What's the Difference between Fight Club the Book and Fight Club the Movie?
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Tyler's plan is to be in side the building as it blows up so he can be a martyr. The building fails to blow up. |
Tyler only wanted to watch it happen. Project mayhem succeeds in blowing up all the buildings as the Narrator and Marla watch them fall. |
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Tyler answers the phone when Marla calls about her suicide attempt. The narrator only learns of this later. |
The Narrator takes the original call, but does nothing and leaves the phone off the hook. Tyler then comes along and picks it up and listens.
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The narrator beats a man to a bloody pulp because he is envious of his good looks. |
Angel face is seen as taking the Narrator's place as Tyler's friend, so the narrator freaks out and beats his face to a pulp. He tells Tyler "I felt like destroying something beautiful." |
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The narrator goes to a bar with Tyler and asks if he can stay with him. |
He beats around the bush and Tyler tells him to just ask if he can stay with him.
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The narrator ends up in a mental institution where members of Project mayhem indicate that they are still carrying out the wishes of Tyler Durden. |
The film ends prior to seeing the outcome. The last shot is of the buildings crashing down. And a giant penis. |