he took teenagers seriously and reminded adults that being a teenager can be the toughest years of your life..and at the same time told teenagers that they should really stop taking it so seriously because it won't last he literally changed the future with these films because it really opened the eyes of how kids aren't just kids but their own person and each generation is doing the same rebellious disruptive angst thing the previous did but in their own way, so you just gotta accept it and embrace, empathize with it, listen to it, be patient with it even with the dancing and glass shattering these films work, he had a lot of comedy in his films, most 80's films and TV had comedy in them and I think that's why we love them, they always kept it light, even when it was violent and dramatic is still remained light, films today might be more realistic but they always seem to screw up and take themselves too seriously and put us back in the crappy real world which is what we were trying to escape by watching the film in the first place! haha @@user-im2ex9zw6j
I think it aged well. Sure the time period changed but from the perspective of a teenager watching this I’m sure they still deal with family issues, problems with grades or being involved in sports or clubs, and the different cliques and friend groups in school… all wrapped in the overall day to day life of being a teenager. Sure clothing styles change and technology plays a bigger role now a days, but the challenges of being a teenager are still there. I think this movie does a great job at breaking it all down simply enough that a current teen can sympathize with the characters as well as adults being able to recall what it was like.
Back in the day... one day these "cool kids" from school suddenly were interested in including my geek-boy self in their circle. I was suspicious about their motives; looking for the angle that sets me up as the butt of the joke. One of the girls told me that they had all seen this flick on HBO that weekend and it hit them. The flick inspired them to get to know people that they normally wouldn't associate with. So I was in. I caught the flick the following weekend and understood. We didn't become life-long friends or anything. But we did remain friends until the end of high school. And I learned a bit about people and socializing. Thanks John Hughes. You dented the universe. Have a warm gummy bear.
*This is the perfect movie representation of Generation X.* Each teen there is exactly as you would find them in the late-80s/early-90s. They had no knowledge of trauma and few adults they could really talk to. Also see _Pretty in Pink_ (1986), _Pump Up The Volume_ (1990), and _Heathers_ (1989).
That's what I thought watching this. I am Gen X and they caught all the problems the kids have in an instant. I am proud of the generations that are following. Nobody was interested in trauma in those days.
@@rosetoren3881 Im also gen X. So kids/teenagers these days dont have the same problems?? And what trauma from those days are you talking about that dont exist today? Social media??
@@redsox1156 Where do you read that? But I'll be happy to explain it to you. The children in the film have problems and show it through their behavior. But our viewers here, in contrast to our boomer parents, recognize the problems and know why the kids act the way they do.
In the beginning of the show, you think each of the kids has nothing in common. By the end you realize they have a lot in common, and once they start talking, they can be friends. But who knows what happens when they re-join the world
This movie was a huge film among kids my age when it came out. I was in high school and kids would tell teachers how good it was and that adults should see it. Sad thing is, for all our assertions that it was important, I don't think it made any of us better people. Not in the end, anyway. People remained in their little groups and cliques.
Some of us had friends in every group. You can use manipulation for good things and I got the best outta every group. And I went to school in the Chicago area from 1981-1985. There were a few people that stayed in cliques, but when it cam to a party, everybody was invited. To show you how close we were, we had class reunion every year for 13 year starting with our 5th and 50-75% of us went. The stereotypes are accurate, but some of us realized, we all had more going on at home than people realized. I helped a cl;assmate get out of a sexual abusive situation that was so bad, I took a baseball bat to the father's head for it. Most satisfying 3 days in county I ever served. Fck him.
-Sixsteen candles -Pretty in Pink -Ferris Buellers day off -The Breakfast Club -Trains, plains, and automobiles -Home alone -Uncle Buck -Weird Science All John Hughes movies that need to be watched.
John Hughes and Spielberg..what would the 80's be without them? No one could tap into the teenage psyche like John Hughes did. What a blessing that guy was. The "Philosopher Of Puberty". haha
Think about the fact that this is 40 years old, meaning the kids who related to this movie are all parents (and some grandparents) by now. I was 7 when this came out but I still watched it, always identified more with Allison.
One of my all time favorite movies! I was in high school in the 80's. I knew kids just like them. I was the weirdo with all the black clothing that would come in early just to read, and wanted to be left alone, LOL!
This movie came out during my final year in high school. It is still one of my favorite movies. I have a poster of it on the wall of my mancave. It is so true to life of how mid-west American high schools were in the 80's. Everyone had their own groups, but in the end we all shared a lot of the same likes and problems. When I was in high school, I was a jock but I was one of the few that got along with and had friends in all the other groups too.
Same here, class of 85. Everyone our age group could relate to this because we were living it. John Hughes films were great at capturing the spirit of American teenagers during the 80's. RIP to a legend.
Correct. I know this sounds crazy, but I claim to have invented this phrase (and meaning) in 1972. My college room-mate and I spread it around our college. A friend spread it to another college. In 1975 I went to grad school at a big university in a different state, and I never heard it used. In 1978 I got a job. But in 1980 I took a 6 month leave to try teaching in a small college in this other state. And there, in a hallway, I heard a faculty member say they were going to “blow off” a faculty meeting. That made me smile. By the mid 80s, as seen here, the phase started popping up in films. By the late 90s I was hearing it on national news broadcasts. It’s been an enduring phrase in American culture.
"He tried to sniff the poonani" comment made me lol. Before anyone corrects me it all refers to the same thing, from Hawaiian Puanani = beautiful flower or Jamaican "Punani" or English root of "poon". All good in the hood.
"cope harder ..." comes from a generation that most of their interactions happen on-line, or through WhatsApp or other social media . This movie takes place before computers or social media. When kids had to entertain each other, and you sometimes had to talk to kids you hated, and if shit got real, fists went flying ... so you had to watch what you were saying . This is also why the theme song of this movie is so touching -- "don't you forget about me" connects directly to the line in the movie where they discuss adulthood and becoming like their parents, and "when you grow old, your heart dies ..." . Generation X understood what was up because they / we were taught by movies like this . This was a movie, but it was also education . It teaches about other kid's problems, it teaches about the pain of growing up, about how adults think, and it teaches what to really be afraid of ... -- forgetting who you are by the busy adulthood . This is an amazing cross-generational movie, that you'll have fun watching with your kids . 😊 Also, it was nice to see how this movie touched you, as per the longish discussion afterwards . 🎉 E . Or the letter E . Or something . Hey, you asked ! 🤪
This is something I noticed when I was first shown this movie as a teenager... That the kids weren't the only characters who were struggling/going through things in this movie. I'm one of these people who understood the movie, but it was different for me than my older Gen X family members and friends because I actually got along with my parents and my siblings. And I got along with different groups of people. Two sides of life's coin was presented: The kids who don't know themselves, other kids, or adults very well, and they're struggling with trying to fit in, be independent, and understand adults. It's all a young person's mindset and point of view, including the Peter Pan idea that adults grow up to be heartless pirates. However, the other side of the coin is the adult mentality and point of view of having to deal with a life they weren't expecting to live, the things they're struggling with, and having to try to figure out the kids they deal with as an educator and a janitor. The educator didn't expect working with kids to be so difficult and frustrating, and he doesn't understand them. The janitor understands the kids a lot more because of his ability to be fairly invisible to them. And don't forget that the beginning of the movie shows that Carl went to that school and was voted as someone who was going to do big things... and ended up as a janitor (aka, a "lowly blue collar worker", who make good money, btw). Neither adult is a heartless pirate. They're just people who are dealing with their lives as it is, and it's hard. Something the kids don't realize yet, but will when they become adults. Thank you for the really good reaction and discussion. I'll check out a couple more in the next few days
The thing about this movie is that the kids get a better understanding of their problems and themselves not by listening to some child psychologist or social services nitwit lecturing them but by talking and listening to people going through the same issues they are. They can see parts of themselves in each other and relate to them. All they needed was the opportunity to be in the same place and have no other options than to talk to each other. Of course this would never happen today because if you put these five people in the same situation today they would spend all nine hours on their cell phones texting the people in their cliques and wouldn't say a word to each other.
I absolutely love the breakdowns you do. There's a huge fight inside everyone. There's a part that can relate, and there's a part that has never really had an experience. We all have been through something nobody else can really feel.
I was the same age as these characters when this movie came out . John Hughes was an epic Director and story teller . He passed @50… please watch all of his other films . 🌠☑️
Just an FYI .... the scene with them all talking in a circle was mostly improv. The director gave them a basic theme for each of them to talk about, but then each actor was allowed to come up with their story and lines. It is pure magic and shows why each of these actors had huge acting careers.
51:00 Brian isn’t just putting pressure on himself. He said, “I can’t have an F. I can’t have it, and I KNOW my parents can’t have it.” He’s under tremendous parental pressure to perform academically.
@@JynxRyl I empathize with Brian a lot. At one point I was under so much pressure that I would get a stomachache in math class every day. (Now I’m a math teacher, and I teach that mistakes are just opportunities for learning. No pressure. It’s been shown that students perform better when they are feeling relaxed (no surprise, right?), so pressure is not only inappropriate but also literally backfires.
I was in high school when this came out, and I saw it in the theater. It got my generation exactly where we lived. John Hughes was a true genius, understanding teenagers, and he used music better than nearly any director, ever.
You might want to check out Wargames, another great 80s movie. It also stars Ally Sheedy ("Squirrel"). Anyway, I appreciate your thoughtful commentary on this and the other movies you've reacted to. 🙂
One of the handful of films I wish had a sequel. Sure, it might not be necessary, but John Hughes writes his characters in such a way that you just wanna see what happens after the credits roll. I always wished the same for Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Also, Simple Minds was my gateway drug into 80s music because of this film, and their career is WAY more than (Don't You) Forget About Me. Great band, great music.
I'm glad it didn't have a sequel. It was a "right place, right time" movie. It wouldn't have been as good of a movie if it was made in any other decade than the 80s and I think by the time a sequel would have been made it would have been the wrong place or the wrong time. If your mind is a bit warped and twisted you can kind of see Heathers as Claire and Bender's relationship in an alternate reality though.
I’ve been a movie fan since I was seven, now 80, and since I’m a cross between John, Bryan, and detention, this one ranks in my top 3 of all time. Your reactions were wonderful and insightful. I’ll watch more of your posts
This was one of the top five GenX generation-defining movies, and we had A LOT of them. Fast Times at Ridgemont High was what we thought we were, and Breakfast Club is what we became. Also, John Bender is a G for not only sharing his bud, but rolling joints for people, and keeping an eye on them so they don't wig out. He's a real one.
Fast Times is a Boomer movie, lol.... Classic Rock soundtrack and the characters mostly seem a little too cheerful and naive about things... Meanwhile the X-ers in the Breakfast all clearly feel a lot of angst about everything.
@@ryanjacobson2508 On the list of things I'm not going to do, letting you tell me whether my favorite entertainment is my generation's or someone else's would be at the very top of that list. Fast Times is early 80s. It's GenX. I was 14, I would know.
To me the holy trinity of 80s high school movies were Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, and Heathers. Each was a snapshot into one segment of the 80s. Fast Times is high school life (particularly southern California high school life) in the late 70s/early 80s. Yeah it was made in 1982 but the cultural bleedover from the late 70s into the early 80s was very seemless. There was very little difference between 1982 and 1978 or 1979 (Trust me I was in my early to mid teens throughout that entire time frame.) The Breakfast Club was high school life in the mid 80s which had significant changes in the styles of fashion and music (the two things that orbited a teenagers social structure the closest) from the 70s and very early 80s. (Preppies didn't exist in 1980. They were everywhere by 1985.) Heathers was very late 80s. You could possibly call it a preview to the grunge era of the early 90s. It was the teenage angst that was bubbling under the surface in The Breakfast Club erupting like Mount St. Helens be it in a satirical performance.
Crazy how this film is basically as close to 1946 as to 2024/today. Imagine people just 1 year post WW2 watching it and it resonating with them.. Gotta love films where the characters have you wondering what happened to them after the film ends. I think it's a great film for teachers to watch because for a lot of kids the teachers are the only parents they got. Just a little encouragement or acknowledgement can go such a long way. Teachers have so much power, way more power than the power of helping a kid learn the curriculum. These are adults in the making. Students should watch it as well.
I always loved Allison. She was so purely herself. I hated that she had no friends. I was so informed by this movie, I was friends with EVERY group because I couldn't stand the idea of people being left out. I became a defender and protector because of this movie. I'm so glad I saw this many times before high school! It chanched my perspective so much. When art moves you to conduct yourself differently, it's great art!!!!
There are a lot of things that make this film very much a product and reflection of its specific time and place. Very Gen X. On the other hand, it has remained popular not only because of nostalgia among that specific group, but because these stories are universal- or if not completely universal, at least widely relatable- and each new crop of young people have seen themselves reflected in these stories. Relationships between peers, relationships between parents and children, relationships between one generation and the next, social pressures, home lives, etc. Of all of Hughes' teenager films, this is by far the one that has stood the test of time the best. (Ferris Bueller is a close second, in that regard- and my personal favorite. That one's a whole different vibe, though it does touch on some of the same themes of parents and kids, teachers, etc.)
A. You two are so empathetic, I thought someone was about to cry over The Breakfast Club. To be fair, I was doing yardwork while I listened to your psychoanalysis but I indeed listened til the end. A.
Loved this reaction. I think it's pretty universally believed that Brian WAS going to try to kill himself with the flare gun. It was likely the easiest kind of gun he had access to.
John Hughes made the best movies about teens. I saw this on my 14th birthday and it was instantly a favorite. My husband can quote just about every line. And it stands the test of time because it's themes are universal.
I adore this film, but then this is my own generation. One of the great things about reactions like yours, is understanding to what extent this film captures something universal about the feeling of being a teenager.
I'm glad you gals picked up on Bender was the only one whose parents didn't bring him or pick him up. Also.. I believe he kept allowing himself to get more detentions because he didn't want to go home
There were a lot of good teachers in the past, but this is kinda the reality. Kids who were naughty or troubled back in the 80s and earlier weren't given understanding or support. They were bullied and demonised. It's actually kinda nice to see younger people react to the film and see how much we have moved forward with these issues. You immediately understood that Bender was troubled and probably abused at home, just from observing his behaviour. Props to both of you.
When I see this movie, it transports my back to my high-school days in the 80s. The clicks that we had were identical to what these kids described. Most of the girls wanted to look like Madonna or Pat Benatar, while others wanted to look like Cindy Lauper. I was a nerd but not like the smart one. It so happened that I got glasses and braces the first month of my freshman year of school so that pretty much ended any thought of socializing with the girls. Being short and a red head didn't help. But the songs were great and the days at school were boring. I haven't seen any of my classmates since we graduated.
Such a classic. This is the movie that made me realize as a teenager that as a guy, you can say almost whatever you want to girls or women, but if she thinks you're hot and a bad boy, she's all over you. I went the gentleman route and got nowhere. Story of my life. There were guys when I went to high school in the late 90s and early 2000s who talked dirty around girls all the time in public and I'd hear those girls say they were "so hot." I heard "no offence" a lot. If I'd said half the things the "hot" guys said, I probably would have had the cops called on me or at least been suspended for harassment. Allison is my favourite character. I totally identified with her. Wanting to have friends but pushing them away at the same time.
13:18 "By the way, that clock's 20 minutes fast." In other words, these kids are gonna have to wait 20 minutes longer than they _thought_ they were to go _home._
Ok, ladies, I can't express how much this is my favorite reaction to this film. Most other reactors I have seen don't really get this movie. Bravo! This movie is so real for those of us that lived through it. Even if you weren't one of these characters, you were a mix of two or three of them and it is relatable. God Bless.
15:57 "What's that? Is that salt?" "It looks like sugar." 😄 Heh. It's a _Pixy Stix._ They were _very popular_ in the US, in 1985. It is _mostly_ sugar. It makes for a good, occasional treat, but it's _not_ part of a healthy diet. Basically, this is a scene that gives us insight into the kind of neglectful environment Allison lives in, that they don't take it upon themselves to make sure she has a _healthy_ lunch or equip her with knowledge of what a healthy diet _consists_ of.
A. You did great with this movie, you went deep and it made you reflect. I was 15 when this movie came out and it's remained a favourite. I love how it can make everyone feel seen and it helps to drive home the fact that we all have a story.
This was such a treat watching you young ladies see this for the first time My kids were teenagers in the 80's when this came out...the girls loved it and watched it over and over. They said that's how things really are at school. It's truly a classic! I'd like to suggest "To Sir With Love"....it would be wonderful to see your reactions
When the teacher is threatening the kid in the closet, the teacher doesn’t realize that the teacher is behaving exactly the same way the kid’s father behaves. Or in other words, because the teacher hasn’t taken the time to find out what the problem is, the teacher is thus trying to fix the problem by adding more of the exact same problem.
saddest part is how Bender actually physically flinches, like he's embracing himself to get hit, when vernon gets in his face and does the "fake out" punch to try instigate Bender to hit him first.. its clear by his face he's mentally shook.. but that flinch hurts my heart so much seeing the physical fear put in this child, reminding him of his father, as you said.
40:54 "Did they even say her name?" The "Basket Case's" name is Allison Reynolds. It's funny, though. I mean, she was played by Ally Sheedy who was born on June 13, 1962. So when this movie came out, she was 22. But if you type the title of this movie into Google, it brings up _her_ picture with the words "Mary Christian, Brian's sister," right under it. Mary Christian was born in '78. That means she turned _seven_ the year this movie came out. That's clearly the little girl in the car, in the beginning, when Brian gets dropped off. Google screwed up. 🤷♂
They actually did plan on making sequels were the characters meet each other each year after this movie, but it never happend because director John Hughes never wanted to work with Judd Nelson (Bender) again. Hughes didn't like how Nelson acted, especially being mean to Molly Ringwald (Claire), and he even considered firing Nelson. But Paul Gleason (Mr. Vernon) convinced Hughes not to do it because he said Nelson was just being or staying in character (in other words, method acting).
E ... also known as the letter E ... this one of those movies that is just a great story, character development, lets you learn a little about each of them over the course of the movie so you can relate to all of them in some way
St. Elmo's Fire, is another fantastic movie with a few actors from The Breakfast Club, same producer and know you'd both love the other movie even more and might wanna check out Pretty in Pink which is also produced by John Hughes. All classics!! ❤
1. The woman and little girl dropping of Brian are Anthony Michael Hall's real mother and sister. 2. The late Paul Gleason😇 played Beeks in "Trading Places". Also, the idiot assistant police chief in "Die Hard". 3. "Ya got fifty bucks?" was supposed to be twenty. The look on Paul's face was genuine. 4. That's not Molly's crotch, she was a minor so it's a double. 5. I still use the term "doobage".😎 6. Even John Hughes😇 said the shattering window was a huge reach. 7. That's not dandruff, it's parmesan cheese. 8. I love Ally Sheedy. Personally, I liked her better GOTH.😍😋 9. That's parmesan cheese. not dandruff. 10. If you catch it Andrew's dad is scoping out Allison as he's picking up Andrew. 11. John Hughes is picking up Brian. 12. Hughes used this school in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Uncle Buck".
Michael Anthony Hall and Paul Gleason were also together in another favorite movie of mine along with Robert Downey Jr and Uma Thurman (one of her earliest roles). called Johnny Be Goode. It was kind of campy, but funny. It's another sports themed movie with a half decent message to it though about humility and integrity. Gleason plays another creep in that one too as Michael and Robert's high school football coach. Aside from the spazzy humor I loved the soundtrack.
So glad you watched 2 of best 80s this week, this and Field....liked the reactions! In this, between showing the two new couples, Brian, my name too...writing and liking what he wrote, they had to have her back in big room, John getting out of room and joining others before letting go...they all read the paper, all happy walking out, they all changed, that dancing got them free from being afraid of what others thought about each new friends! John dating her changed everything in life, could get a job to help dates, meeting her friends, he had to stay funny, but stop drugs. Having other couple, interducing her to his friends would change her too, and would want to press to her, not Dad anymore. And Brian and John, when smoking, would be good buddies. Why this is a legendary movie, all ones, teens to adults, forever would laugh, cry, angry, and feel in it. Next fact..Brian and Princess were dating then, met in movie 16 Candles, both younger, and very different. He's Anthony Michael Hall, one of best kids actor ever. First in Vacation, 1983, then Sixteen Candles, 1984, then this, 1985, and Weird Science same 1985. Then drama Out of Bounds, 1986, then Johnny Be Good, as a HS QB, his buddy in it, Robert Downey Jr, Iron Man himself! As adult, small in movies, but 2002-2007 was lead actor in series Dead Zone on Sci-Fi network. John, Allison, and Andrew are in their next 1985 movie together as college friends. Recommend all movies, sure all except Johnny Be Good will like, but hey, might like seeing him more like Andrew in it! You're both so pretty 😍
Forgot to write movie with those 3 in it.....St. Elmo's Fire, great song of movie name in it, check it out after watching movie, clips on video shows too much, you know how it is!
Fun fact about this movie: midway through filming it, Anthony Michael Hall (Brian) hit a major growth spurt and he was taller than everybody else by the end of the movie VS beginning. You can really see it during the dancing scene.
I love both your vibes. I also love your accent. I was a teen when this movie came out. Instant classic. Just subscribed. Keep the great content coming. A suggestion is to do a reaction to the movie Trading Places. The teacher is in that, and he plays a SOB. ☮️❤️😊 *EDIT* Sadly, Paul Gleson passed away some years ago. He was a real nice guy.
Thank you both so much. I just finished watching 3 other YT Reactor Channels that did this same movie (and 2 others in recent months), and you 2 did the BEST, HANDS DOWN! Not just in your viewing of the movie and interjecting with occasional commentary, but also in your expressions (without speaking!) and your synopsis and other excellent closing comments. THANKS AGAIN!
Bender is the greatest combination protagonist/antagonist in movies, of all time! All John Hughes movies must be watched! All classic, his coming of age movies are the best! He died a few years back and this cast did a moving tribute to him on stage, i think at the Oscars.
Ryl you could be a counselor. You seem like you could talk to people having personal problems and help them out. You both are great tho. The Breakfast Club is an awesomely movie. John Hughes wrote this movie in 3 days.
@@JynxRyl I know right. I think maybe he must’ve already had the idea in his head before, had already marked the major dialog points, scenes, etc. so when it was time to actually write it, he just binge unloaded all the creative juices he had into the dialog etc,. Lol . I don’t know. It’s crazy to think about. I think I read that on Wikipedia somewhere.
I saw this movie for the first time when I was in middle school. It really gave me perspective. Of all the kida, I most related to Brian because I easily got good grades but wasn't good at sports or making friends. I envied the popular and rich people so much because I thought their lives were so perfect. It never crossed my mind that being popular was hard or that they had problems. E!
I'm really sure these kind of older Movies will show our younger Generation what World your parents grew up in and maybe you can then better understand how your parents feel and think!
A (watched to the end, end ,end ,end.) Great insights, your thoughtful and kind analysis of this movie I've seen a million times growing up (80's kid) gives me so much hope, thanks for that!
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This movie is one of those archetypal 80's highschool stories that aged very well. We watched it so many times growing up.
i think they aged so well because john hughes did them and he wrote about teenagers but honestly and not down to them
It's still beautiful and deep, but I don't know if it aged well. Seems a little melodramatic now.
This movie is so very 80s. Teen movies in general tend to be very melodramatic it’s just the ones today are in a different way.
he took teenagers seriously and reminded adults that being a teenager can be the toughest years of your life..and at the same time told teenagers that they should really stop taking it so seriously because it won't last
he literally changed the future with these films because it really opened the eyes of how kids aren't just kids but their own person and each generation is doing the same rebellious disruptive angst thing the previous did but in their own way, so you just gotta accept it and embrace, empathize with it, listen to it, be patient with it
even with the dancing and glass shattering these films work, he had a lot of comedy in his films, most 80's films and TV had comedy in them and I think that's why we love them, they always kept it light, even when it was violent and dramatic is still remained light, films today might be more realistic but they always seem to screw up and take themselves too seriously and put us back in the crappy real world which is what we were trying to escape by watching the film in the first place! haha @@user-im2ex9zw6j
I think it aged well. Sure the time period changed but from the perspective of a teenager watching this I’m sure they still deal with family issues, problems with grades or being involved in sports or clubs, and the different cliques and friend groups in school… all wrapped in the overall day to day life of being a teenager. Sure clothing styles change and technology plays a bigger role now a days, but the challenges of being a teenager are still there. I think this movie does a great job at breaking it all down simply enough that a current teen can sympathize with the characters as well as adults being able to recall what it was like.
Back in the day... one day these "cool kids" from school suddenly were interested in including my geek-boy self in their circle. I was suspicious about their motives; looking for the angle that sets me up as the butt of the joke. One of the girls told me that they had all seen this flick on HBO that weekend and it hit them. The flick inspired them to get to know people that they normally wouldn't associate with. So I was in. I caught the flick the following weekend and understood.
We didn't become life-long friends or anything. But we did remain friends until the end of high school. And I learned a bit about people and socializing. Thanks John Hughes. You dented the universe. Have a warm gummy bear.
Amazing story ❤️
*This is the perfect movie representation of Generation X.* Each teen there is exactly as you would find them in the late-80s/early-90s. They had no knowledge of trauma and few adults they could really talk to. Also see _Pretty in Pink_ (1986), _Pump Up The Volume_ (1990), and _Heathers_ (1989).
Omg please do watch Pump Up The Volume. It’s the greatest. Won some awards. I don’t think anyone has reacted to it on TH-cam yet.
That's what I thought watching this. I am Gen X and they caught all the problems the kids have in an instant. I am proud of the generations that are following. Nobody was interested in trauma in those days.
@@rosetoren3881 Im also gen X. So kids/teenagers these days dont have the same problems?? And what trauma from those days are you talking about that dont exist today? Social media??
@@redsox1156 Where do you read that? But I'll be happy to explain it to you. The children in the film have problems and show it through their behavior. But our viewers here, in contrast to our boomer parents, recognize the problems and know why the kids act the way they do.
Great comment.
In the beginning of the show, you think each of the kids has nothing in common. By the end you realize they have a lot in common, and once they start talking, they can be friends. But who knows what happens when they re-join the world
This movie was a huge film among kids my age when it came out. I was in high school and kids would tell teachers how good it was and that adults should see it. Sad thing is, for all our assertions that it was important, I don't think it made any of us better people. Not in the end, anyway. People remained in their little groups and cliques.
Some of us had friends in every group. You can use manipulation for good things and I got the best outta every group. And I went to school in the Chicago area from 1981-1985. There were a few people that stayed in cliques, but when it cam to a party, everybody was invited. To show you how close we were, we had class reunion every year for 13 year starting with our 5th and 50-75% of us went. The stereotypes are accurate, but some of us realized, we all had more going on at home than people realized. I helped a cl;assmate get out of a sexual abusive situation that was so bad, I took a baseball bat to the father's head for it. Most satisfying 3 days in county I ever served. Fck him.
No, actually-read the touching comment above yours written the day before you from @arandomnamegoeshere 😊
I love that you thought the janitor was Brian's dad. Nope, he's just the kind of guy who would take time to make conversation and learn his name 😊
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Carl The Janitor was the “man of the year” in the opening of the film.
Also, during the lunch scene, the girl was pouring “Pixie Stix” on her sandwich. It’s basically fruit flavored sugar.
LOL!! Did she just say that?! "Not him trying to sniff the punani." I'm crying.
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Kinda hot
As someone who was a forever outsider in school ,this movie was a movie anthem.
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-Pretty in Pink
-Ferris Buellers day off
-The Breakfast Club
-Trains, plains, and automobiles
-Home alone
-Uncle Buck
-Weird Science
All John Hughes movies that need to be watched.
I'd also add some of the films he wrote but didnt direct like The Great Outdoors, Flubber, Beethoven.
some kind of wonderful.
John Hughes and Spielberg..what would the 80's be without them? No one could tap into the teenage psyche like John Hughes did. What a blessing that guy was. The "Philosopher Of Puberty". haha
@@wheelmanstan I luv this! i luv John Hughes! a true gift
"She's Having A Baby" is another awesome one
Brian’s Dad who picks him up at the end is actually John Hughes, the writer and director of the film
Think about the fact that this is 40 years old, meaning the kids who related to this movie are all parents (and some grandparents) by now. I was 7 when this came out but I still watched it, always identified more with Allison.
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The straw with sugar in it were pixie sticks. And yeah, they were just flavored sugar. But, they were good!!!
and she added Captain Crunch cereal.
@@zedwpd Tear up the roof of your mouth fun, there.
One of my all time favorite movies! I was in high school in the 80's. I knew kids just like them. I was the weirdo with all the black clothing that would come in early just to read, and wanted to be left alone, LOL!
I love the weirdo in black clothing. She’s my favorite! Also, I used to read in the library at lunch. Peace and quiet. ❤
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@@lewstone5430 Sounds like me!
Fantastic reaction . You guys got the humor and understood all the deeper messages as well. Great job !
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This movie came out during my final year in high school. It is still one of my favorite movies. I have a poster of it on the wall of my mancave. It is so true to life of how mid-west American high schools were in the 80's. Everyone had their own groups, but in the end we all shared a lot of the same likes and problems. When I was in high school, I was a jock but I was one of the few that got along with and had friends in all the other groups too.
Glad you were a jock with a sweet heart. 💜
Same here, class of 85. Everyone our age group could relate to this because we were living it. John Hughes films were great at capturing the spirit of American teenagers during the 80's. RIP to a legend.
To blow some off is to ignore them or to not take them seriously.
Correct. I know this sounds crazy, but I claim to have invented this phrase (and meaning) in 1972. My college room-mate and I spread it around our college. A friend spread it to another college. In 1975 I went to grad school at a big university in a different state, and I never heard it used. In 1978 I got a job. But in 1980 I took a 6 month leave to try teaching in a small college in this other state. And there, in a hallway, I heard a faculty member say they were going to “blow off” a faculty meeting. That made me smile. By the mid 80s, as seen here, the phase started popping up in films. By the late 90s I was hearing it on national news broadcasts. It’s been an enduring phrase in American culture.
"He tried to sniff the poonani" comment made me lol. Before anyone corrects me it all refers to the same thing, from Hawaiian Puanani = beautiful flower or Jamaican "Punani" or English root of "poon". All good in the hood.
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Claire skipped school to go shopping, which is why she is in detention. It is said when her dad drops her off at the beginning of the movie.
"cope harder ..." comes from a generation that most of their interactions happen on-line, or through WhatsApp or other social media . This movie takes place before computers or social media. When kids had to entertain each other, and you sometimes had to talk to kids you hated, and if shit got real, fists went flying ... so you had to watch what you were saying .
This is also why the theme song of this movie is so touching -- "don't you forget about me" connects directly to the line in the movie where they discuss adulthood and becoming like their parents, and "when you grow old, your heart dies ..." .
Generation X understood what was up because they / we were taught by movies like this . This was a movie, but it was also education . It teaches about other kid's problems, it teaches about the pain of growing up, about how adults think, and it teaches what to really be afraid of ... -- forgetting who you are by the busy adulthood .
This is an amazing cross-generational movie, that you'll have fun watching with your kids . 😊
Also, it was nice to see how this movie touched you, as per the longish discussion afterwards . 🎉
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This is something I noticed when I was first shown this movie as a teenager... That the kids weren't the only characters who were struggling/going through things in this movie.
I'm one of these people who understood the movie, but it was different for me than my older Gen X family members and friends because I actually got along with my parents and my siblings. And I got along with different groups of people.
Two sides of life's coin was presented: The kids who don't know themselves, other kids, or adults very well, and they're struggling with trying to fit in, be independent, and understand adults. It's all a young person's mindset and point of view, including the Peter Pan idea that adults grow up to be heartless pirates.
However, the other side of the coin is the adult mentality and point of view of having to deal with a life they weren't expecting to live, the things they're struggling with, and having to try to figure out the kids they deal with as an educator and a janitor.
The educator didn't expect working with kids to be so difficult and frustrating, and he doesn't understand them.
The janitor understands the kids a lot more because of his ability to be fairly invisible to them. And don't forget that the beginning of the movie shows that Carl went to that school and was voted as someone who was going to do big things... and ended up as a janitor (aka, a "lowly blue collar worker", who make good money, btw).
Neither adult is a heartless pirate. They're just people who are dealing with their lives as it is, and it's hard. Something the kids don't realize yet, but will when they become adults.
Thank you for the really good reaction and discussion.
I'll check out a couple more in the next few days
The thing about this movie is that the kids get a better understanding of their problems and themselves not by listening to some child psychologist or social services nitwit lecturing them but by talking and listening to people going through the same issues they are. They can see parts of themselves in each other and relate to them. All they needed was the opportunity to be in the same place and have no other options than to talk to each other. Of course this would never happen today because if you put these five people in the same situation today they would spend all nine hours on their cell phones texting the people in their cliques and wouldn't say a word to each other.
I absolutely love the breakdowns you do. There's a huge fight inside everyone. There's a part that can relate, and there's a part that has never really had an experience. We all have been through something nobody else can really feel.
I was the same age as these characters when this movie came out . John Hughes was an epic Director and story teller . He passed @50… please watch all of his other films . 🌠☑️
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Just an FYI .... the scene with them all talking in a circle was mostly improv. The director gave them a basic theme for each of them to talk about, but then each actor was allowed to come up with their story and lines. It is pure magic and shows why each of these actors had huge acting careers.
Squirrel's name was Allison
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51:00 Brian isn’t just putting pressure on himself. He said, “I can’t have an F. I can’t have it, and I KNOW my parents can’t have it.” He’s under tremendous parental pressure to perform academically.
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@@JynxRyl I empathize with Brian a lot. At one point I was under so much pressure that I would get a stomachache in math class every day. (Now I’m a math teacher, and I teach that mistakes are just opportunities for learning. No pressure. It’s been shown that students perform better when they are feeling relaxed (no surprise, right?), so pressure is not only inappropriate but also literally backfires.
Hence why his mother is so up in his ass about studying during detention.
Another great 80's movie !!
Her name was Alison.
I was in high school when this came out, and I saw it in the theater. It got my generation exactly where we lived.
John Hughes was a true genius, understanding teenagers, and he used music better than nearly any director, ever.
You might want to check out Wargames, another great 80s movie. It also stars Ally Sheedy ("Squirrel"). Anyway, I appreciate your thoughtful commentary on this and the other movies you've reacted to. 🙂
One of the handful of films I wish had a sequel. Sure, it might not be necessary, but John Hughes writes his characters in such a way that you just wanna see what happens after the credits roll. I always wished the same for Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Also, Simple Minds was my gateway drug into 80s music because of this film, and their career is WAY more than (Don't You) Forget About Me. Great band, great music.
St. Elmo's Fire is sort of an unofficial sequel. Just with completely different people.
I'm glad it didn't have a sequel. It was a "right place, right time" movie. It wouldn't have been as good of a movie if it was made in any other decade than the 80s and I think by the time a sequel would have been made it would have been the wrong place or the wrong time.
If your mind is a bit warped and twisted you can kind of see Heathers as Claire and Bender's relationship in an alternate reality though.
It's nice to know this enduring film will be seen for probably thousands of years. Thank you, John Hughes.
I’ve been a movie fan since I was seven, now 80, and since I’m a cross between John, Bryan, and detention, this one ranks in my top 3 of all time. Your reactions were wonderful and insightful. I’ll watch more of your posts
This was one of the top five GenX generation-defining movies, and we had A LOT of them.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High was what we thought we were, and Breakfast Club is what we became.
Also, John Bender is a G for not only sharing his bud, but rolling joints for people, and keeping an eye on them so they don't wig out. He's a real one.
He was even willing to let the others smoke it without him, hence the line, ”for better hallway vision.” 🤔
Fast Times is a Boomer movie, lol.... Classic Rock soundtrack and the characters mostly seem a little too cheerful and naive about things... Meanwhile the X-ers in the Breakfast all clearly feel a lot of angst about everything.
@@ryanjacobson2508 maybe because they’re in different situations
@@ryanjacobson2508 On the list of things I'm not going to do, letting you tell me whether my favorite entertainment is my generation's or someone else's would be at the very top of that list.
Fast Times is early 80s. It's GenX. I was 14, I would know.
To me the holy trinity of 80s high school movies were Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, and Heathers. Each was a snapshot into one segment of the 80s.
Fast Times is high school life (particularly southern California high school life) in the late 70s/early 80s. Yeah it was made in 1982 but the cultural bleedover from the late 70s into the early 80s was very seemless. There was very little difference between 1982 and 1978 or 1979 (Trust me I was in my early to mid teens throughout that entire time frame.)
The Breakfast Club was high school life in the mid 80s which had significant changes in the styles of fashion and music (the two things that orbited a teenagers social structure the closest) from the 70s and very early 80s. (Preppies didn't exist in 1980. They were everywhere by 1985.)
Heathers was very late 80s. You could possibly call it a preview to the grunge era of the early 90s. It was the teenage angst that was bubbling under the surface in The Breakfast Club erupting like Mount St. Helens be it in a satirical performance.
What a wonderful experience to watch this with you ladies. Beautiful commentary at the "E" 😄
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Allison (the "squirrel") is so my type... 😆😍
Truly one of the greatest 80's Classics. Great cast, brilliant writing, and a timeless message. Cheers and Happy Weekend, Ladies. 🥃☮❤
Crazy how this film is basically as close to 1946 as to 2024/today. Imagine people just 1 year post WW2 watching it and it resonating with them.. Gotta love films where the characters have you wondering what happened to them after the film ends. I think it's a great film for teachers to watch because for a lot of kids the teachers are the only parents they got. Just a little encouragement or acknowledgement can go such a long way. Teachers have so much power, way more power than the power of helping a kid learn the curriculum. These are adults in the making. Students should watch it as well.
This movie came out couple years after high school for me.. I loved it. It was so relatable to that time..lovelovelove ❤️✌🏻❄️
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ohhh i cant tell you how pleased i am to watchalong this one with you lets go
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I always loved Allison. She was so purely herself. I hated that she had no friends. I was so informed by this movie, I was friends with EVERY group because I couldn't stand the idea of people being left out. I became a defender and protector because of this movie. I'm so glad I saw this many times before high school! It chanched my perspective so much. When art moves you to conduct yourself differently, it's great art!!!!
The most adorable reaction ever. Love you two. 🙃
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There are a lot of things that make this film very much a product and reflection of its specific time and place. Very Gen X. On the other hand, it has remained popular not only because of nostalgia among that specific group, but because these stories are universal- or if not completely universal, at least widely relatable- and each new crop of young people have seen themselves reflected in these stories. Relationships between peers, relationships between parents and children, relationships between one generation and the next, social pressures, home lives, etc. Of all of Hughes' teenager films, this is by far the one that has stood the test of time the best. (Ferris Bueller is a close second, in that regard- and my personal favorite. That one's a whole different vibe, though it does touch on some of the same themes of parents and kids, teachers, etc.)
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A. You two are so empathetic, I thought someone was about to cry over The Breakfast Club. To be fair, I was doing yardwork while I listened to your psychoanalysis but I indeed listened til the end. A.
They have a lot of wisdom, which is one reason I watch them.
@@lewstone5430 i hope you learn a lot.
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Loved this reaction. I think it's pretty universally believed that Brian WAS going to try to kill himself with the flare gun. It was likely the easiest kind of gun he had access to.
John Hughes made the best movies about teens. I saw this on my 14th birthday and it was instantly a favorite. My husband can quote just about every line. And it stands the test of time because it's themes are universal.
Benders situation sucks because you realize he keeps causing trouble so that he can be away from home as much as possible.
I adore this film, but then this is my own generation. One of the great things about reactions like yours, is understanding to what extent this film captures something universal about the feeling of being a teenager.
I'm glad you gals picked up on Bender was the only one whose parents didn't bring him or pick him up. Also.. I believe he kept allowing himself to get more detentions because he didn't want to go home
Side note, if you watch the very beginning again, there's a picture of the janitor when he attended that very school years ago!
There were a lot of good teachers in the past, but this is kinda the reality. Kids who were naughty or troubled back in the 80s and earlier weren't given understanding or support. They were bullied and demonised. It's actually kinda nice to see younger people react to the film and see how much we have moved forward with these issues. You immediately understood that Bender was troubled and probably abused at home, just from observing his behaviour. Props to both of you.
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I was twelve when this first came out movies like this bring me back to my childhood"Love It.
When I see this movie, it transports my back to my high-school days in the 80s. The clicks that we had were identical to what these kids described. Most of the girls wanted to look like Madonna or Pat Benatar, while others wanted to look like Cindy Lauper. I was a nerd but not like the smart one. It so happened that I got glasses and braces the first month of my freshman year of school so that pretty much ended any thought of socializing with the girls. Being short and a red head didn't help. But the songs were great and the days at school were boring. I haven't seen any of my classmates since we graduated.
Such a classic. This is the movie that made me realize as a teenager that as a guy, you can say almost whatever you want to girls or women, but if she thinks you're hot and a bad boy, she's all over you. I went the gentleman route and got nowhere. Story of my life. There were guys when I went to high school in the late 90s and early 2000s who talked dirty around girls all the time in public and I'd hear those girls say they were "so hot." I heard "no offence" a lot. If I'd said half the things the "hot" guys said, I probably would have had the cops called on me or at least been suspended for harassment. Allison is my favourite character. I totally identified with her. Wanting to have friends but pushing them away at the same time.
13:18 "By the way, that clock's 20 minutes fast."
In other words, these kids are gonna have to wait 20 minutes longer than they _thought_ they were to go _home._
Another good Ally Sheedy movie from this era that you should react to is Short Circuit. Comedy about a robot.
Nice reaction. You're both a lot of fun and very perceptive. And its always nice to see that this film still holds up over the decades.
Ok, ladies, I can't express how much this is my favorite reaction to this film. Most other reactors I have seen don't really get this movie. Bravo! This movie is so real for those of us that lived through it. Even if you weren't one of these characters, you were a mix of two or three of them and it is relatable. God Bless.
Iconic song at the end for all of us 80s graduates
15:57 "What's that? Is that salt?"
"It looks like sugar."
😄 Heh. It's a _Pixy Stix._ They were _very popular_ in the US, in 1985.
It is _mostly_ sugar. It makes for a good, occasional treat, but it's _not_ part of a healthy diet. Basically, this is a scene that gives us insight into the kind of neglectful environment Allison lives in, that they don't take it upon themselves to make sure she has a _healthy_ lunch or equip her with knowledge of what a healthy diet _consists_ of.
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You did great with this movie, you went deep and it made you reflect. I was 15 when this movie came out and it's remained a favourite. I love how it can make everyone feel seen and it helps to drive home the fact that we all have a story.
This was such a treat watching you young ladies see this for the first time
My kids were teenagers in the 80's when this came out...the girls loved it and watched it over and over. They said that's how things really are at school.
It's truly a classic!
I'd like to suggest "To Sir With Love"....it would be wonderful to see your reactions
"E" I watched to the end. I love your reactions and loved the deep philosophical dive into each character. Amazing as always. ❤
E. Course I watched to the end, I like when people reflect on and talk about the movie we just watched. That's half the fun
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When the teacher is threatening the kid in the closet, the teacher doesn’t realize that the teacher is behaving exactly the same way the kid’s father behaves. Or in other words, because the teacher hasn’t taken the time to find out what the problem is, the teacher is thus trying to fix the problem by adding more of the exact same problem.
saddest part is how Bender actually physically flinches, like he's embracing himself to get hit, when vernon gets in his face and does the "fake out" punch to try instigate Bender to hit him first.. its clear by his face he's mentally shook.. but that flinch hurts my heart so much seeing the physical fear put in this child, reminding him of his father, as you said.
This movie is so relatable. No matter the age or color. Aged so well. Timeless.
I’m happy y’all are watching these great classic movies 👍
40:54 "Did they even say her name?"
The "Basket Case's" name is Allison Reynolds. It's funny, though. I mean, she was played by Ally Sheedy who was born on June 13, 1962. So when this movie came out, she was 22. But if you type the title of this movie into Google, it brings up _her_ picture with the words "Mary Christian, Brian's sister," right under it.
Mary Christian was born in '78. That means she turned _seven_ the year this movie came out. That's clearly the little girl in the car, in the beginning, when Brian gets dropped off.
Google screwed up. 🤷♂
They actually did plan on making sequels were the characters meet each other each year after this movie, but it never happend because director John Hughes never wanted to work with Judd Nelson (Bender) again.
Hughes didn't like how Nelson acted, especially being mean to Molly Ringwald (Claire), and he even considered firing Nelson. But Paul Gleason (Mr. Vernon) convinced Hughes not to do it because he said Nelson was just being or staying in character (in other words, method acting).
It's been interesting watching this movie from a younger generation perspective. Totally different from mine and my generation. Thank You both 😊
That was refreshing to watch. You young ladies give me hope for the younger generation, thank you.
E ... also known as the letter E ... this one of those movies that is just a great story, character development, lets you learn a little about each of them over the course of the movie so you can relate to all of them in some way
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St. Elmo's Fire, is another fantastic movie with a few actors from The Breakfast Club, same producer and know you'd both love the other movie even more and might wanna check out Pretty in Pink which is also produced by John Hughes. All classics!! ❤
Maybe they should check out 1995 film, Kids.
15:54 "I don't think that guy has anything to eat."
Ah. Ryl, very astute. I didn't _catch_ that the first time I saw this movie.
I think you would love an older black & white CLASSIC called “12 Angry Men”
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1. The woman and little girl dropping of Brian are Anthony Michael Hall's real mother and sister.
2. The late Paul Gleason😇 played Beeks in "Trading Places". Also, the idiot assistant police chief in "Die Hard".
3. "Ya got fifty bucks?" was supposed to be twenty. The look on Paul's face was genuine.
4. That's not Molly's crotch, she was a minor so it's a double.
5. I still use the term "doobage".😎
6. Even John Hughes😇 said the shattering window was a huge reach.
7. That's not dandruff, it's parmesan cheese.
8. I love Ally Sheedy. Personally, I liked her better GOTH.😍😋
9. That's parmesan cheese. not dandruff.
10. If you catch it Andrew's dad is scoping out Allison as he's picking up Andrew.
11. John Hughes is picking up Brian.
12. Hughes used this school in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Uncle Buck".
Thanks! I always wondered about #4.
Also, Ally Sheedy is my favorite too. I used to live in the same city as her, Santa Fe, NM, but of course I never saw her.
Michael Anthony Hall and Paul Gleason were also together in another favorite movie of mine along with Robert Downey Jr and Uma Thurman (one of her earliest roles). called Johnny Be Goode. It was kind of campy, but funny. It's another sports themed movie with a half decent message to it though about humility and integrity. Gleason plays another creep in that one too as Michael and Robert's high school football coach. Aside from the spazzy humor I loved the soundtrack.
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Ally's my future-EX wife. Since Hollywood marriages tend to be short, the two week honeymoon is ok by me.😍😍😈😈 @@lewstone5430
So glad you watched 2 of best 80s this week, this and Field....liked the reactions!
In this, between showing the two new couples, Brian, my name too...writing and liking what he wrote, they had to have her back in big room, John getting out of room and joining others before letting go...they all read the paper, all happy walking out, they all changed, that dancing got them free from being afraid of what others thought about each new friends! John dating her changed everything in life, could get a job to help dates, meeting her friends, he had to stay funny, but stop drugs. Having other couple, interducing her to his friends would change her too, and would want to press to her, not Dad anymore. And Brian and John, when smoking, would be good buddies. Why this is a legendary movie, all ones, teens to adults, forever would laugh, cry, angry, and feel in it.
Next fact..Brian and Princess were dating then, met in movie 16 Candles, both younger, and very different. He's Anthony Michael Hall, one of best kids actor ever. First in Vacation, 1983, then Sixteen Candles, 1984, then this, 1985, and Weird Science same 1985. Then drama Out of Bounds, 1986, then Johnny Be Good, as a HS QB, his buddy in it, Robert Downey Jr, Iron Man himself! As adult, small in movies, but 2002-2007 was lead actor in series Dead Zone on Sci-Fi network.
John, Allison, and Andrew are in their next 1985 movie together as college friends. Recommend all movies, sure all except Johnny Be Good will like, but hey, might like seeing him more like Andrew in it!
You're both so pretty 😍
Forgot to write movie with those 3 in it.....St. Elmo's Fire, great song of movie name in it, check it out after watching movie, clips on video shows too much, you know how it is!
Girls you knocking out some absolute classic movies!
Fun fact about this movie: midway through filming it, Anthony Michael Hall (Brian) hit a major growth spurt and he was taller than everybody else by the end of the movie VS beginning. You can really see it during the dancing scene.
Another fun fact, the "dandruff" Ally Sheedy uses to make the snow for her drawing was actually parmessan cheese.
Oh girls, I like your style of reactions so much! Great movie, too. Very deep, and light in disguise.
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i watched to the end.... you two are entertaining to watch... good stuff
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Squirrel=Allison
Here's the letter "E" as requested.
This is one of the most top notch reaction channels. Keep up the fine production and friendly vibes.
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I love both your vibes. I also love your accent.
I was a teen when this movie came out. Instant classic.
Just subscribed. Keep the great content coming.
A suggestion is to do a reaction to the movie Trading Places. The teacher is in that, and he plays a SOB.
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Sadly, Paul Gleson passed away some years ago. He was a real nice guy.
We already did a reaction to trading places, you can find it on our channel.
Thank you both so much. I just finished watching 3 other YT Reactor Channels that did this same movie (and 2 others in recent months), and you 2 did the BEST, HANDS DOWN! Not just in your viewing of the movie and interjecting with occasional commentary, but also in your expressions (without speaking!) and your synopsis and other excellent closing comments.
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Fun fact: Anthony Micheal Hall (Brian) being dropped off the mom and sister in the car was his actual mom and sister.
Awesome upload! One of my favorite movies.. great reaction 😊
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Bender is the greatest combination protagonist/antagonist in movies, of all time! All John Hughes movies must be watched! All classic, his coming of age movies are the best! He died a few years back and this cast did a moving tribute to him on stage, i think at the Oscars.
All due respect to Bender but that title goes to Jules in Pulp Fiction.
Ryl you could be a counselor. You seem like you could talk to people having personal problems and help them out. You both are great tho. The Breakfast Club is an awesomely movie. John Hughes wrote this movie in 3 days.
Thank you 🥰. 3 Days? The movie is amazing 💜.
@@JynxRyl I know right. I think maybe he must’ve already had the idea in his head before, had already marked the major dialog points, scenes, etc. so when it was time to actually write it, he just binge unloaded all the creative juices he had into the dialog etc,. Lol . I don’t know. It’s crazy to think about. I think I read that on Wikipedia somewhere.
I was only 12 when this came out but thanks to the miracle of VHS I enjoyed it many times in the 90s XD
“Did he catch it?” 😂😬
Love the Thrasher Mag shirt!
I saw this movie for the first time when I was in middle school. It really gave me perspective. Of all the kida, I most related to Brian because I easily got good grades but wasn't good at sports or making friends. I envied the popular and rich people so much because I thought their lives were so perfect. It never crossed my mind that being popular was hard or that they had problems. E!
I'm really sure these kind of older Movies will show our younger Generation what World your parents grew up in and maybe you can then better understand how your parents feel and think!
The stresses and problems of life are all relative to the person going through their unique individual experience.
oops, I forgot to put the letter "A" at the end
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A (watched to the end, end ,end ,end.) Great insights, your thoughtful and kind analysis of this movie I've seen a million times growing up (80's kid) gives me so much hope, thanks for that!
she put captain crunch cereal on the bread with sugar
Not sugar but pixie sticks which is flavored sugar technically. It was sold as candy.
St. Elmo’s Fire is a good follow up as it has 3 of the 5 cast in it and close in time but they have graduated college.
Great reaction ladies