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<blockquote data-quote="Enigma" data-source="post: 1099408" data-attributes="member: 3766">Tyler is not supposed to be the &quot;hero&quot;. The Narrator was too much of a pussy, and Tyler is his polar opposite, his shadow. Neither is a fully healthy individual, which is why the Narrator becomes schizophrenic and later tries to kill himself. Rather than accepting both parts of his personality and psyche, he splits them in two. That's why the movie is worse than the book. For one, it glorifies Tyler, when he's too destructive. You're not supposed to take everything he says seriously. He's just the opposite of the main character. Second of all, it turns the ending into some kind of love story, rather than the (attempted) suicide that it's supposed to be. The main character is supposed to be killed by his unwillingness to accept the dark side of his unconscious. And third, it kills off Tyler. He's a part of the Narrator's personality; he wasn't supposed to be killed. The healthy masculine character would have been the Narrator and Tyler integrated, with both the light and dark elements of his personality.Instead he kills off the dark side of his masculinity to hold hands with some crazy drug addict.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Enigma, post: 1099408, member: 3766"] Tyler is not supposed to be the "hero". The Narrator was too much of a pussy, and Tyler is his polar opposite, his shadow. Neither is a fully healthy individual, which is why the Narrator becomes schizophrenic and later tries to kill himself. Rather than accepting both parts of his personality and psyche, he splits them in two. That's why the movie is worse than the book. For one, it glorifies Tyler, when he's too destructive. You're not supposed to take everything he says seriously. He's just the opposite of the main character. Second of all, it turns the ending into some kind of love story, rather than the (attempted) suicide that it's supposed to be. The main character is supposed to be killed by his unwillingness to accept the dark side of his unconscious. And third, it kills off Tyler. He's a part of the Narrator's personality; he wasn't supposed to be killed. The healthy masculine character would have been the Narrator and Tyler integrated, with both the light and dark elements of his personality. Instead he kills off the dark side of his masculinity to hold hands with some crazy drug addict. [/QUOTE]

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