The Breakfast Club -1984 John Hughes

[Brad]

John Hughes was awesome! He actually "retired" to a large piece of land near by, just outside Harvard Illinois. He also wrote Home Alone if my memory is correct.

[emeraldknight47]

Is it possible to hear "Don't you forget about me..." without seeing the end of this movie play out in your mind. I can't think of another song that is so closely tied to the memory of a movie. I hear it and I'm back in highschool.

You bring up an EXCELLENT point, YoungOnce. There are several songs that, when I hear them, I'm immediately transported back to the movie they're associated with.

I can't hear "THE POWER OF LOVE" without wanting to pop in BACK TO THE FUTURE and spend some time with Marty and The Professor. I think, actually, that the Huey Lewis songs are part of what gave the first movie it's charm, seeings as how the other two have NO Huey Lewis tunes and aren't nearly as good as the first...

Whenever I hear "I'M ALL RIGHT", I think of CADDYSHACK. Ah---Bill Murray and his infamous "Bark like a dog for me." scene; Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, and, of course, the Gopher....

"DANGER ZONE" always puts me back in the cockpit with Maverick in TOP GUN....

I'm sure there are a few more, but I haven't even had my first cuppa' joe yet, so the gray matter's not quite fully lubed yet....

[EMCE Hammer]

You bring up an EXCELLENT point, YoungOnce. There are several songs that, when I hear them, I'm immediately transported back to the movie they're associated with.

I can't hear "THE POWER OF LOVE" without wanting to pop in BACK TO THE FUTURE and spend some time with Marty and The Professor. I think, actually, that the Huey Lewis songs are part of what gave the first movie it's charm, seeings as how the other two have NO Huey Lewis tunes and aren't nearly as good as the first...

Whenever I hear "I'M ALL RIGHT", I think of CADDYSHACK. Ah---Bill Murray and his infamous "Bark like a dog for me." scene; Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, and, of course, the Gopher....

"DANGER ZONE" always puts me back in the cockpit with Maverick in TOP GUN....

I'm sure there are a few more, but I haven't even had my first cuppa' joe yet, so the gray matter's not quite fully lubed yet....

Ditto on all those. This could be a whole new thread.

[Brazoo]

I never loved The Breakfast Club the way everyone else in my age group does, even though I'm a pretty big John Hughes fan.

I think it overreaches what it attempts to do. It makes a point of trying to be a non-preachy teen movie, and to me it's the only Hughes teen movie that WAS preachy.

It also just doesn't click with me that much. The characters seem more like movie clichés than real people to me.

The biggest problem for me is that I'm just not into the music and never have been. I'm so sick of hearing it now that any association to that music really puts me off.

Personally, I think "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" is a much more authentic and entertaining movie about being a teenager.

[YoungOnce]

You bring up an EXCELLENT point, YoungOnce. There are several songs that, when I hear them, I'm immediately transported back to the movie they're associated with.

I can't hear "THE POWER OF LOVE" without wanting to pop in BACK TO THE FUTURE and spend some time with Marty and The Professor. I think, actually, that the Huey Lewis songs are part of what gave the first movie it's charm, seeings as how the other two have NO Huey Lewis tunes and aren't nearly as good as the first...

Whenever I hear "I'M ALL RIGHT", I think of CADDYSHACK. Ah---Bill Murray and his infamous "Bark like a dog for me." scene; Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, and, of course, the Gopher....

"DANGER ZONE" always puts me back in the cockpit with Maverick in TOP GUN....

I'm sure there are a few more, but I haven't even had my first cuppa' joe yet, so the gray matter's not quite fully lubed yet....

Of course, from that same era, FOOTLOOSE is impossible to hear without thinking of the movie.

Another song that makes me think of a scene in a movie is when I hear "SHOUT" by Otis Day, I replay that scene in Animal House.

[emeraldknight47]

I never loved The Breakfast Club the way everyone else in my age group does, even though I'm a pretty big John Hughes fan.

I think it overreaches what it attempts to do. It makes a point of trying to be a non-preachy teen movie, and to me it's the only Hughes teen movie that WAS preachy.

It also just doesn't click with me that much. The characters seem more like movie clichés than real people to me.

The biggest problem for me is that I'm just not into the music and never have been. I'm so sick of hearing it now that any association to that music really puts me off.

Personally, I think "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" is a much more authentic and entertaining movie about being a teenager.

"FAST TIMES" is also a classic. Gotta love everything about that movie. It so encapsulated the mid-to-late eighties. Plus it introduced us to Jeff Spiccoli (Hey, I know that dude!), Mr Hand (Aloha!), and a topless and very wet Phoebe Cates (a scene which, I'm sure, was put on pause by adolescent boys (and their dads) on VHS many, many times...).

There was another movie out around that same time that didn't gain as much notoriety but was still pretty good called "THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN" Good flick to check out if you have nothing else to do....

[Earth 2 Chris]

I like The Breakfast Club and while I do think it overdoes the angst in spots, teenagers are really that wrapped up into themselves and their little worlds. It's easy to forget, but just spend some time with one and you'll see.

HUGE fan of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. One of my all time favorite movies. It's perfect from beginning to end.

Chris

[SUP-Ronin]

one of my all time favorites.

[Brazoo]

"FAST TIMES" is also a classic. Gotta love everything about that movie. It so encapsulated the mid-to-late eighties. Plus it introduced us to Jeff Spiccoli (Hey, I know that dude!), Mr Hand (Aloha!), and a topless and very wet Phoebe Cates (a scene which, I'm sure, was put on pause by adolescent boys (and their dads) on VHS many, many times...).

There was another movie out around that same time that didn't gain as much notoriety but was still pretty good called "THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN" Good flick to check out if you have nothing else to do....

I saw "Last American" years ago, and don't remember it much. I just found it on YouTube, so maybe I'll check it out again.

[emeraldknight47]

Another couple of pieces of toonage that plant my beehind back into the movie theater are "Oh Yeah" by, I believe, Yello. It was the piece that played whilst the principal was making his way through the bus on FBDO and it was ALSO played during a romcom chase throughout the house in the underrated "THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS" with Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater.

Now to get all sappy on ya and say that I can't hear "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers without thinking of the movie "GHOST." I was on a date with a girl I was head over heels for at the time and I guess that's why that song sticks so well.

Then there's George Thorogood's "Bad To The Bone" which takes me back a cool fall evening and watching the classic "CHRISTINE."

[kingdom warrior]

"FAST TIMES" is also a classic. Gotta love everything about that movie. It so encapsulated the mid-to-late eighties. Plus it introduced us to Jeff Spiccoli (Hey, I know that dude!), Mr Hand (Aloha!), and a topless and very wet Phoebe Cates (a scene which, I'm sure, was put on pause by adolescent boys (and their dads) on VHS many, many times...).

There was another movie out around that same time that didn't gain as much notoriety but was still pretty good called "THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN" Good flick to check out if you have nothing else to do....

I hate the LAV the ending was cruel and I thought it sucked....... vowed never to ever watch it again......

[jwyblejr]

I never loved The Breakfast Club the way everyone else in my age group does, even though I'm a pretty big John Hughes fan.

I think it overreaches what it attempts to do. It makes a point of trying to be a non-preachy teen movie, and to me it's the only Hughes teen movie that WAS preachy.

It also just doesn't click with me that much. The characters seem more like movie clichés than real people to me.

You ain't alone. When I saw it way back when,I thought to myself "what a bunch of dorks."

[Hector]

Yeah...cliche best describes The Breakfast Club...and it's a tad pretentious as well.

Molly Ringwald is the beauty queen, Alley Sheedy is the loner weird chick, Anthony Michael Hall is the brainy nerd, Emilio Estevez is the jock, Judd Nelson is the rebel without a cause...can't get anymore cliche than that...lol.

I still dig the movie though.

Pretty tidbits interesting on the casting of the Breakfast Club:

Emilio Estevez originally auditioned for the role of John Bender. However, when John Hughes was unable to find someone to play Andrew Clark, Estevez was recast. Nicolas Cage was considered for the role of John Bender. Bender was the last role to be cast, and it was between John Cusack and Judd Nelson. Hughes eventually cast Cusack to play John Bender, but Hughes decided to replace Cusack with Nelson before shooting began because Cusack didn't look threatening enough for the role. Molly Ringwald wanted to play Allison Reynolds, but Ally Sheedy had already been promised the part. Rick Moranis was originally cast as the janitor; he left due to creative differences and was replaced by John Kapelos. Ringwald and Hall dated briefly after filming ended.

[Brazoo]

For Hughes' other movies I think "Vacation", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" are among the best movies of the 80s. I really enjoyed "Sixteen Candles", "Mr. Mom" and "Weird Science".

The rest of his work didn't really click with me and I get yelled at a lot because a lot of people my age consider most of his movies to be classics.

[sauce]

Netflix here I come!!!!!!!