Eddie-Griffin
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Same reason people followed that crazy gang leader in Police academy 2.
one major problem i have with Fight Club
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NinjaBoiX
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No it isn't, it's not implausible at all that nobody specifically refers to him by his name, it happens all that time.
The story would make zero sense if his name wasn't Tyler Durden, and the twist would be non existent if you knew that from the start.
Ulysses 31
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It's possible just so unlikely when doing all the things he's doing. The movie handles it cleverly since it didn't cross my mind the first time watching.
I don't think he's real name is Tyler Durden since he acts surprised when he finds out about his alter ego. It wouldn't have affected the twist if he had his own name.
IntentionalPun
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But that poster said it's not a psychoanalysis of the generation that watched it... point being it doesn't matter what the "message" was, people largely watch movies for entertainment, not philosophy.
I am technically Gen X and I did not "relate" to this movie at all, just thought it was fun to watch... I don't recall a single person I knew talking like this, relating to this, etc. Although I also my entire life never heard any of my peers describe themselves as "gen x" or talk about generations at all. They existed, and obviously "Gen X" became this sort of pop culture thing in the 90s.. but for the most part, this obsession with generations happened much later.
The author is a baby boomer either way lol And even if you did take this weird stance that the people who watched it must relate to the story.. did you miss the part where the narrator rejects Tyler's ethos by the end?
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Ulysses 31
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That doesn't hold water.
"And this is how I met... Tyler Durden". Wouldn't he comment that it's the exact same name as his own when he reads the business card on the plane?
"Why do people think that I'm you?". That should be "Why do people think you are me?" if Tyler was his real name.
"... you're letting yourself become Tyler Durden.". Again, why would he phrase it like that if his name was Tyler?
It's the name of his alter ego, not his own.
Unless you suggest he forgot his own name since he created Tyler.
jufonuk
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his name was Robert Paulson!!
Also I think the movie is good. It doesn't really hold up plot wise if you really think about it. It's a fun edgy movie. If you take the film as some kind of lifestyle or philosophy then. Errrr
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NinjaBoiX
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All of those conversations were ones had out loud, with himself. How much sense did you expect them to make?
The guy with the neck brace at the bar near the end:
Tyler - "Say my name."
Bartender - "Sir, is this a test?"
Tyler - "No, this is not a test, who do you think I am?"
Bartender- "You're Tyler Durden."
Ulysses 31
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He notices that they have the same briefcase on the plane, why wouldn't he notice his own name on the business card?
He mostly LARPS as the Tyler persona at night and when he's doing stuff his "organisation" so that's why they know him by that name.
IntentionalPun
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Some of you seem to have missed where the main character taught everyone nobody has a name.
They don't say his name because they don't use names at all.
Which I always assumed was something his alter ego taught specifically to avoid his main personality being called Tyler.
"His name was Robert Paulson!"
They only ever use "sir" and they all get confused when he uses anyone's name.
They don't say his name because they don't use names at all.
Which I always assumed was something his alter ego taught specifically to avoid his main personality being called Tyler.
"His name was Robert Paulson!"
They only ever use "sir" and they all get confused when he uses anyone's name.
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Xenon
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She could play the main role
Damn first time noticing, but wtf is up with her neck? She's like a lizard person ready to spit acid.
Ulysses 31
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I was under the impression that he mainly taught that his people weren't special rather than being nameless.
The waiter knows the Tyler name, for example.
The no name thing came when they started doing terrorist things
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DragoonKain
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I always thought they'd never follow him because of how pathetic and scrawny looking he was.
But then I think about all the cult leaders in history and most of them are pathetic looking. Charles Manson was a tiny ass MFer and he was a nutjob. In the end people seem to flock to who's charismatic over anything else. Tyler Durden just was selling what they wanted to buy.
But then I think about all the cult leaders in history and most of them are pathetic looking. Charles Manson was a tiny ass MFer and he was a nutjob. In the end people seem to flock to who's charismatic over anything else. Tyler Durden just was selling what they wanted to buy.
mansoor1980
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hilarious and over the top , great movie
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Seeing Leto get his shit kicked in was entertaining.
PrimetimeKnight
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Nightcrawler is amazing , Gyllenhaal kills it in that movie.
QuantumZebra
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Yeah I mean if a random dude could convince 50+ people to drink poison kool-aid (Jonestown) I'm sure a handsome and smart fella like Ed Norton would start up a fight club even if he was schizo.
Lukaku's First Touch
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How did they get the body of the fat guy back to the hideout with the police on their ass.
TheInfamousKira
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I mean, honestly, the big problem with Fight Club is that, by admission of its own first two rules, it creates a paradoxical conundrum of how anyone is even in fight Club. If negligence of the rules prohibits membership, then by all rights, the only person in the club should be Tyler, and the fact that he had to tell someone else about it to make it a "club," should invalidate his own membership, thus eliminating the anomaly of the fight club altogether.
chixdiggit
Member
Exactly this.
Very few things are actually truly "timeless".
n0razi
Member
Look at all the people who blindly follow crazy politicians.
TheDreadBaron
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I know schizophrenic has often been used as a synonym for split personalities, but the two concepts are not very closely related.
That's your proper naming of mental disorders minute, carry on.
That's your proper naming of mental disorders minute, carry on.
OOGABOOGA
Banned
Great movie with great plot and twists. I like the themes of mental illness, capitalism and materialism, these subjects appeal to me. yeah it exaggerate it, but that's for the purpose of the entertainment factor. many people believe in what prophets or cult leaders told them, how they met god or saw ghosts etc, so yeah it's possible convince people about things that aren't proven to be real. regardless I still think It's an amazing movie. one of the best I have ever seen.
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Wildebeest
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People with schizophrenia generally avoid people, and have less interest in regular activities, so wouldn't want to start a club. But you get many entertainers who play with the idea of having split personalities. Many comedians or pop stars are totally different at home compared to how they are on stage.
Don't really have any interest in the film though. Seems like something pointlessly "edgy" for kids raised in very sheltered and affluent communities.
Don't really have any interest in the film though. Seems like something pointlessly "edgy" for kids raised in very sheltered and affluent communities.
IntentionalPun
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Well yeah that's the literal explanation given for it.
But it's also a convenient plot device for the dual personality thing; and so I always assumed you were supposed to think it was a bit of a technique by "Tyler" to avoid his main personality finding out about him. That's one of the aspects of multiple personality disorder that's common; your "main" personality is unaware of your alt/alts and they work to ensure you don't know they exist.
It also works w/i his corny ethos for sure, but I think it serves a dual purpose.
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Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Kinda a bad habit movie that isn't serious it just works