Fight Club.
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when you become so concerned about fitting in that you lose your own identity.. then you find out that fitting in doesn't matter.. and you don't know who you are anymore, or what you want..
when people fuck you over left and right, but you're taught that they're not doing anything wrong, b/c "there is no right and wrong, it's all in how you look at things".. (that's BULLSHIT!!) so you can't do anything but sit there and take it.. and rage and anger build up inside, but you have no way to let it out..
it's hard to explain to somebody who doesn't look at life and say "i don't fit in.. why can't i fit in? why does life always have to beat me down? why can't people just leave me the fuck alone?"
when people fuck you over left and right, but you're taught that they're not doing anything wrong, b/c "there is no right and wrong, it's all in how you look at things".. (that's BULLSHIT!!) so you can't do anything but sit there and take it.. and rage and anger build up inside, but you have no way to let it out..
it's hard to explain to somebody who doesn't look at life and say "i don't fit in.. why can't i fit in? why does life always have to beat me down? why can't people just leave me the fuck alone?"
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our society today is sending us out into the real world to be slaughtered.. those older than us know right from wrong (though they don't always follow it).. this new generation doesn't.. our schools build us up and make us think we can conquer the fucking world, but they spend so much time telling us that that they don't actually teach us how to survive.. this "i'm ok, you're ok" shit doesn't apply outside of the happy fun fairy land of dancing pixies and cotton candy clouds they show us in school..
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Xander, perhaps for the adrenaline rush? But I don't think that's all there is to it.
Scylis, concerning your points, I think Fight Club and American Beauty for that matter were good at showing people turning away from societies expectations of them.
Pyper, I would be interested in reading it!
Scylis, concerning your points, I think Fight Club and American Beauty for that matter were good at showing people turning away from societies expectations of them.
Pyper, I would be interested in reading it!
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trouble is, Ravenloft, most of our society is not willing to see that.. i have this shirt that says "I used to be schizophrenic... but we're OK now.." second time i wore it, somebody jokingly said "i bet Fight Club's one of your favorite movies".. well, they're right.. so i said "and i bet you liked the Skulls" answer? "yeah! that's a good movie!" The Skulls is "Dawson's Creek" trying to be scarry.. "simple movies for simple minds" was my only reply to that..
they don't WANT to see it...
they don't WANT to see it...
scylis said:
Yes it was so much more simple in ancient times when life expectancy was around 30 years of age. More recently: WW1? Society sending millions of young people in their prime to certain death. WW2, same story. Right and wrong are best not to be mixed, it's a lethal cocktail. I could go on at length, but you get the picture, I'm sure.
I'd rather watch a film any day.
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Cync, that is so not gonna work for us, you don't like it, you want your opinion to be respected, then tell us why you don't like it...
Never watched the sculls... Thinking I know why now, thanks for the tip on that Scy. Mobs are stupid... Easilly led... trying to sway the individual, now there is a challenge... Heheh!
Never watched the sculls... Thinking I know why now, thanks for the tip on that Scy. Mobs are stupid... Easilly led... trying to sway the individual, now there is a challenge... Heheh!
Fair enough scylis ...
... but 'no man is an island' as the saying goes. Too many people perhaps: society/ies reaching critical mass?
Quote: If the spectacular acceleration of growth we have experienced during this century were to continue, a catastrophe would seem to be unavoidable. Humanity reached its first billion about two hundred years ago. The next billion took 120 years to reach, the third thirty-five years, the fourth fifteen years. At the end of the 1980s it stood at 5.2 billions and was expected to exceed six billions by 2000. from "Age of Extremes"
No wonder 'the individual' can feel pressurised ...
... but 'no man is an island' as the saying goes. Too many people perhaps: society/ies reaching critical mass?
Quote: If the spectacular acceleration of growth we have experienced during this century were to continue, a catastrophe would seem to be unavoidable. Humanity reached its first billion about two hundred years ago. The next billion took 120 years to reach, the third thirty-five years, the fourth fifteen years. At the end of the 1980s it stood at 5.2 billions and was expected to exceed six billions by 2000. from "Age of Extremes"
No wonder 'the individual' can feel pressurised ...
Ravenloft said:
Sorry, didn't mean to be so vague. I felt as though the movie lacked a solid plot. This thread fills in some of the holes (its been awhile since I saw the movie) however I still came away confused at the end. That the Norton character had created an alternate persona for himself was in itself intresting, however there were still far to many gaps left in the movie for me to follow the story line from start to finish.
I hate to draw comparassions as you all seem quite passionate about FC, but I came away with the same confused perception after watching the three hour monstrocity that was Magnolia. Go figure!
I did like the Skulls; however I harbor no illusions of seriousness about the movie. It was a fun movie, perhaps meant to come across as a secret-society thriller, but in reality it was something of a throwback to the high-schoolish myserties of the early 80's. Anybody remember Anthony Edwards in "Gotcha"? Its about as close a genre comparassion as I can draw at the moment.
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