https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz Revision Resource en-us 2018-03-23 11:24:37 UTC 2018-03-26 13:06:18 UTC hello@padlet.com 16goodheartjoshua https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/245397163 When identifying characteristics of Fight Club, its important to realise the conventions of David Fincher and how he uses them throughout his films. The Video below displays many of the characteristics that Ficher uses throughout Fight Club as well as his other films.]]> 2018-03-23 11:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/245397163 16goodheartjoshua https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/245397962 Throughout Fight Club, Fincher explores various themes that become important to the story as well as the underlying message that Fincher is trying to convey

]]> 2018-03-23 11:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/245397962 16goodheartjoshua https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/245398431 Upon release in 1999, Fight Club was criticized for being far to violent for normal audiences. However, when the film is looked at further, it is easy to see that the violence is used as a way as to mask the philosophical messages shown throughout the film. The film also had to use violence to attract its core audience, as it would be extremely hard to market a film solely based around philosophical messages, especially toward a male audience. The violence is gratuitous and escalates to a level that can't necessarily be justified, but more modern audiences may consider the violence to be relatively tame due to the desensitized nature of this generation. This is likely why at the time the reviewers and critics of the film couldnt look past the visual elements to get to the messages behind them, where as people that review the film now have much more positive opinions of the film, seeing it for more than just the violence.]]> 2018-03-23 11:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/245398431 16goodheartjoshua https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/245401109 Whilst the author of the core material argues that his story is meant to be more of a love story than a story of a nihilist, the film can easily be viewed as a film that explores nihilism.
Nihilism is the idea that life is without meaning and the only real experience is sensory. This can be evidenced throughout Fight Club as we see masculinity in crisis, with men beating each other up just to express their frustrations with their lives. This also plays into the male stereo-types as it shows that men are still not able to express their emotions in a sustainable way, and instead have to show them via an act that is shown to be overwhelmingly masculine, contrasting one another.]]> 2018-03-23 11:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/245401109 16goodheartjoshua https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/246040865 Much like the idea nihilism, consumerism is another theme that is not often explored within contemporary cinema. The fact that it challenges the consumerist world that we live in makes the film very controversial. Had the film not be so criticized for it's use of violence, the consumerist or anti-consumerist theme may have gained more attraction due to the ideas that the film presents. The idea that our possessions start to own ourselves is interesting as it talks about how people have become overwhelmingly materialistic and people are buying things with necessity or even want, but more as a status symbol. The film contrasts this idea at the start of the film when the narrator is forced to live in a house that is literally falling apart, having had to leave his apartment and all is possessions due to a freak explosion.]]> 2018-03-26 12:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/246040865 16goodheartjoshua https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/246048351 Fight Club can be considered to fit within the thriller genre due to its use of violence, tension enigmas etc. However, it may not be considered to be a conventional thriller. Fight Club is rather dissimilar from any other film other than David Fincher film, seemingly carving its own pocket within film. It challenges many stereo-types such as Men being strong stable figures and instead shows them in an overwhelmingly vulnerable light. This is contrasting to many of the other films within the genre, with most of them showing the male within the story as the person answering the enigmas and acting as hero. It also goes against thriller conventions by using unconventional pro/antagonists with Tyler seemingly working as a support instead of a villain to the narrator for the majority of the film, with it only being apparent that Tyler is an antagonist toward the later stages of the film. The narrator also works as an anti-hero with the audience having to support him throughout the narrative even though as a person he isn't someone people would usually support, with him doing things like taking advantage of people with life changing diseases. ]]> 2018-03-26 12:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/16goodheartjoshua/9jlfh11ttwfz/wish/246048351