Epic Win: The Breakfast Club
Submitted by just Vicki
“Don’t mess with the bull young man, you’ll get the horns.”
Sixteen Candles was more of a girly flick, but The Breakfast Club could be appreciated by both genders. There was a little something for everyone to appreciate about this movie. Of all the John Hughes movies this one was the most accessible to the largest audience. It also seems like this was the one most frequently played on television on Saturday afternoons.
“Could you describe the ruckus sir?”
awwww yeah !! the breakfast club! classic! and the best about it was that it wasn’t like every teen* my life sucks im not popular* movie at the time or since.
Exactly! That’s one of the things I love about it too.
“Hey, how come Andrew gets to get up? If he gets up, we’ll all get up, it’ll be anarchy.” I swear, Bender had the best lines of the movie.
Breakfast Club really was a great Teen Angst movie.
“How to moan incessantly about how your life sucks and STILL get the girl!”
“If you leave, don’t look back…”
That was from Pretty in Pink.
Argh, I got mixed up! =\
Now, I can understand that we’re all human, but still, rules are rules, you mixed up two classics, therefore, that will be 30 lashes with a wet noodle.
Turn around, please.
eek!
*turns around*
be gentle!
*splot* I’m sorry. *splot* But this hurts me *splot* more than it hurts you. *splot* Maybe next time you’ll learn. *splot*
*splotting continues until I hit 30*
*wipes brow* There. I hope you learned your lesson.
Ooh… I can see i’ve entered the wrong forum conversation… you two seem to be getting up to some “Private” things…
I’ll just go look at zombo.com or something…
It was just a joke, son.
What a movie.
don’t… don’t don’t don’t….don’t you forget about me..
THAT’S the song I was looking for. LOL… it’s been a while since I saw either. My bad….
won’t you… come see about me? I’ll be alone… dancing you know it baby.. tell me your troubles and doubts…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pybSRca-cA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fonceup
Oh heck yes…. I snuck into the theater (I’d bought a ticket to Fantasia) because in my municipality you had to be 18 to see R rated films. Everywhere else in the state was 17… as was I.
Yes, it’s about time this was on here!!
“The next time I have to come in here, I’m crackin’ skulls!”
Wasn’t Judd so hot back then???
SO hot!
“Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?”
Aw man. I love this movie. My fiance needs to rent it from his job…
It just isn’t the same when they play it on T.V. D:
“Can you hear this? would you like me to turn it up?” (turns middle finger up)
The TV version always pauses the movie at this part even though the voice keeps going. Lame!
Judd’s a good friend of mine and here’s an interesting trivia tidbit from the film.
They had already shot the scene where Judd falls through the ceiling and walks into the library and says “Forgot my pencil.” When it was time to shoot the scene with him crawling through the ceiling, John Hughes suggested that Judd be telling a joke and he gets to the punchline just as he falls through the tile and the punchline should be “Forgot my pencil.”
So Judd, John, Emilio and Anthony Michael all sat around while the scene was being prepped and tried to think of a joke that ended with the punchline. They couldn’t come up with a good one, so John told Judd to just “wing it”. Take after take, Judd would say the most creative, horribly filthy set-ups and had the whole crew in tears from laughing. John was also laughing but pointed out that they couldn’t use any and still get an R rating, so Judd toned it down and that take is the one in the film.
To this day, people come up to Judd and ask him the punchline to the joke and they refuse to believe him when he tells them that there isn’t one.
Haha, that’s awesome.=) Judd was of course my favorite part of the film!
Sulky loner boys for the win!
Hell yes, Judd Nelson!! He was the freakin’ MAN in this movie! He was pretty funny in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, too.
I was sooooooo in love!
I think I had pretty much the entire thing memorized.
Oops, short-term something-or-other-
what did he do in that one?
(love them, too!)
Vernon: What if your home, what if your family, what if your dope was on fire?
Bender: Impossible, sir. Its in Johnson’s underwear.
Awesomeness. I was sooo in love with Judd. He’s one of those very few guys that look better when they’ve got wild, long hair!
I know!!! I love Judd Nelson! <3
I recently saw a movie where he played a creepy guy who kidnapped girls, dressed them up in pretty clothes, took them out in his boat to the middle of a lake, chained them to a cinderblock, and left them to drown. I think his character was an author… but he killed girls as a hobby and had a little “exhibit” in the lake behind his house of dressed-up corpses… XD I still pictured him as Bender even though he was older and had gain a bit of weight. ^^; he did very well.
This was set in 1984. Two decades later the “types” presented in this film STILL exist in highschools all over the usa. I think that’s what realy makes the film for me…
I watched it with my mom when I stayed home sick from school one day and it just blew my mind how very little things have changed over the years.
God how I adore that film!
I saw it at just the right time for me, too – I was 16, in High School, miserable and my parents were getting divorced. It felt good to know that you’re not alone and everyone around you is just as miserable. Really helped me to get out of my shell (I identified with Ally the most, needless to say).
Yep! This is a great one!
Hate this movie.
THe nerd ended up alone and doing all the work for everyone.
I know, right! And Claire already said she’d never talk to him (or any of them)in the hallways ever after that day (even though Bender called her out on it).
Do you really think she changed her mind? Doubt it.
I still love the movie, but that’s the only part I take issue with.
Oh well, Anthony Michael Hall grew up to be HAWT!!!
In 1992 my Group Communication teacher in college had us watch this movie and identify the group member “type” of each character. I almost want to go hunt for my notes on it now just to see what the types were. It’s not just an awesome movie – it’s educational!
Has anyone else noticed that Ally Sheedy’s character doesn’t have a name
I’ve watched this movie a million times and they never say her name
“What about you, you hypocrite? Why don’t you take Allison to one of your heavy metal vomit parties?”
“Well, then I assume Allison and I are better people than you guys, right?”
They said it at least twice.
According to imdb.com, her character’s name is Allison Reynolds. I don’t know where they tell, I’ve never payed that much attention.
“Do YOU belong to the physics club?”
Epic win from the past and instant classic cult movie. Not much would need to be updated for a new version, except the names. The “rebel” would be a “punk”, the “beauty” would be a “diva”, the “brain” would be a “geek”, and the “recluse” would be either a “goth”, “vamp”, or “emo”, take your pick. The jock is still a jock though.
This movie. Gosh, what to say? I love this movie. I have ever since my mom showed it to me. I have to say, even though Judd Nelson is old enough to be my father, he’s still hot. =] I don’t know what it is about The Breakfast Club, but I love it.
I didn’t see this movie until the 2000’s, but I loved it. so many classic lines!! We watched the tape version in Speech class in my Sophmore HS year (last year) and it was totally ruined by the dubbed censorship. but the lines were still classic. ^_^
RIP John Hughes…
Epic movies that will be remembered for decades to come!
I was so sad to hear the news this morning.
Such an epic movie.
This is my favorite 80’s teen movie and one of my favorite movies of all time!! <33333
watching this movie right now!
I remember my parents wouldn’t let me go see this movie in the theaters, because it was Rated R. *eyeroll*
Who is this horde of bored trolls (or more likely, unknowledgable little twats) who click “OMG THUMB DOWN~!!1″ on every damn clip? If Breakfast Club isn’t a nostalgia “win”, then nothing is. I think if you still watch Disney Channel, you have no business sticking your nose in the nostalgia section. Go talk about the awesomeness of Twilight or the Jonas Brothers or whatever entertains your little pea brains.