so .. thats it? lol ok

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An all-dialogue movie can work, look at "My Dinner with Andre." But, TBC is just too written. You never feel like most of these conversations would happen. John Hughes has a certain writing style, and when you have only dialogue for the whole movie, that style becomes more obvious.

You're not doing anything wrong. You just can't. It's like those pictures with a 3d boat.

I'm a Gen Xer, and never cared for this movie. It speaks to you if you were an upper middle class midwest white kid though.

Agree completely, this hyped as an ageless classic and it's neither. I do not see the appeal, I assume it's just a nostalgic thing for people that could relate to it when it was new? No clue really, bland and boring movie from start to finish.

I appreciate the film and what it’s trying to do, but it rarely hit home. Before Sunrise and its sequels are films that resonate with me completely, those are talky two-handers that I find intellectually and emotionally satisfying, and even nourishing in a soul-food kind of way.

TBC has some nice moments and worthwhile observations about how the world tries to tell you who you are, and the importance of transcending the role you’ve been assigned. Nice ideas but I didn’t really ‘feel’ it. Maybe the characters are too broad, and maybe 80’s American high school was more segregated than my experience 🤷🏻‍♂️

I know girls like bad boys but Christ, Bender shoved his face in your panties one minute then was mercilessly verbally roasting you in front of everyone when you were opening up - you're really going to fuck him moments later? Lose your virginity to that thing??

It’s very serious for a Hughes film and I wonder if it actually needed some moments of humour and friendship between the characters, some lighter moments between the angst.

Honestly I didn’t think it was that good either, and no I don’t need constant explosions, action and car chases. I just need an interesting story and characters which I didn’t get here.

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