During these classes, we
studied Fight Club and Matrix. I think that these two movies
can be put together and be compared.
For example, Edward Norton’s
character in Fight Club has no name;
it’s a kind of dehumanization. He feels empty, and cannot see how he can change
his life. On the other hand, we have Neo, who has a choice and responsibilities:
he can change the world by going against the Matrix, even if he’s the Chosen
One, he still have a choice.
Both characters are living a
lie. The Fight Club character is
lying to himself because of his mental illness. He experiences a kind of
reincarnation, through Brad Pitt’s character, his alter ego. Neo also
experience reincarnation thanks to Morpheus and his team, by discovering the
truth about the Matrix and being his true self.
Both will have to fight to
be truly alive. Neo is alive but it’s a lie, and he’s going to have to fight
against the Matrix to be free while Edward Norton’s character will fight for
himself, so he doesn’t feel empty anymore. Everything in these men’s life is
fake. They have to fight something bigger than them : the society they live in.
Indeed, both films are a
critic of consumerism that leads to a world corrupted by goods. In Matrix, that
even leads to a world ruled by machines. The Matrix is all that is wrong in the
world.
In both films, we can see a
critic of totalitarism. The Matrix is a kind of totalitarism, same as the
society we can observe in Fight Club. And in both movies, we can see a small
group rebelling against it. These rebels are outsiders, who have to live in the
shadows. But we can ask if their intentions are really going to lead to a
better world : in Matrix, the real
world is dark and devastated, so why taking down the Matrix will help them to
have a better life ? In the same way, the fight club is in itself a kind of
totalitarism, it’s not a proper response to the flaws of society.
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