Watch this movie breakdown podcast where Kade, Gray, & Scott discuss David Fincher’s classic film, FIGHT CLUB, starring Ed Norton & Brad Pitt. As always their candid conversation starts moments after watching the film together. Sit back and relax as you enjoy this episode of the CRWN Cinema Podcast!
FIGHT CLUB is about: A depressed man (Edward Norton) suffering from insomnia meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after his perfect apartment is destroyed. The two bored men form an underground club with strict rules and fight other men who are fed up with their mundane lives. Their perfect partnership frays when Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), a fellow support group crasher, attracts Tyler's attention.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Post movie rating & review
00:05:34 What this movie is trying to say v.s. The initial negative reactions
00:13:48 How the Fight Club book made it's way into the film
00:18:53 Fight Club teaching people how to construct explosives
00:23:37 The symbolism of their house
00:27:23 Marla's character as a distraction
00:30:21 The clues that reveal the big twist
00:35:51 The significance Jared Leto's random character + the hazing ritual
00:38:50 The warning this movie delivers
00:44:58 More details that hint to the plot twist
00:46:42 The biggest problem with this movie
00:49:06 The story behind Marla's infamous line
00:54:03 Marla's significance to Ed Norton’s decay
00:57:20 How much did the trailer deceive audiences?
00:59:05 The easter eggs from the DVD release
01:00:38 Final thoughts
01:01:30 Outro