Rewatching it, I found it underwhelming
Their problems seem so insignificant or just stereotypical. When I first saw it back then, I loved it but now I'm like: that's it?
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MovieChat Forums > The Breakfast Club (1985) Discussion > Rewatching it, I found it underwhelming
Back then? So 1985, more than 35 years ago? And your thoughts on it changed?
The horror! The horror!
I'm pretty sure most of us who were in the target audience demographic when the film came out would give anything to be able to go back to being 17 year olds with the kinds of problems these kids had but it doesn't make the movie any less valid. What hasn't aged well isn't the film, it's us.
The stereotypes -- but with a common thread underneath -- is the point. It's just one of many Hughes films where teen angst meets comedy. When you're that age, ultimately insignificant things seem most significant. As an adult, you're not supposed to find their problems overwhelming. I don't watch Sixteen Candles expecting to feel sad or horrified at the weight of Molly Ringwald's situation.
shareSixteen Candles was never a good film (although it does have a decent soundtrack, and as an 80s piece of nostalgia, it has a certain charm). The racism and rapey vibes weren't acceptable in 1984, never mind now.
But The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful, were and still are decent films with plenty to recommend them.
When you're a teenager kid, the petty and trivial seems a lot more significant than it does in hindsight.
There are some stupid, contrived moments in the film, like when they're doing a dance number, or running around the school, but the scene of them sharing their personal grievances still work for me, because however petty they may seem from a grown-up perspective, I 100% get how earth-shattering they feel to a sixteen-year-old kid.
you need those stupid, contrived moments in the film though , yes you'd never do that in real life , but its ok see people do it in a film.
also that song rocked!
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i like it because it is like stage play - all character are well develop. they are well written by hughes and all actor do very good jobs playing role.
shareMost of their problems are quite real and significant, Bender is getting tortured at home, Brian wants to fit in so much he becomes a bully, the jock is under heaps of pressure etc.
The problem is the film doesn't really deal with any of it in an intelligent or thoughtful way. It is mostly an extended music video clip and then pairs two of the girls up at the end with unlikely partners.
Brian becomes a Bully? Am I forgetting something? I thought his issue was he was suicidal.
shareI'm confused about the wording as well lol.
Personally I actually liked the movie even better this time rewatching it. The problems seemed pretty real to me. I can agree they could've been handled better, but it's a comedy and you can only do so much with limited screen time.
I was 8 when I saw this and now I’m 46. I’d like to know what 46 year olds thought about the movie back in 1985.
shareinteresting question but They probly would'nt have watched it .
You could make a 46 year old watch some high school teen movie now and ask though,
if you can find one amongst the sea of MCU sewage