Fight Club (Part one)

Heather hasn't seen Fight Club.

We are going to break the first and second rule and talk all about David Fincher's 1999 movie Fight Club, based on the novel of the same name, starring Brad Pitt, Ed Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Jared Leto, and Meat Loaf.

We talk about the big twist of the movie and if Heather knew it before seeing the movie (spoiler: she did). We'll also get into how the movie aged, how relevant it is today, what it says about fragile masculinity, and Heather's...family history with Meatloaf?

We had so much to say, in fact, that we made this a two-part episode! Part two of our thoughts on Fight Club will drop next week, with the full movie recap and lots more second thoughts.

If you haven't seen the movie and want to, we definitely recommend watching it before listening to this episode, as even the intro treads into spoiler territory.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:48 - How much can you know about yourself if you've never seen Fight Club?

00:05:13 - Movies that scar

00:07:49 - Movie clip

00:10:18 - Post movie discussion

00:13:11 - Who would join a Fight Club, anyway?

00:22:54 - Fight Club is a black comedy

00:29:01 - Foreshadowing the twist

00:33:59 - I am Jack's unreliable narrator

00:39:26 - Tiki torches and Hansen

00:44:57 - Paradise by the dashboard light

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