Why 'was' is used in : "Losing all hope was freedom. --- Fight Club（1999）" instead of 'is' ? - Losing all hope is freedom. - Losing all hope was freedom. Which one was better? ;-D Is it easy? Probably not for me. let me guess ... it depends on the the scene in the movie. A person is telling his story so using 'was' and therefore there's no problem at all. However, if 'was' actually means something then I need help. Thanks you!!!