"My life is unfulfilling, what should I do...?"

Rating: 2/10 (21 May 2004)

Ed Norton character: "I don't know. I'm just not content with my life. I have a job that doesn't do anything to benefit mankind. I have so many possessions, but they don't make me happy. I just feel there must be more to life than this shallow, commercial, material world I live in. I want to do something different."
Me: "Well, it's very commendable of you to re-evaluate your priorities. So, since you don't like your material possessions, are you going to get rid of all your IKEA furniture and move to a smaller apartment, one that you actually feel comfortable in?"
Norton: No.
Me: Well, since your job isn't fulfilling, are you going to quit and join the PEace Corps, or get a job as a teacher in an poor neighborhood?
Norton: Nah.
Me: Well, since you're looking for some higher meaning to life, are you going to start going to church?
Norton: Nope.
Me: Sigh... okay, so what ARE you going to do?
Norton: I think I'll get together with a bunch of other unfulfilled guys, and then we'll beat the snot out of each other.

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If that strikes you as profound, well, then "Fight Club" is the movie for you. If it sounds ridiculous (and it should!), avoid it like the plague.
The ironic and amusing thing is, most of the fanboys who rave about this movie are geeks who couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag, and would run crying to their mommies if someone even LOOKED like he was going to throw a punch at them!