Most Rewatchable Scene
The bar and first fight; Tyler's speech through the stranger-fight and Project Mayhem montages
In the discussion (10)
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- The semi-opening insomnia and IKEA-catalog setup works like a narrator blog post of the life he hates.
- The first 32 minutes, through the title sequence, support groups, meeting Marla, the plane fantasy, Bob and meeting Tyler, are relentless, with one-frame Pitt flashes.
- The second Tyler scene, where the things you own end up owning you, leads to the first fight; Fincher told Norton to actually hit Pitt in the ear so the reaction is genuine.
- Tyler's speech to the fight club and the fight with Lou are highlighted; the speech is played.
- The most rewatchable stretch is Tyler's speech through the stranger-fight montage, the narrator fighting himself in the boss's office and the first Project Mayhem montage, about 20 minutes.
- Combined, that is the first hour, which still makes the hair stand up even though the film quickly became a cliche of itself in bathroom stalls and MySpace bios.
- The car accident is a half-rewatchable scene, shot uniquely.
- The hotel-room reveal that the narrator is Tyler is hard to overstate, followed by chasing Tyler around the map, the final Pitt-Norton scene and the Pixies ending.
- The other pick is the bar and first fight; the twist ages best among the era's twist movies but matters least, because the first hour and a half works as a relationship drama.
- The speech, the Lou cameo and the stranger-fight montage section is endorsed as the choice.