[ SECRET POST #3710 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3710 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Glee, Mark Salling]


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[Pokémon/Pokémon TCG]


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[Scandinavia and the World]


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[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, "Hushabye Mountain"]


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[Star Trek: The Next Generation, Crusher/Picard]


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(Fight Club)











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Comments

[fscom]

07. http://i.imgur.com/Yv17iq3.png
(Fight Club)

[(Anonymous)]

I hate this movie because of the fat scene. At least we get to see muscular Brad Pitt in his only attractive role.

[(Anonymous)]

I hated this movie too, but dayum that Brad Pitt body in that movie. I don't usually do the muscley form but yes to that visual version of him.

[(Anonymous)]

It's not true and it still sucks that it was so violently embraced by dude Bros

[likeadeuce]

Is it cool to hate 'Fight Club' now?

[(Anonymous)]

Extremely cool. Setting aside anything else, the fact that 80% of its fan base is unbearable dudes in fraternities alone would make it cool to hate.

[likeadeuce]

Man, I was born too late.

[(Anonymous)]

It's basically seen as a dudebro movie now, because like 98% of dudebros will say it is their favorite movie.

I actually genuinely like the book and movie myself, but I definitely get the bad associations.

[likeadeuce]

I was born too late :(

[(Anonymous)]

I've not met a single person say this was their favorite movie. Most dudebros I know say SUPERHERO movie is their fav. Generally A Dark Knight.

[(Anonymous)]

This movie is perfection.

Ps, you sound fat.

[(Anonymous)]

Not OP but fuck you.

[(Anonymous)]

Lol go rinse your fapsock

[(Anonymous)]

Lol... I'm assuming you're doing your best impression of the dudebro demographic for this film.

[ketita]

I read the book, heard that they ruined the ending (which was the only part of the book that I really LIKED), and then had absolutely no desire to watch the film.

[sarillia]

I've heard that too and I should know for myself since I've seen the movie, but I honestly don't really remember it. I think of Fight Club and all I can think of is the book.

SPOILERS FOR FIGHT CLUB

[ketita]

The bombs go off and the buildings start collapsing.

Isn't it supposed to be sort of a condemnation of that mindset?

[(Anonymous)]

Like the main character is mentally ill and everything is going to hell because of his delusions. Or have I gotten the wrong end of the stick here?

Re: Isn't it supposed to be sort of a condemnation of that mindset?

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't exactly use that terminology personally. But it's definitely not endorsing the Tyler Durden position or the whole Fight Club mentality. It is pretty obviously critical of both those things - at least the movie is.

Re: Isn't it supposed to be sort of a condemnation of that mindset?

[(Anonymous)]

A lot of its fans take it at face value or agree with Durden though, which is where its hatedom really comes from - backlash against shitty guys who view the movie as a justification to be shitty, when its anything but.

Re: Isn't it supposed to be sort of a condemnation of that mindset?

[(Anonymous)]

It is. But the fanbase of dudebros are too dumb to understand that Tyler Durden is critique of toxic masculinity and not someone your supposed to want to emulate. Instead they worship him as if he is an ideal. I still like Fight Club though, it's not the movie's fault dudebros are too stupid to get it.

Re: Isn't it supposed to be sort of a condemnation of that mindset?

[(Anonymous)]

No, you're absolutely right. The entire point of the story is to condemn the whole 'I am tough manly man, violence is the only freedom, all social mores are oppression' mindset.

Unfortunately the movie kind of shot itself in the foot a bit by changing the ending, but you're still not supposed to come out of it applauding Project Mayhem. Which doesn't mean people don't, because misaimed fandom has been a thing since the dawn of time, but there are people who agree wholeheartedly with satire, too.

Re: Isn't it supposed to be sort of a condemnation of that mindset?

[(Anonymous)]

I think it makes male frustration with their role in culture understandable (not feeling manly, materialism, etc), but it definitely doesn't praise what occurs as a result.

Re: Isn't it supposed to be sort of a condemnation of that mindset?

[(Anonymous)]

I actually saw it used as a good example of how most children's TV shows attempts at morality fail and actually make the behavior/mindset worse. Because you have to spend more time condemning a behavior than you do showing it off.

So if you spend 20 minutes showing Main Character being racist and 2 at the end going 'and now we see that racism is bad!' all the kids remember is the 20 minutes of Main Character being racist and are more likely to mimic that behavior because that's what entertained them for the bulk of the time. So Fight Club spends the vast bulk of the movie entertaining people with toxic masculinity ideals and then at the very end puts in a "What a twist, that was bad all along." ending and it doesn't make the same impression. It's nearly two hours of "This behavior is fun to watch!" vs. a couple minutes of "This behavior is bad, don't do it, ok?" and it's easy to see which sticks in people's heads more.

Re: Isn't it supposed to be sort of a condemnation of that mindset?

[arcadiaego]

That's what I got from the film. Haven't read the book.