Ayn Rand would be 80% proud of Fist Fight

I have the habit of leaving a movie on when i sleep, so i wake up to fist fight, relaxed, expecting another chill hopefully witty comedy (that Cube so far wasnt able to deliver in over a decade). So Im watching it, and slowly slowly im dying of laughter and at the same time my adrenaline bursts.

Shock, im seeing / hearing the most educational, philosophical piece of culture (movie specific) ive encountered in years, (without counting the ones that are <2000). My adrenaline pumping.

Alright, i scored it 4/5. unfortunately it has a problem. and a rather big one, considering the message it sends. The two teachers are in conflict, with different philosophies, or rather .. a philosophy and a lack of.

We have the white guy (INTP / INTJ) who wants comfort and conventions and words to avoid and make things less intense and or to avoid them completely vs the black guy (ISTP) who stands for everything thats "right and holy".

now the white guy is not a wreck of a man, no, his selfesteem is decent, he sees reality well, and he is vulnerable and assertive. he basically has all the virtues , but he is missing the concepts to pull ahead.

Step by step, we see him squirm in the face of realities challenges (more or less conventional). Then the black guy confronts him and tells him his philosophy, literally. It doesnt quite work, i mean the white guy is still stuck in his convictions and intuition, but eventually theres a shift, a crack a breackthrough. Sure, its a bit romantic making it so abrupt and without any introspection, thats not how men should function, impulsively, switching their convictions determined by a context or a rush of adrenaline. Thats my first issue.

THe bigger issue though, is what that man becomes, basically, the values he promotes now as an "enlightened individual". Well, while he takes most of the right stuff, he fails again to use his mind and in the situation where he clearly has ZERO reasons to proceed with a conflict, meaning that he basically starts a conflict with the man that enlightened him and worked on this from the start.

It makes no sense for 2 men of virtue, fighting for the same thing, to suddenly continue fighting eachother. The black guy doesnt seem to be as adamant of fighting once he sees the new man before him, but the white guy is wack, and goes berserk.

Its not that big of a deal, considering the outcome is good, but its a stain on the architecture of the movie. Especially considering all the rest of the values that were promoted.