into their lives and stop worrying too much about everything that’s outside of their control zone, then, we would all have much better lives. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how many things you own or how much you’re worth but what matters is if you live the lifestyle you truly desire, and I think that’s one goal we should all be pursuing.
As a fun fact, even @Dan and @Ned are fans of Fight Club, just look at the first two rules of Fight Club and the first two of Steemit.
The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.
The first rule of Steemit is: Do not lose your password.
The second rule of Fight Club is: You DO NOT talk about Fight Club!
The second rule of Steemit is: Do not lose your password.
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Fight Club is a cult film which is based on the cult novel of Chuck Polanik. The main roles went to really talented actors who coped with their roles to the fullest.
In recent years, the main character has submitted to fashion, lived by the rules and codes. But could this be called life? Probably, it is unlikely. That's why Tyler came to the rescue - to show how to live, or rather to survive to such people. Something from the cycle "You are sifting your life, watching TV and not nodding to your bosses willingly. And than you are worse than them?
The film is very strong, it explodes the brain with every scene, every phrase, every action. The film proves to us that we are all unique as snowflakes, and the society unifies people.
The narrator did not just get out of routine and routine. He forced people to fight not by anger or aggression, he forced them to fight for enlightenment. He set fire to a ship of petty bureaucracy with a million copies.Only having lost everything to the end, we gain freedom. He mocked the whole bureaucratic system and society as a whole, laughed at the face of all his fears and prejudices.
The film is a masterpiece. He earned an honorary place in the list of films that must be watched before he died.
But do not forget about the first rule of the Fight Club.
Really nice movie!
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The movie is impactful for sure, so many things going on at the same time and also, so many details that if you're not watching the movie for the X time, you just miss them. I think to some extent it became part of our culture, at least the movie culture.
Haha, yeah, never talk about Fight Club, let the movie talk for itself. :))
I made my Friday day off today and I was thinking about any movie Idea. Well, you just gave it to me. I’m going to watch it now, I’m not going to read your review as of now, because that’s what you recommend. After I finish watching I will edit my comment with my view in this movie. You know what? It’s not on Netflix yet, so I’m going to read your review.
That’s true! Not that I’m like that, I’m perhaps the opposite. But I see it all over when it comes to people I know. Just like you mentioned, having more money makes you buy more senseless things. Today’s generation spends more and more time for themselves, spending their valuable time in front of their computers, games, phones 📱, just like me now lol 😆. When it comes to “Carefreeness”. There is one rule I trie to use sometimes. It’s called “21 seconds”. Use this short time doing what you wouldn’t normally do. It works! It just takes an action! And yes, for me rule #1 when it comes to steemit is don’t loose your password and don’t login with your password!
When it comes to movie recommendation, I loved “Wind River” based on true events.
This movie is worth being watched over and over again, it never gets boring, and I don't normally like rewatching movies, they are not as powerful the second time, but this one still keeps its essence.
I feel you; I try to spend as few money as possible not because I really need to do it but because it's the lifestyle I want to follow. I haven't heard about that specific rule, but I did hear about exercises where for a short while you are doing something very weird so you stop carrying in time, it's the same thing just that I had no idea how it's called.
Ok, I'll put that movie on my list and see about it in the future. ;)
One part i like that movie; when Brad Pitt went to a store and he grab that cashiers guy and took his wallet off and he found out that he is a medical graduate but stayed as a cashiers in a store.
I can't imagine myself being a medical graduate and ended up working as a cashiers in a store. That movie alone is a worth of a life time moral lessons, the idea itself covered most people and the world and it will stay for a while for another decades, that way newer generation will learned from it and became aware and enlightened from the our reality we've been through.
It's been years since I watched this movie, but your post has got me thinking about Creation and Destruction...which to me are different sides of the same coin.
Creation is as much an act of destruction as it is creating something new. I've been a life long inventor and this is something I've come up against everytime I've brought a new product to market. If you create a new product, most likely it is meant to replace something that is already in use. People always say they are looking for the "new and improved", but that is rarely the case. Many people have a vested interest in the current system/product/method, like manufacturers, wholesalers, salespeople, retail and even customers...and they don't want things to change. Change is hard. Change is work. Change is scary.
Consequently, in order to bring change, one must ususally be very aggressive, even violent (depending on how you define "violence"), because you may have to destroy what is already there before the "new and improved" can take it's place.
That's what I think Ed Norton's character had to do before he could take on his new life: completely destroy his old life. His method for his change was fight club.
That, or he just went fucking crazy...I dunno.
I actually really like the other two movies. Super 8 was great too. I just got done watching this one and the intro to this one was annoyingly filled with propaganda that sort of soured the tone for me right from the get go. Abrams needs to get out of his ideological echo chamber and actually think before he starts yammering on about energy shortages. There are a million different things we would do to produce energy if we ran out of current sources before wasting a bunch of it launching hundreds of tons of hardware into space and feeding it unprecedented amounts of more energy (1000x CERN!). Then there was the anti Russia crap that just had me shaking my head.
Last year I have watched lots of movies. And for some reason, I didn't enjoy more than half of them. After watching these movies I felt like, yeah it was a movie, nothing more nothing less. I'm not movie critique. But I love to enjoy movies and social media make it harder for me. So I tried three things and it helps a lot.There are lots of movies which aren't for everyone. It means that you may be the 50% of people who enjoy the movie and the other half will simply not. You need to make your own opinion. And lots of reviews are just not objective, they are negative just because of small details. And they can destroy your opinion.
Excellent post and by the way I like your name @GuyFawkes4-20 ;)
I remember watching this movie a long time ago and I admit I didn't see this ''behind the scene'' point of view. Now that you beautifully explained it here in this post, I must say that I remember some of the parts that you're describing here.
I agree about our consumerism, we have to wake up and see what are our priorities. We need to know the difference between rich and wealthy. People are lost in their routines of buying stuff they don't probably even like, they are not used to invest in something that will bring value to the community. I think that in this age of information, the time will come soon and people will realize why we need to ease up on our wishes for stuff we don't even care about.
The day will come when we will live our lives in freedom and unity, yet we will be diverse like it's meant to be. I hope we hurry up :D
Much love. Luka
Yes Fighgclub is interesting movie that i saw several times and i agree state of sprit many people have especially nowadays as well. thanks for review
thanks for the analysis. very informative
First lesson is do not talk about lesson taken from movies;-)
Steve Jobs is one of the world's most famous personalities. He will remain in the memory of many people as the founder of Apple.
I liked that there really is a similarity between characters and real people. It pleases and creates the film an additional atmosphere of realism.
How did Apple start? With a small garage and 5 employees. People obsessed with the dream of creating a personal computer. Jobs himself spoke of this as a "continuation of man." From the very beginning, no one believed them - who would buy a personal computer? Jobs did a lot of calls a day, convincing at least someone to order from Apple a batch of these "new machines". Everyone laughed at him, but Jobs did not give up. And in the end his efforts were justified. One day an orange sports car drove up to their garage, from which a man in a suit came out. After the question "Is this Apple?", Offered them a contract for 90 thousand.
After this, and the company, (and most Jobs), in life there were both ups and downs. He was admired and hated. He turned away from people and people turned away from him ... He never betrayed his idea, but at the same time he could betray friends ...
Steve Jobs - is not a role model and an ideal for imitation. This is an example of a man who was able to realize his dream and at the same time the dream of millions of people.
The final turned out to be spectacular, memorable and, perhaps, reflecting the very philosophy of Jobs, but nevertheless inferior. On the other hand, it is impossible to fit this amount of information into a two-hour film.
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I am always amazed at stories about people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Yes, there is such a huge emphasis put on education but some of the most successful people in the world have thumbed their nose at the system and set out on their own. This demonstration of entrepreneurship is fascinating. Being successful is not just about being smart. In fact, your desire to succeed and willingness to work hard will be the biggest factors in your potential success. There is also that determination to never quit, even when you experience failure. It would have been easy for Jobs to walk away after getting fired from Apple but he chose to continue pushing on. His vision has led to technological developments that we may not have seen so quickly without him..
I check the news every week about it, praying to find something about the film.
In one or two years we will definitely be able to see the next movie.
Last year I have watched lots of movies. And for some reason, I didn't enjoy more than half of them. After watching these movies I felt like, yeah it was a movie, nothing more nothing less. I'm not movie critique. But I love to enjoy movies and social media make it harder for me. So I tried three things and it helps a lot.There are lots of movies which aren't for everyone. It means that you may be the 50% of people who enjoy the movie and the other half will simply not. You need to make your own opinion. And lots of reviews are just not objective, they are negative just because of small details. And they can destroy your opinion.
I has been really a long to see you and read your film reviews. How is life going there? And major changes happened to your life?
Many things can be understood by watching the video, because we can not understand anything in between them
hey @adsactly fight club is my most favourite movie ever as well as brad pitt is my most favourite actor.
Great post.
Movies make big influence for humankind , instead of entertainment. Good post from adsactly admin
I Understand that about you i think you are great movie lover.
by the way fight club is awesome movie forever.
I didn't watch this movie but actually after your write up I decided to watch it. ;) About the first part of your article, spending money for nothing I can say that I know this feeling very well.. When I was working in my previous job in a different country, I was not spending my money just to make myself happy for a while. I was buying clothes that I would not dress even once. After the years passed and I resigned from my job, I noticed that how uncontrollably and unnecessarily I spent my money.. We should have some meaningful ways to make us happy and satisfied in this life..
Trust me I have watched this movie more than 3 times, but everytime I watch it, I love Brad's place more than any other scene.
La sociedad se ha encargado de venderle a las personas la idea de que la felicidad personal se encuentra fuera de nosotros y la han relacionado obsesivamente con la posesión de vienes y servicios que esta sociedad comercializa. Pero eso es totalmente falso, los publicista estudian la psicologia solo para manipular las emociones de su publico objetivo.
The society has been in charge of selling to people the idea that personal happiness is outside of us and they have obsessively related it to the possession of Viennese goods and services that this society markets. But that is totally false, publicists study psychology only to manipulate the emotions of their target audience.
This was a great post, want me to see the movie
Good movie i like it
Awesome movie. Great post. Thank you so much for sharing. Upvote and Resteem done.
woww, this is a great movie, all very gallant in fighting.
I really like movies like this, this movie can add to our insight and the way in great martial arts.
Remember you are dreaming.
Awesome movie. Great post
Every movie give us lesson just want to understand
I would love to be able to do something I love and make money at it, sadly most of the things I enjoy doing, will not pay the bills. That's why I am stuck doing things I hate, just to scrape by.
Every movies gives us lessons if you can get it ..
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Nice series. I gonna read more.
How about reviewing K-Pax?
Excelente post amigo...
Your post is very good!
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Fight clup very nice film
I had thought of a similar theme for my blog. Not on Fight Club but Indian movies. Thanks for the post. Enjoyed it thouroughly.
I think one of the best lessons that I learnt from a movie, would have to be:
Trust everyone, just don't trust the devil inside them.
It is sort of a rule that I live by!
good article
Excellent film and excellent post, it is really very interesting the idea that transmits the film, I love it when Tyler encourages the rest of the men, to fight with some stranger in the street, he invites them to challenge the whole system of pre-established behavior , and lead his followers to think outside the box.
Loved this movie, thanks for your insight ♥
Two years ago in Vancouver Canada, I sold everything. My furniture, my Audi A4, my $5,000 of tools, and so much more.
I left Canada for the first time, off to Australia with only a backpack and two suitcases to my name.
I now had all of my belongings in two hands.
The past two years have been amazing.
I don't make a lot of money like I did, but my lifestyle is awesome.
I spent a year in australia and travelled to China and Nepal in between, only to end up in Bali indonesia.
Currently I have been here for the past year and it's been just awesome.
You don't need to make a lot of money to live a great life here.
You can get by on $1000/month, but if you want to live it up, you only have to make $2000/month for a really nice comfortable life.
Rewind 7 years ago and I was in piles of debt, but I was determined to get out of it, and it's been amazing to free myself from the chains of debt.
It's been a long time since I watched this film, however your post has made them consider Creation and Destruction...which to me are diverse sides of a similar coin.
Creation is as much a demonstration of annihilation as it is making something new. I've been a long lasting creator and this is something I've come up against everytime I've put up another item for sale to the public. In the event that you make another item, doubtlessly it is intended to supplant something that is as of now being used. Individuals dependably say they are searching for the "as good as ever", yet that is infrequently the case. Numerous individuals have a personal stake in the present framework/item/technique, similar to makers, wholesalers, salesmen, retail and even customers...and they don't need things to change. Change is hard. Change is work. Change is startling.
Therefore, with a specific end goal to bring change, one should ususally be exceptionally forceful, even savage (contingent upon how you characterize "savagery"), since you may need to decimate what is now there before the "better than ever" can have it's spot.
That is the thing that I think Ed Norton's character needed to do before he could go up against his new life: totally obliterate his previous lifestyle. His strategy for his change was battle club.
That, or he just went fucking crazy...I dunno.
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Haha, Tom, you're epic, man, cheers for this. I really don't get what these people are thinking about.
I actually really like the other two movies. Super 8 was great too. I just got done watching this one and the intro to this one was annoyingly filled with propaganda that sort of soured the tone for me right from the get go. Abrams needs to get out of his ideological echo chamber and actually think before he starts yammering on about energy shortages. There are a million different things we would do to produce energy if we ran out of current sources before wasting a bunch of it launching hundreds of tons of hardware into space and feeding it unprecedented amounts of more energy (1000x CERN!). Then there was the anti Russia crap that just had me shaking my head.
Last year I have watched lots of movies. And for some reason, I didn't enjoy more than half of them. After watching these movies I felt like, yeah it was a movie, nothing more nothing less. I'm not movie critique. But I love to enjoy movies and social media make it harder for me. So I tried three things and it helps a lot.There are lots of movies which aren't for everyone. It means that you may be the 50% of people who enjoy the movie and the other half will simply not. You need to make your own opinion. And lots of reviews are just not objective, they are negative just because of small details. And they can destroy your opinion.
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