tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074306641451849901.post8901592892985095290..comments2023-12-05T14:03:07.498+13:00Comments on Quinoa Blessed [aka Chris Kirk]: Fight ClubChris Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930309642305287026noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074306641451849901.post-79691037531252130832014-10-05T12:44:21.036+13:002014-10-05T12:44:21.036+13:00Yes, looking at it from that perspective really re...Yes, looking at it from that perspective really reinforces my thesis that the film truly is anti-anti-establishment, that its purpose is to undermine and discredit dissent and opposition - even a purely emotional opposition - to an urban culture that the film admits is hollow and meaningless.Chris Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930309642305287026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074306641451849901.post-22768782750194467492014-10-04T15:31:59.695+13:002014-10-04T15:31:59.695+13:00Chris, In respect of your final paragraph, perhaps...Chris, In respect of your final paragraph, perhaps Brad Pitt is the part of ourselves that we might usefully identify with, warily aspire to being equal to and in the end stand up to instead of submitting to. Left unchecked, that part of ourselves - Super Duper Ego? - will lead us into alienation and destruction. Edward Norton left it too late to come back to centre without blowing the lot... But I think, even thought it was obviously wrong, we all enjoyed the mixture of horror and release at the final series of explosions. If only it were that simple.Vicinoreply@blogger.com