“Working jobs we hate, so we can buy shit we don’t need” After 23 years, this has evolved to working jobs we hate only to afford living paycheck to paycheck

Here's to middle children of history

There's something particularly soul destroying about seeing an athletic man in his prime rotting in a corporate environment.

the irony of super gorgeous movie star Brad Pitt saying we're never gonna be millionaires or movie gods

This movie has more meaning even now.

“We’ve all been raised on Televsion, to believe that one day we’d all be Millionaires, and Movie Gods, and Rock Stars…… but we won’t… we’re slowly learning that fact, and we’re very, very… pissed off.” That hits hard, and is very true these days.

I'm now a corporate drone like the narrator. The emptiness is growing.

Normally we men would be theologians, warriors, explorers, hunters, but in modern society where everything is on demand, male suicide is skyrocketing because we have no purpose.

"Our great war is a spiritual war. " very powerful and true

I wonder if they ever imagined this line would resonate this much with modern men

Possibly one of the best if not most overlooked moments in cinema history

He is right, our war is a spiritual war. Took me 22 years to realize that.

The “We are the middle children of history...” is one of the best quotes ever.

This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time

This film was so ahead of its time

If this was true in the late 90s I can't even begin to imagine how truer it is right now

One day you'll wake up and there wont be anymore time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now Paulo Coelho

I'm a straight dude and I don't think I've ever seen a better looking human being in my life than Brad Pitt in this scene.

I love how Tyler stares at Angel Face (Leto) when he says we can't all be rockstars. Makes Jack's smile right after that much more satisfying; especially considering he picks Leto to brutalize later in the film. The 4th wall breaking moments in this movie are so nuanced and masterfully done that it gets better every time I watch it.

Message. Society is not enemy, their advices are.

I realise this... but I have no Fight Club. No Project Mayhem. I am stuck, consigned to repeat a cycle of trying to climb out of the mouth of a pitcher plant like a fly.

....and we‘re very, very pissed off

Wish people thought like this rather than arguing over politics on social media....two sides of the same coin.

Every time I feel to comfy and think all is “normal” this movie “life guide to me” just grounds me and it’s so nice to see past the bullshit in life

He’s not wrong. I’m a 90s kid and I feel I have no purpose or place like the people before me. My great-grandparents and grandparents went through war and the Great Depression. They had purpose and meaning. I feel like I’m just existing, not living. It doesn’t make me pissed off. It just makes me feel restless and sad. I just want a purpose in this world and I can’t seem to find it.

In Tyler We Trust

"Decides what's best for your life and never live for anyone's expectations" is what carved deep in my brain after watching this movie

How accurate that everything he's saying is true. Especially with what has been shedding itself from the light since 2019.

0:52 Mike Tyson and John Rambo were part of the Fight Club

Tyler: I look around, I look around I see a lot of new faces... Fight club: Laughter Tyler: Shut up! Fight club: Abrupt silence Tyler: Which means a lot of you have been breaking the first two rules of Fight Club. Man I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who ever lived. I see all this potential and I see it squandered. God damn it! An entire generation, pumping gas, waiting tables, slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate, so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history man, no purpose no place. We have no great war, no great depression. Our great war is a spirtual war, our great depression... Is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and, movie gods, and rock stars, but we won't, we're slowly learning that fact, and we're very, very pissed off

This resonated with me and a lot of my friends in HS, a lot of us were studying just for the sake of studying, because our parents told us to, we had no idea what was the point of it, but we were afraid of the consequence of ignoring this "responsibility", slogging through it all really took a toll on us, we live in a country where learning disabilities and clinical depression aren't really recognised as "real", so our wannabe fight club and the bond we made was the thing that kept a lot of us going, and now, I'm 23, I've found my passion, and am pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering for it, we absolutely refused to let life f us over, our spite and hate towards everything in life, that made us frustrated and bitter, kept us going and made us fiercely determined to live fulfilling lives and be happy

'Our great war is a spritual war'

The amount of fight club merchandise they pumped out, the movie was everything the characters claimed to hate.

1:05 SOLD OUT SHOWS, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IN SOULS, SO I DOUBT THESE SHOWS ARE GOING TO LEAVE ME FEELING WHOLE!!!!

This spoke to me so much when I first saw this. I thought I was alone in this thinking for years in my late teens, but it was kind of a relief when I saw this scene. I’m so conflicted cause yea of course I don’t want wars, but part of me is also jealous of my grandfather for getting to fight in WW2. He was a fighter pilot in the pacific. Probably saw some terrible things and I should be grateful I didn’t have to go through what he did, but man that would’ve been something

I agree with everthing he said...he speaks truth about american culture

"We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off." - Should have let everyone buy GameStop.

Hard Times create Strong Men Strong Men create Good Times Good Times create Weak Men

Funny how the line about millionaires movie stars and rock gods is said while standing next to Jared Leto, Pitt and Leto both movie stars and millionaires and Leto is also a rock star 👌

I see the dude who posted this feels the message of this movie. For he owns nothing.

2023 and here’s to another year. 🍻

probably one of the realest speeches I have ever heard... LOL.. I have never forgotten it and still quote it after all these years..

I always believed that the point of life is to leave something behind when you're dead. A legacy. An artist's legacy is his art; a musician, his music. Society thought us if we don't have talent then our legacy should be our children. But now, we can't even have that. When a woman you desire only wants to be with a millionaire or a 6'2 guy. But we need to fight to find a way to leave our mark on this earth one way or another. DO NOT GIVE INTO DESPAIR. Keep working on yourselves men! Keep building yourselves physically, spiritually, and financially and all paths you never thought possible will open up.

It’s kind of amazing how Fincher moves the camera to emphasize certain parts in Durden’s speech. Like how the camera is moving steadily and then stops when he says “so we can buy shit we don’t need”

So relevant in today’s context - thanks to social media

The first rule of the fight club is... have fun and be yourself

The movie is quite different from the book but both smoothly speak the truth. Masterpiece

Man this speech is quite relevant 20+ years later

1:30 he's like "that's my boy"

The shut up part is under rated. Respect.... true leader

Every now and then, when I look around, this speech ethos through my brain. Spot on.

Movie really spoke to me 20 years ago and now it is again.

In 2023 this hits deep in home with young men.

Boomers and Gen X are the last generation to experience true prosperity. Millennials and Gen Z get to watch the world burn.

Oh the irony. Quoted by one of the most talented actors and best looking men of his generation. Adored by millions, with millions in his checking account.

It's hard to watch any scene with Brad Pitt without constantly thinking about how good he looks

“We were all raised to believe we’d all be millionaires, and rock gods, and movie stars” As Jerod Leto (who is all 3 of those things) looks over his shoulder 😂

sold out shows but i don’t believe in souls

The irony of a Rockstar standing behind him when he said it 🤣 still an amazing speech.

Best lines from this iconic movie!!

SOLD OUT SHOWZ

Gotta give it to Fincher for reworking a solid speech from the disjointed elements of Durden’s rants in the novel. Sharp, succinct, powerful.

SOLD OUT SHOWS

While a person is alone, he can't do anything, but once an accomplice appears, much is possible. You can establish a dialogue "Ask him what he believes in?" -Find out where you made a mistake? -Why would he have such a fate? -Who is next to him, or is he alone? And behind all these questions, there is one -What is the purpose of his life? The simpleton will answer that he lives-to live, or his parents decided for him-what career to choose! But in fact, the meaning of life is to win and above all yourself, to go from a loner to the leader of society. Societies where the main thing is not the one who is rich and just strong, but the one who has the courage to live, forgetting about the little things. Find me someone who has the power to be yourself, someone who will not change their principles..

I am Jack's sense of agreement

90s- 00s were gold. You have this, American Beauty, Goodfellas Matrix even the Sopranos was coming up.

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To really Comprehend this movie, just pretend than everytime you see Brad Pitt's character talking or doing something, it's actually Edward Norton's character you are seeing.

This scene is so well shot. Kind of hard to make a monologue work well in film nevertheless Pitt does a perfect job.

The truest words to come out of the late 20th Century.

Ahead of its time 🤙. Didn’t make sense when I watched it as a kid, makes all the sense in the world now .

I would prefer spiritual war rather than ww3

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Words can make men follow you but a sentence worth saying makes them want to stand with you

Love this speech

Amazing film.

Ironically... we never had a purpose other than to exist. Battling boredom and barriers to existence are all that makes up what has ever been described as "purpose". Nothing is more meaningful than what you look back on and are proud of or content with.

Saw this movie for the first time today.. I think I may have to see it again.

A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

"In the age of super boredom, hype, and mediocrity, celebrate relentlessness, menace to society" - KMFDM, 1997

"We have no great war, no great depression. Our great war is a spiritual war, our great depression is our lives." After hearing that song 'strange days' by three days grace, this line just hits totally different.

Whoever gains power in hell will be stronger than the devil in Heaven.

Yes we are the middle children of history

Honestly after last and this year there better be a LOT more film essays on KZfaq about this age and now then 20 somethings watch them for the first time.

Looks like we now have a Great Depression

His name is Robert Paulson.

I remember two of these lines completely differently and vividly so. "Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need." I remember that as "We buy shit we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like." And particularly jarring is the line about the Great Depression, which I remember as "Our Great Depression is our depression." I always thought that line was kind of lame, and it's just completely different in this clip.

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"We have no great war, no great depression." MUST BE NICE, BRO

The best speech for the modern man in decades.

Still relevant to this day.

This is true the fight club play book, I miss my book

Ww3 is coming guys,get ready

"Sold out shows, but I don't believe in Souls"

Such good writing

Funny when he gets to the “rock stars” part he looks at Jerod Leto.

"[...]The postliteracy of the late capitalist world reflects not only the absence of any great collective project but also the unavailability of the older national language itself." -Frederic Jameson

Awesome.

Nope its been a quite war, and its been building up to this very moment. Today