The Breakfast Club

Rich · 16th February 2005, 01:19 PM

Did anyone watch this Eighties-tastic cheesefest last night?

"Don't you.....forget about me..."

corduroyboy · 16th February 2005, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich

Did anyone watch this Eighties-tastic cheesefest last night?

"Don't you.....forget about me..."

Ah. John Hughes at his best. Formerly an educational aid at my school in Religious & Moral Education (no kids, being different or a goth or a geek doesn't mean you have to KILL yourself), this film is actually quite good. I used to enjoy it more before though, when I was pretty 80s obsessed. Ally Sheedy looks good in it, despite the dandruff and it's funny in places, but the smoking pot scene is cringeworthy. Especially Sporto's completely unrealistic "high" which causes him to vault bookcases and wear ridiculous zip-up fleece bodywarmers.

I used to really love this, but watching it recently I forgot the reasons why.

Meaning that the Milk: the original soft drink adverts of the 80s are the best thing that Don't You Forget About Me has ever been used in.

earmuffin · 16th February 2005, 01:57 PM

ally sheedy

apart from at the end, of course

'it must be ha happy ending. she goes prep'.

Tom Weir · 16th February 2005, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by corduroyboy

Ally Sheedy looks good in it

yeah, especially at the end when she gets made over to look like BLANDY MCBLANDERSON AND THE BLANDS.

corduroyboy · 16th February 2005, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke

yeah, especially at the end when she gets made over to look like BLANDY MCBLANDERSON AND THE BLANDS.

This is true. I just like her jacket really and that she probably listens to the Smiths and drinks "vokka".

More Ugly McUglerson and the Ugmos, incidentally.

The Pumpkin · 16th February 2005, 02:59 PM

yeah i watched it, ive got it on dvd too : )

'you mess with the bull...you get the horns'

Rich · 17th February 2005, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by The Pumpkin

yeah i watched it, ive got it on dvd too : )

'you mess with the bull...you get the horns'

haha

Ritchie Ramone · 17th February 2005, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by corduroyboy

I used to really love this, but watching it recently I forgot the reasons why.

I also seem to have fallen out of love with the Breakfast Club a little. I'm not sure what seemed disappointing though as other films of that genre - notably Pretty in Pink - still seem just as great.

corduroyboy · 17th February 2005, 01:54 PM

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I also seem to have fallen out of love with the Breakfast Club a little. I'm not sure what seemed disappointing though as other films of that genre - notably Pretty in Pink - still seem just as great.

Pretty in Pink is actually still really good, however I think the ending should have been a more Hughesian "championing the underdog" type affair and Duckie should have got her. I know he does get a girl, but it's just irritating that Andie is so fucking fickle. Harry Dean Stanton puts in an amazing turn as her dad though, especially when he goes nuts and is shaking her desperately and then starts crying. Cute when he gets her minging dresses and thinks she can make something of them.. and boy.. does she?!

Plus "OMD - If you leave" at the end is lovely and an intimate last dance alone in the car parking lot.

Andie, you said you could never believe in someone who didn't believe in you.. I believed in you.. you just didn't believe in me..

Tom Weir · 17th February 2005, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by corduroyboy

Pretty in Pink is actually still really good, however I think the ending should have been a more Hughesian "championing the underdog" type affair and Duckie should have got her. I know he does get a girl, but it's just irritating that Andie is so fucking fickle. Harry Dean Stanton puts in an amazing turn as her dad though, especially when he goes nuts and is shaking her desperately and then starts crying. Cute when he gets her minging dresses and thinks she can make something of them.. and boy.. does she?!

Plus "OMD - If you leave" at the end is lovely and an intimate last dance alone in the car parking lot.

Andie, you said you could never believe in someone who didn't believe in you.. I believed in you.. you just didn't believe in me..

stop being such a fag.

please.

corduroyboy · 17th February 2005, 04:38 PM

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stop being such a fag.

please.

this is about this jam, isn't it? ISN'T IT?!?

PrettyPumpkin · 17th February 2005, 04:45 PM

It's a great film! Especially to watch at 4am or something. I need to get it on DVD. I've lost my video of it.

Schmurgle · 17th February 2005, 04:54 PM

breakfast club is class....... the stereotypical rocker is gr8, he's so harsh. when the jock smokes the joint is classic. Great film.

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