We hope you enjoy this Reaction Video. We loved this and amazing how it still stands up today. Watch our review at the end where the next generation finds it modern and still great.This is truly a classic 80s film!
*There no such thing as "dated" in movies.* You watch a movie as if you're seeing it in the year it was released. Otherwise, you will never enjoy watching movies.
I'd also like to comment that I don't know if I've seen any other movie reaction channels with someone as young as your son but he seems to be really insightful about what he's watching and it's a thrill to see what he thinks about some of these older movies he's just getting exposed to. Really good job.
I always loved the parade scene in downtown. I love the fact the film crew crashed an actual parade going on. They built their own float and put it in with the rest of the procession. No approval from the city, or parade itself. They just did it.
Remember when one of the networks used to have something like the equivalent of pop-up video only for movies? They would put up fat toads for various scenes throughout the movie. One of those was the Beatles hated that rendition of Twist and Shout because of the horns they had to add to it to make sense in the movie.
You’re a very intuitive and emotionally intelligent young man! NOticing cameron looking at happy families in this painting 23:59 is something I’ve never thought or heard of, but very astute! Thanks for this reaction!
@@GenerationMediaReaction That's a part of the movie that confused me for a long time. I don't think it fits the rest of the tone of the movie. I eventually read an interview with John Hughes, and he says in it that when he was a teen he went on a school trip to the museum and he said it was almost like a religious experience for him and that's what he was trying to convey.
@@GenerationMediaReaction We? No, it's YOU. Hey kid, don't forget to lick your palms of hand when faking an illness. It's childish and stupid, but so is high school (the dad is likely furious at me but the kid is probably liking this) 😁
Ruck has too much been a seriously underrated actor. I enjoy him in everything he's been in, but he is not cast as much as he should have been. A loss for us all.
@@GenerationMediaReaction In the novelisation, Cameron starts obsessing about it (and Seurat in general), as the style is that of dots seemingly making up a whole but, close up, you see that there is no connection whatsoever. Also in the novel: two other, younger Bueller kids, the trio end up on the radio after the baseball catch, they end up eating pancreas at "Chez Luis" through not understanding French, and the girl Rooney mistakes for Ferris is an old pupil of his, and she hates him. BTW, if you read what the actor who played Rooney up to after, maybe read it alone. He is absolute scum. Just subscribed!
@@GenerationMediaReaction Happy to! I have a movie podcast (in Spanish, no gratuitous self-promo here!) and one of the mainstays is digging up interesting facts about movies!
This was a common movie we used to watch when I was a kid whenever we were actually staying home sick. It's a fun and easy movie and it makes you think about how you'd like a day off to play out.
@@GenerationMediaReaction For some reason, Ferris Bueller's Day Off was one of my favorite films as a child (I was born in the late 80s)... And yet, I've never actually skipped school on purpose. I think that as long as the kid understands that it's just a movie, and is not to be imitated (much like Home Alone, The Goonies, and so on), I really don't think there's any problem with showing such movies to children. Besides, you seem like a great dad, and your son seems to be very intelligent and chill. I'm happy to see it, and I look forward to seeing more from your channel. Keep up the good work, and good luck!
I love your son's smiling reactions--he got most of it and that says a lot! Dad's reaction is totally my generation reaction. Gen X. I graduated in 1984 in Chicago area. Every John Hughes film is completely accurate.
I am happy that dad is not worried that his son will learn some tricks from this movie. Next to "Back to the Future," this is probably the best of the 80s fad of teen comedies, so well made in every way. I especially like the character arc of Ferris’s sister. BTW, the museum shown is the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the best in the U.S. One of the pictures shown was “Nighthawks,” a very famous painting by Edward Hopper. I like that they threw in that cultural moment to offset al the hijinks.
Another famous painting shown in the Art Institute sequence -- the one that Cameron stared at for a long time -- was "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte," by pointillist painter Georges Seurrat. Two years before *Ferris Beuller* was released, this painting had been the basis for the Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical *Sunday in the Park with George,* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.
A couple of years back the actor that played Cameron appeared on a TV show as "Dr. Fry" on and made reference said "My God, I am still paying off that Ferrari."
For my money, THIS brilliantly hilarious film is the Citizen Kane of "teen movies". And the look that Dad gave his son when the nurse was about to finish her rhyme on "pluck" before Jeannie slammed the door on her was SO funny! Great reaction, you two! 👍
The art piece that Cameron is staring at is George Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, an impressionist piece. Cameron sees himself reflected in the face of the child. From a distance it looks like a child, up close it doesn't look like anything at all. That's how Cameron is seen by his father.
The first time that I watched this movie I was about your age, and my favorite scene was the parade as well. That scene is the reason why I became a Beatles fan.
23:51.... great observation there kid....I'm probably around your dads age and have never thought of that concept of Cameron identifying himself in that portrait as him and his family...good job bud!!
Ben Stein, who played the boring teacher (Bueller, Bueller) was a well known economist and speechwriter for Richard Nixon. I saw him interviewed and he said his whole lecture about the Tariff Law was improvised and that he loved making the movie which led to him hosting a terrific game show.
I don't know if you have a Discord to vote on movies but a great movie right up your alley would be The Princess Bride. A must for any age. Also, very smart and perceptive boy you've got there.
FUN FACT: The actors playing Ferris parents fell in LOVE, in real life, during the production of the movie and married - they have a son together. Ufortunately they divorced after six years. But none of them had any childildren with anyone else... Also, 6 years is a lifetime of marrige in Hollywood 🙂 I sensed that they were VERY believable as a couple / Ferris & Jeannie's parents.
I graduated from high school the same week this came out in theatres and really captures that feeling in the air that we just we just wanted to go out and do something fun. I remember going to see this with my best friend and we loved it. Good to see it still holds up. Oh and although we didn't live in Chicago, we did live in Illinois and went to Chicago on our senior class trip.
Fascinating reaction and your sons perception of the art gallery scene when Cameron is staring into the painting seeing perfection within the picture set against his own thoughts of imperfection within his family was quite amazing.
This movie got me into synthesizers and music in general. Haha probably influenced my resume for 15yrs or so. It's a perfect comedy movie right up to the post credits.
John Hughes had a microscope focused on the teen angst and fantasy of the 80s. Thank you for sharing this with your son and letting us participate. 🤙 Edit; that literature teacher reminds me of my high school lit teacher, mr. Richards. I swear he spoke, innnnn...exactlyyy,...the same,..wayy.
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it!" - Words to live by. Ferris is lip-synching to the 1963 Wayne Newton recording of "Danke Schoen" in an actual Von Steuben Day parade in downtown Chicago. Director John Hughes just worked their float right into the parade, and the shots where the officials are searching for who this float belonged to is actual confusion - ya just can't rehearse those things. When Dad says, "I think we should shoot her", it's SARCASM. Thanks for your reaction - it HAS held up well.
I only just discovered your channel. So catching a few movies with you and your son. Your son’s thoughtful insight continues to impress as in the scene at the museum where he noted that Cameron is examining paintings with families that might represent what he wants. And the museum in the movie is The Art Institute of Chicago. I grew up just outside of Chicago. And the Art Institute is an amazing museum. And Chicago is a beautiful city
Well, if you’re going to do a lip sync performance of _Danke Shoen,_ sung by Wayne Newton (who has a bit of German ancestry), to a melody by German composer Bert Kaempfert, with the original lyrics by German songwriter Kurt Schwabach, and English lyrics by American music producer Milt Gabler (whose father was from Austria), I guess that would be the right parade to do it in.
I noticed a comment dad made after Cameron Frye "killed" the car. He says: "That's a major change for Cameron." Something interesting about this movie is revealed in that comment. Generally, the main character in a story goes through some change. By the end of the story, the main character usually learns something, accomplishes some task, or grows in some way. Ferris never changes. Everything works-out for Ferris. (He's a sort of magical imp who never gets caught, never learns any lessons, never faces any consequences. He doesn't resolve conflict. In fact, he creates the conflict.) The one who grows and changes is Cameron. One could argue that Cameron is the true main character.
there is an archetype for this kind of character. a 'travelling angel' where the this character does not evolve or change, however his reason in a story is to alter and change others. Ferris does not change, but he creates change in everyone else. Robin Williams often played these kinds of characters.
Interesting! I've never heard the term "traveling angel." Thank you for sharing that with me. (I'm not saying this movie is unique in all the world. Merely that Ferris is a bit unusual for a protagonist.) I understand that it is quite strange to argue that the character named in the title of the film is not actually the main character. He is certainly presented as being that. We are told this is "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." It's his movie. But I love the performance of Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye. He's a very endearing character. This movie is such a "love letter" to the City of Chicago. That parade scene on Michigan Avenue was absolutely real. (Remember, this movie was filmed long before the technology to create that scene with CGI.) They filmed on two consecutive weekends. The first was an actual parade into which John Hughes added his own float. (Those are the wide shots of the parade and Ferris lip-syncing to "Danke Schoen" by Wayne Newton.) The parade organizers didn't even know that Hughes was filming a movie! The following weekend, they asked radio stations to request listeners come down to Michigan Avenue and "...take part in a John Hughes movie." And 10,000 people appeared!! We who live in Chicago have tremendous affection for this movie. Thank you for reacting to it. (Have you and your son seen "Forrest Gump?" I would love to see you guys react to that one.) @@GenerationMediaReaction
@@tuckerplum8085 That's really interesting, and nice to know that people in Chicago love it. Forrest Gump is a good suggestion. I haven't seen it since it was released and so cant remember much about it
@@tuckerplum8085 by the way, in Shawshank Redemption Morgan Freeman's character is the main protagonist and Tim Robbins' character is a 'travelling angel' because he comes into the prison and changes everyone's life. Notably Morgan Freeman's character changes from being institutionalised to wanting to be free.
I am SO GRATEFUL to find your channel. The most important education today is showing this magnificent cultural history. Sharing this with your child is so wonderful and brilliant! Subbed!! Much love from the USA. ❤ Cheers
Wow, the kid in this video reaction is really smart. I never even thought about Cameron looking at a perfect family in the painting when I was a kid watching this movie. But now after he said that, this scene makes so much more sense to me. It only took me 40 years to think about that, lol.
Getting old's a trip, friends. Most loathe the idea, but its great! Born in '71, i could probably talk half the day about Hughes, but had to comment that getting started on this, i was focusing on little man's reaction before realized im gonna have to rewatch focusing on the other "kid" in the room's afterwards!😅 New here, so don't remember your name yet, little man, but just wanted to say, as dad well knows, you will experience many things throughout your life, but you're ALWAYS that same little kid inside the whole ride! Glad i found y'all. Greetings from Nashville! Forever Young!!! ✌️🌎❤️
Dad did mention the son's name in the first two videos. If I heard him correctly, his name is Lando. As far as I know, Dad has not mentioned his own name yet.
When I first arrived in Chicago in 1991 I made it a point to visit all of the Hughes places, especially those from Ferris. Nearly all of them are still here and when out of town folk come in, those, along with the Batman spots, are what they want to see. So much so I have my own “3 hour tour” of downtown I take them on, starting at Wrigley. I wasn’t here in 1986 but it’s certainly representative of just a few years later in the 90’s. Other films that show us off: Blues Brothers The Fugitive The Untouchables Running Scared The Sting Adventures in Babysitting Any Hughes film
Have you ever seen Better Off Dead? Check that out! Such a great shot as the car reverses through the garage. John Hughes was so good at telling the teenage story in a respectful and powerful and fun way. It's like he grew up but retained his youth at a level that aloud him to connect with teenagers better than anyone. Teenagers are their own individual and the issues they face may seem small when looking back but for them at the time and can feel like life and death. He was one of a kind. And the 80's films always managed to balance out the heavy material with just the right amount of light material to make the films a joyful experience. Most films today take themselves too seriously to the point they forget that they're supposed to be simply entertaining above all else.
Just an interesting side note. The two actors who played Ferris’s parents started dating when they met on the set of this movie and got married shortly after. They did get divorced. But had two children together. And Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey who played his sister were dating in real life at the time
I got to meet the Teacher (that did role call) a few years ago, Ben Stein. He was awesome, I was listening to a symposium on the value of the US dollar with 2 others as a round table. Afterwards I met him and talk to him for a bit.
You 2 are great for this reaction content. Your Matrix video was a very fun watch, hope you guys go for a long time until he is old enough to watch Blade, my fav movie
One of the things I love about this film is that Ferris is very much like the old mythological trickster gods like Loki, The Coyote, or Sun Wukong. He flies in, causes a ruckus, and never has to deal with the consequences. Cameron, however, is our human character. He's the one with an actual arc and grows as a person. In that way, this movie isn't really about Ferris at all. It's about Cameron.
Of all the classics from my childhood this is still a film I have never watched. It was everywhere but I could never get into it I was a "nice' kid and FB just rubbed me the wrong way.
Cameron....The only other film 'Ive ever seen him in....was 'Speed' with Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock. Interesting that he's a bus passenger in that movie. So I guess we know how he ended up after all.
1. Alan Ruck was 29 when filming. 2. Charlie Sheen didn't sleep for 48 hours prior to his scene to get into character,. 3. It's unfair the clueless people like his parents make so much money. Especially his dad. 4. IRL Broadrick and Grey had a thing going during the shoot. 5. Not pealing out in front of Rooney would have stopped him from going after Ferris. 6. They have a doggie door, odds are they have a dog. DA 7. This was John Hughes' ode to his hometown of Chicago. John Hughes.😇 8. I'm not in line to be his "best friend" because I wouldn't let him walk all over and/or Bull$hit me. 9. GOOF: It's awfully late in the day to have a full bus load of kids. 10. That same school was also used for "Uncle Buck" and "The Breakfast Club".
Other goofs are how about the fact that they crammed so much stuff into 6 or 7 hours. Also what massive parade goes on during a weekday when there is no holiday.
The teacher taking attendance is Ben Stein. He is a real professor of Economics and lawyer, columnist for the Wall Street Journal, and speechwriter for US Presidents Nixon and Ford. He is also a novelist.
I suppose the film leaves it to your imagination how the showdown between Cameron and his father went, whether it resulted in blows being through or in a moment of epiphany. After all, your imagination does a far superior job than any scriptwriter could.
Loved this as a kid... bit the older I get the more I realize what a narcissistic garbage friend and borderline sociopath Ferris is. An *actual* friend would taken responsibility for the car... since the whole thing was his idea anyway.
Nobody ever sees this. Cameron, while staring at the painting, sees the car. The girls red lips are in the shape of a red car. And in the following scene, "It's getting late, we have to get the car." My friends in the 1980s didn't get this either.
@@GenerationMediaReaction It goes to Cameron's constant anxiety and fear of everything. He can't even relax in a peaceful, calm museum, staring at paintings. "Who do ya love!?" "You love this stupid car!" Got that lump of coal up his butt. Ha!
@@GenerationMediaReaction Oh, definitely. I agree. I also like, as you pointed out, how Ferris went from the care-free, nothing-can-touch-me kid all movie, to a kid who was willing to take all the blame for the car, because he knew that he could handle the heat better than Cameron. I like to think that that might have been the first time Ferris found himself in a situation where he had to face real consequences. (even his sister bailed him out when Rooney finally caught him!)
@@MSgt_0699 Yes, that whole scene is gives the film its depth. I agree with you on Ferris. Without that gesture, he would have been too annoying, but he proves himself a real friend with this. I see him as an architype of 'travelling angel', where their function in stories is to change others rather than themselves. Robin Williams often played these kinds of roles.
Hey, you two deserved a day off. Great and fun reaction! Now I think everyone needs to band together and Save Cameron. His hockey jersey (Detroit Red Wings) probably already annoyed his dad (likely a Chicago Blackhawks fan) enough. 😄 Director John Hughes was originally from Michigan, but also grew to love Chicago, when his family moved to a suburb there in 1963. The teams have a long lived rivalry, with Hughes being stuck in the middle as a fan of both, and that jersey is a little nod to his roots.
Great Observation . in the UK , they probably don't know much about hockey . But the National Football League ( American football ) is making inroads !
The Ferarri that was used was actually a 250 Nardo Spyder, but GT California sounds better and the differences are subtle. Of course, the one they wrecked through the garage window was a clone, not the real one. That house they used for Cameron's family went up for sale some years ago. There is a tombstone down there in the gully that reads: RIP Ferrari 250 GT California, just as a tribute marker. How cool would that be to be able to tell people: "yeah, this is the window they replaced, and down there is where it landed." They were asking $4M for the property, I dont know what it sold for.
Another good movie to watch is Field of Dreams. It is about baseball. Another good movie to watch is The Sandlot, which is also about basebal. I am not really a sports person. But I do like which sports movies because of the stores behind them. Field of Dreams came out in 1989. The Sandlot came out in 1993.
Used to run to the local video shop every evening when I was that lad's age to rent out stuff like Goodfellas and Reservoir Dogs, for £1 a night! I was allowed to watch Blood, guts and violence but sex scenes were a no no🤣
My family did that too, it was ok to see tina gutted and dragged up the wall in nightmare on elm street but we had to close our eyes when movies showed boobs! Lol crazy 80's parents. My parents were chain smokers so when i moved out i actually went through withdrawl! That and apparently i smelled for years and my friend didnt want to hurt my feelings by telling me.
We hope you enjoy this Reaction Video. We loved this and amazing how it still stands up today. Watch our review at the end where the next generation finds it modern and still great.This is truly a classic 80s film!
Great memories ❤
*There no such thing as "dated" in movies.* You watch a movie as if you're seeing it in the year it was released. Otherwise, you will never enjoy watching movies.
good video thank you very much.
John Hughes later said this was his homage to the City of Chicago.
The art works are actually at the Art Institute of Chicago.
I'd also like to comment that I don't know if I've seen any other movie reaction channels with someone as young as your son but he seems to be really insightful about what he's watching and it's a thrill to see what he thinks about some of these older movies he's just getting exposed to. Really good job.
Yeah i thought that, his son seems pretty intelligent and relaxed personality, hes a good kid
Fun fact... the couple that played his parents met and fell in love on set, and got married after the shoot
Thanks, and thanks for watching
I always loved the parade scene in downtown. I love the fact the film crew crashed an actual parade going on. They built their own float and put it in with the rest of the procession. No approval from the city, or parade itself. They just did it.
Remember when one of the networks used to have something like the equivalent of pop-up video only for movies? They would put up fat toads for various scenes throughout the movie. One of those was the Beatles hated that rendition of Twist and Shout because of the horns they had to add to it to make sense in the movie.
And the workmen up on the scaffolding dancing around weren’t in the movie.. just guys working while they were filming.
You’re a very intuitive and emotionally intelligent young man! NOticing cameron looking at happy families in this painting 23:59 is something I’ve never thought or heard of, but very astute! Thanks for this reaction!
Thank you for watching. That interpretation of the painting scene was eye-opening!
@@GenerationMediaReactionit’s really interesting hearing the kinds of things your son thinks about during these reactions. Gives me a new perspective.
That was an impressive interpretation of the scene where Cameron looks at the Seurat painting.
@@GenerationMediaReaction That's a part of the movie that confused me for a long time. I don't think it fits the rest of the tone of the movie. I eventually read an interview with John Hughes, and he says in it that when he was a teen he went on a school trip to the museum and he said it was almost like a religious experience for him and that's what he was trying to convey.
Well dad, you just gave your son 100 ideas for when he gets to high school. Best of luck 😂
oh no, what have we done!
@@GenerationMediaReaction We? No, it's YOU. Hey kid, don't forget to lick your palms of hand when faking an illness. It's childish and stupid, but so is high school (the dad is likely furious at me but the kid is probably liking this) 😁
@@GenerationMediaReactionAll he needs is a best friend with a cool car and a talent for immitating adult voices!
Another iconic Matthew Broderick movie from the 1980s you might want to check out is *War Games* (1983).
good suggestion!
Love war games
Yes, love Wargames! It also has a small connection to this film (related to the school computer, lol).
@@captainbryce1 We have listened... coming soon!
@@GenerationMediaReactiondefinitely watch War Games! Not as funny at all, but really good.
Wow! The perception of the child, watching kameron stare at the pic of the family...
The boy is remarkably insightful and thoughtful, agreed.
Alan Ruck who plays Cameron, I saw him play the Matthew Broderick part in The Producers, when it was on tour in 2005. He was great in it.
Oooo im jealous
And also in Speed that they recently reviewed and mentioned him here in Ferris Bueller.
Ruck has too much been a seriously underrated actor.
I enjoy him in everything he's been in, but he is not cast as much as he should have been.
A loss for us all.
The painting made Cameron have an existential crisis about his place in the world. "I can't tell what it is anymore". Neither could Cameron.
Thank you for watching. That interpretation of the painting scene was eye-opening!
@@GenerationMediaReaction In the novelisation, Cameron starts obsessing about it (and Seurat in general), as the style is that of dots seemingly making up a whole but, close up, you see that there is no connection whatsoever. Also in the novel: two other, younger Bueller kids, the trio end up on the radio after the baseball catch, they end up eating pancreas at "Chez Luis" through not understanding French, and the girl Rooney mistakes for Ferris is an old pupil of his, and she hates him. BTW, if you read what the actor who played Rooney up to after, maybe read it alone. He is absolute scum. Just subscribed!
@@ToniMcGinty That's really interesting, thank you for sharing these extra details. (yeah after the film i looked up the actor who played rooney)
@@GenerationMediaReaction Happy to! I have a movie podcast (in Spanish, no gratuitous self-promo here!) and one of the mainstays is digging up interesting facts about movies!
When I saw that scene for the first time, I took it as Cameron felt he was fading away....
This was a common movie we used to watch when I was a kid whenever we were actually staying home sick. It's a fun and easy movie and it makes you think about how you'd like a day off to play out.
Yeah we may have planted a seed, ooops.
@@GenerationMediaReaction For some reason, Ferris Bueller's Day Off was one of my favorite films as a child (I was born in the late 80s)... And yet, I've never actually skipped school on purpose. I think that as long as the kid understands that it's just a movie, and is not to be imitated (much like Home Alone, The Goonies, and so on), I really don't think there's any problem with showing such movies to children.
Besides, you seem like a great dad, and your son seems to be very intelligent and chill. I'm happy to see it, and I look forward to seeing more from your channel. Keep up the good work, and good luck!
@@TheTaelle Thank you so much, we are drawing up a list of classics to watch, if you have any suggestions?
I love your son's smiling reactions--he got most of it and that says a lot! Dad's reaction is totally my generation reaction. Gen X. I graduated in 1984 in Chicago area. Every John Hughes film is completely accurate.
That Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? when the teacher is calling Ferris at class scene became a meme back then
There were no memes back then LOL
This movie was in theaters when I was in 6th grade, but I never ended up seeing it until about 8 years ago. Such a good comedy.
I am happy that dad is not worried that his son will learn some tricks from this movie. Next to "Back to the Future," this is probably the best of the 80s fad of teen comedies, so well made in every way. I especially like the character arc of Ferris’s sister.
BTW, the museum shown is the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the best in the U.S. One of the pictures shown was “Nighthawks,” a very famous painting by Edward Hopper. I like that they threw in that cultural moment to offset al the hijinks.
Another famous painting shown in the Art Institute sequence -- the one that Cameron stared at for a long time -- was "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte," by pointillist painter Georges Seurrat. Two years before *Ferris Beuller* was released, this painting had been the basis for the Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical *Sunday in the Park with George,* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.
A couple of years back the actor that played Cameron appeared on a TV show as "Dr. Fry" on and made reference said "My God, I am still paying off that Ferrari."
I love those couple of moments when Dad looks over with pride at his son
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is probably one of John Hughes best! It’s hilarious!
Growing up outside Chicago, the 80s were great, since so many teen movies were set there.
You need to see uncle buck…great John Hughes movie…funny
Oh yes Uncle Buck! So many great movies from this era! They don’t make films like this anymore.
I loved it when the car fell out of the window and the son was laughing and the dad was in shock. Lol, 2 great reactions on that scene.
Thanks for watching!
That's Ferris that's shocked not Cameron's dad.
@@cp368productions2 The comment was in reference to the father and son reacting to the movie...
@@GenerationMediaReaction Son made some interesting points at the end of the video, he is very good with words.
For my money, THIS brilliantly hilarious film is the Citizen Kane of "teen movies". And the look that Dad gave his son when the nurse was about to finish her rhyme on "pluck" before Jeannie slammed the door on her was SO funny! Great reaction, you two! 👍
SO many classic moments.
This is one of my favorite Chicago movies
Mia Sara (Sloan) is the former daughter-in-law to Sean Connery.
A classic movie, I still love it after all these years
The art piece that Cameron is staring at is George Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, an impressionist piece. Cameron sees himself reflected in the face of the child. From a distance it looks like a child, up close it doesn't look like anything at all. That's how Cameron is seen by his father.
The first time that I watched this movie I was about your age, and my favorite scene was the parade as well. That scene is the reason why I became a Beatles fan.
23:51.... great observation there kid....I'm probably around your dads age and have never thought of that concept of Cameron identifying himself in that portrait as him and his family...good job bud!!
FYI: that radio announcer on WLS is named Fred Winston who was a star in Chicago radio. WLS was the bomb.AM89/FM94.7
"Is he talking to us? We are home." 😅
Ben Stein, who played the boring teacher (Bueller, Bueller) was a well known economist and speechwriter for Richard Nixon. I saw him interviewed and he said his whole lecture about the Tariff Law was improvised and that he loved making the movie which led to him hosting a terrific game show.
Win Ben Stein's Money! His side kick was Jimmy Kimmel!!!
John Hughes is one of the best, so much nostalgic memories with all his films, love your channel always look forward to more reactions ❤
Thank you for watching !
I don't know if you have a Discord to vote on movies but a great movie right up your alley would be The Princess Bride. A must for any age. Also, very smart and perceptive boy you've got there.
Thank you! Princess Bride is a great suggestion, thanks
@@GenerationMediaReaction other movies I think he could handle, Breakfast Club, and Sixteen Candles
I watched your reaction to Goonies & all this in your kid is so observant able to predict pretty spot-on what will or could happen next
Dad is impressed too!
The painting is A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte and one of the more famous examples of pointillism.
It’s pretty amazing to see
Yes! Painted by: Georges Seurat
What an incredibly smart young man you have!! 10 👍
he sure is smart.
Hey, you guys should watch Flight of the Navigator together! And Explorers! Great 80s movies! 🙂
Explorers!
And monster squad and the gate!
@@joshfacio9379 YESSSSS! 😜
FUN FACT: The actors playing Ferris parents fell in LOVE, in real life, during the production of the movie and married - they have a son together. Ufortunately they divorced after six years. But none of them had any childildren with anyone else... Also, 6 years is a lifetime of marrige in Hollywood 🙂 I sensed that they were VERY believable as a couple / Ferris & Jeannie's parents.
I knew that DJ in the beginning. Fred Winston on WLS AM89 & FM 94.7. They were the #1 Top 40 station in Chicago at the time along with B-96.3 FM
I graduated from high school the same week this came out in theatres and really captures that feeling in the air that we just we just wanted to go out and do something fun. I remember going to see this with my best friend and we loved it. Good to see it still holds up. Oh and although we didn't live in Chicago, we did live in Illinois and went to Chicago on our senior class trip.
It's amazing how this feel still holds up to a new audience
24:00 what a deep bit of thinking big guy, impressive
Great reaction! Again!!😊❤ You guys are a great team! 😊
Fascinating reaction and your sons perception of the art gallery scene when Cameron is staring into the painting seeing perfection within the picture set against his own thoughts of imperfection within his family was quite amazing.
This is why film is great, it brings out parts of people we never knew were there
This movie got me into synthesizers and music in general. Haha probably influenced my resume for 15yrs or so. It's a perfect comedy movie right up to the post credits.
John Hughes had a microscope focused on the teen angst and fantasy of the 80s. Thank you for sharing this with your son and letting us participate. 🤙
Edit; that literature teacher reminds me of my high school lit teacher, mr. Richards. I swear he spoke, innnnn...exactlyyy,...the same,..wayy.
Thank you for watching, the editing was hard on this one to try and keep a sense of the funny moments.
No matter how fun this movie made it look, don't skip school (unless your parents say ok).
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it!" - Words to live by. Ferris is lip-synching to the 1963 Wayne Newton recording of "Danke Schoen" in an actual Von Steuben Day parade in downtown Chicago. Director John Hughes just worked their float right into the parade, and the shots where the officials are searching for who this float belonged to is actual confusion - ya just can't rehearse those things. When Dad says, "I think we should shoot her", it's SARCASM. Thanks for your reaction - it HAS held up well.
I only just discovered your channel. So catching a few movies with you and your son. Your son’s thoughtful insight continues to impress as in the scene at the museum where he noted that Cameron is examining paintings with families that might represent what he wants. And the museum in the movie is The Art Institute of Chicago. I grew up just outside of Chicago. And the Art Institute is an amazing museum. And Chicago is a beautiful city
Thank you and thanks for joining us! 😎
The Smiths playing in the museum "please let me get what I want"
Definitely The Smiths' tune but it's The Dream Academy's cover version of it.
Besides the ancient computers the lack of cellphones is also telling. Would this little adventure even be possible if they all had cellphones
I saw this opening night As a 21-year-old
The parade is likely the German Von Steuben Day Parade to celebrate German culture in America. The parade is held in many cities across the USA.
Well, if you’re going to do a lip sync performance of _Danke Shoen,_ sung by Wayne Newton (who has a bit of German ancestry), to a melody by German composer Bert Kaempfert, with the original lyrics by German songwriter Kurt Schwabach, and English lyrics by American music producer Milt Gabler (whose father was from Austria), I guess that would be the right parade to do it in.
I noticed a comment dad made after Cameron Frye "killed" the car. He says: "That's a major change for Cameron." Something interesting about this movie is revealed in that comment. Generally, the main character in a story goes through some change. By the end of the story, the main character usually learns something, accomplishes some task, or grows in some way. Ferris never changes. Everything works-out for Ferris. (He's a sort of magical imp who never gets caught, never learns any lessons, never faces any consequences. He doesn't resolve conflict. In fact, he creates the conflict.) The one who grows and changes is Cameron. One could argue that Cameron is the true main character.
there is an archetype for this kind of character. a 'travelling angel' where the this character does not evolve or change, however his reason in a story is to alter and change others. Ferris does not change, but he creates change in everyone else. Robin Williams often played these kinds of characters.
Interesting! I've never heard the term "traveling angel." Thank you for sharing that with me. (I'm not saying this movie is unique in all the world. Merely that Ferris is a bit unusual for a protagonist.) I understand that it is quite strange to argue that the character named in the title of the film is not actually the main character. He is certainly presented as being that. We are told this is "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." It's his movie. But I love the performance of Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye. He's a very endearing character.
This movie is such a "love letter" to the City of Chicago. That parade scene on Michigan Avenue was absolutely real. (Remember, this movie was filmed long before the technology to create that scene with CGI.) They filmed on two consecutive weekends. The first was an actual parade into which John Hughes added his own float. (Those are the wide shots of the parade and Ferris lip-syncing to "Danke Schoen" by Wayne Newton.) The parade organizers didn't even know that Hughes was filming a movie! The following weekend, they asked radio stations to request listeners come down to Michigan Avenue and "...take part in a John Hughes movie." And 10,000 people appeared!!
We who live in Chicago have tremendous affection for this movie. Thank you for reacting to it. (Have you and your son seen "Forrest Gump?" I would love to see you guys react to that one.) @@GenerationMediaReaction
@@tuckerplum8085 That's really interesting, and nice to know that people in Chicago love it. Forrest Gump is a good suggestion. I haven't seen it since it was released and so cant remember much about it
@@tuckerplum8085 by the way, in Shawshank Redemption Morgan Freeman's character is the main protagonist and Tim Robbins' character is a 'travelling angel' because he comes into the prison and changes everyone's life. Notably Morgan Freeman's character changes from being institutionalised to wanting to be free.
Great reaction. This movie was filmed at my high school in Northbrook,Illinois. It's called Glenbrook North.
I am SO GRATEFUL to find your channel. The most important education today is showing this magnificent cultural history. Sharing this with your child is so wonderful and brilliant! Subbed!! Much love from the USA. ❤ Cheers
Wow, thank you!
Pissing up a flagpole means a complete waste of time that usually backfires... Such a spitting into the wind.
The more common phrase is 'piss up a rope'.
It sounds like the phrase was mingled with 'run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes'.
Wow, the kid in this video reaction is really smart. I never even thought about Cameron looking at a perfect family in the painting when I was a kid watching this movie. But now after he said that, this scene makes so much more sense to me. It only took me 40 years to think about that, lol.
yeah, amazing right?
Getting old's a trip, friends. Most loathe the idea, but its great! Born in '71, i could probably talk half the day about Hughes, but had to comment that getting started on this, i was focusing on little man's reaction before realized im gonna have to rewatch focusing on the other "kid" in the room's afterwards!😅 New here, so don't remember your name yet, little man, but just wanted to say, as dad well knows, you will experience many things throughout your life, but you're ALWAYS that same little kid inside the whole ride!
Glad i found y'all.
Greetings from Nashville! Forever Young!!!
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Dad did mention the son's name in the first two videos. If I heard him correctly, his name is Lando. As far as I know, Dad has not mentioned his own name yet.
@@oliverbrownlow5615 Cool name, Lando!!!
Thanks Oliver!🙏❤️
That little look down over after the nurse-o-gram, though... 😉
Ferris's house was actually in Southern California. Long Beach I believe, but it was of course supposed to be set in Chicago.
When I first arrived in Chicago in 1991 I made it a point to visit all of the Hughes places, especially those from Ferris. Nearly all of them are still here and when out of town folk come in, those, along with the Batman spots, are what they want to see. So much so I have my own “3 hour tour” of downtown I take them on, starting at Wrigley. I wasn’t here in 1986 but it’s certainly representative of just a few years later in the 90’s.
Other films that show us off:
Blues Brothers
The Fugitive
The Untouchables
Running Scared
The Sting
Adventures in Babysitting
Any Hughes film
Chicago sounds a cool city!
24:18 such an insightful young man.
I recommend you watch these classics: The Last Starfighter, Ghostbusters, Spacecamp, Superman, Beetlejuice, Little Monsters
great suggestions, thanks!
Wallpaper also passed in America after the 80's. This movie was filmed in the EIGHTIES.
Mia Sara is so gorgeous.
Have you ever seen Better Off Dead? Check that out!
Such a great shot as the car reverses through the garage.
John Hughes was so good at telling the teenage story in a respectful and powerful and fun way. It's like he grew up but retained his youth at a level that aloud him to connect with teenagers better than anyone. Teenagers are their own individual and the issues they face may seem small when looking back but for them at the time and can feel like life and death. He was one of a kind. And the 80's films always managed to balance out the heavy material with just the right amount of light material to make the films a joyful experience. Most films today take themselves too seriously to the point they forget that they're supposed to be simply entertaining above all else.
Great 'reaction video' , we should pay much more attention to our children in this 'new' world .
Just an interesting side note. The two actors who played Ferris’s parents started dating when they met on the set of this movie and got married shortly after. They did get divorced. But had two children together. And Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey who played his sister were dating in real life at the time
I got to meet the Teacher (that did role call) a few years ago, Ben Stein. He was awesome, I was listening to a symposium on the value of the US dollar with 2 others as a round table. Afterwards I met him and talk to him for a bit.
You 2 are great for this reaction content. Your Matrix video was a very fun watch, hope you guys go for a long time until he is old enough to watch Blade, my fav movie
Thank you so much!
I love your cactus shirt!!
One of the things I love about this film is that Ferris is very much like the old mythological trickster gods like Loki, The Coyote, or Sun Wukong. He flies in, causes a ruckus, and never has to deal with the consequences. Cameron, however, is our human character. He's the one with an actual arc and grows as a person.
In that way, this movie isn't really about Ferris at all. It's about Cameron.
Yes agree, another archetype is the ‘travelling angel’ type where he doesn’t change but the story is about how he affects change in others.
Of all the classics from my childhood this is still a film I have never watched. It was everywhere but I could never get into it
I was a "nice' kid and FB just rubbed me the wrong way.
I recommend What About Bob? Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss.. it's absolutely hysterical.. xo
Owwww...Boamp Boamp.... Chicka Chicka!
Peak John Hughes era...maybe try The Breakfast Club next.
In Chicago they have a captured WWII U~boat. I believe that it is in the Museum of Science and Industry.
Cameron....The only other film 'Ive ever seen him in....was 'Speed' with Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock. Interesting that he's a bus passenger in that movie. So I guess we know how he ended up after all.
He's in the TV series Succession.
1. Alan Ruck was 29 when filming.
2. Charlie Sheen didn't sleep for 48 hours prior to his scene to get into character,.
3. It's unfair the clueless people like his parents make so much money. Especially his dad.
4. IRL Broadrick and Grey had a thing going during the shoot.
5. Not pealing out in front of Rooney would have stopped him from going after Ferris.
6. They have a doggie door, odds are they have a dog. DA
7. This was John Hughes' ode to his hometown of Chicago. John Hughes.😇
8. I'm not in line to be his "best friend" because I wouldn't let him walk all over and/or Bull$hit me.
9. GOOF: It's awfully late in the day to have a full bus load of kids.
10. That same school was also used for "Uncle Buck" and "The Breakfast Club".
Other goofs are how about the fact that they crammed so much stuff into 6 or 7 hours. Also what massive parade goes on during a weekday when there is no holiday.
The teacher taking attendance is Ben Stein. He is a real professor of Economics and lawyer, columnist for the Wall Street Journal, and speechwriter for US Presidents Nixon and Ford. He is also a novelist.
oh wow !
At one point, in the 90s, you were able to win his money.
He also played the same sort of same bland boring personality in a few films and TV shows in appeared in.
He was also in visine eye drops tv commercials.
I suppose the film leaves it to your imagination how the showdown between Cameron and his father went, whether it resulted in blows being through or in a moment of epiphany. After all, your imagination does a far superior job than any scriptwriter could.
Loved this as a kid... bit the older I get the more I realize what a narcissistic garbage friend and borderline sociopath Ferris is. An *actual* friend would taken responsibility for the car... since the whole thing was his idea anyway.
Well he did insist on taking responsibility for it his friend refused. And we don't really know what ultimately the outcome was
I see that now about Ferris Bueller. It is hard to tell people no in the first place but the keys were already in the car.
no Jeanie wants to bust Ferris but he is family no one else can mess with her family that is how it is with siblings.
you guys are so cute!
Nobody ever sees this. Cameron, while staring at the painting, sees the car. The girls red lips are in the shape of a red car. And in the following scene, "It's getting late, we have to get the car." My friends in the 1980s didn't get this either.
oh wow... this is amazing if it's intended
@@GenerationMediaReaction It goes to Cameron's constant anxiety and fear of everything. He can't even relax in a peaceful, calm museum, staring at paintings. "Who do ya love!?" "You love this stupid car!"
Got that lump of coal up his butt. Ha!
@@MSgt_0699 Cameron's character arc is the most interesting part of the film
@@GenerationMediaReaction Oh, definitely. I agree.
I also like, as you pointed out, how Ferris went from the care-free, nothing-can-touch-me kid all movie, to a kid who was willing to take all the blame for the car, because he knew that he could handle the heat better than Cameron. I like to think that that might have been the first time Ferris found himself in a situation where he had to face real consequences. (even his sister bailed him out when Rooney finally caught him!)
@@MSgt_0699 Yes, that whole scene is gives the film its depth. I agree with you on Ferris. Without that gesture, he would have been too annoying, but he proves himself a real friend with this. I see him as an architype of 'travelling angel', where their function in stories is to change others rather than themselves. Robin Williams often played these kinds of roles.
Hey, you two deserved a day off. Great and fun reaction!
Now I think everyone needs to band together and Save Cameron. His hockey jersey (Detroit Red Wings) probably already annoyed his dad (likely a Chicago Blackhawks fan) enough. 😄
Director John Hughes was originally from Michigan, but also grew to love Chicago, when his family moved to a suburb there in 1963. The teams have a long lived rivalry, with Hughes being stuck in the middle as a fan of both, and that jersey is a little nod to his roots.
Great Observation . in the UK , they probably don't know much about hockey . But the National Football League ( American football ) is making inroads !
The Ferarri that was used was actually a 250 Nardo Spyder, but GT California sounds better and the differences are subtle. Of course, the one they wrecked through the garage window was a clone, not the real one. That house they used for Cameron's family went up for sale some years ago. There is a tombstone down there in the gully that reads: RIP Ferrari 250 GT California, just as a tribute marker. How cool would that be to be able to tell people: "yeah, this is the window they replaced, and down there is where it landed." They were asking $4M for the property, I dont know what it sold for.
Another good movie to watch is Field of Dreams. It is about baseball. Another good movie to watch is The Sandlot, which is also about basebal. I am not really a sports person. But I do like which sports movies because of the stores behind them. Field of Dreams came out in 1989. The Sandlot came out in 1993.
You 2 should do " The Sandlot" from 1993 next.
Used to run to the local video shop every evening when I was that lad's age to rent out stuff like Goodfellas and Reservoir Dogs, for £1 a night! I was allowed to watch Blood, guts and violence but sex scenes were a no no🤣
My family did that too, it was ok to see tina gutted and dragged up the wall in nightmare on elm street but we had to close our eyes when movies showed boobs! Lol crazy 80's parents.
My parents were chain smokers so when i moved out i actually went through withdrawl! That and apparently i smelled for years and my friend didnt want to hurt my feelings by telling me.
Ed Rooney is the school principal.
23:52 this kid gets it
This generation coming into this realm are going to CHANGE the world
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80s movies were very educational.
A special era!
Excellent choice.
Can't wait to see you react to a movie STARRING Sinbad, not a movie ABOUT Sinbad. 😏
That was not the Star Wars theme. It was the Superman theme.
that Ferrari costs today about 50 millions!!
Wow, I forgot how funny it was.
watch mr mom 1983, its his best movie
The mom would go on to play the mom in Son-In-Law.