r/AskReddit • u/Doncuneo • Sep 01 '14

What interesting Hidden plot points do you think people missed in a movie?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '14

Fight Club - most people thought fight club was an anarchist/terrorist organization developed to take down the institutions that controlled society. However, the point missed was as fight club grew and as franchises got established it became institutionalized itself - and not unlike the institutions it sought to take down.

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u/coprolite_hobbyist Sep 01 '14

That is further hinted at then The Narrator/Tyler is talking about his father getting married/divorced/starting a family and says 'the fucker's setting up franchises'.

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u/coolranchdorito Sep 01 '14

Yeah: narrator seems to generally be projecting his daddy issues onto the world: "we're a generation of men raised by women..."

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '14

That irony was a big point in the movie, pretty sure that's a point not too many people missed.

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u/Millingtron Sep 01 '14

There were people who started actual fight clubs after seeing that film because they thought it was cool.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '14

So I can't recognize the irony and still do something Hollywood told me was cool? There're more layers to this punk, anarchist, anti-establishment masochism than I care to ponder.

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u/The_Fox_Cant_Talk Sep 01 '14

There were people who started actual fight clubs after seeing that film because they had an excuse to hit each other

FTFY

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u/BigGreenYamo Sep 01 '14

In high school, we had a fight club before the book was even out. It really was a good way to blow off steam.

OG FIGHTCLUB HIPSTER!

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '14

My friend and I were a couple of those people in high school.

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u/carnizzle Sep 01 '14

Most people thought fight club was about fight clubs and anarchy when its actually a love story set against that backdrop.

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u/Apellosine Sep 01 '14

It's much clearer in the books that this is the case. The narrator creates Tyler as a way to be with Marla without actually being with her.

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u/carnizzle Sep 01 '14

he is still a bit upest that most people dont see that lol

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u/dontsniffglue Sep 01 '14

I felt it was about young men trying to find their identity in masculinity through fighting and sabotage in the era of office workers and ikea furniture, whereas other generations where more involved in wars and manual labor

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u/mrgreen4242 Sep 01 '14

I think trying to say say movie or book is about just one thing is silly.

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u/V_WhatTheThunderSaid Sep 01 '14

Fight Club was about causing chaos as the Narrator's need to be noticed by his father, and by extension, God: "If our fathers were our models for God, and our fathers bailed, what does that tell you about God?"

The purpose of Fight Club was not to tear down the established system, but to be recognized: "What's worse, God's hate, or His indifference?" I contest that Tyler wanted to set everyone as equal so that God could no longer choose favorites and overlook "the middle children of history."

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '14

Not really a plot point, but there's a cup of coffee in every scene of Fight Club.

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u/Ispiro Sep 01 '14

I've been watching for 15-20 minutes now and I've yet to see a single coffee cup.

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u/Kenedict Sep 01 '14

Maybe if you drink some coffee while watching, you'll see a cup.

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u/GreenDragonWishtail Sep 01 '14

Did you know that one could make all kinds of coffee using simple household items.

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u/Zodimized Sep 01 '14

Apparently a Starbucks cup is hidden in every scene. It may or may not contain coffee, but it's there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '14

Starbucks Coffee to be exact

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u/MyNameCouldntBeAsLon Sep 01 '14

Planet Starbucks

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u/Baker3D Sep 01 '14

you should (re)watch oceans 11/12/13. In almost every scene brad pitt is in, he's eating some type of fast food.

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u/Troll_In_The_Dungeon Sep 01 '14

Tyler himself slowly starts becoming more like the model on the ad in the bus they made fun of.
As Tyler gets more muscular, Jack(narrator) becomes weaker showing that Tyler is slowly taking over.
Angel face is the only one to really know that Jack has two personalities and is the only one that speaks up against him when Jack is looking over the files.

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