Was life and the film industry that poor back in the 80s that, this, THIS! Was considered a go to movie for a good time? What an embarrassing performance, story line wasn't any better either. Thank god I didn't have to pay for this.
shareI just love millennials. No courage but keyboard courage and no accountability.
And no taste. Go watch some more CGI crap with explosions and one-hit wonders.
Obviously real movies are far beyond you.
1) Didn't watch this movie because it reminds me of better days in my life, when I had people who cared about me like you.
2) The expectation is a tasteful combination of theme (big picture), story (plot, characters, and symbolism etc.) and genre (core idea compare to other movies like itself).
This is a teen movie and a poor quality of that.
3) Shawshank Redemption, Dance With Wolves, Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver.....REAL films.
4) *beep* you, and your childhood and this *beep* ass movie.
I just love millennials. No courage but keyboard courage and no accountability.
You do realize that millenials were born in the 80s-90s, right? Some even say that the oldest millenials were born in 1977. So they would've grown up watching 80s films. I think you mean Gen Z?
shareWas life and the film industry that poor back in the 80s that, this, THIS! Was considered a go to movie for a good time?
I won't talk trash about this movie because of peoples nostalgic attachment to the movie.
But I totally hear what you're saying, considering the rating it has here on imdb.
I mean, it has some good moments but overall, I wouldn't agree with the ratings.
I revisited this movie last night. I definately won't trash it and upset the fans.
Back in the 80s i did enjoyed the film but 30 years later (there were a few good laughs) I found it a bit silly in some parts. I laugh how characters in some of these films are from privileged homes and they whinge n moan.
What teenage comedies do you like?
shareIt's far better than a lot of the phoned-in crap that gets churned out these days so what's your point boy?
shareThe museum scene alone sets this film apart from other 80s teen comedies.
shareThis was my dream day off of school
shareAnyone can have any opinion about anything. But would you trust a monkey's opinion about a 1961 Ferrari, after you see it defecate in it?
From my viewpoint, this is not a perfect movie, and I can understand if some people see it as something too silly.
I didn't even see this until way into mid-2000s the first time.
However, having lived in the 1980s and 'tasted' the energy/atmosphere/feel/magic/whatever anyone wants to call it - I can assure anyone, that this movie 'radiates' that special feel of that magical era. There definitely is -something- about this movie, atmosphere-wise, that is very powerful, and it adds its own charm on top of that, making it an unique blend of 1980s 'energy-atmosphere' and the charm of the moviemakers.
I also think the musics are pretty good and well done and chosen, and the locations are interesting and visually stimulating (provoking to think and remember beauty of the nature and Universe in general, as well as art).
There's also a subtle feeling of 'possibilities' within the atmosphere and also the premise of the movie. Taking a day off means you can do anything, instead of having to sit in a boring institutional building like a slave robot, trying to memorise irrelevant and soon-to-be-obsolete- 'facts' and lies so you can do well in a 'test', so you can eventually become a good corporate wage slave..
When Ferris opens the curtains and asks how he's supposed to handle school on a 'day like this', you can imagine your own 'perfect day' to do things, and you get the feeling that on a day like this, anything is possible.
It's an exciting thought; to be able to have an adventure in a big city and suburbia, to find new locations and places to explore, to have all kinds of unforeseen fun with friends, the possibilities seem endless.
Another scene that has a weirdly similar feel about 'all kinds of fun things are possible', is Rooney's office (for some reason).
When I look at him sitting there next to that computer (that's being hacked through a modem and a telephone line), it reminds me of the old BBSes (yes, there was something before the internet), and brings the 1980s world to the viewer - when things were still pretty much 'good' in many ways they're not anymore, and when there was still optimistic hope for the future.. there's a specific, inspirational 'energy' of 'vibe' in that particular scene that I can't quite explain.
Now, the movie itself is no masterpiece, but it has nothing seriously wrong about it, either. It has good comedy, fun jokes, great performances (Jennifer Grey really looks and sounds angry, when her character is angry), it swims through surreal absurdity without going too deep, it shows us unexpected things that these teens choose to do (instead of the stupid things realistic teens would probably do), it shows many kinds of 'freedom', and it dares bare the truth about women and relationships in general.
Great music, likable characters, interesting story and plot that you don't know where it's going to go next (and even if you do, you enjoy it so easily), and the absolutely ridiculous principal that is stubborn enough to try the impossible (and even breaks the law in his mad obsession that deepends as the movie goes on).
There's so much to like about this movie, and not that much to hate.
It even dares ask important philosophical questions about family dynamics and being uptight. It dares go against the convention by questioning 'school mentality' that always praises the fact that people are locked into these mental prisons at an age, when they should be outside, enjoying and exploring the world, not sitting in a boring room with little stimuli with raging hormones and bored out of their minds.
Anyone that thinks this movie is bad or 'pathetic', is really missing a lot. Their loss.