You’re certifiable if you mean this. However, if you mean it’s freeing when you get to punch them back, you’re not only certifiable, but more or less dangerous.

Of course you hated it. It was filled with actual character development and a cohesive storyline without resorting to cliches or ripped from the headlines stylized plots.

It looks to plot driven and not enough ‘US allegory’ driven now.

I’m fucking clairvoyant I is.

I have to say I lean towards Kurt’s point of view on this one. What you said, Kurt, was spot on, that it doesn’t take itself seriously it just plays it all with as straight a face possible. I will admit I didn’t get the satire thing when I watched it years ago, and I guess I just latched onto the macho stuff that’s on the surface. But having grown up a bit (both literally (:P) and my taste in movies) I can’t believe I missed the satirical mentality it has. “Tell him the liberator who destroyed my property has realigned my perception.” — The way Pitt says this line (and all of his actually) just strikes the perfect….tone, if you get what I mean. I find Fight Club to be a perfect film for what it SHOULD have been. There aren’t many films out there that acheieve what Fight Club does (despite strong efforts on their parts).

No, the worst BSG episode is easily “The Woman King”

I’m not saying the film won’t be interpreted the wrong way by some people, but for the rest of us, I’d like to see more satires made this sharply with this level of visual flair and witty irony.

I prefer John McTiernans satire when he has the gun-show-pornography type sequence where people are firing massive guns, but they’re firing them at nothing. If Fight Club is saying that violence is not the answer, it’s speaking in the wrong way, to the wrong audience. With the wrong actionstar in the leading role. And the wrong imagery gloryfying terrorism with a cool “this is rebellion!” song playing in the background.

Also on the pain/relief thing. It’s fabulously spoofed in I Heart Huckabees.

That’s kinda the joke with Fight Club and Palanuik in general, he thrives on this sort of satire. Far too many folks missed the joke. I dunno if it is due to American stereotypes, American earnestness or what not, critically the boat was mostly missed on Fight Club’s first time around, and I wouldn’t be surprised if in many foreign countries there was a condescending superiority thinking that Americans aren’t smart enough to make that sort of satire. Nope, Fight Club is a black comedy with sharp talons. American Cinema needs more satirical films like this one and less dopey “we totally didn’t see the joke” films like WANTED. (I’m blaming the American screenwriters on WANTED, not the Russian director)