What is your favorite movie?

Not only is The Breakfast Club a voice of an entire generation, but it is timeless. Change the clothing, and that movie could have been made in 1950, 1970, or right now, in 2007. High school is one of the defining periods of our lives, right up there with college and parenthood. It’s also HELL when you’re in it, yet a blast to look back on. I hope to see it on the next list!

such a break through movie for its time

According whit Jay and Silent Bob, Judd Nelson rules.

This film its overated and misunderstud.

The firts time that I saw it, was on TV at the bigining of the 90s, and instantaneously I know that I see something extraordinary, It is the fifth essence of youth, the revolt, the existence doubts, any tennager adolesens need to see this film.

For many years I dont know no thing about the brat pack, John Huges, and all the big deal around the actors, when flim was ralese I am only have 7 year old, and also I am mexican, maybe thats I cant undestand why this jewell its a guilt pleasure for many people.

IPSO FACTO I felt in love of Molly Ringwal, and want to be like Judd Nelson, but many times I am act as a nerd like Anthony Michael Hall or feel like Emilio Stevez sournd by the responsiblilities, and even some days I act without reason and sense, to call the attention. But as the time goes by, I feel that I am lost the spirit and I feel catched in my work and the teeenagers with its trivialities peas me off, like the janitor (John Kapelos) or the principla Vernom (Paul Gleason) thats why if you mess whit the bull… you get the horns.

Everyone is a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse in some point or another of our lifes, specially when you are a teenager, and you dont know anything about nothing.

For last I cant post a comment on this movie whit out say something about the Simple Minds and his great song “Forget about me”, its the real deal, and one of the 80s best songs.

This film, besides, the Right stuf, Tron and Blade Runner defines the 80s. Maybe this decade this esential part of the american culture dont made the final cut of the AFI list, but I dont worry because soon or later this films are going to occupy the place that deserve.

The first pirate blew me away. Johnny Depp was terrific as Captain Jack. Keira Knightly was also great as Elizabeth. Geoffery Rush also brought something unique and great to Barbossa that made him more than a typical villain. In the second movie I thought they made the action better and that Bill Nighty was great as Davy Jones. However, it failed to rank with the first. Yet, “At World’s End” redefined everything Pirates. I was wowed I was amazed it made me think and it was the best of the trilogy. The Lion King was my first movie ever. To this day I think that no animated movie, with the exception of the Incredibles, comes close to the greatness of the Lion King in all areas of the movie. I recently saw the Breakfast Club. It was great. I loved how it portrayed teens and stereotypes and it was one of those thought changing movies you can never forget. Little Miss Sunshine rocks. The writing, direction, and acting were great. I love the lack of chilche and how funny it is. I have watched it countless times and each time it gains new depth. And finally, the choice people are probably wondering, WTF. This is the only movie to make me cry. In my opinion, he the best writing. Everything shocked me because it was a movie I initially didn’t want to see and once I saw it, it moved me like no other film.

Five high school students all called to detention on a Saturday and realize that what they have in common supercedes their differences.

What has always bugged me about the AFI lists was the emphasis on the films of the 1970s. It makes perfect sense since the people voting were at the peak of influenced and influential during that decade, but in all the praise, great films of the 1980s were skipped over and seen as kids films. These films inspired the whole next generation, a generation that is without a voice due to the older segment of voters that make up the AFI. This generation is now in their thirties and it’s time to recognize the movie that defined our generation.

Breakfast Club is a great exercise in the deconstruction of stereotypes. The Criminal, the Brain, the Jock, the Basket Case and the Princess are each ground down to their essence and revealed to be so much more complicated than previously thought. The curse of our generation was the use of labels and through the efforts of those that went before us, we knew that you could not judge the content of one’s character solely on their actions or who they hung out with. As the letter states in the conclusion, everyone is a Criminal, a Brain, a Jock, a Basket Case and a Princess.

If you haven’t seen this film lately, watch it again and you watch how John Hughes made each character play a trait of every other character, even the principal. For example at one point every character displays some trait of a Criminal. It’s subtle and very well done. I would consider this the defining film of the 1980s. It is our Rebel Without a Cause and I believe in fifty years it will be considered one of the greatest films in American Cinema.
By: Tom Haggas