something I've noticed people aren't discussing.

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2002)

A lot of words have been spoken/ written/ transmitted about "Fight Club" and its messages about men who haven't entirely grown up and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, but I haven't seen (yet) anyone tackle this movie from a religious standpoint.
First, let me say "Fight Club" is a brilliant movie, and I considered it the best movie of 1999 (I'm sure that means just tons to everyone). But here's why the movie spoke to me -- it seems to me that the filmmakers, whether consciously or not, are saying that people who grow up with no moral or spiritual compass to guide them will eventually be morally and spiritually bankrupt.
Tyler even says this in one of the scenes (something along the lines of "our fathers are our role models for God. And if they left us, what does that say about God?"). Pow. Tyler believes God's no longer in the picture, so he can do whatever the heck he wants.
Tyler represents people who've grown up with no belief in God or any sort of values system that He handed down, and that lack of belief is ultimately what leads to his extreme behavior. But the statement of the movie is that people like Tyler are to be pitied, not revered.