Someone earlier tonight asked if Fight Club still holds up.

Posted by MountainTomato9292@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 35 comments

It inspired me to watch it with my teens (13 and 16) and they loved it. Had lots of good questions and really enjoyed it. So yes, I would say it still holds up.

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Lower_Group_1171@reddit

Ive seen plenty of genxers with moobs

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grimsnap@reddit

It holds up as a work of satire. Unfortunately, that went over the heads of "Sigma" bros who embraced Tyler Durden (and Patrick Bateman).

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Yes it does. For this grouchy Gen X anyhow. The idea of men so lacking in direction or purpose that they start to partake in unsanctioned violence sounds far fetched but it’s really not. Men who grew up without a healthy male role model or two can lack assertiveness and other positive masculine attributes. This franchise examines that thesis, taken to its worst end.

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InfernalTest@reddit

I'm sorry but am I the only one that thought instantly of this movie when all the current young dude bros started running around with lumberjack beards and wearing those Patagonia vests packed with leaded weights while drinking "mud" competing in weekend Spartans and fawning at Marcus Aurelius and Patrick Bateman as if they were some cosmopolitan Buddahs...

If ever there was a generation of needy man boys looking to affirm they are men because thay have a real.identity crisis in their lives ...

Its been this last generation of 20 and 30 year olds

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RogerMurdockCo-Pilot@reddit

Sir, the first rule of Project Mayhem is you do not ask questions

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spoink74@reddit

I still don’t think Marla exists.

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ranoutofbacon@reddit

especially after saying she and Tyler were never in the same room together

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InfernalTest@reddit

She was remarking that the Narrator and Tyler are never in the same room

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Top-Scarcity5937@reddit

It's jammed full of jokes you're not supposed to laugh at, which - IMO - is very Gen X. Or maybe it's just me.
"I want bowel cancer !"
The film splicing.
The food service terrorism.
The sickle cell group hug.
"This chick Marla Singer did not have testicular cancer."
Is that sort of funny still acceptable anywhere ?
I'm glad that it seems safe from becoming a remake.

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SubstanceNo1544@reddit

This person gets it

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Lanky_Comedian_3942@reddit

" I haven't been fucked like that since grade- school. "

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Top-Scarcity5937@reddit

Homes, that was chosen to replace the original line from the book, which the filmmakers considered to be out of bounds. It was: "I want to have your abortion."

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