The Ending

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Was it just me or did it feel like having the Narrator live and the buildings explode in the movie give a different 'feel' (I'm sorry, I don't know how to word this. Hopefully you get my drift.) to the movie than the book? Anybody kind of get what I'm saying?

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Well, yes. It gave it a totally different feel. In the movie he was freed of Tyler in a way he wasn't in the book and he got the girl, sort-of. He beat the system and he took control of Project Myhem.

In the book he didn't do any of that. He killed Tyler for the moment, perhaps, but wound up in an sanitarium surrounded by his own mad creations. It was creepy in the book and happy in the film.

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Ever see Swordfish? Quoting John Travolta's character, "Audiences like happy endings." Well, not this girl. I found it horribly unsatisfying. Or, maybe that's just because I read the book first.

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[QUOTE=elrobotico]Ever see Swordfish? Quoting John Travolta's character, "Audiences like happy endings." Well, not this girl. I found it horribly unsatisfying. Or, maybe that's just because I read the book first.[/QUOTE]

I read the book first as well. When it first came out and many times since. But the film had a more freewheeling attitude than the book, and for that I didn't mind the stylized ending. It was almost a comment on happy endings, pomo, you know?

After a fashion...

Oh, by the way. People shouldn't quote Swordfish. That's just wrong.

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Yeah, I totally get it. That 'freewheeling attitude' was just taken to a bit more in the movie.

And I'm very sorry about Swordfish. I saw it again today, and it came to mind. It is rather cretinish for a 'techie' film (if you can even call it that).

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[QUOTE=elrobotico]Ever see Swordfish? Quoting John Travolta's character, "Audiences like happy endings." Well, not this girl. I found it horribly unsatisfying. Or, maybe that's just because I read the book first.[/QUOTE]
GIRL!?

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Uh, last time I checked.

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[QUOTE=elrobotico]Uh, last time I checked.[/QUOTE]
yeah but how long ago was that?

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Okay, this thread is headed in a weird direction...

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i dont know maybe someone can help me with something, i always change my mind when i think about this. in the end of the movie, are they in a different building than when tyler is kicking jacks ass in the basement, cause if they arent then him and marla die not to mention the plan was to have the spacemonkeys there too and they would die along with tyler and jack, killing everyone, project mayhem, but then again tyler never wanted a bunch of people following him, so i guess he wanted to end it. i dont know i can be a big idiot sometimes

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Yep, according to the commentary, I think it was the Palahniuk/Uhls one, where they clear it all up. They were in a different building.

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oh yeah i remember
havent listened to that commentary in a long time
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[QUOTE=Parkaboy]Well, yes. It gave it a totally different feel. In the movie he was freed of Tyler in a way he wasn't in the book and he got the girl, sort-of. He beat the system and he took control of Project Myhem.

In the book he didn't do any of that. He killed Tyler for the moment, perhaps, but wound up in an sanitarium surrounded by his own mad creations. It was creepy in the book and happy in the film.[/QUOTE]
the book is always better..........

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