Fight Club is a great movie that any 80s kid should be
able to tell you about and even though it pertains to a more mature audience
and even has a story that would confuse the ordinary viewer, the movie is a
classic. This movie is not for the faint of heart and deals with content that
may be too gruesome for some, however this is a movie that most people will not
forget and is a spectacle to remember.
What’s Fight Club all about?
Fight Club is a 1999 Hollywood movie starring Brad Pitt
and Edward Albert Norton that revolves around an underground fight club for
men. As the group becomes bigger they fight against an established order and a
mission named Project Mayhem ensues. Tyler Durden, the main Character helps
build this organization and soon Fight Clubs open all around the city. The
wrongdoing of the fight club soon have dire consequences and it is up to Tyler
to deal with all the damages. Fight Club teaches us that we all have a battle
to deal with and it is up to us to be the masters of our own domain. No matter
what is going on in our lives, we are the ones who determine the course of our
lives and ultimately we decide what our purpose is. The end message pertains to
how we live our lives and what we do with it.
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| Fight Club movie promotion poster (1999) |
Influence of Drugs in the film:
Drugs are not very relevant in this film however tobacco
is highly relevant in this film. Marla the main heroin in the film, is an avid
smoker and constantly relies on the use of tobacco. In many scenes Marla is
shown smoking and even though Marla and Jack attend testicular cancer workshops
and many other illness circles, the thought of lung cancer does not cross
Marla’s mind, nor does the consequences seem to bother her.
Effect on Audience
Influence of smoking may seem to have adverse effect on
the average considering how, a variety of other illness are prevalent in the
beginning of the film, and some of the characters show the dire consequences of
these certain illnesses. Since the film already shows the negative side of
these illnesses, smoking would also lead to dire consequences and viewers would
be able to relate to the repercussions of tobacco and the chemicals that affect
our body. A statement from the Business insider shows that extrinsic motivation
may stop people from smoking such as reward groups or cash incentives. Also the
fear of acquiring illnesses may be enough to persuade a viewer to not start
smoking at all.
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| Brad Pitt (left) and Edward Norton (right) portraying the main characters in the film (1999) |
My Thoughts
Fight Club
was a very enjoyable movie that had never left me bored even for a moment. I
was captivated and intrigued by the story and plot, and would recommend this
movie to my friends to watch. Even though there is mature content, it adds to
the story and those that are okay with such content would find this movie
suitable and enjoyable. At the end of the day we all have problems and demons
to battle with and how we counteract them in our lives is something that we all
do. It is important to deal with the problems we have in live and take a step
forward in the right direction.
(Rafsan Kabir, Youth Leader)
