Fight Club has become one of those go-to machismo movies, a lad film whose posters are guaranteed to adorn student bedroom walls until the end of time. It's a kinetic, visually creative movie with a great story that the majority of the population has seen. Yet if you stop someone in the street and ask them what the film's about they'd probably start spouting something about "the first rule of Fight Club" or saying "my friend ruined the twist for me." Not all that in depth. David Fincher's attack on our dependence on consumerism (amongst other things) has become a defining film for a generation, despite much of what it's saying going over a general audience's heads. The biggest misnomer is the title. The last thing Fight Club is about is Fight Club. The topless men beating each other to a pulp is obviously important to the film, but what goes on outside Lou's is just as integral, forming its ultimate statement. That didn't stop people listening intently to Tyler Durden's teachings, with some actually forming their own Fight Clubs across America (thankfully things never got as far as Project Mayhem). Which other movie's morals have been misunderstood? Let us know in the comments below.
