Positive in regards to filmaking & Philology

Rating: Null/10 (10 March 2001)

While many people will simply dismiss the movie as an attempt to tap the "Inner Male" or "Base Instinct" it was a relevant movie in a philisophical sense. Allow me to explain a little further, those whom have read Nietzsche may skip the next paragraph. If you have not I urge you to pay special attention to it.
In many of Nietzsche's books and notes, especially Geneaology of Morals and Will to Power, he talks about morals and nihilism. Tyler Durden is the ultimate in nihilism, or negation philosophy. Tyler is sick, in Nietzsche's words "decadent." He represents the force of change because he can no longer relate to societal mores, and plans to bring the current system down. *He* will become the force behind change, and negate life as we know it. Tyler, however, is not alone in being sick. Nietzsche would also view society as decadent, simply to be capable of producing a "Tyler Durden." This is really too brief a space to enter into his thoughts in entirety. If you are interested please check out some books of his, especially those translated by Walter Kaufmann.
As for the movie: I could see this happening in a heartbeat. The feminazation of the male psyche continues unabated. Males growing up are constantly wondering exactly how to be "Male" and in this respect Fight Club comes to it's own. It is the ultimate Alpha Male movie, with philosophical undertones that take it much further.
That a man is instinctively a fighter is true. We claw for everything and it still isn't enough. It will probably never be enough and we should not try to change a few millenia of evolution with some behavioral therapy. Man is a killer, in fact we are one of the few species of animals that will kill it's own kind. We do it for space, food, money, "peace", or simply because we like to, depending on the personality. What the movie shows is man returning to himself. Religions and politicians be damned, Master/Slave morality is here to stay.