[Closed] The breakfast club...

Follow it up with 'St Elmo's Fire'.

One of my all time favourite films - so good!

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Love it. I've never grown out of John Hughes films or sympathising with the teenagers in them...

Don't you f........

Molly Ringwald. End of thread.

Hands off Molly!

Ever seen a guy with elephantitus of the nuts?

I Bloody love that film! Due a re-watch I reckon. Binnerette number one is 13. About the right age to get it? I think so. Might watch it with her this weekend as Binnerette number 2 is at a sleepover. She loved Ferris Bueller

Molly is hot LOL just saying. And ya the movie is really good.

I think 13 is about right! Ferris Bueller went down a storm here too, so I'm just waiting for my boys to get to the right age... My daughter totally doesn't get that kind of humour, but maybe 16 Candles or Pretty in Pink well suck her in...?

Pretty in Pink is not too bad either.

This thread prompted a rewatch from me, realised why I loved this film so much.

I used to be convinced that it was my favourite ever film. Sat down and watched it again with the Mrs a few years ago and realised it's actually a bit shit

^^^ agreed

Bloomin great film,although my ex wife looked like Molly ringwald when I first met her, now looks like Bella emberg. I also like pretty in pink, but preferred some kind of wonderful as Duncan was a massive influence on my early teen years.

Never seen it.

never seen it! Will try this weekend

Cracking film.

How about empire records.

Lost Boys was a good film in that era

Sucker for that stuff my kids both really liked breakfast club, started showing it to their friends! Some kind of wonderful, sure thing, better off dead etc. 80s throwback.

Principal Skinner from the Simpsons is rumoured to have been based on Principal Vernon.

Still love some of the old John Hughes films - took my daughter to see 'The Breakfast Club' at our local independent cinema, which showed the original film stock complete with 'flashes' and defects.

out of that epoch, I don't think '16 Candles' stands the test of time. Although it has some great moments, it descends into 'Porky's' frat-boy level on occasion.

Pretty In Pink and Some kind of Wonderful are still fantastic though! 😉

Brilliant film with a superb soundtrack, know the script almost word for word.

Another thumbs up for 'Some Kind of Wonderful' too.

Most of them (Brat pack movies) have now been re-released remastered as 25 or 30 year anniversary Blue Rays which are much better quality than the old DVDs.

I love that whole era...

Breakfast club
Pretty in Pink
Say Anything
Pump up the volume
16 candles
Less than zero
St Elmos fire
The outsiders
Young Guns

Another vote for The Outsiders and Some Kind of Wonderful!

Breakfast Club, St Elmo's Fire and Pretty in Pink are all ace films 🙂

I remember The Sure Thing, also Weekend at Bernie's.

I love all of these films, and I've never even heard of Some Kind of Wonderful until this thread.

I've seen Young Guns and maybe Pretty in Pink but none of the others.

Ur too young Drac 8)

I love all of these films, and I've never even heard of Some Kind of Wonderful until this thread.

I love all of these films, and I've never even heard of [s]Some Kind of Wonderful[/s] The Outsiders until this thread.

Damn... not on Netflix or Amazon Prime.

Isn't it 16 candles and pretty in pink that are essentially the same film?

John Hughes films are great, but they're pretty similar...

Damn... not on Netflix or Amazon Prime.

Available as a torrent....

Available as a torrent....

I wasn't going to say but I prefer old-school binary newsgroups! 😉

I took my user name from this film 🙂 (The school is called Shermer High)

Not the Brat pack, but I love Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Was that a John Hughes film? I always stop it before the end though. Comedy that ends in sadness, no thank you.

Just finished it and loved it still, having not watched it for years. And it got a big thumbs up from 13 year old Binnerette number 1. I suppose the themes are timeless

One thing I hadn't really thought about before is how good a script and the actors have to be to make a film that captivating that is all basically shot in one room

Oh.... and it is on Netflix, should you fancy it

I suppose the themes are timeless

Agreed, but when discussing the film with my daughter she commented that a 'modern' version wouldn't work as it would just be 5 kids in room looking at their 'smart' phones ...

I love the film but the only bit that makes me cringe is the scene where wrestler Andrew Clark (played by Emilio Estevez) makes the glass door shatter ...

I was given the nickname Breakfast Club by a lot of people at 6th form and it wasn't until a few years later when I got round to watching it that I realized why. I looked exactly like the character Jud Nelson played; same style hair similar face even complete with red checked lumberjack shirt and denim jacket. 😯

I suppose it iwould have been better than being called Bender 🙂

Started watching 'The Outsiders' a few nights ago and we just couldn't get into it... even for nostalgia's sake.

Whereas Ferris Beuller would work now. Always been more of a fan of stuff with John Candy in. Uncle Buck deserves a mention.

never seen breakfast Club...love ferris Beuller tho...the last song by Yello is epic...Oh Yeah!!

I always think 10 Things I Hate About You should have been an 80s brat pack film. Same style, just 25 years later...

I like 10 Things too...

I re-watched the Outsiders and I really still loved it.

On a different note, does anyone else fondly remember 'Breaking Away'? A film about small town boys and a local bike race. Starred Dennis Quaid.

If you like 'The Outsiders' you should watch Rumblefish too.

Watched The Breakfast club with my teen daughter earlier this year and she loved it, can also recommend 'Can't buy me love' for the teens too, has a very young Patrick Dempsey in it.

The Breakfast Club has just come up as a recent addition on Netflix. That'll be the rest of my evening sorted out then. First track is from Simple Minds - not a bad way to start.

Some kind of Wonderful was in a similar vein. Cracking soundtrack too.
Worth a watch.

Watching it has reminded me that while I agree Molly Ringwald was cute it was really Ally Sheedy that did it for me.

+1.

Ok, I give in. I'm going to try and find Some Kind of Wonderful.

+1 for Ally Sheedy. My total teenage crush 😉

War Games still gets a watch every now and again

it was really Ally Sheedy that did it for me.

And she looked better before the 'makeover' scene.

[s]All wrong, Mia Sara for the win...[/s]

Actually no, I'm with pre-makeover Sheedy

And she looked better before the 'makeover' scene

Agreed.

Some kind of Wonderful was in a similar vein. Cracking soundtrack too

I used to have a massive crush on both Molly Ringwald (who was originally offered the part of Amanda played by Lea Thompson) and Mary Stuart Masterson

And the soundtrack features Leeds post-punk/goth band The March Violets. 8) 8) 8)

Who are also the band performing in the Club!

I [s]used to [/s][b]still[/b]have a massive crush on [s]both Molly Ringwald (who was originally offered the part of Amanda played by Lea Thompson) and [/s]Mary Stuart Masterson

So I watched Some Kind of Wonderful last night (it's on Netflix, who knew). I thought it was ok, but not exceptional. It felt like it should be one of Hughes' earlier works, yet it was seemingly two years after Breakfast Club (and one year after Pretty in Pink, which is essentially a gender reversal of the same film only better).

Cheers for the recommendation. I enjoyed it, but I don't really understand why it's in people's favourites list.

but I don't really understand why it's in people's favourites list

If I watched it today for the first time I would probably think the same ... I only watched 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' for the first time 20 odd years after it was released and I was a bit 'meh' ... even though pretty much everyone in it went on to be 'stars'.

Some Kind of Wonderful, The Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink are in my favourites list because they dealt with the universal 'tropes' of youth when I was a youth. My daughter also likes them as she too watched them as a teenager.

I don't think SKoW is as strong as PiP - in hindsight John Hughes was probably already set to try and target his next generation with Home Alone etc - but SKoW had something else I think: apart from The March Violets! 😉

The scene in the garage where Watts 'coaches' Keith to check his kissing is up to scratch taps into teenage zeitgeist in a way that only John Hughes could at the time I think.