Wednesday, December 22, 2004

+ Rule 1 : You do not talk about Fight Club +


okay, time to break Rule 1. The recent hype over Ocean's 12 has brought me to reminesce over 1 of the coolest shows of the last century. Rewind the tapes to 1999. An insomniac living the hellish rat race of the commercial world tries to buy happiness (haha... loser) to no avail.(duh) He meets his polar opposite, a soap dealer who scrapes a living from whateva life offers. They find self-actualisation in beating the daylights outta each other.
"How much can u possibily know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?"
Idea gets popular, fight clubs start appearing in every major city. Fight Clubs turn into anti-commercialism terrorists. Throw in a girl between the 2 leaders, add one helluva twist to the ending.

Yup, i have a thing for anti-hero flicks. Maybe because many hero-type flicks i know turned out to be bullshit. The mindless dribble of The Rambo trilogy, both "Resident Evil"s and "The Punisher" come to mind. While a bunch of thieves and conmen in Oceans 11 & 12 can so easily steal our hearts. (pun not intended)

Cheers to the anti-hero movies of this century and the last! *Raises wine glass*

ian wong beats around the bush@ 9:23 AM