Violence?????

Rating: Null/10 (24 March 2000)

I have finally seen Fight Club and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I'm still hesitant to lionize the movie as "great" because I have not fully understood what I believe the film ultimately says. By ultimately I mean at the end (which I'm surprised so many people simply wrote off as disappointing without, I fear, further examination). I'm most compelled at this time, however, to comment on the reactions to the movie by many critics as "too violent". -- The movie is called FIGHT Club. That's for starters. Additionally, the violence is a crucial part of the story. It is not gratuitous, nor is it glorified. Contextually, I don't see how it can be deemed problematic. As for its place in society as a potential powder-keg for violence in youths? Don't you think the film addresses this problem as well? Perhaps the youths shouldn't be so quick to consume the images of a corporate enterprise. Violence??? For crying out loud, you'd think these critics had never seen the evening news????