Fight Club

“We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives.” –Tyler Durden

The novel by Chuck Palahniuk ‘Fight Club’ made into a movie of the same name was released in 1999. Its set in America, modern times and directed is David Fincher. It runs for 139 minutes and is an action/adventure movie. The original music is by The Dust Brothers and the visual effects are great and by far hold up strong. The acting draws you in and the casting fits the roles, couldn't asked for different actors. The camerawork is good because right shots are used for the scenes. 

The main character is played by Edward Norton as a sleepless nameless ‘everyman’ character who is disgruntled with his office job. Tyler Durden played by Brad Pitt, is his friend, soap maker and partner in crime. They start a ‘fight club’ where they fight in order to blow off steam, as a form of therapy and distraction from their normal lives. Everything becomes complicated when suicidal, immoral tourist Marla Singer, played by Helena Bonham Carter, gets involved.

The violence in the film is said to be a metaphor by Fincher for the struggle between a generation of young men and an advertisement value system they become aware and try to refuse to live up to the social narrative. The Fight Club concept, in the movie and in real life has gained a cult following among men from diverse backgrounds. It triggers a longing in men to become unrestricted and more of who they are.

Tyler Durden said once “Losing all hope was freedom”. He realised, after hitting rock bottom that he could give himself permission to do whatever he wanted. It’s an extreme, but very appealing view. It takes the phrase ‘Carpe Diem’ to the next level.

This film has changed some people’s point of view on life and is interesting throughout. It is arguably the 10^th/11^th best film of all time according to online reviews and is considered a favourite among many. The movie is intense, extremely captivating and has perfect timing and execution. It makes you question society and how you live your life. It’s a different type of movie, I would recommend it.

As Tyler Durden said “This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time”.

Michael Goddard - Paintings

This man is my top artist right now, he uses olives as characters reflecting humanity and greed's . His paintings have a very unique art style that's a cartoony realistic look.

This is a Gallery of some of my favourites... 

Very creative, funny and powerful I wish I had one hanged on my wall.

Things a Gamer Must Know! (Some funny truths about video games)

1. How to fit shapes between other shapes

2. How to tap buttons in a combo

3. How to aim ahead and at the head

4. When to screen cheat

5. Always kill a noob

6. How to boost/drift your Ferrari

7. Know a=jump, trigger=attack

8. When to rage-quite

9. When to show off your highscore

10. When to use mana/life potions

11. When to use your special attack

12. How to judge a jumping distance

13. When to help your mates then betray them

14. Always use your best weapon

15. What dialogue choice to pick

16. Know what to learn in skill tree

17. When to use the 'I win button'

18. When to play nice and when to play hard-core

19. How to rocket-jump

20. When to lay out 'The Law'

21. No mid combat looting because that's just rude

22. Never walk in front of the screen… never

Why YouTube is Awesome

YouTube is a phenomenon! The video sharing website was created in 2005. It lets users upload, view and share videos. People can film their own videos, watch music videos, comedy sketches, movie trailers, let’s plays, vlogs and original ideas.

Previously it was hard to show others your videos. You could try emailing it but the file was always too big. Now it’s easy. YouTube gets 4 billion video views every day, 48 hours of video every minute uploaded and in every hour 120 days of recording is being put on the website. So one year’s worth of footage is uploaded every 3 hours. It would take 8 years to watch 1 days’ worth of videos uploaded to YouTube and these numbers are growing.

 One of the best things about YouTube and why it’s so important is people can view and share experiences together while watching videos. It is the third most visited website in the world and is a new accessible way of entertainment. Every day people can make videos and reach larger audiences than they could have ever reached.

YouTube was awarded the 2008 Peabody Award which is an accomplishment in electronic media and was quoted for being “a Speakers Corner” that both embodies and promotes democracy. It is even banned in some countries because their government is afraid of what their civilians will see. Such as protests, demonstrations and examples of freedom as has occurred in China, Morocco, Iran, Pakistan, Libya and Japan most recently. 

There are some bad things on YouTube as well such as some of the comments and videos might be taken the wrong way or simply not good but other than that it is good.

Fresh new video series can be made that would never have aired on TV. By searching YouTube you can find amazing channels and people with similar interests to yours.  For example ‘The Phillip Defranco Show’ for news, ‘Freddiew’ for action and’ Blake Grigsby’ for comedy. The viewer’s become a Community built around the channel that brings a nice feeling such as ‘The Nation’, ‘Yognaught’s and Nerdfighter’s are some examples to name a few. 

YouTube gives free content that interests you and is a cheap way for a quality past-time without spending lots of money. It can also be a very good learning tool because you can watch important events from the past and videos on anything you’re studying. Some really good education channels are Numberphile and Vsauce.

YouTuber’s can make their videos on whatever they want and whenever they like so there is always new videos uploaded every often and they can get feedback from their viewers super easy to make what they do even better.

YouTube has more video footage than all television networks put together. Video is the wave of the present. We are now a video consuming and producing society. YouTube is the go to place for video viewing and sharing in our world. People can express themselves, be creative and even showcase their talents around the world.

I'm giving it a 9.4/10