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Originally Posted by choc e-Claire
Watching it 25 years on and knowing it as "an important film" might have clouded my attitude somewhat, but: it's just so punishingly, consistently misanthropic and that just bleeds through into the enjoyment of the film itself. And it all feels prompted by an extremely surface-level take on nihilism and consumerism. (I did like the "self-improvement is masturbation" quip, although I was coming at it from a different angle.)
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I see your point. I do see it as an in-character kind of lens - the two mains being unreliable and ultimately, despicable people (Phrasing it in a way that doesn't spoil anything to those few who haven't seen it yet, lol) we are meant to see as a cautionary tale/negative example. But there is only so much on-screen vitriol one can take until it taints the overall experience. And oof, is there some vitriol directed towards Marla. I admittedly haven't seen it in years and back when I first watched it as a teen it seemed so over the top and not life-like, I kind of dissociated from the more sociopolitical aspects and focused more on the plot, acting, cinematography, etc. I wonder how it would affect me in my current state.
I feel like the movie might have gotten even more uncomfortable because there are clowns like Andrew Tate out there fishing in a similar pond like Tyler Durden does in the movie. It is in an odd way more timely than it was back then. And that's a definite loss for society.
I think I'll deffo watch it again soon. Maybe it'll hit very different these days.