Fight Club (1999) ♦Movie Reaction♦ First Time Watching!

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Whimsory

Whimsory

Күн бұрын

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There's a sign on the front that says "Lou's Tavern"...I'm f*cking Lou, who the f*ck are you?😂
00:00 Intro
00:54 Reaction
31:15 Awards/Discussion/Outro
*must own/rent a copy of the film to sync up with me for watch-along format

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@BoOmBANG_
@BoOmBANG_ 7 ай бұрын
I love that twist is revealed hidden at the beginning of the movie. During the pay phone scene he tries to call Tyler but nobody answers the phone so he hangs up. Almost immediately after hanging up he gets a call back from Tyler but if you look at the bottom of the phone there is a small sign that reads "No Incoming Calls" meaning the entire conversation, even the phone ringing in the first place, happened in his head 🤯
@Fiendy
@Fiendy 7 ай бұрын
Whoa I’ve seen this movie a 100x and I never noticed that 😧
@Gankzta
@Gankzta 7 ай бұрын
@@Fiendythis movie is filled with subliminal messages. Every time you see it you catch something new.
@jamesnorthup7717
@jamesnorthup7717 7 ай бұрын
At the VERY beginning he says, I know this because Tyler knows this....
@TennSeven
@TennSeven 7 ай бұрын
They have another one like that when Tyler crashes the car. Tyler was driving but after the car flips he gets out of the passenger seat window while Narrator gets out of the driver's side. One of the editing places pointed it out to Fincher thinking that he had a continuity error in the movie and he was like "don't worry about it."
@arifeannor9573
@arifeannor9573 7 ай бұрын
Paper street, I know this because Tyler knows this, lots and lots of things telling you.
@jebus7679
@jebus7679 7 ай бұрын
"We were raised on television that tells us we're all gonna be rockstars and movie stars," he says looking directly at Jared Leto.
@BoOmBANG_
@BoOmBANG_ 7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@wendellwiggins3776
@wendellwiggins3776 3 ай бұрын
perfect clever insider detail!
@Hellseeker1
@Hellseeker1 7 ай бұрын
"What's in the toilet?" Ohh my dear child you're so precious.
@ChrismicroART
@ChrismicroART 5 ай бұрын
I know!!! She just said “”adult time”
@Mark_Moody
@Mark_Moody 3 ай бұрын
Omg lol
@stuartanderws5705
@stuartanderws5705 2 ай бұрын
She did say later I mist bits on my laptop screen so I got TV. And yes precious. I remember telling my friend as a child that I found a rubber on the patio. He said I was lying you never did. I said I did I did. He did say be believed me then asked me "What's a Patio?" Very old jok
@highlander31527
@highlander31527 7 ай бұрын
This movie is perfect for Whimsory's watch style. She watches and reacts for us, then she watches it again before telling us her thoughts. I'm glad she liked it.
@mintjulius275
@mintjulius275 7 ай бұрын
I love that reaction style
@davidbrannen2558
@davidbrannen2558 21 күн бұрын
clever girl!
@tetleyT
@tetleyT 7 ай бұрын
"Seven" is another great David Fincher / Brad Pitt movie high up on the list of IMDB Top 250 Movies. Essential viewing really.
@BJThury
@BJThury 7 ай бұрын
what's in the box!?!?!!
@BiffBangledong
@BiffBangledong 7 ай бұрын
As a teenager the one thing i disliked about this movie was I always thought it was so unbelievable that someone would go to support meetings when they don't even have a condition just to get sympathy. Then as an adult, I had to go to some of these meetings and realized there's actually a LOT of people who do this.
@BOT_JERRY
@BOT_JERRY 7 ай бұрын
Yee. It helps you realize what's your inner problems are by hearing others
@patrickholt2270
@patrickholt2270 7 ай бұрын
That's what church is for. They would be getting the sense of community and support like that if they were part of a church, and they're missing it because they aren't.
@joshuaortiz2031
@joshuaortiz2031 7 ай бұрын
This movie scared me from going to those support group meetings. I'm a combat veteran with bad anxiety and mental issues I could probably get some help from the PTSD support groups at the VA hospital but I don't want some big fat guy with giant heaving breasts to hug me 🤮
@shaomongoloid
@shaomongoloid 7 ай бұрын
@@joshuaortiz2031Pretty sure you don’t get bitch tits from combat or PTSD, but I’m no veteran.
@lakewoodln1060
@lakewoodln1060 7 ай бұрын
​​@@joshuaortiz2031Bro what? You know it's just a movie right? Plus the reason for bob's massive honkers is cuz he abused steroids along with having testicular cancer. Doubt you're gonna run into many man-milfs within the veteran community 😂 If your comment was sarcasm, then ignore everything I just said.
@findlestick
@findlestick 7 ай бұрын
Some people say that Tyler’s philosophies influenced many GenX teens, but it’s the other way around. As a teen during the 90s - rightly or wrongly, some of the stuff he was saying was a snapshot of what many GenX-ers had been thinking for years. A lot of what he says and does is nonsense, but there are *some* nuggets of truths buried in there.
@S1ipperyJim
@S1ipperyJim Ай бұрын
Fight Club was definitely part of the zeitgeist at that time. Probably my favourite movie of all time alongside (weirdly enough) the Blues Brothers
@jazzytims883
@jazzytims883 7 ай бұрын
I think what sets this reaction channel apart is all the damn research! Kudos to your work ethic. Keep'em comin.
@NarnianRailway
@NarnianRailway 7 ай бұрын
Whimsory's talk about Fight Club was a knockout, always a winner!
@mikek9297
@mikek9297 7 ай бұрын
worth breaking the first two rules
@MrSporkster
@MrSporkster 7 ай бұрын
This movie is a cultural phenomenon. It's impossible to describe just how much impact it had when it first came out. It truly is one of the greatest movies of Gen X.
@kryptonianguest1903
@kryptonianguest1903 7 ай бұрын
Problem is that a lot of people took the exact opposite message from the film than the one it intended.
@pinkpenzu
@pinkpenzu 7 ай бұрын
​@@kryptonianguest1903everyone have their own interpretation of art
@kryptonianguest1903
@kryptonianguest1903 7 ай бұрын
@@pinkpenzu When someone's interpretation of art is, "This is telling me to be an asshole in real life. And it's right!" then their interpretation is crap and should be abandoned.
@pinkpenzu
@pinkpenzu 7 ай бұрын
@@kryptonianguest1903 its a free world
@kryptonianguest1903
@kryptonianguest1903 7 ай бұрын
@@pinkpenzu Trash is still trash.
@illuminahde
@illuminahde 7 ай бұрын
The author of fight club, Chuck Palahniuk, wrote another book called Choke that is hilarious. The film adaptation is good too. Sam Rockwell stars in it. I don't think it's a reaction type movie but it's worth the watch when you have the time.
@yrenekurtz5268
@yrenekurtz5268 7 ай бұрын
He also made a sequel to Fight Club in the form of a comic series, and man does it get weird. I've hear he made it that way at least partially as a "fuck you" to anybody who misread the meaning of the original. From what I understand there is a third part, but I haven't read that one because honestly, going THAT meta is not my thing.
@sharpeslass5452
@sharpeslass5452 3 ай бұрын
Agreed. It was directed by Clark Gregg, a personal favourite!
@Theomite
@Theomite 7 ай бұрын
David Fincher was one of a handful of directors (Spike Jones, Michel Gondry, Mark Romanek, Jonathan Glazer, etc.) who came from music videos, so they incorporated their surrealistic visual sensibilities in their work, and that's what makes '90s cinema (particularly 1999) so great overall.
@silvernova354
@silvernova354 7 ай бұрын
Hello, new subscriber here. I just have to say that I really appreciate how comprehensive your videos are and the extra research that you do is great to see. I'm almost 48 and I have seen many films in my time, and Fight Club is one hell of an experience. I truly hope you enjoy it. Best wishes from Australia.
@paulymar5996
@paulymar5996 7 ай бұрын
Helena Bonham-Carter was fantastic in this movie.
@uncaringgenius
@uncaringgenius 7 ай бұрын
Congrats Whimsory you've just had a near-life experience
@LazloHo
@LazloHo 7 ай бұрын
Another good one :) Hey, don't worry about what your reaction is during the movie. You've carved out a great place with your post-movie discussion. It's true, people probably find you because they enjoy reactions, but you've got something extra going on with all the work you put in for each video.
@flysoup
@flysoup 7 ай бұрын
There's nothing wrong with just watching the reveal, it's a lot to take in. It's one of my all time favorite movies and it continues to hold up pretty well.
@MrSporkster
@MrSporkster 7 ай бұрын
HBC is utterly incredible in every single movie. Her charisma is insane. You can't look away from her, no matter what she's doing.
@dklounge7082
@dklounge7082 7 ай бұрын
A particular hint of them being the same person is how Tyler was the only one responding to the narrator as he's explaining to the audience about Tyler's jobs
@lonnieeastin6401
@lonnieeastin6401 7 ай бұрын
Can I say that the awards are a genius way to react to films? I've seen this film a million times. And instead of just saying what you thought about it. Showing off how much you know about cinematography. Or you know how good the Key Grip did. You act like a fan. I love it!
@MarcosElMalo2
@MarcosElMalo2 7 ай бұрын
So the Union has a simple test to determine if new members should be a grip or in the props department. They put you in a room with nothing but a bowling ball. After a little while, they go check on you. If you lost the bowling ball, you’re props. If you broke it, you’re a grip.
@jonanderson559
@jonanderson559 7 ай бұрын
I love that you picked up so much on what a funny movie it is. The narration carries so much weight, and Norton's whole performance... you just never know how much insanity there is in the everyman in the next cubicle.
@terryloh8583
@terryloh8583 7 ай бұрын
I see Fight Club as an exploration and social commentary on men's need for authentic emotional connection to other men in a society that neither acknowledges this or teaches boys and men the language to do so. The inevitable result being men acting out in the only language that is deemed 'manly/acceptable' but is also the most base--fighting.
@aklimar2208
@aklimar2208 7 ай бұрын
It’s even more relevant now than back then. So much attention now is placed on girls being empowered and independent. Boys don’t get nearly as much encouragement or support, especially with so many of them growing up without fathers these days.
@OzeroCa
@OzeroCa 7 ай бұрын
I’ve been passingly aware of the extent you go into for these vids- the rewatching, the research, etc, but I never really appreciated how much it adds to your videos overall. Keep knockin’ em outta the park, ma’am!
@JeffKogut
@JeffKogut 7 ай бұрын
This is my first time seeing one of your reactions. I've also just come off watching around 30 other reactions to Fight Club in the last month. Yours is the best. Adding in your thoughts at the end, and especially rewatching and giving some post re-watch thoughts is way more satisfying to listen to. Not to mention you're fun and I like your quirky personality! But really, so many people watch a movie and it ends and they do a glorified "so that happened!" and they are done. Kudos on rewatching and researching to support your thoughtful commentary. One last note - the first two rules of Fight Club are why it continues to be a success and you had not heard of the twist even though you heard other references to the movie in popular culture. It was great to share your first time through and see you as shocked as I was when this first came out. It totally got me too. Thanks again, and I've just subscribed!
@system3008
@system3008 7 ай бұрын
Her and Jenny's I like.
@2nerC9
@2nerC9 7 ай бұрын
8:23 "like Disney" lmaoooo
@benlongstreth
@benlongstreth 6 ай бұрын
I spent a night in a ball pit with a friend and Chuck Palahniuk at a book release party of his back in 2017. Hands down the most Portland, OR thing I've ever done in Portland, OR.
@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.
@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. 7 ай бұрын
I loved your reaction and analysis of this, it's certainly an unique film, and all the better for it. We need good cinema to challenge us and to make us consider things.
@capncrunch1122
@capncrunch1122 7 ай бұрын
I love that you re-watch and give your thoughts keep up the awesome work.
@ThePoke151
@ThePoke151 6 ай бұрын
I absolutely love that you did a full on analysis and really put in the work instead of just watching a single time with no research. Earned you a subscriber
@chetcarman3530
@chetcarman3530 7 ай бұрын
This is why I like your reactions. You've got a brain, use it, and are a delight to watch. 🎉😂❤ (I'm 76, so a Boomer, a former rock drummer, film critic & writer. I loved your take on every level here!!)
@MarcosElMalo2
@MarcosElMalo2 7 ай бұрын
OK, Boomer. 😉 I gotta say, as much as I disparage boomers, there were a double handful of them that I will always love and respect. More than that, really. You know who I mean. Lester Bangs. Patti Smith. R. Crumb. DJ Bonebrake (I mention him because you’re a drummer). Neon Park XIII. My cousin Steven. And all the obvious ones. Some I grew out of and I feel a little bit embarrassed that I idolized them. Jim Morrison was a self-indulgent twat (Ray was the real deal). Jim Ladd, the facile and puerile guru of adolescence. Rodger Waters, the wildly successful tortured arteest. Quite a few people that became pompous blowhards when their “genius” was recognized by the world. I don’t know which camp you fall into, but I hope it’s among the good ones. We, the younger generations owe you a debt.
@chetcarman3530
@chetcarman3530 7 ай бұрын
@@MarcosElMalo2 I don't like much -- most? -- of my generation, the, so maybe that gives you an idea which camp I fall into, lol.* A lot of us have a lot of issues with your generationS (myself included, of course), but I for one am enormously gladden to see how many of you guys have selected some positive attitudes and values from my own times to carry on. This channel is an example. I thank my parents' generation -- WWII, Great Depression -- for the good things & try not to blame all of them for all the jerks, and I thank my sons' (he's 57) and yours for the good and try not to blame all of you for the bad. (I partied and shared some backstage time with some of the old names you mentioned, & don't know some others. ✌️) Thanks for the response, friend. 💙
@system3008
@system3008 7 ай бұрын
The big problem here is you're putting large portions of people into little boxes. This tactic to try and understand the complexities of human behaviour is absolutely terrible. 52:24
@chetcarman3530
@chetcarman3530 7 ай бұрын
@@system3008 ?
@That_Tunafish_Guy
@That_Tunafish_Guy 7 ай бұрын
I just found this channel from a shout-out by You Me And The Movies, and I have binged every single episode😭😭😭 now I'm waiting for more content
@sonofliberty1
@sonofliberty1 7 ай бұрын
I love this film, I love your real-time reactions and I love the time you spend afterwards to really think about and analyse the films. Brilliant.
@bigdaddy741098
@bigdaddy741098 7 ай бұрын
This is one of my favourite movies, I really enjoyed your reaction and outro. The writing is so clever and I think a lot of lessons can be learned from it, mainly that you don't have to work to get everything and end up having to work so hard that you never have time to enjoy any of it or even enjoy life at all, sometimes, less is more.
@gnosisevolving
@gnosisevolving 7 ай бұрын
Love your outro format!!! Been wanting something like that after so many great reaction videos -thank you 🤩 I just found you in fight club (shhh can’t talk about it.;) Your heart and humor are infectious! ❤️😹
@Whimsory
@Whimsory 7 ай бұрын
OMG! Thank you so much! It means so much ☺️
@moonlitegram
@moonlitegram 7 ай бұрын
The speech he gives talking about how they had no great war to fight in etc really resonated with me when this movie came out. Both of my grandfathers fought in WWII and my parents came of age in the tumultuous 60s. So I think there was this general feeling among some of us gen X folk that our generation kind of "missed out" on any kind of real character defining moments in history. Or at least that's the way it seemed to me at the time. Looking back on it now after 9/11, the 2008 recession, all the political turmoil in the past decade, the pandemic and lock downs, and now escalating global tensions and a looming possible WWIII, I can't help but think of how naive I was in my young adulthood being envious of strife. I didn't appreciate how good we had it for those few decades. But I guess that was part of growing up in that generation. We were the first generation after the major cultural deconstruction/revolution of the 60s. I think we felt 'enlightened' but were also aware that we didn't actually live through the defining moments of that 'enlightenment' and thus were kind of undeserving. And I think this film captures some of the angst associated with that.
@Theomite
@Theomite 7 ай бұрын
One thing to keep in mind is that this is Tyler's take on it, and he has a primordial masculinist agenda of neo-primitivism. I was 19 when this came out and I saw right through Tyler's BS because I was a cynical teenager with a postmodern gaze that allowed me to find the insincerity in any profundity. That's the thing that the moral absolutists of the 21st Century (late Millennials, Zoomers, Alphas) forget about the moral relativism of the 20th Century: it's rooted in the disdain for the atrocities committed out of fanatical ideology. It's the broken faith in the very idea of faith. We didn't have Y2K, 9/11, The Great Recession, The Pandemic, or The Beer Gut Putsch [Jan 6], but we DID have The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl, WWII, The Holocaust, The Civil Rights Movement, and The Cold War to remind us that "strength through strife" was a bullshit ethos. All it seemed to do was traumatize entire continents and plant seeds for the next war. I figured (as did Palahniuk) that Tyler's message was an appropriation of generational malaise for self-serving purposes, but still provided no solutions or relief from the very real problems afflicting his followers. It was sincere commentary with insincere motives.
@JaggerG
@JaggerG 7 ай бұрын
@@Theomite Yeah, Tyler acts so hard like he has it all figured out. He claims self-improvement is masturbation, as he stands around making poetry about all the problems he's so smart for identifying. To be fair, though, our understanding of mental health sucked back then, and asking for help often led to "buy my book." So real self improvement had been unheard of. People got taken advantage of by opportunists, because they're victims of capitalism, too. They've been taught to imitate success stories, instead of actually listening to themselves.
@mikegc36
@mikegc36 6 ай бұрын
Havent't read all the comments so I might be repeating some of them, but nevertheless. As I see it, what you've mentioned - consumerism, masculinity, etc. - are not what the story is about. This is the story of a "30-year-old boy" who has no relationships, no friends, no true goals, no purpose in life. The mental illness you spoke of is definitely a key component, but it only starts actually progressing when Jack faces a psychological crisis coupled with insomnia which, combined, causes his psyche to create a new personality. Everything else, everything Tyler does and represents, are Jack's ways of trying to find a purpose without having real-life social and emotional attachments, because his only idea of a relationship is drawn from his dysfunctional family. His parents left such a deep scar on him, that the very concepts of love, trust, sharing, and opening himself to someone are lost on him. Instead, when the midlife crisis crisis kicks in topped off by insomnia, he resorts to complete nihilism because he doesn't know any better. And this causes a personality split (dissociative identity disorder), with Tyler becoming the embodiment of what Jack couldn't or was afraid to do. Marla represents his actual relationship with someone and his fear of it, the fear of becoming attached, not knowing what to do with it, failing to trust and take responsibility. Basically, Marla is Jack's bridge to normal life and solving his psychological issues, while Tyler represents his traumatized and socio-phobic part through nihilism, denial, and revolt against the society that Jack views as responsible for the way he is. It's a story about desperately searching for and finding a purpose in life through trauma and mistakes, about accepting yourself and taking responsibility for your life by accepting your feelings and responsibility for someone else. It's about hitting rock bottom in order to be able to reevaluate your life and make changes.in order to make peace with yourself and find genuine happiness.
@zegh8578
@zegh8578 7 ай бұрын
"She just wants to be your friend, you jerk!" is probably one of the most on-point observations about some of the core themes of this movie, as complicated as it is - there are so many instances, little moments, that just show you how easily some of this madness could be averted (such as the start of the movie, where the protagonist gets to cry and hug a little, for then to sleep like a baby)
@kforblade
@kforblade 7 ай бұрын
The anti-consumerism movie made you buy a TV. Thats my kind of humor
@Micolash_is_behind_you
@Micolash_is_behind_you 7 ай бұрын
I love so much that you re-watch the movies and then research, it means alot.
@MauriceCalis
@MauriceCalis 6 ай бұрын
Wow, really well done. I enjoyed the lengthy and researched commentary at the end. Plus, you put in a twist at the end….I didn’t realize until just how much you talked about Fight Club. Maybe more than anyone ever. Good luck with that, hahaha.
@Gankzta
@Gankzta 7 ай бұрын
12:58 “What was in that 🚽 did you see that?” Who’s gonna tell her? 🤭😂🤣
@Fiendy
@Fiendy 7 ай бұрын
Ohh Whimsy she’s so innocent 😇
@alexbayarsaikhan
@alexbayarsaikhan 3 ай бұрын
This is my first time watching your reaction. I've watched many reaction videos from other streamers, but I have to say this was very impressive, especially, awards, and discussions sections. They were unique. Keep it up and good luck!
@noodle_fc
@noodle_fc 7 ай бұрын
I've always thought the scene on the highway when Tyler asks the two dudes in the back seat "What would you want to do before you die?" is very revealing and *extremely* underappreciated when examining themes. Because, look. The answers are "paint a self-portrait" and "build a house," which are fantastic goals and worthy endeavors. If these guys are like most people, they'd never even think of such things. Tyler Durden and Fight Club have taken them out of the everyday. They're doing something radically different. But the radically different thing they're doing _in that moment_ is sitting passively in a car going the wrong way on a freeway while Tyler sends the car towards a head-on collision. Tyler says things like that, helps people realize and articulate that something is missing from their lives, but instead of learning painting or carpentry, these guys stood on a porch in the toxic-waste part of town for three days with $300 _personal burial money_ because "In Tyler they trusted." It tells you *so many things* about what's happening, if you stop to examine it. Like, that's it; that's the movie. That's the two sides of Tyler Durden, laid bare in a few sentences juxtaposed with contradictory action. It's so perfect.
@TerminatorJuice
@TerminatorJuice 7 ай бұрын
As much as I love watching first time movie reactions, the thing that kills me about them is knowing that most of you are watching on tiny laptop/monitor screens, and hearing them on cheap headphones or earbuds! As a long time home theater enthusiast, I can say without a doubt that so much of the experience is lost when watching movies the way people do for reaction videos, so one day I hope to do a video series where I invite movie reactors to choose 3 movies that they wish they'd seen in the theater, and then filming their experience of rewatching them in a Home Cinema! I think that would be pretty cool.
@gnosisevolving
@gnosisevolving 7 ай бұрын
So true, and great idea!!🎉
@Duckfest
@Duckfest 7 ай бұрын
Great reaction! This was fun to watch. As always, you're analysis after the movie is a very nice addition. Keep it up!
@CanadaDan
@CanadaDan 6 ай бұрын
Love that after watching the movies a cpl of times you still go and look them up n do your homework on them n then you go back to do the analysis, that's dedication, respect.
@Bringmethehorizondude
@Bringmethehorizondude 7 ай бұрын
I appreciate your approach of watching, then taking time to process and rewatch and study before coming back and filming your final thoughts.
@GoldenCobraa
@GoldenCobraa 7 ай бұрын
Just thought I'd say, I appreciate the work you put into making these videos. You always do lots of research and multiple viewings to make sure you catch all the cool details and backstory us fans crave. Keep it up, you got a good thing goin'! 👏 "You don't know where I've been, Lou" "brghrghrghghrgh"🤣
@Darkswordz
@Darkswordz 7 ай бұрын
12:59 - "What was in that toilet?" Aw....you're so innocent. 😊
@magnemodi1599
@magnemodi1599 7 ай бұрын
I did not walk into this film completely blind. I knew Pitt, Norton, and Carter were in it. I knew the title. I saw the film in a theater in the unsolved murder capital of the USA at the time. I grew up there. I was so amazed by the themes and the strong masculine energy of it that I had to watch it again an the same theater, next showing. So I watched twice back to back. Both views were entirely different films for me. I could write a whole book of impressions the script left with me. Crazy huh?. Anyway thanks for watching and sharing. I love your reviews and rarely comment. Now you know why? I ramble and digress.
@willcool713
@willcool713 7 ай бұрын
Damn, girl, you always come through. I've been on a Fight Club kick for the last week or so, rewatching it, and looking up reactions. And what do I find today? One of the better reactors seemingly catering to me. Beautiful. You're good. I generally like your perspective quite a bit, too. Thank you. Great minds, eh? This movie is particularly appealing to people who grew up rough, because there are a lot of irl tropes that seem familiar here. And as to you not reacting, because you were so absorbed, I have a thought to share. *F* us. Appreciating the experience of movies as written is a personal experience, to be experienced in a group. That's the theater experience, and traditionally movies are written to have you get absorbed and to have your internal experience reinforced by the audible reaction of people around you in the theater. As a reactor you are often expected to break that frame, which means not getting fully absorbed. With many movies this is possible, to multitask. But sometimes it's neither possible nor warranted, if you also want to do the movie justice. For instance, I perennially advocate for reactors to do second watches for movies like *Apocalypse Now* (1979), because you are meant to become lost in the narrative the first time through. And as long as it's fresh, the enthusiasm and initial reaction is still easily communicated. But if you do a first watch as a reactor, you will be robbed of that first watch experience. Idk. Maybe it isn't so important, but I see good films as the masterworks of our day. Ancient Egypt has the Pyramids; Greece has the Parthenon; we have Hollywood (et al, around the world) to share our cultural myths and values, and our greatest export and deepest artistic legacy. As a movie reactor, which comes first, the movies or the likes? My personal answer would be You, you come first. Don't cheat yourself. But I believe in movies as myths. Your mileage may differ. I'll shut up now.
@Ali1986Koksal
@Ali1986Koksal 3 ай бұрын
Out of all the MANY, MANY, MANY movie reaction channels on KZfaq I personally love your one the best!! You just make me laugh is mostly why I think.
@olternaut
@olternaut 7 ай бұрын
Before I even watch the video I just wanted to let you know that I think you are a breath of fresh air. You've already shot up to the top of the charts for movie reaction channels as far as I'm concerned. Now, back to the video. 😊
@Lalelailulo
@Lalelailulo 7 ай бұрын
The insomnia quote really hits home. Staying up for days and going from dreadfully tired to oddly energetic and suddenly after 2 days nothing feels quite real and you just feel like you're watching a movie of your life. Not really keeping track of time or the date. After the first few days I felt above sleep like id never need it again. Then boom I crash hard and feel dazed the next day. Watched this movie when i was a teenager and was the first time i ever heard of people talking about insomnia and the effects.
@svenpoletka5236
@svenpoletka5236 7 ай бұрын
Your reactions are always so whimsical!
@D-ragon-S
@D-ragon-S 7 ай бұрын
You are hands down the best reactor on the Interweb !! I admire the work you put in for research. It's the most I've ever seen someone do, and it should be awarded with a Golden Research Statuette !! If I had money I would have given it to you. Much Love to You and Ukraine 💙💛💙🌻🌻🌻
@eugeneoman
@eugeneoman 7 ай бұрын
Excellent commentary on a complex themed movie. Your analysis was very well thought out and detailed. Keep up the good work, Whimsory!👏👍
@KandiStomper
@KandiStomper 7 ай бұрын
Can confirm that we did have a fight club when i was in highschool (2001 to be specific) but it only lasted maybe 5 months. It was fun though. 😄
@dean2656
@dean2656 7 ай бұрын
I really love watching your reviews, specifially your final words, the effort you put in to understand the movie and the details after is amazing. Not many reviewers do that. And your wide eyed look reminds me of the first time i watched these movies.With confusion and anticipation. Its ver nostalgic.
@sgtleska
@sgtleska 7 ай бұрын
Whimsory, thank you so much. Your reactions are awesome, your post-movie analyses are awesome, you're awesome. Thank You for being expressive, real, and fun. *Salutes*
@dsscam
@dsscam 4 ай бұрын
Again, I am blown away by the amount of detail you put into each Outro-especially in movies like this. I am hoping to find your reaction to The Sixth Sense. I just adore you.
@mr_chill77
@mr_chill77 7 ай бұрын
Awesome! Can’t wait to watch this one! Fight Club is one of my all time favorite movies. I am Jack’s extreme excitement!!!
@SeansMusicVault
@SeansMusicVault 7 ай бұрын
Your breakdowns are awesome! Thanks for the great content! 💖
@gravedigger8414
@gravedigger8414 7 ай бұрын
For many years this has been my fav movie of all time. I still love it with all my heart. David Fincher is a genius! Watch all his movies! 😇
@elricofmelnibone8256
@elricofmelnibone8256 7 ай бұрын
Totally agree, this one, Adams Apples, Black Cat White Cat and Requiem for a dream.
@11679MRT
@11679MRT 7 ай бұрын
Fight Club is my all time favorite movie. It's always fun to see people react when they "figure it out." Awesome channel.
@mikebrown7799
@mikebrown7799 7 ай бұрын
Hello Miss Whimsory!😊 Fargo was one of my mom's favorite movies, too. Nice reactions to this crazy movie with a twist, Miss Whimsory!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏
@howtocookazombie
@howtocookazombie 7 ай бұрын
That was a funny reaction video. 😂 If you liked Brad Pitt in this movie (as an actor), I suggest watching "12 Monkeys" with him and Bruce Willis.
@praxistallyogarro
@praxistallyogarro 7 ай бұрын
I saw a teaser trailer for this film in 98... and thought nope not for me... then a movie critic that I can't stand said "Fight Club is an orgiastic cacophony of violence and mayhem with no social redeeming value what so ever." I saw this film 5 times in the 3 weeks it ran in my city, I took all my brothers and my sisters, and the entire staff of the company where i was employed. I no longer watch movie trailers until I have seen the film.
@noodle_fc
@noodle_fc 7 ай бұрын
Fox had absolutely no idea how to market this movie. But can you really blame them? How the fuck can you draw in the intended audience in a few minutes of preview? I wouldn't have a clue how to market it, either. The critics had no excuse. They saw the whole thing, and far too many of them utterly failed to report its quality and appeal as well as its flaws. I went to see this to kill some time before work, because I thought Edward Norton in particular was a good actor and I was in the mood for an action movie with perhaps a little more depth than usual-that's the takeaway I had from seeing a preview. I didn't expect much. I came out of that theater knowing immediately that I'd seen something remarkable. I didn't fully understand it, but like you, I knew I had to share it with other people.
@deepermind4884
@deepermind4884 7 ай бұрын
What...no honorable mention for the line, "Bob had bitch tits"???! 😮 Whimmy, thanks for this. Now for my usual "Fight Club" soliloquy. The average person who was brought up in a warm, loving family would never act this way. This movie is about what happens to boys who grow up fatherless & generally unloved. Nothing but holes 🕳 to fill, with work, with material goods, & when those get old, with raw sensation. No one showed them how to love or identify with other humans, so of course, destruction makes the most sense. Mix chronic insomnia into the recipe, you got yourself an insane cult leader. I love Helena B. Carter in this ❤ Congrats on your new TV monitor, I'm sure your watching enjoyment will increase many times. 🙂
@NicoGeeraerts
@NicoGeeraerts 7 ай бұрын
omg, this upload is a godsend on this godawful day! Thank you Whimsory!
@RetroEvilHunk341
@RetroEvilHunk341 7 ай бұрын
Yay a new Whimsory video 😊😊😊
@pasteye1671
@pasteye1671 Ай бұрын
Believe me, Whim, I'm nearly 70 and I still laugh at fart jokes. If it's funny, it's funny no matter how old you are. Don't change. I love you just the way you are. I'm honoured to get to watch these films with you, so thanks.
@atomictacco
@atomictacco 6 ай бұрын
Fight club was an incredibly important movie for me growing up. My friends and I discovered it when we were teens (2015 or 2016) and it struck a cord with us. We started our own fight club, as most young boys that watched this movie probably did. Tyler is right about the act of fighting. There is something primal that comes out, something we are taught to suppress our whole lives. We got hooked on fighting each other for a while. Got broken up when we started coming home with black eyes and bruises lol. We all joined an MMA gym to fight in a more "safe" way, but it doesn't quite feel the same as just going at it. Probably something to do with how society has distanced itself from violence when humans are inherently violent. Or we were just a bunch of idiot teen boys that let a movie convince us to knock the crap out of each other haha.
@autdelux
@autdelux 7 ай бұрын
one of my alltime favorites i wish they would make movies like this today
@Frank_San_Nicolas
@Frank_San_Nicolas 7 ай бұрын
Love your reactions, Whimsory!❤
@fahooga
@fahooga 7 ай бұрын
I love the single frame Tylers. They're clever on multiple levels, from his projection room pranks to his background influence on the scene to teasing his emergence as a separate character.
@SiderEto
@SiderEto 7 ай бұрын
there was a fight club when i was in school, and im from siberia... huge impact on society
@TheTrippySoul
@TheTrippySoul 7 ай бұрын
This has been my favorite reaction from you so far!
@mrout5886
@mrout5886 7 ай бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH for not censoring every single slur like in 90% of the other movie reaction for this movie!
@1bottlejackdaniels
@1bottlejackdaniels 7 ай бұрын
13:00 ..."what was in the toilet?! did you see that?!"... 😂
@billbabcock1833
@billbabcock1833 7 ай бұрын
This is one of my all time favorite movies. It gives you clues all through the movie about what's really going on. The writing is first rate. I use the phrase "I am Jack's complete lack of surprise" all the time.
@Atom.Storm.
@Atom.Storm. 7 ай бұрын
It's amazing to me that you have no idea about Fight Club. It's been such a big part of my life for so long. A genuine reaction is so refreshing.
@ForeverInDreams237
@ForeverInDreams237 2 ай бұрын
"Stop touching people" always makes me laugh when u say that. One of ur unintended catchphrases now. One of my favorite films btw.
@TerminatorJuice
@TerminatorJuice 7 ай бұрын
Sadly in 1999, there weren't many people discussing the twist ending in this movie, because hardly anyone went and seen it at the theater... I for one was there opening weekend at the theater, and then months later I picked up the awesome DVD release on launch day, so I could watch the movie over and over! Such a classic film that was underappreciated at the box office and during awards season... : (
@jcraigie
@jcraigie 7 ай бұрын
I love that closing shot. I saw this with some friends when it came out and after the movie got out while waiting for the Trolley my buddy and I were so about the whole "I want you to hit me as hard as you can" thing but our friends talked us out of it.
@ashscott6068
@ashscott6068 7 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Fun facts are never fun, and rarely facts.
@audiogarden21
@audiogarden21 6 ай бұрын
Good ole Whimsory. Probably one of the most adorable things on the internet. And yes, I'm including cats.
@BizNizil7676
@BizNizil7676 5 ай бұрын
His book "CHOKE" Is equally disturbingly well written.
@billbabcock1833
@billbabcock1833 Ай бұрын
I watched this reaction when you first released it, then today it popped up again. So of course I watched it again. Great reaction. Then I caught something in your outro that I missed the first time. You had to go buy a TV. You reacted to 26 movies on your laptop. Movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Predator, BOTH Alien movies and more. On your laptop. Why do I find that endearing? Hmm, that may be the first time I've ever typed the word endearing. Did it again. I really do like your videos.
@jsonkody
@jsonkody 7 ай бұрын
Wow, best after analysis .. I guess that is the thing on this channel 😅🎉 Good job
@justwatching6186
@justwatching6186 7 ай бұрын
50:23 speaking of tv’s, I watch KZfaq on a 120” theater 5.2.2 system. You’re actually life size.
@mn-wk3ju
@mn-wk3ju 7 ай бұрын
That was an awesome movie review! Great job! 😊
@LordVolkov
@LordVolkov 7 ай бұрын
I read the book before watching the movie, and being at an impressionable age for both it took me a few years to sort out my thoughts over Fight Club 😅 I still agree with many of Tyler's speeches about consumerism, and respecting 'menial labor' ("We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we guard you while you sleep... do not F with us!") but with Raymond his ethos goes off the wall into random terrorism. I used to think he was helping Raymond improve his life, but realistically he just traumatized Raymond and forced him into financial debt to return to Vet school under the threat of death 😬
@flynngames4703
@flynngames4703 7 ай бұрын
I am really excited that you reviewed this movie. I personally think that it is a masterpiece. Since you asked, I'll tell you what I got from the movie. As a product of the 80s and 90s this movie was really impactful. The movie felt like a counter to the themes that my generation was raised on. The "take no prisoners, own everything" attitude that movies like Wall Street (1987) inspired us to do. Comically the actual moral to Wall Street went right over the heads of my generation. Fight Club felt like the answer to the many people that didn't make it to the top. Really enjoy your breakdowns.
@olaspaz3079
@olaspaz3079 7 ай бұрын
That's the first of your reactions I've watched and I thought you did a terrific job. I really enjoyed your discussion. There are many themes, but I like the satirisation of charismatic leadership, and the ease with which we can be seduced. ❤️
@mcjim256
@mcjim256 7 ай бұрын
I’m glad your getting a bigger screen. 📺 there is a lot you can’t take in on a small laptop. Glad to hear that you are watching some of the Top 100 films. Back in the early 2000 I justified buying my first DVD player by saying I would watch the AFI Top 100. Took a few years but I watched them all. Not every one was my cup of tea, but they made me enjoy movies more. The will for sure make you a better film reviewer. Thanks for the great job and work you put in.
@CharlesVanNoland
@CharlesVanNoland 6 ай бұрын
Tyler was practicing nunchucks in the background when Marla called Jack. Nunchucks. Two sticks connected by a chain. Bruce Lee was an expert and it was the weapon of choice for Michelangelo, the teenaged mutant ninja turtle in a half-shell with the orange bands. What, are you some kind of hermit zoomer that doesn't already know all of the things that everyone did back when this movie came out almost 3 decades ago!? GAH!!! Yeah, it's kinda sad to see these awesome films from my youth slowly devolve into being dated. The story is still awesome, still ahead of its time even today, but all the details and the time/place and everything just gets lost and it's sad to see. For instance, "Most of the week we were Ozzie and Harriet", that was a reference to a sitcom from the 50s/60s. Even in the 90s watching this movie I was too young to know that reference. I'm glad you got to watch this film, because everyone who lives in the first world should. It definitely is a bummer though when I show my kids films from my youth and they don't get references and whatnot that were current when the film came out. It's just one of those things, a fact of life. I guess the best a filmmaker can aspire to is telling a timeless tale - but sometimes the most poignant story you can tell at a given point in history is one that reflects that point in time back at itself, like this film did. "I star-sixty-nined you, I never pickup my phone." Yeah, star-sixty-nine was so cool as a kid. You just had a phone plugged into the wall and it would randomly ring, and you had no idea why, no clue who it was that was calling. You could set up an answering machine that had a little cassette tape in it to record a message the way cellphone voicemails do for you now, but otherwise you had no idea who was calling. Then we were able to pay extra to the phone company to get Caller ID, which would show on a little display module you had to hook up what the phone number was that was calling you - a totally free and normal average feature on cell phones today. Back then we had no idea who was calling unless we paid extra! When you didn't have caller ID, or an answering machine, the phone service had a thing where if you pressed *69 on your phone it would automatically call the last number that called you, so you would be calling back whatever mystery caller that had called you. It would be like if emails were anonymous, but you could send an email back to someone who anonymously emailed you. Anyway, I'm rambling. This film was super unpopular when it came out - not that people didn't like it, it was just that boomers and Gen Xers didn't vibe with it, so it went largely unnoticed - until us millennials discovered it. Now it's sorta become our anthem. I'm not saying millennials are anti-social (in the actual sense, not the 'I am uncomfy around people' sense that newbies assume it means), but we were the first generation to really wake up to the lameness of materialism and consumerism across the board. Now what we're concerned about is corruption and anti-American ideologies, because you don't have an accomplished nation like the USA without people sacrificing everything, and themselves, for others to have the freedom we enjoy today. You can create value any way you see fit, for your fellow humans, and earn the compensation you deserve for it in return. That's freedom. Anyone can create value by creating products, goods, or providing services, and nobody can stop you. Meanwhile, you have food readily accessible to you, and all kinds of goods, shelter, water, warmth, air conditioning, clothes, the works. None of these things just magically exist - they all require someone doing work in order for you to have them, or even just access to them at all. America is the place where dreams actually come true, and it's only naive ignorant selfish fools who decide to feel sorry for themselves that don't. People flock here from the world over and make something of themselves, over and over, because this is the land of opportunity. Lately we've been seeing a lot of kids who've been born here, spoiled rotten by first-world convenience and luxury, who take it entirely for granted - like nobody had to work hard for them to have what they have, or die for the freedom they have, and they don't understand or appreciate what it takes just to sustain their luxurious first-world existence. Spoiled rotten ingrate brats. Fight Club's pretty cool though.
@hissatsu4937
@hissatsu4937 7 ай бұрын
7:27 that actually happened in real life. Lorena Bobbit cut her husbands pp off with a Ginsu carving knife. After the incident she rushed to her car, drove down roadside field on Maplewood Drive, pulled down the window and threw the thing out. Well, luckily "it" was recovered after an "exhaustive search" and was fortunately abled to be reattached by the doctors. The more you know right haha.
@cjvan713
@cjvan713 Ай бұрын
First, this is one of the greatest movies ever made. Secondly, first time seeing this channel. I can honestly say that every girl that look like this in every way 20 years ago left a tidal wave to broken hearts behind her. One of the few unknowing surfers of crimson tears. With everyone having personalized echo chambers, I understand 20 years ago feel like an uncomprehendable amount of centuries ago. I can't speak on her and her life in today's time. But just looking at her style, her eyes, her smile, and what lies beneath is setting off long dormant warning alarms.
@paulchilds1893
@paulchilds1893 7 ай бұрын
A really great reaction and enjoyed the deeper dive that you took after the fact. Gave a lot more context and informs the reaction you had while watching. If I might offer a suggestion of a movie that really benefits from multiple watches, is super snappily written and edited (quite a different vibe from Fight Club, but still) is Hot Fuzz. Edgar Wright is one of the best directors working today and Hot Fuzz is him at his very best.
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