Breakfast Club was the first movie of that generation that treated the issues of teenagers as if they mattered. If you dated or hung out with someone outside of your caste, especially if it was lower than your own, you could lose your popularity. edit - just heard the podcast. There again, schools in Ireland really don't have this "weirdo" "jock" "need" labelling rubbish. There is more to it than that though. Carl Reed is a minor character in the film. I also have unpopular opinions about movies considered as "classics". I saw it later in life and hung my head. Cereal for their bday in a few weeks. They try to date a while, but back in the real world their friends give them so much shit for their choice of girlfriend/boyfriend that it starts wearing on them. It’s not a perfect movie. The reason why so many people hold the Breakfast Club in such regard is that it was the first film to really address the huge problem that every teenager faced when going to high school, the fact that there was (and still is) this terrible rigid caste system every kid had to fit into, a system very similar to the caste system in India. Press J to jump to the feed. In fact, Heathers almost seems in retrospect like an angry answer to The Breakfast Club, like it looked at its upbeat ending (where everyone became friends) and went, "Yeah, right. What we did was wrong. Having said that some of the posts on here are informative. I think I tried yet again one day when I had a sick-day from work and still felt like I was missing something. I watched it when I was a young teenager and I just didn't "get" it. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Like the movie Jaws, I just don't get it lol. LOL, a story about a group of 1950s-era kids discovering a dead body is "timeless.". He is the janitor of the school, a job that he seems to hate. The Breakfast Club. He worked on many other beloved movies such as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Uncle Buck.The film stars Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, and Ally Sheedy. Claire and Bender have no chance. Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was that we did wrong. While John Hughes' "Brat Pack" films did contain some legitimate coming-of-age themes, the tone of the films was just pure cheese. The 5 Most Ridiculous Moments From Soulja Boy's 'Breakfast … It's also been recommended to me by friends / people online who tend to have good taste in movies. I think /u/hipechik pretty much hit the nail on this one with her explanation about the caste system. But as The Breakfast Club has only become more beloved over the years, it has also created a bit of an urban myth around itself. Partly due to the peer pressure and partly because they are such different people, they get into a huge fight after a few weeks and the relationship ends in disaster. Thanks in advance. Directed by John Hughes. I was born way after the film came out and I still love it :) I love the technical aspect of it, like the screenwriting, the soundtrack, and the way the characters were written. The Breakfast Club “The Breakfast Club” illustrates something strange about how things sometimes work. Subjectivity is one of the things that make us unique. I tried again a few years later and I still felt like I was missing something. To me, only Bender really has problems, the rich girl, the jock, and the nerdy boy need to get some perspective on their own issues. You had all these kids being thrown into detention from all these different castes who up until that day didn't know each other from Adam because they all had this prejudicial hatred against nerds, jocks, rebels, etc. Before Breakfast Club, teenagers in movies were one dimensional cardboard characters. Everything was pure cheese in the 1980s. I have a theory that the vast majority of "classic" 80s movies are only "classics" because of the nostalgia that the current most prominent generation (35-50 year olds) associate with them. but it's the overall tone and message of the movie that impacts so many and leaves a ladtingw impression. It's about recognizing the value of an individual apart from how society labels them or how they see themselves and learning compassion for people different from you. There’s no better way to sum up John Hughes’ seminal teen movie The Be it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, we welcome you to our table. For kids back in the 1980s who were dealing with this crap in real life, the Breakfast Club finally expressed their pain and maybe gave them hope that this caste system in high school could maybe change. It didn't matter who you were inside as a real person. What mattered in high school is where you belonged in the system. Mods please let me know and I'll delete. I love Stand By Me, I also do love (some) 80's teen movies, my favourite being "Ferris Beuller's Day Off". By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. I just don't understand the "hype". I saw it as an angsty tweener and loved it. **I do not make any money from this video. Archived. Someone pointed out that this movie is one of the first to explore life on the level of teens using their language and struggles. Universal Pictures. ** Follow me on social media! 60062. Its story revolves around a select group of teenagers in detention for a day and all of their wacky and dramatic lives. 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