What you can accomplish if you lose your morals

Rating: 5/10 (3 January 2013)

Let me get this out & clear that I LOVE "Reservoir Dogs" and am NOT against violence in movies OR in for "Stories with Morals". BUT I am also the average "Joe" portrayed by Ed Norton, and I will NOT set my Condo on fire to "get out" of the rut that is my life as I am sure any average Joe wouldn't do. We, after all, don't get the title to wreck it, right?
The movie is not bad in that it's terribly impossible to miss. Now if the plot flies three feet above your head is something different but hold judgment as there definitely is a very specific plot.First , the movie comes out at a time of relative peace and financial stability , then it talks about war , terrorism , corporations and yes buildings being bombed. Yes , that happens too , all before it happens in real life. Average Joes are lured into fights , then oppression, then vandalism and we the audience are told that "Fights" are a way to fight, forgive me , Cancer? Brad Pitt looks as good as the devil himself. He also, encompasses the part of our mind that is "trapped" behind morals.The same part that we are taught to "keep in check". He tells us we need to "lose control". Before he takes in Ed Norton , he asks him to "Hit me" and there they go. Watching the movie unfold is like watching McDonald's sell their latest "Spicy" burger against the tight resolves of someone trying to cut weight.
Overall my insides cringe at the aftermath of "Fight Club". The violence, gore, subliminal messages, the timing and some tight and neat slaps on the face of faith make this movie the best advertisement of a very well thought agenda. For setting the stage for a perpetual violence that has engulfed our world in the last 11 years or so since it's release and for selling violence and hate dressed as the irresistible Mr.Pitt, and for admitting sexuality is ingrained in the minds of children through subliminal messages, I also term it as the A-rated porn produced by Hollywood, which would force you to strip off your common sense and good judgment, rather than your clothes. And that has already happened! Let's not forget that a big majority of audiences DO NOT remember that good defeated evil in a movie.They only remember how powerful or slick or funny or smart the evil was. Or they would only remember the character that had those traits in the movie. And in a movie like "Fight Club" even the good guy doesn't remember if he is the good guy or if he is the bad guy. All he remembers , over and over again is "Tyler Durden" this name is repeated more than Ed's own name and as I write this , I have also forgotten what was the name of Ed Nortorn's character? So what are the odds people would remember the good from bad,the terrorists from Cancer patients, the average Joe from Tyler Durden?
If you don't wanna go in that direction, the "MOVIE" as a product is awesome. The performances are powerful to say the least and as beautiful as Brad Pitt is, the whole thing belongs to Edward Norton, such a fine, fine actor that he is.
Though I still cringe at the blatancy of it all.