Fight Club Research Paper
Sarah Hoyt
CSS 1304
May 3, 2006
Research Assignment
Option #2 Review of "Fight Club"
The movie Fight Club, directed by David Fincher, uses various principal strategies to make particular arguments. In our society today, men are associated with brutality, rationality, dirtiness, little emotion, and being the providers'. On the other hand, women are correlated with elegance, beauty, cleanliness, compassion, and being the receivers'. Fight Club argues against this cultural standard. The setting of the movie is that of a consumer-driven atmosphere, where everyone is a receiver, and where men take on more feministic roles. In the movie, Tyler Durden, the main character, speaks of the world in terms of modernism. He explains …show more content…
The movie attempts to show the audience these hidden cultural patterns which reveal that we are not free or liberated in any way, because we have no choice to even make this decision. This leads to another primary argument that the movie makes we can see the choices, but the outcomes are concluded based on this higher control to attain endless quantities of money and …show more content…
Whereas I suppose that Fincher accomplishes this goal, I also believe that his movie has some weaknesses. Due to its highly sophisticated dialogue and extremely creative cinematography, the film is obviously aimed at adults. However, many children under the age of 16 years have seen this movie. While most kids generally understand it, the content is inappropriate for this age group. I believe that the arguments the movie made were indeed strong, yet I think anyone who watches it responds greater to the imaginative and artistic ways the scenes were shot. Another weakness of the movie is that it seems to be saying men can best (and only) express their real frustrations through physical violence. Tyler explains to the others that the goal of violence is to teach men that they have the "power to control history". In my opinion, I disagree with this idea and believe it conveys a negative message to the
CSS 1304
May 3, 2006
Research Assignment
Option #2 Review of "Fight Club"
The movie Fight Club, directed by David Fincher, uses various principal strategies to make particular arguments. In our society today, men are associated with brutality, rationality, dirtiness, little emotion, and being the providers'. On the other hand, women are correlated with elegance, beauty, cleanliness, compassion, and being the receivers'. Fight Club argues against this cultural standard. The setting of the movie is that of a consumer-driven atmosphere, where everyone is a receiver, and where men take on more feministic roles. In the movie, Tyler Durden, the main character, speaks of the world in terms of modernism. He explains …show more content…
The movie attempts to show the audience these hidden cultural patterns which reveal that we are not free or liberated in any way, because we have no choice to even make this decision. This leads to another primary argument that the movie makes we can see the choices, but the outcomes are concluded based on this higher control to attain endless quantities of money and …show more content…
Whereas I suppose that Fincher accomplishes this goal, I also believe that his movie has some weaknesses. Due to its highly sophisticated dialogue and extremely creative cinematography, the film is obviously aimed at adults. However, many children under the age of 16 years have seen this movie. While most kids generally understand it, the content is inappropriate for this age group. I believe that the arguments the movie made were indeed strong, yet I think anyone who watches it responds greater to the imaginative and artistic ways the scenes were shot. Another weakness of the movie is that it seems to be saying men can best (and only) express their real frustrations through physical violence. Tyler explains to the others that the goal of violence is to teach men that they have the "power to control history". In my opinion, I disagree with this idea and believe it conveys a negative message to the