Fight Club (film)/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** In the book, her line while in bed with Tyler was "I want to have your abortion", which studio executives ordered David Fincher to change for the film. When they heard what he had come up with instead, they begged to have it changed back.

** [[Helena Bonham Carter]] (who is British) didn't know what "grade school" meant, and assumed it meant high school. She was surprised when she found out. She discusses this on the DVD commentary.

* [[Cult Classic]]: To the point that people started Fight Clubs and turned into Hipsters.

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: How many real-life followers do you think he'd have if he were played by someone less handsome than Brad Pitt? This is directly Lampshaded when Tyler and the Narrator mock an underwear model in a bus ad.

* [[Fan Disservice]]: Shirtless men being horribly injured, and Bob's bitch tits. Not to mention copious [[Ho Yay]] (which Fincher confirmed to be put there to make audiences uncomfortable).

* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]:

** In 2004, distrubed college student [[wikipedia:Luke Helder|Luke Helder]] tried a Project Mayhem stunt of his own: bombing mailboxes to create a smiley face across the map of the US.

** Not to mention the whole concept of terrorists blowing up skyscrapers in major US cities.

* [[Rewatch Bonus]]: The second time you watch the film, you begin to notice all the subtle hints that {{spoiler|Tyler is not real}}, that you may have handwaved as coincidences the first time round, such as {{spoiler|Tyler and the protagonist owning the same type of suitcase, the fact that Tyler never answers his phone, etc.}}

* [[Tough Act to Follow]]: For both David Fincher and Chuck Palahniuk. Practically every book Palahniuk has written since has been directly compared to this one, while Fincher has only just escaped the shadow of the film with 2010's ''[[The Social Network]]''.

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