The Breakfast Club (1985) - 🤯📼First Time Film Club📼🤯 - First Time Watching/Movie Reaction & Review

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@CaptainRetroStation 11 ай бұрын

Lots of modern audiences seem to gripe on how Judd Nelson looked "too old" to be in high school. I've never questioned that because it fits his character. I always thought of him as someone who probably was held back a year or two.

@Tr0nzoid 11 ай бұрын

I always figured adult actors into their 20s looked right for the high school roles in movies that were aimed at younger teenagers. When in that age range and watching the movie, the other high school kids are older and look older.

@scottstephens5443 11 ай бұрын

I agree. There were a couple guys in my HS (graduated in '92), and they had been held back and were growing almost full facial hair and stood taller than most teachers. They looked far older than Judd did in this. Everyone matures at different rates, and so Judd didn't bother me at all.

@staciemiller7465 11 ай бұрын

Same!

@chrisferguson1911 11 ай бұрын

...or 10.😂😂😂

@Trashcan-Man 11 ай бұрын

@@scottstephens5443 Same. There were guys in my HS that looked older than him.

@markreed392 11 ай бұрын

I always felt sorry for Brian. He didn't get a girl and he had to write an essay.

@d3l3tes00n 11 ай бұрын

He got pleasure out of writing it, though.

@ApesAmongUs 11 ай бұрын

With that group, not getting a girl is the win condition.

@Daveyboy100880 11 ай бұрын

He got the girl in long run, though. Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald dated for a quite a while!

@Aaron-fs1vz 11 ай бұрын

He got blazed for the first time

@elzar760 11 ай бұрын

More realistic than most of these movies where the nerdy kid gets the hot girl in the end.

@glyyytch 11 ай бұрын

It always saddens me when people just instantly hate Bender when they see this for the first time. All in all I was a lot like a mixture between Bender and Allison. I was invisible to most people most of the time (when I wasn't invisible I was treated with disdain), didn't do extra-curriculars or sports, only had a handful of friends (most of which were delinquents or outcasts), and I was very rebellious and aggressive. I didn't get into trouble like Bender did but I had a lot of bad shit to deal with in my life that leaked out quite a bit because I didn't have a healthy or productive way to vent my anger. My favorite character is Bender, a distant second is Allison. The first time I saw the movie when it came out, I instantly understood Bender. He isn't a bad kid, he's just lost, angry, scared, and lashing out at a world he thinks hates him. People who hate the character seem to constantly over look the fact that he takes the fall for the rest when they sneak out of the library. He doesn't give a shit about Andrew or Claire at that time, if anything he resents both for their "easy, perfect" lives as he sees it. He doesn't even really care about Brian or Allison but he doesn't resent them. Yet he still takes the fall for all them (despite them not listening to him and ending up at the dead end) and doesn't rat them out. He knows he can be honest about the marijuana in Brian's underwear because Vernon won't believe him, so he's the perfect fall guy because nobody cares about him in a meaningful way.

@seaneendelong8065 11 ай бұрын

Exactly. I LOVE Bender because he is so darkly real. And boy, did I know kids like him, including seeming much older. And I somehow flew below the radar in school while mostly being social with the outcasts. I was astounded decades later to be told that some people I thought of as my closest friends saw me as a confident, experienced, and girl with a plan- they had NO IDEA about who I was. I must have kept my mouth shut much more than I thought I had.... And this woman reviewer is straight pissing me off on her rigid and hostile attitude. 😒⛔

@CinobiteReacts 11 ай бұрын

Right, Bender was probably the biggest victim 😢

@ThreadBomb 11 ай бұрын

Being abused is not an excuse for abusing others. Bender is an a-hole, plain and simple.

@leosarmiento4823 11 ай бұрын

This was a film made during and for GenX. If you were an 80's teen, then it likely continues to ring true ever after nearly 40 years since its release. Otherwise, I can understandable why others, outside of this generation, would have problems connecting with the film. As a GenX member, the film came out during my high school freshman year. The pop culture and social impact it had, upon it's release, was significant. That impact continues to influence the present.

@JoeXTheXJuggalo1 11 ай бұрын

I was born the year this movie came out and didn't see this movie till the early 90s. My oldest sister is GenX and due to her we have very similar common interests for the classics like this. I can relate somewhat with these things

@PenelopeFrank 11 ай бұрын

Well said

@GranFelicia 11 ай бұрын

I came to the comments to find this. I graduated in 1985, this movie STILL gives me the most nostalgic feelings. I went to school with and was one of those stereotypes represented and it really was that way. Maybe not as dramatic, but the feelings, the pain, the issues - yeah we all had them. One of my favorite movies forever

@PenelopeFrank 11 ай бұрын

@@GranFelicia teenage angst & all. And so all over the place with emotions, like portrayed here. Cliques and all. Definitely a reflection of our times.

@GranFelicia 11 ай бұрын

@@PenelopeFrank YES!!!! so very very much

@jrobwoo688 11 ай бұрын

“The f*****g ‘Breakfast Club’, where all these stupid kids actually show up for detention.” - Jay from Dogma

@LordVolkov 11 ай бұрын

I think it's funny that they think no one is dealing in Shermer, but Judd has at least a half in that baggie and probably didn't grow it himself...

@BOSSMAN-xz3hw 11 ай бұрын

Hahaha I forgot about that line

@LA_HA 11 ай бұрын

@@LordVolkov Off campus dealer?

@krizan1 11 ай бұрын

Judd was 26. Emilio & Ally were 23. Anthony & Molly were actually teenagers, both 17. 😊

@TurbidTG1 11 ай бұрын

Judd was actually 24, Anthony and Molly were 16.

@kellymaher3355 11 ай бұрын

The whole movie is the most fake selective hypocritical load of shit

@sophiamarchildon3998 11 ай бұрын

Brian?

@Official.Prez.Graves 9 ай бұрын

@@sophiamarchildon3998 17. Anthony Is Brian’s actor

@Warlocke000 11 ай бұрын

The makeover, from Claire's point of view, isn't so much about making Allison look better, it's just about trying to be friendly in the way that Claire knows best. Andrew was already interested in Allison and tried to get her to open up to him about her problems, so it's not like he only noticed her after the makeover, which makes it much more forgivable, in my opinion. There is some element, though, of Allison deliberately trying to make herself look unapproachable, and the makeover does take the edge off of that; so the movie does play the makeover trope straight in that respect. It's funny that Moranis got turned down for The Breakfast Club because of his outlandish ideas for the janitor character, since a big part of why he GOT the role of Louis Tully in Ghostbusters was because John Candy wanted to play Louis as a guy with a German accent, several German dogs, and so on.

@leonelsjanofwipper3418 11 ай бұрын

The reason why this is a special movie is something you sort of touched upon: all high school/coming of age movies in the 80s were comedies or romantic comedies (with the parties and the bare breasts as you mentioned) This was the first one to be more serious about what occupied teenagers in high school. It has some of the tropes but especially the scene after smoking the weed, when they come clean, is pretty profound. It was then at least.

@Trashcan-Man 11 ай бұрын

I was an outcast in high school, no good memories to speak of, no prom or dances or girlfriends (and very few friends). But that's why I love high school dramas. I think it lets me re-live the years that I never got to live, if that makes any sense.

@Whateva67 10 ай бұрын

You’re living your life precariously through others 😎

@lordwalker71 11 ай бұрын

Brian’s mom and little sister are played by his real life mom and sister.

@SaltyDog1967 11 ай бұрын

This came out in February, 1985. I was a senior in high school ready to graduate in May. This movie was exactly like my school. I went to a big midwest high school also so it was very relevant. I even wrote a paper about this movie a year later in freshman English in college. I am 56 years old and have a man cave in my house with movie posters on the wall and this is one of them.

@ozonepat 11 ай бұрын

100% agree. It was almost disturbing how similar it was to the culture at my 1400 student high school.

@deirdrestatham5730 11 ай бұрын

My husband and I went to high school in the early 90s and this was still super relevant and rang true to our experiences. It's his favourite movie that doesn't have slashers. Neither of us had home lives as messed up but we still experienced the cliques and not being understood as teenagers... blah blah blah...

@spacedinosaur8733 11 ай бұрын

One of the most influential movies growing up...well along with Dune (1984) & Battle Beyond the Stars.

@boki1693 11 ай бұрын

Isn't it funny how this time in someone's life often sticks with them? I am 63 and The movie "Dazed and Confused" fits my H.S. days perfectly. But I always had a hard time accepting that in the 7-10 years difference in my H.S. life and this one, so much had changed. This was nothing like my experience and I thought that growing up on Long Island about a 20 minute car ride from Brooklyn had as much to do with the difference as the age gap? For me and my friends, this movie was sort of like looking in on a fish bowl to a life we never realized. We found it interesting and entertaining but had a hard time relating to much of it.

@tylerlucas3752 11 ай бұрын

I always find it funny that later in the year- Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, and Ally Sheedy will have all graduated from college in St. Elmo’s Fire. They went from high school kids to college graduates in less than a year 😂.

@joegreene7619 11 ай бұрын

Two of my three favorite films of the 80s. Just brilliant films that captured a snapshot of life at a particular time perfectly.

@USCFlash 11 ай бұрын

@@joegreene7619 Breakfast Club was great...St. Elmo's sucked.

@joegreene7619 11 ай бұрын

@@USCFlash St. Elmo's was brilliant. It was a near perfect representation of young adulthood in DC at that time.

@iKvetch558 11 ай бұрын

Well...they are all "Brats" yes? so clearly their colleges just wanted to get rid of them as quickly as they could? LOL

@toddjackson3136 11 ай бұрын

At least they looked the part in St. Elmos lol

@PenelopeFrank 11 ай бұрын

As a kid of the 80s, this definitely reflected our reality. Especially the characters, we all knew people like each of them.

@supremedream1764 11 ай бұрын

Brian and Allison are my favorite characters because he’s the voice of reason and she’s an example that being yourself is cool.

@grandpagohan1 11 ай бұрын

Her swiping Bender's knife is my favorite scene. It's not subtle, yet no one notices or brings it up later.

@youtubelar1415 11 ай бұрын

@@grandpagohan1 ,I never notived it before today. But to be fair,Emily did notice:"This is mine now.".

@francisalbert1799 11 ай бұрын

the character I most closely identify with is Carl, a janitor who was once king of the school, the former Man of the Year, now reduced to cleaning up after students who barely pay him the scarcest of attention. And yet he seems content enough with his current position. He’s seen life. He knows what it’s like out there. He just wants to do his job and get the hell home. Maybe have a nice meal with his wife, watch a little TV before hitting the bed at a reasonable hour. And then do it all over again the next day. Carl is the man I’ve become: a bit grizzled, perpetually fatigued, yet fully aware that life’s childhood fantasies don’t always - in fact, very rarely - match the realities of what was once daydreamed as a teen.

@leroylowe5921 11 ай бұрын

and cutting the grass

@jenniferyorgan4215 11 ай бұрын

I always felt Allison was hiding herself under the hair and baggy clothes, almost making herself invisible, the makeover made her visible and allowed her to shine. The understood the Claire and Bender thing, he was real, brutally honest, not like the fake people she's used to.

@vincegamer 11 ай бұрын

I was 14 when this came out but probably watched it a couple years later with video release. I never met a guy in my age group who preferred Ally after the makeover. She looked so much better before. You arent alone Emily

@joegreene7619 11 ай бұрын

It's the one true miss in this movie. If they were to cut that out it would be nearly perfect.

@ThreadBomb 11 ай бұрын

@@joegreene7619 Molly Ringwald being attracted to her bully is not a miss?

@joegreene7619 11 ай бұрын

@@ThreadBomb No, it's an accurate representation of something I saw dozens of times in high school between the prom queen type and the bad boy type. I don't care about how the movie compares to modern sensibilities, but to the time it's portraying.

@karturobinewski9069 11 ай бұрын

The Sheedy makeover was definitely a glowdown for me. So much more genuine to the character looking like she listens to The Smiths and The Cure.

@deargabby74 11 ай бұрын

I do like the way she rips off Andy's patch and how her body language indicates that she is not really at ease with her "new look". I always took it that she's not going to really change who she is (but maybe cleaned up a little bit while still not abandoning her natural instincts if that makes sense?).

@nicebluejay 11 ай бұрын

the dandruff could go though lol

@bookwoman53 11 ай бұрын

I agree. She was fine as she was. Claire could have offered her a new shade of lipstick to try if she wanted to.

@deargabby74 11 ай бұрын

@@bookwoman53 The point of the scene was that she was finally showing her face to the world and not hiding behind it. It would have been clearer perhaps if Claire let Allison keep her own clothes but just pushed her hair out of her eyes/tweaked her makeup or whatever. John Hughes' message was definitely not about her conforming to conventional standards of beauty to "fit in" or "get the guy". It's about her being self confident with who she is and with the face God gave her. Look at Molly in his next film Pretty in Pink or Keith and Wats from Some Kind of Wonderful -it reiterates this same message. Hughes's intentions were far more sincere than most modern movies that turn the nerdy teen girl into the "hot sexy" chick.

@bookwoman53 11 ай бұрын

@@deargabby74I like the other John Hughes movies very much. He really knew how to make believable teenage characters.

@RushfanDave 11 ай бұрын

I graduated HS in 1992 in a class of 300 in New Jersey. I was a 2 sport varsity athlete who took all AP courses and listened to Rush. A blend to be sure. I got along with everyone, but never formed close friendships. Having gotten along with everyone, I was also privy to how the cliques viewed each other. Cliques were very real. They all made assumptions about how everyone else lived. This movie was spot on. Great reaction. Brian is the best.

@williamjones6031 11 ай бұрын

1. The woman and little girl dropping of Brian are Anthony Michael Hall's real mother and sister. 2. The late Paul Gleason😇 played Beeks in "Trading Places". Also, the idiot assistant police chief in "Die Hard". 3. "Ya got fifty bucks?" was supposed to be twenty. The look on Paul's face was genuine. 4. That's not Molly's crotch, she insisted on a double. 5. I still use the term "doobage".😎 6. Even John Hughes😇 said the shattering window was a huge reach. 7. That's not dandruff, it's parmesan cheese. 8. I love Ally Sheedy. Personally, I liked her better GOTH.😍😋 9. If you catch it Andrew's dad is scoping out Allison as he's picking up Andrew. 10. John Hughes is picking up Brian. 11. Hughes used this school in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Uncle Buck".

@0okamino 11 ай бұрын

I don’t think I ever took the shattering window as being literal, but more like what Andy felt like he could do with the liberation he was feeling.

@TheFioda 11 ай бұрын

#8 TRUE!!!

@williamjones6031 11 ай бұрын

@@0okamino His words, not mine.

@0okamino 11 ай бұрын

@@williamjones6031 Yeah, and it _is_ a reach. Makes for some nice symbolism, though.

@dupersuper1938 11 ай бұрын

1. Hopefully a nicer mom...

@TheInfo45 11 ай бұрын

I came from a very large high School the third largest in the country. I guarantee you clicks for a major part of our teen dynamic. This is from a time in life where I can totally relate to Brian and Allison. Those were my type of friends. As I am considerably older now I also work with a lot of young people teenagers included and I find I have a different perspective on life when I talked with them. It's always good to look at things through younger eyes and through older eyes to get a clearer picture of the world we ALL live in.

@j_go. 11 ай бұрын

Hits differently when you're wearing pajamas and eating cereal in the living room... in the '80s.

@Cadinho93 11 ай бұрын

The Breakfast Club is the perfect coming-of-age teen comedy drama film that never gets old because we all had problems on our lives, but try to figure out a way to deal with them. Also, an important thing to remember about John Hughes' films is to compare them to other teen films of the '80s. There were lots of them and they were all stupid comedies about sex and partying. John Hughes' films treated teen like actual real complex human beings, which that was new, amazing and always great soundtracks.

@joegreene7619 11 ай бұрын

John Hughes simply was the 80s.

@rcrawford42 11 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@hdtripp6218 11 ай бұрын

Hughes made his name writing at National Lampoon....lot of creative people came from the same office

@sophiamarchildon3998 11 ай бұрын

You mean that about Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Not about sex, not about "drinking, loud music, house, or gathering" partying. Just a few friends going on an adventure and carpe diem'ing.

@flexableferret 11 ай бұрын

I somewhat agree because Sixteen Candles always felt very sexual to me even as an 8 year old. I felt like I was watching something I wasn’t supposed to at the time. Especially those locker scenes with the “Boing” noise. There was partying and drinking. But I love that movie still to this day. Molly’s character growth still shines through and the movie is just hilarious and awkward.

@paulockenden4278 11 ай бұрын

A film for a generation , a moment in time representing their inner selves that is a mirror for those who grew up in the 80s. It probably doesnt mean anything to young people today whatsoever but the topics are still very much ever present throughout every generation since.

@thane9 11 ай бұрын

And the topics it doesn't mention say a lot about us at that age too. We were so blind to so much that has been brought to the front (for good and bad) today.

@seangriffin2053 11 ай бұрын

The film gets you to realize even though the kids have different lives, they all really have the same kind of issues, especially at home.

@marktubbs8033 11 ай бұрын

Awesome movie, I have seen it about 30 times. Graduated 40 years ago, not a huge school, but the cliques existed. It was very relevant for the time.

@Teletran35 11 ай бұрын

This is one of my all time favorite movies

@cshubs 11 ай бұрын

When this came out, I was 16 and had just moved to a new, upper middle class school. I couldn't believe how well it seemed to match my life. SPOILER: But now, 4 decades later, I agree with the concept of not liking teens or being a teen.

@skleefeld 11 ай бұрын

I'm with Emily on this movie. I saw it as a Gen X teen back in the '80s and I never cared for it. Seeing even parts of it now are reminders of how horrible the high school experience was. The ending in particular always rang totally hollow for me; the following Monday would've actually gone down just like Claire initially described where they all just ignore each other. They all would've gone back to having miserable relationships with their parents and absolutely nothing would've been any different. The message I took from the movie was: "high school is absolutely miserable and the only way to escape the awfulness of how everybody treats everyone else is to completely remove yourself from that environment."

@scottmacalino656 11 ай бұрын

The other thing about seeing this movie as an adult AND in this time in history. In the 80's we did not have the access that everyone did now. Today, any group that makes you feel included is a click away on the internet. This movie let everyone know that there were kids like you everywhere. We all related to a little bit of each character and that was the point of the movie.

@QueenoftheBlackCoast 11 ай бұрын

This is why I love your channel. You don't fake loving everything you see. I prefer people being honest.

@SteelAce13 11 ай бұрын

This is one of my all time favorite movies. I was a metal head in high school but also arts and sciences nerd. This movie broke alot of the barriers down between the cliques at my school and caused people to make friends with people from other cliques.

@wampa25 11 ай бұрын

The most random spoof of this film is Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. It's poster is a recreation of the Breakfast Club's poster.

@mynameisnotearl4383 11 ай бұрын

I have both posters on my wall next to one another.

@dark.cheshire.1065 11 ай бұрын

Never fails to make me laugh at Emily's blatant disgust to any hint of romance in any movie she watches. The eye rolls, derision, and/or vomit sounds are classic.😂

@scottallen6160 11 ай бұрын

Whether wearing these teen shoes or not, the status of iconic movie promises insights into a large group of people that are adults now and make or oppose policy in the world. It certainly helps to understand someone to discuss what they or we want.

@bryanneal939 7 ай бұрын

I graduated HS in 2010, i went to 5 highschools in the 4 years of parents moving alot. They all had the cliques just more blended compared to how 1985 is portayed. I was in band, football, and some others. I feel the movie can still be compared to today with how kids are precieved, trying to keep parents happy, and the peer pressure.

@MustardSeedish 11 ай бұрын

I'm a Gen X'er and you hit the nail on the head as to why I never really loved this film; it hit too close to home for me. We are stereotypically jaded for a reason.

@llorona7847 11 ай бұрын

This kids in this movie represent a snapshot in time when kids were seen but not heard. GenX is so aptly named. They’re the lost generation and I think this movie gave them their first taste of actually having a voice. Now I’m painting this in broad strokes of course. There are, of course a lot of people that had Emily’s experience of going to a small high school and didn’t deal with cliques. However, tons out there went to big schools where there’s no way you can know everyone, this cliques are the norm.

@elizabethsturdivant4986 4 ай бұрын

being a kid who went to high school during the 80s, this movie is iconing. it was so amazing how they captured the different groups in school and what kids were going thru and feeling at that time. still one of my favorites of all time.

@BlueChronoBlade 11 ай бұрын

My heart didn't die when I grew up. I haven't become my parents & I'm really glad I'm still my own person.

@jjkcharlie 11 ай бұрын

You mess with the bulls, young man, you'll get the horns.

@paulpeterson4216 Ай бұрын

I was more Brian than any of the others. I graduated in '76, so before this came out; but it is very relatable. Also, I went to HS very near there in a school that was very similar in size and style. Yes I know that Shermer, IL is not a real place, but there is a Shermer Road, and the HS (now gone) where this was filmed was less than 15 miles from GBS where I went. I am also somewhat uncomfortable with HS memories, but this movie makes things better for me. I've watched it many times. My wife is 20 years younger and she loves this movie too.

@JeremyAustin-hw1qy 11 ай бұрын

My wife and I love this movie and whenever everyone was sharing their stories none of it was scripted neither was going over and forming the circle

@o.b.7217 11 ай бұрын

Nicolas Cage as Bender makes a lot of sense, if you know that Cage played a Punk in a movie called "Valley Girl" in 1983.

@QueenFornis 11 ай бұрын

I was three years out of high school when this movie came out, so I have a fond nostalgia for it, even though a lot of it hasn't aged well. I mean Judd Nelson basically SA's Molly Ringwald's character in the library, along with a few other outdated tropes. That being said, it somewhat accurately depicts what high school life was in the early 80's, regarding the cliques and the angst of teens at the time. I had a feeling that Emily wasn't going to appreciate this one very much, and understandably so. Still a great reaction! Much love, guys! Keep 'em coming!

@joegreene7619 11 ай бұрын

BTW, if you've ever seen photos/videos of HS kids in the 80s, we all looked like we were 35.

@k.delpino1124 11 ай бұрын

The late, great John Hughes. You can never say enough about his work. This man had a finger in the pulse of a culture. The Breakfast Club reflected on things that didn't see till i was a teenager in the 1990s. Every individual and/or clique had their own thing. But the issues were paramount and we were seeing those very issues lived out on film. I saw this in my mid-teens and it is quintessential to high school life. Don't know how you get into the 1980s classics and count this one out.

@msmrsro 11 ай бұрын

Fun fact: the actor playing the janitor also plays the groom in “16 Candles”, also starring “Brian” and “Claire”.

@cullencase3114 11 ай бұрын

We knew as truth, even back when this movie came out: Allison (Ally Sheedy) looked better before her makeover than after.

@drewc981 11 ай бұрын

I share the exact same name as Emilio Estevez character in this movie and every time I watch this movie when the principal shouts it I jump. I'm not kidding, it's like some educational or disciplinary ptsd or some shit lol

@mudshark0761 11 ай бұрын

Did I just notice Emily mentioning Gunships "when we grow up, the heart dies!" 🤘🤘

@dirtbagkeith6556 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.

@nintendianajones64 11 ай бұрын

Good nostalgia trip

@nonyadambusness5158 10 ай бұрын

Finally! I watched this as a teen and felt that it was a horrible movie. I didn't think anyone else felt that way, too. So thank you very much!

@melodysopinionfrannie4300 11 ай бұрын

A truely classic 80’s movie… for all it us old farts who saw it as teenagers we love it…I was Allison in high school..defiantly the outcast! The director of this did pretty in pink..16 candles…these were classics too!

@ShortyLongstrokin 11 ай бұрын

If Emily didn't like this, she's REALLY gonna hate "Sixteen Candles." Probably "Weird Science" too.

@melodysopinionfrannie4300 11 ай бұрын

@@ShortyLongstrokin oh yeah can you hear the song Weird Science every time you think of the movie? I had great pleasure introducing all the classic John Hughes movies to my son ….we still watch national lampoons Christmas Vacation every Christmas Day…he’s 33 and has 4 kids but we’ve never missed a Christmas Day.. they were great movies and they don’t make movies like that anymore…yeah I know I sound old! Hahaha

@ThreadBomb 11 ай бұрын

@@ShortyLongstrokin I think Emily will be okay with Weird Science. It's just a dumb fantasy movie.

@krisfrederick5001 9 ай бұрын

Saturday school SUCKED. I was John Bender and the punk rocker. But I was nice and my teachers loved me, and had the beautiful cheerleader girlfriend somehow. What's amazing is how much these stereotypes still exist. Thank God this Generation and ours, are learning to accept each other as we are more and more.

@TimothySmiths 11 ай бұрын

I graduated from a 1,000 graduation class, High School was very clique like, that isn't to say there wasn't a little blending at times, but for most part it was exactly like this. I was more nerdy, not academically just in general, but i could say I had friends from sports, or the "rich" crowd and etc..we just didnt hang out in each other groups..I think some of the thoughts behind the cast came about many years later after they were adults and lived life for a while and are looking back on it like you see it now.

@ShortyLongstrokin 11 ай бұрын

There were 100% other 17-18 year old kids in my high school that looked like Bender did in this movie. I could totally buy him as a senior in high school because I knew people like him.

@carlosspeicywiener7018 Ай бұрын

60 people in your graduation? Wow, huge by comparison, my graduating class had 12 kids. Trapper peak school was really small, there were 12 grades and 98 students in all.

@PeterDavid7KQ201 11 ай бұрын

Emily barfing at Ally Sheedy's transformation was absolutely perfect. ❤

@Vipre- 11 ай бұрын

I got to see this in the theater a few years ago due to it doing a sort of "throw back thursday" thing.

@user-ld9tf4td8s 11 ай бұрын

Our theater does that twice a week. The older films are superior to the vast majority of films from the last decade

@Vipre- 11 ай бұрын

@@user-ld9tf4td8s A friend's boyfriend and I took her to see Jaws for the first time, 3rd or 4th row center, she's not a fan of jump scares. The sunken boat scene got her good.

@glenncabacungan9269 11 ай бұрын

I get why people are put off over Allison getting her makeup done. But remember, not too long before that she had played a dirty trick to get Claire to admit she was still a virgin, therefore, the two girls had to bond over something to get over that. So, you be the film writer and you come up with a better way for the girls to bond instead of makeup. (Cause I’ve never been able to)

@ThreadBomb 11 ай бұрын

Maybe they could just not bond. That would be realistic.

@glenncabacungan9269 11 ай бұрын

@@ThreadBomb But the five of them are supposedly this group of friends by the time the day is over. Unless you’re telling me that it’s more realistic that they’re not friends by the end of it.

@OneThousandHomoDJs 11 ай бұрын

This is one of those movies that definitely plays differently when you're an adult. My friend's mom thought this movie should have been called "It's All My Parents' Fault." Point taken. ;)

@d3l3tes00n 11 ай бұрын

I was never in a clique, but they were definitely there when I was in high school in 2004-2008. The jocks, stoners, nerds, etc... They still exist as an adult in jobs/life as well.

@samswords9993 9 ай бұрын

My high school experience was on a mission center in the Amazon. There were five in my graduating class. Yes, it was the 80's. The first time I saw this movie I did not relate at all. I can see little bits now, but my adolescence was certainly very different. As a 53 year old adult and former teacher, I more feel sympathy for kids like this.

@XRos28 5 ай бұрын

A very deep movie disguising as a light one. Super great one, too. Great reaction, as usual.

@houseofaction 11 ай бұрын

kids are not stupid, back in those days kids looked much older.

@Shnonan 11 ай бұрын

Philosophical hats on. What makes an adult? Maturity? Who has it? Wisdom? Who has it? Responsibility? Emotional Stability? Intelligence?... Which aspects of children would be best left intact into "adulthood"? Curiosity? Sincerity?... Personally, I think of C. Sagan as a primary role model just simply as a true adult.

@Harv72b 11 ай бұрын

Took you guys long enough. I was afraid you really did forget about them. 😁

@reservoirdude92 11 ай бұрын

One of the handful of films I wish to God had a sequel. Actually, there are a few films in the John Hughes catalogue that I wish had sequels because I love his characters so much and just wanna see what they're up to. Also, the soundtracks in his films (for this and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, especially) slap SO HARD.

@dupersuper1938 11 ай бұрын

Nah, no sequel needed: perfect as is.

@takenyabolton3652 5 ай бұрын

I saw this movie as an adult and I thought it was hilarious, and I know I'm not alone in that. You don't have to be a teenager to enjoy a movie with teenagers - just like you don't have to be a child to enjoy a children's movie. This movie was full of character growth and everyone interprets it differently. Perspective is very important for this movie. The biggest turning point was when they all got high. That was when the group really came together. Bender also went from defensive and combative to submissive and vulnerable, Brian and Andrew stopped objecting to the Marijuana, Allison broke out of her shell, Claire started to be a little less passive, and Carl got Vernon to realize what a dick he's been. A few other important ones were when Bender told the story about his homelife, Claire accepted Allison as a friend, Allison when she got a makeover, Brian and Andrew opened up about why they were there, and Vernon showing just how burned out he is ('I hope they go easy on me')

@FiveZeroes. 11 ай бұрын

This is why you guys are my favorite reaction channel, Emily is honest, blunt, and opinions that align with my own. 😂

@celeboria 11 ай бұрын

Dear Emily, now you have legit 80s cred!

@joegreene7619 11 ай бұрын

Not after crapping on this brilliant film, she doesn't.

@kilik85011 11 ай бұрын

The way she said "teenagers" reminded me of the way Ivan Ooze said it lol!

@JohnDoe-fb1zv 11 ай бұрын

6A school here can confirm cliques did exist at least at my school.

@pardwayne 11 ай бұрын

I thought the makeover scene was that Clair was doing what she was best at - making some girl look flashy - and Allison was breaking down her barriers and letting someone get close to her. I guess that's taboo now, I don't know.

@Scolof99 11 ай бұрын

I love this movie and don't remember seeing it as a kid. I always watch whenever someone reacts to it.

@taramcblakeshire8516 11 ай бұрын

wore Jordache and Calvin Klein I went to a small High School Steel Valley and our high school had its clicks the Geek Squad, the jocks,, and so on. I met my future husband Clarence there and we're both still married. But what a time to grow up it was the 80s.

@MacGuffinExMachina 11 ай бұрын

Are you talking about the Bouncing Souls song "Kid"? I think of it every time I watch this lol. "Isn't it true when get old, our heart dies? I heard it in a movie once, it makes me want to cry. Life just sucks so bad,it makes you wanna die" I could be bastardizing the lyrics lol.

@JustSUMMReactions 11 ай бұрын

I was referring to a Gunship song, but now I'm gonna give that Bouncing Souls song a listen!

@MacGuffinExMachina 11 ай бұрын

@JustSUMMReactions now I gotta check that song out lol. Never hesrd of it, or maybe I have and haven't noticed the lyrics.

@DumblyDorr 11 ай бұрын

"That one line from that one song" - so you know Gunship? Nice! :)

@ashleighelizabeth5916 11 ай бұрын

I always just took it as Bender was one of those guys that kept getting held back. We have a few in my school that were in their early 20s and they looked like Bender honestly. This move is very polarizing and always has been. A lot people I knew in middle school (when it came out I was in middle school) LOVED it, but then there were people like the boy I knew a hundred yards down the street who absolutely hated it and thought it was the biggest waste of time ever. I appreciate it for what it is because that clicky subculture was very real for me and I wasn't a popular kid. Because of that I connected to the move even though I wasn't really represented by any of the characters.

@jamesnorthup7717 11 ай бұрын

Man, I'm sorry for you, I had a great time in high school! Too much fun! I was in high school when this came out!! Classic!

@MST3KNJ 11 ай бұрын

High school nostalgia is only for folks that had a good time in high school.

@sophiamarchildon3998 11 ай бұрын

Nightwish!! Power metal!! Even was in a Metal Opera by our doctorate music professor. I got you there.

@bookwoman53 11 ай бұрын

I relate to Brian. I was under so much pressure to get good grades; it started to get worse in middle school. I got a lecture about maintaining a strong g.p.a. from now on so that I would be able to get into a top university.

@bigfudge5978 11 ай бұрын

Bender would rather go to school on Saturday than be at home... I know he started it, but man that sucks...

@shhh5260 3 ай бұрын

Not wanting to revisit the times proves this movie hit you. It did it's job. I graduated with 20 kids. There were certainly clicks.

@otisroseboro5613 11 ай бұрын

Rip To A Great Director John Hughes, Still Miss You

@JoeXTheXJuggalo1 11 ай бұрын

Funny how when you called Pippin a "loaf" he was paying too much attention to it because he was busy making biscuits on his cat bed.

@coreyhendricks9490 11 ай бұрын

I remember seeing this movie on TNT back in the day, the good old times, cool reaction as always Emily & Matthew, you both have a good night

@helifanodobezanozi7689 11 ай бұрын

WHAT!!!!!!! No reference to the fact that the Bender in this movie is the inspiration for Bender in FUTURAMA!!!!!!!! THE BETRAYAL!!!!!!

@braymax 11 ай бұрын

I think you would love one of my all-time favorites that never gets respect for the comedy genius it is, My Chauffer! I watched it many times in the 80s and my friends and I loved it so much we still quote it today. Any film with the line "All I need now is a one-legged nun walking a goat and I WIN!" is comedy gold. I agree Breakfast Club is just ok, I used to love 16 Candles until I saw it as an adult and was horrified, it does not hold up either. Love your channel, you two are so funny and I can't wait for your videos to drop. Thanks!!

@larryjefferson7381 11 ай бұрын

The Sherpa is a fellow Band Geek Tromboner! Love it!

@gregvanmatre5068 11 ай бұрын

I still hate the fact that the writers did not finish the joke. Still to this day is the biggest pet peeve I have of any movie.

@otisroseboro5613 11 ай бұрын

80s & 90s Movie's Are The Best 👍💯

@DiedrichKnickerbocker1783 11 ай бұрын

Brian's mom in the being. Was in fact the actor's real mom.

@franticrage73 11 ай бұрын

Favorite line: “I am the eyes and ears of this institution, my friends. By the way, that clock is 20 minutes fast.” Put them in their place. One of the few movies I can recite a lot of lines, because I watched it repeatedly in college, when I first got to see it.

@texaspatriot4215 11 ай бұрын

I was 27 when I saw this in the theatre in 85, I really enjoyed at the time, I was a cross between Bryan and Emilo's character, I was good in science and math and also played football. always liked this movie. My time was the 1970s so the movie dazed and confused was what I related to more.

@A.Light33 11 ай бұрын

I never saw Clair(Molly) and John (Judd) as a serious budding couple. I think most people miss the conversation they had in the closet. She wants to get back at her dad and saw kissing John as a good way to do that. Although there is also an intrigue there, more like opposites attracts, but I don't think they'll ever speak again. That's why she gave him her earring. Just my take.

@sisterdebmac 11 ай бұрын

Your opinion is fair. Your perspective is yours. I was 22 when it came out. And the thing is, before this movie, ALL teen flicks were exploitative trash. Party movies. This was the first movie that teens felt took them seriously. I mean, big budget movie anyway. There were some smaller indies that were heartfelt, smart and original, like Over The Edge and My Bodyguard. But it was like Hughes invented a new genre in the bigger, more mainstream studio world. Check out Pretty In Pink, Some Kind Of Wonderful. Even Sixteen Candles and Weird Science have their charms.

@Drax514 11 ай бұрын

I would definitely feel the same way as Emily does watching this as an adult. I watched this as a 17 or 18 year old for the first time, so it hit perfectly, and hit like a brick. I'll always remember that first time I watched this movie, and how it made me feel. So yeah, watching it now is all about the nostalgia and remembering that time. I went to a High School in between the size of your tiny one, and the size of your husbands gigantic 5A school. My graduating class was about 120 people, and the school in total was no more than 600 kids. Even at that size though, there was absolutely cliques and stereotypes just like the movies. The Jocks, the Preps, the Nerds, the Skaters, the Stoners, the Metal heads, the Band Geeks, etc. All definitely solidly represented at my High School. Graduated 2008.