Justin Afifi - Fight Club

Directed by: David Fincher
Novel by: Chuck Palahniuk

Fight Club is the story of a nameless narrator that works for an unspecified car company as a recall specialist. Disenchanted with his job and his lifestyle the narrator becomes an insomniac. After seeking help from his doctor the doctor suggests that he visit a testicular cancer support group to see "what real pain is." After visiting the support group he becomes addicted to them and conquers his sleep deprivation. That is until he meets Marla Singer, a fellow support group "tourist." Unable to sleep yet again the narrator returns to his familiar ways until he meets Tyler Durden. Tyler is everything the narrator wishes he was. After his condo blows up the narrator calls Tyler and asks if he can stay with him. Tyler agrees but with one condition...he has to hit him as hard as he can. That one punch leads to an underground organization called Fight Club. The clubs become widespread and eventually lead to Project Mayhem, a full out guerrilla attack on the establishment. Not even the narrator can stand by and watch the destruction...or can he?

The novel written in 1996 and the film made in 1999 are incredibly similar. The film follows most of the novel. Even keeping the Edward Norton character nameless, which for film is unusual to have an unnamed protagonist. The themes of the novel are incredibly accurate throughout the film. Of course small details are altered to help fit the film world better (some characters are cut or combined to make one character in the film). The only major difference between the novel and the film would be the ending. In the film the narrator is being held prisoner by Tyler as they await the explosion of the credit buildings in the city. The narrator overcomes Tyler's hold on him and shoots himself in the mouth, destroying Tyler in the process. The goons of Project Mayhem and Marla come into the building and check on the narrator. He orders the goons to leave and stays, making peace with Marla watching the credit buildings explode. In the novel Tyler disappears when Marla and a support group come to see the narrator. He waits for the bomb in the building he's in to go off but it's a dud. He then shoots himself, intent on killing himself but instead wakes in the hospital. He's visited by Marla and then by more Project Mayhem goons ensuring that they have plans for the future.