Fight Club (the movie) question

Alright, so I just got done watching fight club, and the ending confused me. Why did the Brad Pitt Tyler Durden die/go away and the other Tyler Durden stay alive? The movie confused me sooooo many times, plus I didn't really get the motive/reason of the movie.:?Zeldaguy16

In the book, Edward Norton actually killed himself, they had to pretty it up for the movies. My explanation is that Edward Norton actually thought he killed himself, 100% believed he killed himself which killed Brad Pitt.

As for the motives / reasons of the movie, it's one of the most philosophical movies ever made, preaching society's faults, non-materialism, and non-mainstream living. Try watching it again, pay closer attention.

[QUOTE="Zeldaguy16"]Alright, so I just got done watching fight club, and the ending confused me. Why did the Brad Pitt Tyler Durden die/go away and the other Tyler Durden stay alive? The movie confused me sooooo many times, plus I didn't really get the motive/reason of the movie.:?RiSkyBiZ-13

In the book, Edward Norton actually killed himself, they had to pretty it up for the movies. My explanation is that Edward Norton actually thought he killed himself, 100% believed he killed himself which killed Brad Pitt.

As for the motives / reasons of the movie, it's one of the most philosophical movies ever made, preaching society's faults, non-materialism, and non-mainstream living. Try watching it again, pay closer attention.

[QUOTE="Zeldaguy16"]Alright, so I just got done watching fight club, and the ending confused me. Why did the Brad Pitt Tyler Durden die/go away and the other Tyler Durden stay alive? The movie confused me sooooo many times, plus I didn't really get the motive/reason of the movie.:?RiSkyBiZ-13

In the book, Edward Norton actually killed himself, they had to pretty it up for the movies. My explanation is that Edward Norton actually thought he killed himself, 100% believed he killed himself which killed Brad Pitt.

As for the motives / reasons of the movie, it's one of the most philosophical movies ever made, preaching society's faults, non-materialism, and non-mainstream living. Try watching it again, pay closer attention.

The narrator doesn't die at the end of the book, he just hospitalises himself to stop 'Tyler' making trouble for a while. The way i read it is that he's going to get better, he's going to get out and Tyler is going to start running things again. The narrator isn't cooperative (the deep scepticism he shows towards his therapy sessions) and I don't think he has his personality disorder sorted out, OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FACE.

The end of the film is less coherent, I think it's generally assumed that he shot himself to 'kill the Tyler in him'. It's positive in a strange way, with him standing there next to Marla, it's more of a traditional Hollywood ending.

The way I see it is Tyler the whole movie was trying to make Nortons character "let go", and stop caring about everything, because thats one reason Tyler was even there was he was willing to do anything, nothing was holding him back...Nortons character shooting himself proved that he had let go, and was willing to risk his life and not care the outcome, which proved that he didn't need Tyler anymore.SaintLeonidas

I saw it for the first time last night and Iwant to fight someone the move was that great.Mercenary848

Thats how I felt lol when he was going crazy on that blonde guy smashing him in the face continously..left right left right left right left right right right left right left right I was like GAHHHH!!!! I WANNA GO OUT AND KNOCK SOMEONE OUT! Its such a bad influence lol. Ahwell its still a great movie.

[QUOTE="Zeldaguy16"]Alright, so I just got done watching fight club, and the ending confused me. Why did the Brad Pitt Tyler Durden die/go away and the other Tyler Durden stay alive? The movie confused me sooooo many times, plus I didn't really get the motive/reason of the movie.:?RiSkyBiZ-13

In the book, Edward Norton actually killed himself, they had to pretty it up for the movies. My explanation is that Edward Norton actually thought he killed himself, 100% believed he killed himself which killed Brad Pitt.

As for the motives / reasons of the movie, it's one of the most philosophical movies ever made, preaching society's faults, non-materialism, and non-mainstream living. Try watching it again, pay closer attention.