Tyler Do'Urden
Soap Maker
Captain Tagon said:So, my final conclusion is that is a decent little movie with delusions of grandeur and shouldn't be the basis of your entire worldview. Yeah, that's extreme I know, but I know about twenty kids who seriously base their entire life on that movie.
It came out when I was a senior in high school, and yes, I think it is one of the defining films of my generation. (Of course, I'm extremely biased)
I question it's literal faithfulness to the book, but as far as faithfulness in spirit, well, Palahniuk was quite close to Fincher throughout the making of it, and actually admitted that he was blown away by what he did with his book- he admitted in an interview that he thought the book was a pale shadow of the movie, which is an unusual sentiment for an author!
But yes, Fight Club is definitely part of the vernacular of most of my friends and peers, even if it doesn't define our *entire* worldview, it certainly contributes- it's as much a part of the landscape as Star Wars or Pulp Fiction among most 20-something guys I know though...