This is a tribute to John Hughes. Whether you know it or not, you have been influenced by his magic. We all grew up watching his movies, and quoting his witty banter. My personal favorite movie of ALL TIME is The Breakfast Club and I could quote it beginning to end. John wrote and directed most of the cult classics we know and love including: Sixteen Candles, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Weird Science, Home Alone, Uncle Buck, The "Vacation" movies, Pretty in Pink, The Great Outdoors, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. For some weird reason, Mr. Hughes was able to capture all the important aspects of high school life. I know for a fact that high school never changes. The same cliques exist , and the same heartbreaks happen, and the "breakfast club" has been retold through the years with a different spin. Everyone knows that if they had a "duck man" in their lives the world would be a much happier place, and if Jake Ryan really did pull up in a hot rod wanting "you" you would melt. Unfortunately we all are aware that high school was a pretty shitty place, and watching movies like this only made you believe high school was something else. However, watching Ferris sing "Danke Schoen" on a float in Chicago on a Friday night was a staple in my young life. Watching these scenes now only brings back the memories of high school, and how young we were. So thank you John Hughes for making the 80's fabulous, and making our expectations of high school so high. RIP John.
"Not that I condone fascism, or any 'ism' for that matter. Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon: 'I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.' Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus, I'd still have to bum rides off of people. "- Ferris Bueller
"Dear Mr. Vernon, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong, but we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain ... and an athlete ... and a basket case ... a princess ... and a criminal. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club."
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Yes! yes. These words I think are cucial for any teenager to know. I think that it shaped me into a slightly cooler person. Which is the point of all of these movies.Right?
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