Fight Club

No it is not new but I can't think of a movie I think about more than Fight Club. I just thought it would be cool to have a thread dedicated to such an inspirational movie. Not inspirational in the sense that it changed my life but I'd say up to a couple of days a week I am reminded of it in some way. Not the best movie of all time for me, although close, but it was very thought provoking. Mods lock if Movie House is only upcoming releases. If not feel free to discuss anything about the movie.

One thing I just read not to too long ago is that they were considering Russel Crowe for Tyler Durden. I mean maybe he could have pulled it off but wouldn't that have been weird as fuck? I also read Reese Witherspoon as Marla was an option LOL. I can't picture the movie any with anyone different. Just no way.

lanx_sl said:

I'm gonna pull an old fogey on here and say watching movies was better back then, cuz the internet wasn't as prevalent and trailers were only see in movies, instead of finding shit out cuz of a yahoo news blip.

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Very VERY good point. I was 15 or 16 at the time when I rented it. I thought it was just about a fight club. I expected something like Bloodsport lol. It was one of those movies where I was legitimately mind-fucked the first time I watched it. I mean WTF. These days trailers give away too much and the internet gives away even more. This is why I do not read anything but spoiler free reviews when it comes to new games. I can't stand knowing what is going to happen. For instance when Resident Evil 5 came out I didn't read anything about it. I played through the game blindly and when I got to the part where Jill ended up being the beak lady, I was like holy shit wtf. Didn't see that one coming. Man I miss those days.

Fight Club 2 seems to be in the works as a comic or graphic novel.

Fight Club 2 | The Cult

"The sequel will be told from the-- at first-- submerged perspective of Tyler Durden as he observes the day-to-day tedium of the narrator's life. Because 20th Century-Fox created the convention of calling the protagonist Jack, I'm calling him Cornelius. He's living a compromised life with a failing marriage, unsure about his passion for his wife. The typical midlife bullshit. Likewise, Marla is unsatisfied and dreams of accessing the wild man she'd once fallen in love with. She tampers with the small pharmacy of drugs that her husband needs to suppress Tyler, and-- go figure-- Tyler reemerges to terrorize their lives."

This could be interesting. Like someone said above, I think Tyler would have a lot to say about how preoccupied we are with technology and consumerism these days. Everyone walking around with their phone shoved in their face. I would love to see a movie out of this with the original cast of course but won't hold my breathe.

I wanted to make another comment. I read the book and this is one of those times I think the movie is actually better than the book. Maybe it is because I had seen the movie first so I already had an idea of how these characters should look and act. I don't know but I definitely enjoyed the movie a lot more than the book. Edward Nortan + Brad Pitt combo was just too powerful.