"The first rule of Fight Club is...you do not talk about Fight Club."

Prompt: Describe a formative media in such a way that an outsider would understand and explain why it is formative to you.

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I would have to say the singular piece of media that has impacted me the most to this day, out of all the media I absorb as a consumer [good and bad], would be the movie "Fight Club".  The reason I love this movie so much is its twistedness, seeing that "twistedness" is a word of course.  The main character, who is left unnamed through the whole movie is struggling through life, unable to find motivation and happiness.  He turns to material objects.  His ideal apartment was then destroyed by a terrible fire.  Falling apart and devastated, he meets a man by the name of Tyler Durden on a airplane flight.  The free willed Durden is the opposite of the narrator, unafraid of life and the curve balls life throws.  Stemming from a series of events, they begin a group they call “Fight Club”.  It begins to consume both of their lives, and as its following grows and spreads, the monstrosity’s that the members perform get more and more severe.  At one point, one of the members is killed out of cold blood.  As the club begins to get out of control, the narrator attempts to distance himself from it, only to find the club spread all across the country.  In his attempts to stop the anarchy driven group, he discovers more about himself then what could ever be expected.  The twist at the end of the film is completely surprising. “Fight Club” has so many twists and turns, it is hard to be bored. It takes a closer look at human beings and what they are truly capable of doing and what they are capable of turning into.

I absolutely love “Fight Club”.  It was originally a book, and luckily the movie stayed extremely close to the book.  I liked it for many reasons.  The biggest reason I liked this movie was because it seemed so realistic and raw.  The style in which the movie was shot is also very individualistic.  The scenes are very dark, and emphasize the poor florescent lighting found in many public places.  The characters in the movie act like real people, and their emotions never feel fabricated or forced.

Another reason why I liked this movie so much is because of the conflicts the characters have throughout the movie.  The biggest theme is struggling to find where you belong.  The narrator lacks guidance and has nowhere to turn, so he is almost forced to change into a person that is quite unfavorable.  He is a tormented man who is constantly fighting his inner demons, and in most cases, failing miserably. I feel this is extremely applicable to everyone’s life in some way.  Everyone has had to face inner demons at some point in time, and “Fight Club” shows us how one should not deal with their shortcomings.