Fight Club

I always thought there was something to the overly masculine plot of Fight Club, a movie which only really has one female character – who is a rather masculine female at that. From being involved in the Fight Club the men see themselves as more masculine. Being a part of a club, fighting just for the hell of it and not having a care are shown to be hyper masculine. Regardless of who they were before Fight Club, regardless of their society imposed sense of masculinity, they almost “level up” in masculinity when they are accepted into the Fight Club. They go around destroying things, little boys like breaking things…. They sit around drinking beer, as that’s what “men” do. The scene when they bring Bob in after he has been shot shows the idea that men don’t cry, they use their twisted sense of living and purpose to fuel their actions. The actions they do without knowing why. Much like actually society, they just follow the masses with the blind hope that the ones “in charge” have a plan. Thankfully more people are beginning to question this. There is still hope for the world.