Prediction of the future ?!?!?

Rating: Null/10 (10 November 2003)

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I think the `Fight Club' is one of the best movies I ever saw.
Interestingly, even after watching it a couple of times, I don't even know if I `like it'. No doubt it is a fantastic flick, but in the `being hit by a sledgehammer' kind of way.
Other users have already pointed out the how the `Fight Club' mirrors the American Way of Life - or what it has become.
Every time I see the movie, it feels to me like a prediction of the future. For example, in hindsight `The Siege (1998)' ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133952/combined ) was like a prediction on 9/11 and the government reactions. OK, this time the US Government didn't create a concentration camp as depicted in `The Siege'. However, personal freedom was severely curtailed by the `Patriot Act'.
Thinking about what `Fight Club' predicts: is it really so far fetched that `Joe Average's get drawn together by an underground men's club? That they slowly start breaking the rules, beginning with bare-knuckle fighting, and from there (nearly by coincident) start challenging `the rules' more and more?
In today's world, Joe Average is only here to support the economy as a consumer and to work in a - usually - mindless job. For that, he gets a useless vote (don't start telling me that voting `conservative' or `liberal' really makes any practical difference - that's why 60% of the population don't even bother voting in the first place).
As so often in history, the system works because hardly anyone questions it.
In the `Fight Club', the members start challenging `the rules' and develop an amazing dynamic that leads to a major 9/11 style terrorist attack. Since the attacks are aimed at credit companies records, million's of people's debts are effectively eliminated. Human casualties are deliberately avoided. How would you call that - `democratic terrorism ***grin***' ???
All it takes is a leader, who sets things in motion.
Far fetched? I don't think so. I would not be surprised if `Fight Club' will one day be regarded as one of those `clairvoyant' flicks who depicted it all long before it really happened.
Otherwise . I hate Brad Pitt - but in this movie he is superb. Couldn't think about a better actor for the role.
My opinion: 9 out of 10.