# Some one tell me how "Fight Club" ends, Please **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873 "2000-09-03T17:32:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/21 "2000-09-04T02:54:22Z")
I guess I’m noe of those “testosterone addled boys” that liked the movie. I liked it not for the fight scenes but for the view of society it portrayed. ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/22 "2000-09-04T03:15:03Z")
Am I the only chick who loved this movie? Yes, it was violent, but so was Saving Private Ryan. Yes, it was an “I hate life” movie, but I went through that and can relate. It had dark humor, which I enjoy, memerobale lines (“I am Jack’s flaming bile ducts”, “You are not a unique and beautiful snowflake” etc.), and a base message, which you might have missed if you couldn’t get past the violence-which I can understand- that made sense to me (you are not what you own.) Anyway, what I’m saying is, don’t let the name fool you, the fight clubs they/he started aren’t the base of the movie, it’s a story of empowerment, discovering who YOU are, not what society makes you. Sorry, I’ll get off the soap box now… ---
**Author:** ![darkcool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@darkcool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darkcool)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/23 "2000-09-04T03:50:36Z")
I liked it. I like movies that break out of the mold. But I agree that a twist ending does not make a movie great. The Crying Game was the most over-rated movie I can remember. Hated it. ---
**Author:** ![rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockstar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/24 "2000-09-04T04:04:57Z")
I’m a chick who loved Fight Club. I loved the message of mankind as sheep (though the super cool music and a shirtless Brad Pitt added much to the movie). ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/25 "2000-09-04T04:22:04Z")
A bare-chested Brad Pitt could NEVER hurt ANY movie **rockgirl!** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/26 "2000-09-04T04:22:12Z")
A bare-chested Brad Pitt could NEVER hurt ANY movie **rockstar!** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/27 "2000-09-04T04:26:49Z")
Sorry, my computer went wacky when I tried to fix my mistake. Sorry **rockstar** ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/28 "2000-09-04T04:47:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by eggo \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > > \*\*Is this movie based on a book? \*\* > > Why yes it is. [Fight Club](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805062971/o/qid=968018224/sr=2-1/002-5870390-6345624) the ending is much better. It also focuses less on the “oh my god they’re the same person” aspect. the writing style is a bit off-putting at first (the author uses no quotations) but as you get into the book you see that it is so you can never tell who is realy speaking “John” (called Jack in the movie–norton’s character) or tyler. it works very well. > \*\* First off, I’m a “chick” and I loved this movie. Second, he isn’t called Jack in the movie. He is listed in the credits as “narrator”. The whole “Jack” thing is because of the articles he found in the house where all the different parts of the body are discussed in the first person. One of them is something like “I am Jack’s spleen” or something. From then on, he makes sarcastic references based on that article… “I am Jack’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” Minor point, but one that bugged me and I had to mention it. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/29 "2000-09-04T04:53:17Z")
This “chick” loved it!!! ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/30 "2000-09-04T05:21:31Z")
Me too, and not because of Brad Pitt. This sick puppy loves violent movies. I also loved American Beauty & Topsy Turvy. Being John Malkovitch was good, but I had to work to stay interested. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/31 "2000-09-04T08:16:27Z")
I thought it was the best film of the year, and it’s one of my favorite books. The scene where he kicks his own ass in his boss’s office is a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873/32 "2000-09-04T15:07:34Z")
Another part of the movie that I did like was Brad Pitt’s speech during the first fight club meeting. The “you are sheep” stuff… I almost, kinda wished I had watched that scene again. I am Jack’s faulty Memory. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-tell-me-how-fight-club-ends-please/31873.md?page=1)