eye opening
...lub is merely a movie with a hearty amount of violence and a Hollywood heartthrob, Brad Pitt; however, upon closer inspection, this cinematic masterpiece is so much more. This film brings to the attention of the viewer just how materialistic mainstream society has become. To quote Brad Pitt's character, Tyler Durden, "Murder, crime, poverty; these things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with five hundred channels, some guy's name on my underwear... Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes; working jobs we hate so we can buy [junk] we don't need." This movie opened my eyes to just how inept, unconcerned, and unaware the world and its inhabitants are. It disgusted me that the typical American was far more concerned with their own personal accumulation of wealth then they were with the civil wars that regularly slaughter tens of thousands of Africans on a regular basis. This is not to say that I live the epitome of a post-materialist life; rather, I prompted myself to reduce the importance of material possessions in my life while also making great strides towards becoming aware of the current events occurring in the world around me. People should know that leaders such as Italy's Silvio Berlusconi have passed ...