The Breakfast Club * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction and commentary * Millennial Movie Monday

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  • @Vertigotheatre1
    @Vertigotheatre1 4 года назад +910

    This movie gave a voice to teenagers when representation for teens didn't exist outside of comedy and slasher. It was the first film in a long time to just let the kids talk and be, no distraction, no big production. The performances were heartfelt and sincere (the actors were part of the Brat Pack as they were known in the 80s) and appeared in lots of films together. John Hughes understood how to get across what teens thought and felt, and looked at us 80s kids as more than our stereotypes. I think your high school experience is very different to most high school experiences. My school had 2000 students.

    • @robertcarlson1404
      @robertcarlson1404 4 года назад +87

      Couldn't agree more. In the mid-80's (through the early 2000's really) kids had very little representation. The high school experience Ashleigh had was because discussions like the ones this movie encouraged happened in the 80's. This movie didn't strike the same cord for her because she's never known the world where a kid with a crappy home life that acts out at school just gets sent to continuation school (which at the time was really just prep for juvenile hall), that the kid who had mental health issues got segregated from the rest of the school in special ed (different lunch, different recess). This movie was the first time that, in a public forum, all these aspects of teen life were discussed openly and the idea that they could come together and form friendships was considered. And yes...her high school experience was a bit unique. My graduating class had 582 students with just over 2500 in the school. We had metal detectors and a whole wing dedicated to special ed and the students NEVER mixed with the "general population". If you were a high achiever, you went through your college prep classes and never mixed with the students who were "destined" for trade jobs and took remedial math and wood shop. This movie was far more "radical" in its time than it feels to today's younger people.

    • @thebluemorpho6640
      @thebluemorpho6640 4 года назад +24

      Yep, I saw this in the theater when I was 15, and it had a huge impact on me.

    • @williamvesey3679
      @williamvesey3679 4 года назад +37

      I went to a private church-run school with a graduating class of 2, and this movie still struck a chord with me in the 80s. The archetypes were still present even where everyone knows everyone else, and the message of breaking through/breaking down walls was still very relevant.

    • @corsa180
      @corsa180 4 года назад +21

      Well said. I saw this in the theater when I was 16, and in my high school of just under 300 in my graduating class, it was pretty bang-on.

    • @eugenelawson5255
      @eugenelawson5255 4 года назад +14

      Smoking the "Devil's Lettuce" I'm dead! I've never heard that 1 b4.

  • @scotchike_92
    @scotchike_92 4 года назад +449

    Ashleigh: “I can’t believe they shot a whole movie in a library.”
    Me: You should watch Clerks!

    • @creech54
      @creech54 4 года назад +21

      And "My Dinner With Andre" (Two guys sitting in a booth, in a restaurant, talking for 2 hours.) And "12 Angry Men", of course.

    • @TheInfurnos
      @TheInfurnos 4 года назад +26

      oh hell yas , clerks is a must watch

    • @waynefeller8824
      @waynefeller8824 4 года назад +20

      12 Angry Men - in a jury room.
      The Man From Earth - In a living roon.
      Cube - In a room that is part of a maze.
      1408 - Hotel Room
      The Mist - A supermarket.
      Rear Window - A small apartment.
      Saw - A bathroom.
      Buried - A coffin.
      Exam - Exam room.
      Phone Booth - Phone booth.

    • @creech54
      @creech54 4 года назад +18

      @@waynefeller8824 And don't forget Hitchcock's "Lifeboat".

    • @waynefeller8824
      @waynefeller8824 4 года назад +4

      @@creech54 - That is a good one!

  • @richieb7692
    @richieb7692 4 года назад +93

    I think the part that hit me hardest, was when Alison ( played by Ally Sheedy )
    Said that she was in the detention because she had nothing else to do.
    She wasnt even meant to be there, but She would rather be at the school on a Saturday to escape what was going on at home.
    When she was dropped off, she tried to talk to her mom, but her mom just drove off without a word, it was pretty much the same when she was picked up.

    • @mattslupek7988
      @mattslupek7988 2 года назад +9

      So she says. Allison was a kleptomaniac and a compulsive liar, so I’m not buying that she was there because she “had nothing better to do”. If she wasn’t supposed to be there, why were there 5 pencils and 5 sheets of paper? She stole Bender’s knife and padlock, Brian’s wallet, and the patch off Andy’s letterman jacket while he was wearing it, so I’m saying that she was there because she stole.

  • @JonasGreenFethr
    @JonasGreenFethr 4 года назад +269

    “Really dodged a bullet on that one, huh?”
    I have to say, as a gen x’er, this made me LOL more that it really should have... well played.

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 3 года назад +5

      Highlight of the video!

    • @tommythompson5259
      @tommythompson5259 Год назад

      Because John Lennon was shot to death. Really?

    • @tejo29se
      @tejo29se 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@tommythompson5259In 1980.

    • @fighterck6241
      @fighterck6241 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@tejo29seAnd it was by a "fan" who was pissed off that he was so into Yoko.

  • @FlyinMunky
    @FlyinMunky 4 года назад +143

    John Hughes just seemed to be one of those adults that remembered what it was like to be a teenager and was able to translate that into some great movies.

    • @harveylee51
      @harveylee51 2 года назад +5

      @Chad I believe Molly Ringwald who plays Claire the Princess mentioned that John Hughes was really like a poet for the teen crowd and indeed i do think he was one of the first directors to portray the teen experience with more respect .
      if you were a teen in the 80's like i was you most likely caught a few of these BRAT PACK films .😃
      and yes some have aged a little better than others but i still enjoy them
      keep 80'S movies alive CHEERS mate.😀🙏

  • @FreakDaMIghet
    @FreakDaMIghet 4 года назад +228

    “Did people really have a two story High School?”
    I had a THREE story High School.

    • @antoniobennett9167
      @antoniobennett9167 4 года назад +4

      I went to a three story high school and still had a class of about 55. Best of both worlds 😜

    • @SpectreNUT
      @SpectreNUT 4 года назад +5

      @FreakDaMind yep my high in Dallas in 1988 had 3 stories... And that was just one building a few had two and a couple were single story... But they were all on same campus

    • @texasgypsi
      @texasgypsi 4 года назад +6

      I had four two story buildings, and my health class was in a trailer behind the gym. Edit, I think my high school graduating class was around 1,000. Don't remember the exact number.

    • @timrazik
      @timrazik 4 года назад +8

      Some schools in the Chicago Land area are like small cities lol!

    • @koyoteekoy916
      @koyoteekoy916 4 года назад +3

      My Jr High school had 3 stories

  • @bluepearl_22
    @bluepearl_22 4 года назад +211

    First rule of Breakfast Club: Do not question the hype behind the Breakfast Club.
    This movie is and will always be a classic. Period.

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 3 года назад

      Well, that's a real non-argument.

    • @leob4403
      @leob4403 3 года назад +2

      Hell no, I hate this movie with a passion

    • @blainevanity6
      @blainevanity6 3 года назад +4

      I watch it every year on March 24 ♥️

    • @leob4403
      @leob4403 3 года назад +1

      @@blainevanity6 god damn Breakfast Club is an awful awful movie

    • @ilteschio8244
      @ilteschio8244 3 года назад

      @@leob4403 elaborate

  • @Vort317545
    @Vort317545 3 года назад +12

    I ended High School, Class of 1986. This movie captures EXACTLY what High School and culture was like. Even down to the dress! The Breakfast Club is a Masterpiece, and was a MUST see back then!

  • @28starwarsfan
    @28starwarsfan 4 года назад +256

    Getting on a John Hughes kick? Ferris Bueller's Day Off!

    • @jayw6203
      @jayw6203 4 года назад +8

      Ohh yeahhhhhhh!

    • @Finnegan6674
      @Finnegan6674 4 года назад +11

      National Lampoon Vacation is another great John Hughes movie.

    • @breawortman7962
      @breawortman7962 4 года назад +10

      and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

    • @donaldhickman4549
      @donaldhickman4549 4 года назад +9

      Uncle Buck is a must.

    • @MrRSCHECK
      @MrRSCHECK 4 года назад +10

      Weird Science is my fav....

  • @sturm375
    @sturm375 4 года назад +103

    I would not say that The Breakfast Club defined a generation, but possible described a generation. I can see how someone who had not lived through this era, would not find it as meaninful. I did, and this is a very descriptive movie for the times.

    • @toddpeucker9905
      @toddpeucker9905 4 года назад +3

      Yeah, I'd say Some Kind of Wonderful produced by Hughes and directed by his protege Howard Deutch hit the mark better for teen life in the 80s.

    • @greenscreenmovieguy5582
      @greenscreenmovieguy5582 2 года назад +5

      I went to school in the 2000s and this movie spoke to me but I’m pretty sure it depends on the person if they can relate to the characters or situations which I’m pretty sure most do

  • @marklbetya
    @marklbetya 4 года назад +80

    My Cousin Vinny when you're ready for a great comedy.

  • @Sidewalkman1
    @Sidewalkman1 4 года назад +232

    Molly Ringwald was a teen queen then starring in a couple of John Hughes films. I think you would love 16 candles.

    • @23mimiboo
      @23mimiboo 4 года назад +16

      I love sixteen candles, I actually prefer it over Breakfast Club

    • @dave29123
      @dave29123 4 года назад +1

      Brat Pack

    • @dewey70
      @dewey70 4 года назад +7

      Definitely check out 16 Candles.

    • @CursiMusic
      @CursiMusic 4 года назад +10

      yes, pretty in pink also

    • @rebeccassweetmusic4632
      @rebeccassweetmusic4632 3 года назад +8

      She was good in 16 Candles! Great in The Breakfast Club! However, she was AMAZING in Pretty In Pink

  • @deathproofpony
    @deathproofpony 4 года назад +72

    If you watch the opening, you can see the guy who's the janitor as the man of the year from a previous graduating year. He's the smartest guy in the movie.

    • @RyanH-t8x
      @RyanH-t8x Год назад +1

      Haha I knew you remind me somebody

    • @RyanH-t8x
      @RyanH-t8x Год назад +1

      Welcome back Molly ringwald

    • @RyanH-t8x
      @RyanH-t8x Год назад +1

      Yes it's like friends but movie or it's 2023

  • @EnigmaticPenguin
    @EnigmaticPenguin 4 года назад +122

    Cultural context is missing by virtue of age. It would be like showing someone in 10 years Super Bad - they'll get jokes, but it's a snapshot of a decade that makes more sense having lived it.

    • @valentine_puppy
      @valentine_puppy 4 года назад +3

      80's was more than decade it was 1977 to roughly March of 95. So about 13 years and some change.
      I grew up in the 80's having being born early in 1980. I'd say that gives me carte blanche in this situation.

    • @guarddog318
      @guarddog318 4 года назад +2

      Yeah, I turned 17 in 1980 and joined the Army... so my view of the '80s is a fair bit different than most folks who lived through them.
      For me at least, it wasn't all rainbows and unicorn farts, and I don't really have any desire to go back to them.
      In fact, I tend to think people who talk too fondly of the 1980s probably didn't really live through them, or have faulty memories.

    • @valentine_puppy
      @valentine_puppy 4 года назад

      @@guarddog318 Like said in Harry Potter, Great things can be greatly bad or greatly good. I am sorry for how bad they were for you. I didn't have the greatest of times at times but i also had probably the most fun i ever had in my life. Just different lives but I think we can share a few things. Peace and love to you brother.

    • @BrokenGodEnt
      @BrokenGodEnt 4 года назад +4

      Eh, I don't necessarily think that's true. I grew up watching 80s movies like The Breakfast Club, The Goonies, Stand By Me, Back to the Future, lots of great (and terrible) horror movies, etc. My favorite decade of film is the 80s and there's a lot of music from the 80s that I really love as well. And 80s movies remain some of my favorite movies today. The Breakfast Club may be my favorite movie of all time. Tied with a polar opposite in Gattaca (which is irrelevant, but whatever).
      I think if you grew up in the 80s you may have a slight advantage in understanding how it really was in that era, but in general I don't think that me having been born in 1999 takes away the relatability I feel for this movie, or what it means to me compared to my mom or my uncle, who grew up in the 80s.
      Maybe it would make more sense if I was an 80s kid, but I don't think that really means anything tbh. It making more sense, or understanding the context around this era doesn't have that big of an impact on a movie like The Breakfast Club, because The Breakfast Club is such a timeless movie.
      As much as your life may have been different from mine growing up and that in general you do relate to those characters more, because they're from a time you lived in, at the end of the day the teenage experience has stayed roughly the same (excluding taboos, technology advancements, etc) for a very long time.
      And the 80s wasn't that long ago really. I could agree with you 100% if we were talking about The Last Temptation of Christ and how no one can truly understand that movie, because they didn't live through that time. I get what you mean, but that's like me saying that you can't possibly understand a movie like "The Edge of Seventeen", or "Me, Earl & the Dying Girl", or "Perks of Being a Wallflower", just because you weren't a teenager when they came out. Because, I was a teenager when those movies came out and while those movies may make more sense to me, the amount of "sense" is negligible.
      Anyway, sorry for the rant. I basically agree with you, but I also don't think it matters that much in the end. I coulda just said that and been done with it, but oh well.

    • @valentine_puppy
      @valentine_puppy 4 года назад +1

      @andy jonnson I disagree with you. Tell me the 70s didn't influence you at all and that the 80's were your formative years? Bull. Lol. I am totally an 80's kid and as i said the 80's didn't stop with 1989. It kept going until about march of 95. So, nah. I got there but i just edged it in.

  • @shawncarnes9471
    @shawncarnes9471 4 года назад +59

    You asked if this was how HS really was for some of us. I graduated in '84, the year this movie was being made, and yes, this was very much my experience. We had over 300 students in my graduating class. I was most similar to Brian the nerd (as you may ascertain from my profile pic).
    Love what you're doing here, Ash. These are my movies, and I'm really enjoying seeing them again for the first time through your eyes.

    • @chrisnichols9840
      @chrisnichols9840 3 года назад +4

      Yeah my graduating class had about 350 in it and the entire high school was two floors. I was a Brian as well, but social cliques weren't as... strictly followed?...as they were in the 80s.

    • @MoMoMyPup10
      @MoMoMyPup10 2 года назад +4

      Sheesh, in 1980 my graduating class was 1240. By the time our youngest brother graduated in 1987 it was 1600. Yeah, we still had all of the cliques, in full bloom. Strange days.

    • @PhilBagels
      @PhilBagels 2 года назад +2

      Also class of '84. About 1000 in my graduating class. And yes, this movie is only a little bit exaggerated to make it more dramatic and interesting, but yes, there were these groups and cliques. And yes, I was probably another Brian. (Maybe with a little bit of John thrown in - because I did occasionally have a "smart mouth".)
      I never encountered teachers that were this mean spirited. Some were idiots, but they weren't mean.

  • @erikwarnock6934
    @erikwarnock6934 4 года назад +7

    I went to a large HS in the 80's and this is exactly what it was like. I was friends with jocks, nerds, burners, goths and princesses. I dated each group. I was somewhere between all of them but we all got along. And yes librarys were that big before the inter-webs. I knew these people mostly due to music clubs. This was filmed at Shermer High School along with Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles and Weird Science. It was closed in the 80's so it was empty. It's destroyed now.

  • @TomVCunningham
    @TomVCunningham 4 года назад +193

    Watch "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" next. It's John Hughes aaaand a comedy.

    • @DooSum_FPV
      @DooSum_FPV 4 года назад +3

      @Michael Gamble that school was used in a number of movies.

    • @Leon-wz1js
      @Leon-wz1js 4 года назад +3

      @@DooSum_FPV Also referenced in Dogma

    • @davidbailey6397
      @davidbailey6397 4 года назад +5

      Found the Karens on this thread. Watch Hughes films. All of them . They’re great. Weird Science should be one of them.

    • @jedimaestergandalf9090
      @jedimaestergandalf9090 4 года назад +2

      Sixteen Candles!

    • @mranster
      @mranster 4 года назад +1

      Ferris is another one that doesn't stand up to adult scrutiny. After the Enron debacle, and the financial melt-down, and all the rich white boys who get away with literal murder, we can look back at Ferris, and realize the principal was the hero. He and the sister saw Ferris for the sociopathic con artist he was.

  • @sanjonn
    @sanjonn 4 года назад +59

    In the opening you see that the janitor was president of his class in the high school.

    • @sanjonn
      @sanjonn 4 года назад +1

      @the walkin dude yeah probably "took a gap year" got the job as a part-time thing that ended with him skipping college and just staying at the school.

    • @reesebn38
      @reesebn38 4 года назад +5

      I know that guy, John Kapelos, he is from my home town of London, Ontario. Super nice guy. Checkout his IMDB page, the guy has hundreds of credits.

    • @tdrewman
      @tdrewman 4 года назад +4

      For 1984, he was making good money being a Janitor. He had benefits, job security and the cost of living was cheap back then.

  • @thetomgibson
    @thetomgibson 4 года назад +52

    Fast Times At Ridgemont High is a must. It showed up 3 years prior and focuses on a handful of students through a high school year.

    • @kaziu312
      @kaziu312 4 года назад +5

      Did you say high school? I just kept hearing swimming pool, lol.

    • @RandomPau
      @RandomPau 4 года назад +3

      A bit raunchier too. Sean Penn was Classic in that movie.

    • @alhollywood6486
      @alhollywood6486 4 года назад +3

      That's my skull!

    • @rebeccas4899
      @rebeccas4899 4 года назад +6

      @@RandomPau Love me some Spicoli!

    • @johnwhite7219
      @johnwhite7219 4 года назад +5

      Fast Times makes me think of Phoebe Castes, a pool and Moving in Stereo playing.

  • @trailrvs
    @trailrvs 4 года назад +63

    From John Hughes movies, you would absolutely love “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”!!!

  • @alwayswrite2011
    @alwayswrite2011 4 года назад +75

    John Hughes specialized in "coming of age" films, and Molly Ringwald was his go-to actress. (See "Sixteen Candles" and "Pretty in Pink" for more of them working together. You can also catch more of Anthony Michael Hall in another John Hughes film, "Weird Science." (You should REALLY check that one out!)
    Okay... I think I'm done babbling. Looking forward to next Monday's review. =)

    • @ricksgamemisc10
      @ricksgamemisc10 4 года назад +2

      As you (Ashleigh) sort of hit on, it wasn't just one movie. But the whole John Hughes "genre" is what defined a generation. Sixteen Candles for certain is a must-watch. Pretty in Pink is an interesting one, because my opinion of Molly's character changed RADICALLY between watching it as a teen and later as an adult. From "Awwww" to "What a B...." lol. So would be kind of interesting seeing someone's *first* take of the character.

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 4 года назад +36

    One of the greatest teen dramedy films ever made. You not only know more about these characters, but you sympathetize with them as If though you were in their shoes and know what kind of problems they had to deal with.

    • @SGlitz
      @SGlitz 4 года назад +1

      You are one of them.

  • @greenbluemonkey
    @greenbluemonkey 4 года назад +168

    "Fast Times at Ridgemount High" was another classic teen highschool movie you should check out.

    • @keithdean9149
      @keithdean9149 4 года назад +1

      Agreed but she will need to find an original theatrical cut of the movie.

    • @davidyoungquist6074
      @davidyoungquist6074 4 года назад +5

      Fast Time is a must. The Clueless for our generation. Dazed and Confused. Yep. It's our generation.

    • @STOCKHOLM07
      @STOCKHOLM07 4 года назад +1

      and Heathers

    • @darcistephenson5359
      @darcistephenson5359 3 года назад +1

      @@STOCKHOLM07 I think I have seen that 20 times and I'm not ashamed about it!

    • @pnut3844able
      @pnut3844able 3 года назад +1

      Dazed and confused

  • @christinabrown8399
    @christinabrown8399 3 года назад +19

    That was nearly exactly my experience in high school. Two story building, power mad teachers, popular girls and mean priviledged boys. I won't even bother to go back to any reunions, despite the fact that I probably have one of the coolest jobs around. School was that way for a lot of us in the late 70s and early to mid 80s, so was home life. This movie told us we weren't alone.

    • @32202masterj
      @32202masterj 2 года назад +2

      Graduated in 82, yes the movie is accurate. My High School was huge. 7-12th grade. School grounds were probably a mile square. Also yes there were cliques before the word was a thing. Thinking about it all my schools were huge, even when I was in the country. Because then they served whole counties. The bus ride when I was in elementary was nearly an hour. Most of it at highway speed. Just the highway portion was 16 miles. Also I was one of the first ones off the bus in the afternoon. It was still that long. The only one possibly bigger was the 6th grade center. That served a whole city. In the biggest county in the country, and the city now ecompasses the entire county. Shoot in a way it is bigger than the county. True it changes names, but it's now an imaginary line seperating the cities. Like Jacksonville on one side of a highway and Orange Park on the other.

  • @Alexeya13
    @Alexeya13 4 года назад +49

    Just thought of another I don't think anyone's mentioned. "Tremors" 1990.

    • @dawggirl
      @dawggirl 4 года назад +4

      That would be a great one to react to.

    • @scottski51
      @scottski51 4 года назад

      You two are smoking DOPE ! That was an AWful movie. Monsters in the sand?!! Puu-leeeese.

    • @thebookofclyde1822
      @thebookofclyde1822 4 года назад +5

      @@scottski51 An awful *good* movie! And where else would you expect to find giant sandworms... Arrakis?

    • @dawggirl
      @dawggirl 4 года назад +1

      @@scottski51 It was hilarious.

    • @Leon-wz1js
      @Leon-wz1js 4 года назад +1

      It's a little campy, but I'd second Tremors.

  • @scott917
    @scott917 4 года назад +113

    the main thing about a John Huges film is he had his finger on the pluse of 1980s american youth. his dialogue is pretty accurate and very relatable to those who lived at that time.
    watch - 16 Candles and Pretty In Pink....

    • @wareagle4789
      @wareagle4789 4 года назад +3

      I was an "american (sic) youth" in the 80s. While some of his movies were entertaining, they didn't represent me or anyone I knew.

    • @danbryan3417
      @danbryan3417 4 года назад +2

      @@wareagle4789 an 80's youth and John Hughes movies didn't represent you or anyone you knew. Where were you hiding? I was in a rural High School from 1982 to 1986 and I knew lots of people like these characters. I was somewhat like Anthony Michael Hall's character.

    • @wareagle4789
      @wareagle4789 4 года назад

      @@danbryan3417 I wasn't "hiding". I was in high school at the same time depicted in the movie. If you want to identify with a bunch of whiney little snowflakes, then have at it. But that wasn't us. I can't see you or any of them doing the things we did. We were on the local volunteer fire department, backcountry hiking and camping, working, etc. Hughes' movies tend to be very Chicago-centric. So maybe it's just Chicagoans who are a bunch of whiney little pussies.

    • @danbryan3417
      @danbryan3417 4 года назад +3

      @@wareagle4789 it was about the different groups of kids. The jocks, nerds, the rich kids, the rebels and the off beat( weird, eccentric, spazs etc.) I grew up in the rural area of the real northern California ( 300 miles north of San Francisco) we did those things to. I worked on the family cattle ranch and the local Rodeo arena, exhibited cattle at the county fair so as you can see I am no snowflake.

    • @wareagle4789
      @wareagle4789 4 года назад

      @@danbryan3417 First, if you weren't a snowflake, you wouldn't have pitches a hissy fit like a little girl because somebody said they had a different experience. Second, you're from California, so let me guess: You were Molly Ringwald?

  • @DinoNardelli
    @DinoNardelli 4 года назад +55

    If u wanna go down the Hughes rabbit hole try Ferris Beuller's Day Off next. 😉

  • @mindtrapny
    @mindtrapny 4 года назад +13

    I worked with John Hughes advertising partner, they were in charge of all teenage advertising for Leo Burnett in Chicago in the late '70s.
    The story goes like this, they had 100s and 100s of hours of focus groups with teenagers for advertising purposes (this was the height of Saturday Morning Cartoons, another well covered RUclips topic) and he wrote this script based on everything they had learned about teenagers. It became the film of a generation because it was meant to, everything in it was a product of his access to all of that information...
    So when you think about this movie, remember its essentially just a long form commercial for the teenage experience.
    PS. its hilarious to watch you watch these, i miss watching movies with friends they have never seen.

  • @telemperor
    @telemperor 4 года назад +45

    Stand By Me is a great film taken from Stephen King's "The Body". Coming of age film with some huge names.

  • @andyoreo333
    @andyoreo333 4 года назад +42

    “They Live”directed but John Carpenter

    • @williambevins
      @williambevins 4 года назад +4

      I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum.

    • @andyoreo333
      @andyoreo333 4 года назад +1

      William Bevins one of the best movie lines ever.

    • @Shimmy22
      @Shimmy22 4 года назад +2

      So relavent for 2020.

  • @olanaowen7320
    @olanaowen7320 4 года назад +37

    In my opinion, part of the reason why you can't see how this defined a generation, is because this movie existed and changed the pressure assigned to teams at that time to fit into one of those categories and it's one of the only films or books at that time that said we all have a little of all of that and I. Generally it was stressed that you had to be popular or play sports or be really smart, life is super miserable if you didn't fit into any of those. And that's just kind of the way it was, start of until this movie and people still watching it keep having open minds. It's weird, but its art. Molly Ringwald did Pretty in Pink and 16

  • @erikawilliams9558
    @erikawilliams9558 4 года назад +30

    My high school was 3 stories and a basement. My class had about 300 in it. I'd say this is pretty representative of the social groups too

  • @FireTiger941
    @FireTiger941 4 года назад +181

    You had to have either been a teenager in the 80's, or born in the 80's to really appreciate the meaning of this film.

    • @mystic_tacos
      @mystic_tacos 4 года назад +10

      I was 10 in '85. I've loved this movie since the first time I saw it and it gets better every single time I see it. Hell, I've even got my 15 and 12 year olds into it!!

    • @pamosborn1956
      @pamosborn1956 4 года назад +10

      I was born in 1956 and I Love this movie

    • @douglaswilliams6834
      @douglaswilliams6834 4 года назад +12

      Graduated high school in 1984. Loved this film. Loved Ally Sheedy.

    • @neffariouspanda
      @neffariouspanda 4 года назад +14

      I was born in '93 and this is one of my favorite movies ever.

    • @jbowen791
      @jbowen791 4 года назад +22

      Not necessarily true. My kids were born in 2001 and 2005 and they love this film as much as I do

  • @TakumaMimura
    @TakumaMimura 4 года назад +29

    One John Hughs movie to watch in November would be Planes, Trains and Automobiles. It’s a thanksgiving movie.
    If you haven’t seen Home Alone, there’s your Christmas movie.

    • @spud1969
      @spud1969 4 года назад +4

      Definitely another vote for Planes Trains and Automobiles in November.

    • @simeonteitelbaum3673
      @simeonteitelbaum3673 4 года назад +2

      Home Alone and Home Alone 2 are the best Christmas movies ever

    • @whiterabbit75
      @whiterabbit75 4 года назад +3

      @@simeonteitelbaum3673 Ahem. [points to Die Hard]

    • @colonelquack
      @colonelquack 4 года назад +1

      WHEN I GROW UP AND GET MARRIED, I'M LIVING ALONE.

    • @Otokichi786
      @Otokichi786 4 года назад

      I saw what the "Home Alone" movies would do for "childish adults" with children. So, I stayed away from this "train wreck of the future."
      Remember this? www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-30-mn-2589-story.html
      Who's got the kid? www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/real-life-home-alone-girl-13355453

  • @1805movie
    @1805movie 4 года назад +21

    *Other John Hughes movies to check out:*
    - _Ferris Bueller's Day Off_
    - _Sixteen Candles_
    - _Weird Science_
    - _Planes, Trains, and Automobiles_ (Watch around Thanksgiving)
    - _Pretty In Pink_ (Wrote)
    - _National Lampoon's Vacation_ (Wrote)
    - _Home Alone_ (Wrote) (Watch around Christmas)
    - _National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation_ (Wrote) (Watch around Christmas, obviously)

    • @ameyer1970
      @ameyer1970 4 года назад +3

      Planes, trains and automobiles is the greatest Thanksgiving movie ever.

    • @gregall2178
      @gregall2178 4 года назад +2

      No Uncle Buck?

    • @paullimperis7241
      @paullimperis7241 4 года назад +2

      "Some Kind of Wonderful" - the movie he really wanted "Pretty in Pink" to be .....

    • @yankeerepairs
      @yankeerepairs 4 года назад

      @@ameyer1970 the great outdoors....

    • @yankeerepairs
      @yankeerepairs 4 года назад

      @@gregall2178 the great outdoors . .

  • @CyGea
    @CyGea 4 года назад +54

    Breakfast Club is a classic to me, because I was 17 when I watched it at the theater in '85.
    This movie is peak '80s. The music, fashion, and attitude.
    There was a time where I could recite the whole movie, word for word, like they were lyrics to a song.
    I identified with every one of those kids (except Claire, I did want to date her though).
    It's been one of my all-time-favorites ever since.
    Plus, I got high for the first time before seeing it. So...since the girl sitting next to me, had had the same issue earlier, I fell out of my seat laughing during the "Chicks cannot hold their smoke" scene.

  • @turtlejj8024
    @turtlejj8024 4 года назад +73

    Better off dead starring john cusack "i want my two dollars!!!!"
    also after you finished watching all the teen movies of the 80's and early 90;s watch "Not another Teen movie"

    • @sideline5519
      @sideline5519 4 года назад +4

      Damn I love that movie. Way better than Breakfast club.

    • @mrssaremi
      @mrssaremi 4 года назад +7

      I love better off dead

    • @Billis75
      @Billis75 4 года назад +6

      Better Off Dead is always so nostalgic. The school in that movie was my middle school in La Crescenta, CA, and a lot of the other scenes (like the car wash, the car race against Howard Cosell asian guys) is McCambridge Park in Burbank, CA.

    • @joeljodrey5310
      @joeljodrey5310 4 года назад +1

      Yes!!! 👍 ^💛

    • @lafluerpeter9
      @lafluerpeter9 4 года назад +1

      Yes NATM for the detention scene spoof.

  • @herbyragan7801
    @herbyragan7801 4 года назад +54

    Might I recommend “War Games” from that same era. My favorite Ally Sheedy film.

    • @HafdirTasare
      @HafdirTasare 4 года назад +4

      VERY good movie.

    • @johnfriday5169
      @johnfriday5169 4 года назад +5

      Think about how the smartphone your holding has more computing power than the WOPR.

    • @HafdirTasare
      @HafdirTasare 4 года назад +4

      @@johnfriday5169 yup... they got people into space with less computing capacity.

    • @dadoctah
      @dadoctah 4 года назад +4

      And "Short Circuit"!

    • @AlanCanon2222
      @AlanCanon2222 4 года назад +2

      Yes yes yes! Same here, WarGames (1983) holds up way better than any techno-thriller from the era that I can think of. Kick-ass movie with an awesome cast led by Matthew Broderick (in what was probably his first movie).

  • @mikenelson2237
    @mikenelson2237 4 года назад +27

    "eat my shorts" actually pre-dates Breakfast Club by at least a decade. I remember hearing it in the '70s

    • @tsnovak20
      @tsnovak20 4 года назад +5

      Bart Simpson made the line famous

    • @harrymarshall
      @harrymarshall 4 года назад

      @@tsnovak20 no it was George Bush snr

  • @davidr1050
    @davidr1050 3 года назад +2

    11:40 --- This is a callback to the lockers you saw in the beginning.. Benders locker with "open this and die" --- The burnt up locker, etc...

  • @ManicReactions
    @ManicReactions 4 года назад +29

    Okay, right off the start: The movie producers couldn’t find anyone who wanted to record the opening/closing song. Finally they found some group, Simple Minds, who was mortified into doing anything but their own material. Finally, A&M Records convinced them to do it. It became a #1 hit in the US and Canada. It stayed at #1 in the US for three weeks. It’s also the band’s only song that reached the top of the chart. The video has been viewed on RUclips 176 million times.
    “The Brat Pack,” (based on The Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford) originated with The Breakfast Club kids + Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, and Andrew McCarthy, and continued with the same people frequently used in writer/director John Hughes films that dealt so effectively with teen angst. The first, theoretical Brat Pack movies were the outstanding Taps with Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, and George C. Scott, and The Outsiders with Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, C. Thomas Howell, and Ralph Maccio, but most people recognize the Brat Pack films originating with The Breakfast Club.
    The actors went on to real/moderate/MIA success.
    Demi Moore easily had the greatest career of the bunch. She led off with the awful St. Elmo’s Fire (great soundtrack, trash film), but hit huge box office with Ghost and A Few Good Men, among others.
    Rob Lowe’s career was crippled by a sex tape scandal (she was 16, oops), but found later success on television with The West Wing.
    Ally Sheedy did a lot of indie films. Emilio Estevez, son of Martin Sheen and brother of Charlie Sheen, is best known for the Mighty Ducks films.
    Andrew McCarthy appeared in the funny, but critically panned Weekend at Bernie’s. He also starred in one of my favorite films, Year of the Gun (1991) opposite Valeria Golino, Sharon Stone, and John Panko. It was a box office bomb but a profoundly underrated film.
    The assistant principal went on to great roles in Trading Places and Die Hard.
    In the end, The Breakfast Club was a massive hit grossing $51 million worldwide on a $1 million budget.
    Love your content!!! If you’re looking for the next Mel Brooks film, try Young Frankenstein.

    • @ameyer1970
      @ameyer1970 4 года назад +5

      Demi Moore was not in the breakfast club, Molly Ringwald was.

    • @gregall2178
      @gregall2178 4 года назад +2

      ...and you didn't name the band.... Simple Minds.... While they may not have hit the top 40 pop charts, they did produce many good songs. I heard them often on the 'alternative' station I used to listen to in the L.A. area, KROQ.

    • @ManicReactions
      @ManicReactions 4 года назад +1

      Al Meyer Yes, but she was in the John Hughes films No Small Affair, St. Elmo’s Fire, and About Last Night.

    • @ManicReactions
      @ManicReactions 4 года назад +1

      Greg All Thanks!

    • @alhollywood6486
      @alhollywood6486 4 года назад +1

      Clarence Beeks!

  • @guarddog318
    @guarddog318 4 года назад +51

    If you liked Ally Sheedy (Allison) in this one, give "Short Circuit" from 1986 a try sometime.
    It's a comedy about a military robot that becomes sentient.

    • @kharilane1340
      @kharilane1340 4 года назад +2

      I second that. " Number 5 is alive!!!"

    • @Jaserocks2
      @Jaserocks2 4 года назад +1

      Both movies were fun

    • @firstenforemost
      @firstenforemost 4 года назад +3

      Short Circuit! Total 80s classic.

    • @jeffshirton7234
      @jeffshirton7234 4 года назад

      "You can say that two times!" -- Ben (Fisher Stevens)

    • @OgreProgrammer
      @OgreProgrammer 4 года назад +1

      "Nice software Stephanie!"

  • @jimsterrett8214
    @jimsterrett8214 4 года назад +41

    "Young Frankenstein" by Mel Brooks. The last Hollywood black-and-white movie, and perhaps the funniest movie of all time.

    • @antoniobennett9167
      @antoniobennett9167 4 года назад

      Not quite. Under the Cherry Moon came later.

    • @justaguy2365
      @justaguy2365 4 года назад +7

      Not exactly the last black and white movie... Ed Wood, Schindlers list, The Artist...

    • @sobrietyisoverrated
      @sobrietyisoverrated 4 года назад

      Indeed. Watched it last night.

    • @stevemorganexperience7833
      @stevemorganexperience7833 4 года назад +2

      Antonio Bennett sin city

    • @gholwiih
      @gholwiih 4 года назад +1

      Huh? "The Lighthouse" literally just came out last year.

  • @shut_up_james
    @shut_up_james 3 года назад +7

    Hahaha I already loved this reaction but the “dont start your bullshit, beans” killed me 🤣🤣🤣

  • @TwistedSither
    @TwistedSither 4 года назад +49

    You really need to watch Heathers, starring Wynnona Rider and Christian Slater. Classic dark comedy.
    Spooky movie suggestions: The Howling, An American Werewolf in London, Halloween, Fright Night, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, From Dusk 'til Dawn, Night of the Living Dead.

    • @johnkominar8417
      @johnkominar8417 4 года назад +2

      Wynnona Rider marathon !!!!

    • @stillhuntre55
      @stillhuntre55 4 года назад +3

      Heathers is a fantastic movie! The orig with Winona. I heard they remade it? -ugh-

    • @duckrutt
      @duckrutt 4 года назад +3

      You sure it was Christian Slater and not Jack Nicholson?

    • @TwistedSither
      @TwistedSither 4 года назад +1

      @@duckrutt I thought the very same thing, the first few times I watched it.

    • @duckrutt
      @duckrutt 4 года назад +2

      @@TwistedSither It was an...interesting acting choice. I could probably search for who's idea it was but I'm willing to have a few mysteries in my life.

  • @RevDrKillJoy
    @RevDrKillJoy 4 года назад +27

    Oo, "American Werewolf In London" for October.

  • @christopherbacon1077
    @christopherbacon1077 4 года назад +36

    For the remainder of September, one Mel Brooks and one John Hughes:
    _Young Frankenstein_ and _Ferris Bueller's Day Off_
    For October: _Poltergeist_ and then climb on the Tim Burton train baby!
    _Beetlejuice_
    _Edward Scissorhands_
    And to finish off:
    _A Nightmare Before Christmas_

  • @Hawk170122
    @Hawk170122 4 года назад +15

    Years ago there were matches with a white tip that were extremely sensitive. Could light it on almost anything. They got rid of them because they were extreme fire risks!!

    • @rmhartman
      @rmhartman 2 года назад +1

      we would throw them at the sidewalk to light them

  • @daniellanctot6548
    @daniellanctot6548 4 года назад +34

    Next Mel Brooks film has to be: Young Frankenstein!
    Scary movies for October: An American Werewolf in London; The Gate, Ginger Snaps, Jeepers Creepers, the Lost Boys, Saw.
    And, just for good measure: Labyrinth; Scott Pilgrim vs. the World; Starship TrooperOliver Stone’s JFK.

    • @awkwardashleigh
      @awkwardashleigh  4 года назад +12

      YF is coming! :)

    • @xavvi
      @xavvi 4 года назад +1

      @@awkwardashleigh Young Frankenstein is the greatest comedy in human history. Gene Wilder's faces alone do it.

    • @MpowerdAPE
      @MpowerdAPE 4 года назад +3

      You want her to watch "Labyrinth"...? Do you think she can handle the "unit" on that guy...?

    • @tltatt
      @tltatt 4 года назад +1

      @@awkwardashleigh I still think watching Young Frankenstein before seeing the 1930s Frankenstein movies is like watching Spaceballs before seeing the original Star Wars movies. Still funny but even better if you know what is being spoofed. You don't need to do reaction videos for those Frankenstein films but I hope you see them first (and why not do a reaction video, maybe all 3 in one video, if you do?)

    • @Alexeya13
      @Alexeya13 4 года назад +1

      @@MpowerdAPE I miss David Bowie.

  • @mattihelin5101
    @mattihelin5101 4 года назад +43

    Blues Brothers ftw! So funny and filled with great music. And maybe some car chases. You won't be disappointed!

    • @antoniobennett9167
      @antoniobennett9167 4 года назад +1

      My favorite musical comedy!

    • @JozeeWalz
      @JozeeWalz 4 года назад

      She should watch at least one SNL shot of them first for a little background, or she'll be like "who are these dorks??"

  • @wildoneizzy
    @wildoneizzy 4 года назад +30

    For October: Rocky Horror Picture Show (not the remake though!)

    • @GD-tt6hl
      @GD-tt6hl 4 года назад +1

      I am the straightest 44 yr old white boy from inner city Philadelphia, but I cannot express how much I love Rocky Horror.

    • @JTheTeach
      @JTheTeach 4 года назад +3

      holy god I don't think she's ready for that one lol

    • @rukh03
      @rukh03 4 года назад +1

      Yes! I mean, yes to anything Tim Curry, but especially this!

    • @wildoneizzy
      @wildoneizzy 4 года назад

      @trha2222 I may check that out myself if I can find it. The trailer makes it look good at least. But I was trying to fit the Halloween vibe when I suggested this for October.

    • @Paldasan
      @Paldasan 4 года назад

      As part of a Science Fiction double feature?

  • @professorr1822
    @professorr1822 4 года назад +47

    Ashleigh... I do really enjoy your uploads, but this was a true millennial reaction to a movie that really did mean a lot to a lot of people. Not roasting you, there are many reason why this film would not hold up to a younger audience. Maybe it was the lack of cell phones, computers, or just the fact that there was a time when you couldn't tune out people you didn't like. If you were stuck somewhere with someone you had to talk and spend time and get to know them. That is something that might be lost on people today who can escape in a number of different ways. Still, great watch, and keep it up.

    • @keetahbrough
      @keetahbrough 4 года назад +7

      I have a millennial brother while I’m gen xer and ya ashleighs response was textbook millennial lol 😆 🥰

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 3 года назад +1

      "a movie that really did mean a lot to a lot of people" -- so what? It means a lot to people who saw it as kids. Most people seem unable to re-evaluate the stuff they loved as kids. That's why we keep getting big dumb movies based on bad kids' cartoons.

    • @lindsayersek7048
      @lindsayersek7048 3 года назад +1

      I’m Gen Z and I love this movie, some people just have other opinions.

    • @kerrbear1980
      @kerrbear1980 3 года назад +2

      In her defense, she admittedly didnt have this type of school experience. This movie is timeless, regardless of your generation classification, the problems are still the same. Minus COVID

    • @BoredMarcus
      @BoredMarcus 3 года назад +5

      ​@@ThreadBomb Nahh, you completely miss the point! I think I know what you mean and yes, there are a lot of movies/shows that are loved purely out of nostalgia but actually done nothing special. You're right, if re-evaluated many don't hold up.
      But there are films that were crucial at the time, they did something new or revolutionary. Naturally years later you may not understand why it meant a lot to people, but sometimes it is more than just nostalgia. I absolutely think this is one of these films, because it was groundbreaking at the time to openly show psychological problems teens go through. Ashleigh recognizes that it's good it's shown in the film but doesn't understand how different this was. Because when I scroll through my IG feed every second post is about psychological issues, body positivity, be yourself, don't let others drag you down blablabla... There was NOTHING like this back then. No one talked about that, you had NO ONE to go to when you had issues at home and you felt you are the only one to have those. This is hard to understand today, because it is discussed on a daily basis on the internet, and that's why Ashleigh don't understands it's special. Going to therapy was for crazy people, no one would admit that they do that. Teenage problems were attributed to 'hormones' and not taken seriously. That has changed a lot since then and I truly think that films like this did their share to change that culture. I think it's important to ask WHY did it mean a lot to people and do these reasons still hold up. And in this case they absolutely do!

  • @mickeyrube6623
    @mickeyrube6623 4 года назад +32

    1:23 “It’s in the 80’s so I don’t think brunch was as big a deal back then...”
    Pretty sure it was a way bigger deal back then...

    • @kieralinn
      @kieralinn 4 года назад

      No it really wasn't, speaking as a teen in the 80's.

    • @patrickholt2270
      @patrickholt2270 4 года назад +1

      There was much less eating out. People ate 90% home cooked meals, outside of school lunches.

    • @sassmacfru
      @sassmacfru 4 года назад

      @@patrickholt2270 I think it depended on the family. while my mom cooked a lot, but we also ate out a lot. my dad felt it helped with business to be seen in the community and my mother was a social butterfly.

    • @patrickholt2270
      @patrickholt2270 4 года назад

      @@sassmacfru So you were in the 10% of abnormal who could afford to and/or had career reasons to eat out more often. Disposable income for not eating at home was tighter all round, just because of changes in standards of living over time.

    • @hv3926
      @hv3926 4 года назад +3

      Brunch massive back then esp Sundays.

  • @amysilknitter8928
    @amysilknitter8928 4 года назад +18

    I graduated in a class of 447. And yes, there were absolutely these social groups. For. Sure. Band nerd is the only one missing. (Which was me). Edited to add class of 96.

    • @brianb8060
      @brianb8060 4 года назад +1

      Class of 1998. About 450 students. I was a JROTC guy.

    • @watkinry
      @watkinry 4 года назад +1

      Class of '95 with 400 something- I was on the academic team. I guess the whole clique thing breaks down when you have a class of 53.

    • @BOBDOLEATEMYSOUL
      @BOBDOLEATEMYSOUL 4 года назад +1

      My graduating class was over 900 students, the student body was somewhere around 2300 students. The school was 2 stories with an elevator but an open air campus because it’s California. The lockers were ripped out in the 90’s.

    • @WhereWhatHuh
      @WhereWhatHuh 4 года назад +1

      Add Drama Nerd, a group that I got pulled into even though I only took Drama one year (I was exceptionally good at it). Also electronics / chess nerds, another distinct subculture, and car nerds. I was on the fringes of a lot of nerd groups, now that I think about it...

    • @BoudiccasGhost
      @BoudiccasGhost 4 года назад

      Class of '93... graduating size over 350- theatre geek and Stoner. Our parties were epic and super inclusive of a bunch of cliques.

  • @jimhashbrowns3874
    @jimhashbrowns3874 4 года назад +44

    Last one for September should be Young Frankenstein. And sometime in October you should watch An American Werewolf in London. I think you'll dig both.

    • @B1GG1N
      @B1GG1N 4 года назад +3

      An American Werewolf in London (1981) is an excellent choice.

    • @joshhewitt105
      @joshhewitt105 4 года назад +2

      Jim Hashbrowns, oh god yes, I forgot about “American Werewolf In London”, brilliant film, groundbreaking graphics and makeup in it’s day.

    • @williamvesey3679
      @williamvesey3679 4 года назад +2

      Young Frankenstein

    • @wynnyx7071
      @wynnyx7071 4 года назад

      Young Frankenstein is a Mel Brooks movie too. Only 1 musical number. Gene Wilder sings.

    • @jamesricker3997
      @jamesricker3997 4 года назад

      Don't forget Hocus Pocus.
      But that's a staple on the Disney channel around October so she has probably seen it

  • @the9-2-5outlawdoestech9
    @the9-2-5outlawdoestech9 4 года назад +17

    Don’t you forget about me, a song by the British band “Simple Minds”.

  • @Lpace3
    @Lpace3 4 года назад +13

    "Really dodged a bullet on that one."
    I don't think I have ever stabbed the like button so quickly before.

    • @awkwardashleigh
      @awkwardashleigh  4 года назад

      HAHAHAAHAHAAH THank you!!!!!

    • @kb9whf
      @kb9whf 4 года назад

      I did the same thing. Instant like for the Lennon joke

  • @jonk9041
    @jonk9041 4 года назад +37

    For a more fast-paced John Hughes movie you might like more, the movie, "Weird Science"

    • @timrazik
      @timrazik 4 года назад +1

      Yes... this is a good one!

    • @nicholasmaude6906
      @nicholasmaude6906 4 года назад

      Back when Kelly LeBroc was smoking hot.

  • @keyman6689
    @keyman6689 4 года назад +14

    Reserve this John Hughes for Thanksgiving: Planes, Trains and Automobiles! Must, must-see!

    • @rebeccarockchik6704
      @rebeccarockchik6704 4 года назад

      Yess!!! Hilarious! 😆

    • @JozeeWalz
      @JozeeWalz 4 года назад +2

      Those aren't pillows.

    • @jfice76
      @jfice76 4 года назад +1

      “ how are those Bears doing, what a great team..”

  • @VERITAS-eh3pp
    @VERITAS-eh3pp 4 года назад +8

    If you can't believe they filmed a whole movie in a library I can't wait until you see 12 angry men.

  • @jacobdavidlet
    @jacobdavidlet 4 года назад +28

    This is decently accurate to my highschool experience. This might not have hooked you because it was so different from yours, both because of when, and because of how small your school was.

    • @AlanCanon2222
      @AlanCanon2222 4 года назад

      I also went to a small school (The Brown School in Louisville, a public school that was "whole brain" oriented, and K-12 combined to build intergenerational continuity) when The Breakfast Club came out and had the same reaction to the gigantic school in the movie that Ashleigh did today. (We had 600 students in 12 grades and my graduating class was 42). There were things about the movie I liked, but the setting felt foreign to me at the time. Later one of my first true loves was a lookalike to Ally Sheedy in the first part of this movie (I know, lucky me!) to the point that her little boy pointed to the picture of Sheedy on the Breakfast Club soundtrack album cover and exclaimed, "MOMMY!"

  • @MrZampanov
    @MrZampanov 4 года назад +10

    I think this movie is relatively accurate to the high school experience in large schools. Cliques form and separate the student body often, and while they may not always be as stark as this portrayed (there's usually a bit more overlap in any community) it does the experience justice. And like others have said, this came out in the 80s where a large portion of the population thought maybe they were the only people that felt pressured or marginalized by social forces and home life issues.
    It's not the first piece of media to tackle topics like this, but it was a big one at the time and got a lot of conversations started. And it was fun.

  • @josephkunkle2559
    @josephkunkle2559 4 года назад +82

    Try the movie "Labyrinth". You won't regret it .

  • @soupsoup1031
    @soupsoup1031 4 года назад +28

    Its a classic because we were the first to put all “that” on the table to look at and examine.

  • @stonecoldku4161
    @stonecoldku4161 4 года назад +59

    "When I was a kid I wanted to be John Lennon"
    "Really dodged a bullet on that one."
    That was terrible...
    Funny though.

    • @ricksgamemisc10
      @ricksgamemisc10 4 года назад +3

      Literally paused to come down here looking at the comments haha. She said it and I was "WHOA! Oh .. wow..."

    • @caneman26
      @caneman26 4 года назад +2

      I laughed at her comment.. dodge a bullet

    • @svenidol
      @svenidol 4 года назад +2

      "That was terribl..........y funny."

    • @kilspree
      @kilspree 4 года назад

      It was funny pick up on the line...

  • @lazerx1828
    @lazerx1828 4 года назад +26

    *ST ELMO'S FIRE* is another "Brat Pack" movie, starring some of the cast in Breakfast Club, it's another one that defined the generation. It dealt with people in their mid-twenties (like you!)

    • @donovanmedieval
      @donovanmedieval 4 года назад

      They graduate Georgetown University in October; or maybe it's perpetually October on the campus, no matter what time of year it is in the rest of the Northern Hemisphere.

    • @eeduranti
      @eeduranti 4 года назад +3

      I know it's not technically true but i always feel like it is a sequel to this movie.

    • @dillonlexington
      @dillonlexington 4 года назад

      and it had a kick ass song

  • @belpop
    @belpop 4 года назад +13

    “Everyone’s fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” As a huge lover of Skam and its remakes, I’m deep in my feels now.

  • @iChristyD
    @iChristyD 3 года назад +1

    I raised my millennial daughter on all these movies you’ve been watching. We both first watched your Steel Magnolias video and then decided to watch more of your videos. She couldn’t believe you hadn’t seen any of these lol. We live in Alabama, so we get all your southern speak etc… I do like your channel so far.

  • @RedDawnRocker
    @RedDawnRocker 4 года назад +14

    Ashleigh, Molly Ringwald played Claire. Among teens she was the biggest thing in Hollywood and Ally Sheedy (our resident kleptomaniac in the movie) was #2. Every high school boy and quite a few of the girls in my school wanted to date one or both of them lol. The jock was played by Emilio Estevez. Emilio is actually the Brother of Charlie Sheen (aka Carlos Estevez) from 2 and 1/2 Men.
    I honestly think it's a case where you would've connected more with this movie if you saw it while you were still in school. It's sometimes hard for adults to really relate to teen dramedies since they're being written with teens as a target audience. When we saw this in the cinema, we had just moved from a 3-story HS to a single-story one. Every one of those kids was pretty much a real kid in our school. My main friends either fell into the nerd group or the burnout group but I had friends in pretty much all the cliques. The problem is most of those cliques clashed pretty badly which is why to many of us the movie had a special place in our hearts. The wishful thinking that everyone could learn to get along.
    What you may have an easier, more fun time with would probably be Grosse Pointe Blank with John Cusack, Minnie Driver and Dan Ackroyd. It's both a rom-com and a dark comedy. I won't spoil what it's about due to it being a truly fun discovery indeed.

  • @Pfanta76
    @Pfanta76 4 года назад +40

    please, please, pretty please: Planes, Trains & Automobiles. (Steve Martin and John Candy who is terribly missed; it's a John Huges movie .... and why not Three Amigos, bet that would be right up yr alley

    • @williambevins
      @williambevins 4 года назад +5

      This movie should be considered a Thanksgiving classic. Very funny and very touching.

    • @Hornsfan64
      @Hornsfan64 4 года назад +3

      Based on her previous reviews, she’d get a kick out of the Chevy Chase films... Fletch, Funny Farm, and Spies Like Us.

    • @RandomPau
      @RandomPau 4 года назад +1

      @@Hornsfan64 ....and probably the National Lampoon Chevy Chase ones.

    • @Pfanta76
      @Pfanta76 4 года назад +1

      @@Hornsfan64 Just thinkin about the whole Vacation movies ... :D, the girl will go crazy asf

    • @PogueMahone1
      @PogueMahone1 4 года назад

      Actually, if she's going to get acquainted with movies with SNL stars, she should start at the beginning.
      IMHO, the very beginning would be "Animal House" (1978) with John Belushi. Best campus comedy ever (until maybe "Revenge of the Nerds") and essential viewing.
      However many would say it was the 1980 films "The Blues Brothers" (Belushi/ Dan Aykroyd) and "Caddyshack" (Chevy Chase/Bill Murray featuring the late, great Rodney Dangerfield).

  • @nessaarandur7740
    @nessaarandur7740 4 года назад +13

    A spooky movie which also stars Michael J. Fox is The Frighteners. Recommended.

  • @Thespian6969
    @Thespian6969 3 года назад +1

    We showed this to our girls when they were in high school. They initially made some snarky comments about how it "looked" like an 80s movie. Within 20 minutes they stopped making comments and by the end, they had become fully invested. They go to a large high school, as I did when I was a teenager (we had 700 in our graduating class; that was after dropouts) and they said that the cliques were called by different names, but were still identifiable. That may have accounted for your lukewarm commentary at the end. It's a seminal movie that not only capture the angst of teens to a tee, those challenges and difficulties still exist today.

  • @paullimperis7241
    @paullimperis7241 4 года назад +54

    "Say Anything"
    "Stand by Me"
    "The Lost Boys"
    "Grosse Pointe Blank"
    "My Own Private Idaho" (maybe a bit too out there for you).
    "River's Edge" (based on real events, which is even more messed up. Probably a bit even further too out there for you)
    For those who didn't find "The Breakfast Club" funny enough, dark comedy isn't generally "Airplane!" funny. These fall in that same vein, with the possible exception of "The Lost Boys". "River's Edge" is purely drama, very disturbing, and not for the faint of heart. On second thought, you may want to watch this privately (if you wish to see it at all) rather than react for everyone to see.

    • @m34tba11
      @m34tba11 4 года назад +2

      Oh hell yah, she keeps saying "spooky movies for October" Lost Boys for sure!

    • @adnap
      @adnap 4 года назад +1

      4/6 👍

    • @iChristyD
      @iChristyD 3 года назад +1

      My Own Private Idaho is such a good movie.

    • @MrVvulf
      @MrVvulf 3 года назад +1

      "Say Anything" had one of the greatest scenes in teen cinema:
      John Cusack - "Well, if you guys know so much about girls, why are you sitting in the parking lot of a Gas n Sip on a Saturday night?"
      .... long pause as the boys contemplate a reply.....
      "Choice man. Conscious choice".

  • @peterschmidt4348
    @peterschmidt4348 4 года назад +26

    LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986) would be a good (and fun) movie for Halloween !

    • @timhonigs6859
      @timhonigs6859 4 года назад +1

      Still, for me, one of the best musicals....kudos for this suggestion

    • @TomVCunningham
      @TomVCunningham 4 года назад

      She should watch the director's cut.

    • @Cwmwd24
      @Cwmwd24 4 года назад

      Or the 1960 original featuring a young Jack Nicholson...

    • @Cwmwd24
      @Cwmwd24 4 года назад

      How about The Shining for Halloween, start of a Kubrik series?

  • @AlanCanon2222
    @AlanCanon2222 4 года назад +10

    Another for your list, that I bet I'll get some likes on: Real Genius (1985) which is Val Kilmer's first movie. Michelle Meyrink (who plays Jordan, a character who became an instant geek girl heartthrob to my generation). She doesn't act anymore because she became a Zen Buddhist master. If you've seen GhostBusters, you'll recognize William Atherton as the asshole graduate advisor to Val Kilmer. It's also one of those rare films of the period directed by Martha Coolidge, who directed "Valley Girl", which was Nicholas Cage's first movie. Real Genius is just packed with clever moments, and also inspired a generation of nerds to take up laser physics when they got to college, like me.

  • @biguy617
    @biguy617 7 месяцев назад +1

    I met Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson and Anthony Michael Hall at comic con. Haven’t met Emilio yet though.

  • @tmdrdd
    @tmdrdd 4 года назад +49

    For October
    "Rocky Horror Picture Show"

    • @CyGea
      @CyGea 4 года назад +5

      The first time experiencing Rocky Horror, needs to be a midnight show, with an audience.

  • @michaelmcfarland1716
    @michaelmcfarland1716 4 года назад +66

    "dodged a bullet"? Hahahaha. Glad you know some music history luv

    • @awkwardashleigh
      @awkwardashleigh  4 года назад +11

      I work in radio - so I know a lot about music! :)

    • @chrisformby3039
      @chrisformby3039 4 года назад +7

      @@awkwardashleigh Marc Bolan's last hit was a tree.😊

    • @ZzCanonBull
      @ZzCanonBull 4 года назад +1

      @@chrisformby3039 funny...so was Sonny Bono's

    • @jamesmaclennan4525
      @jamesmaclennan4525 4 года назад +1

      @@chrisformby3039 and Michael Jacksons last words were "OWWWWW!"

    • @edcampion3998
      @edcampion3998 4 года назад

      Ashleigh this is a certified classic 👏 great review

  • @danielshea518
    @danielshea518 4 года назад +26

    If you are going to begin a John Hughes list, "Sixteeen Candles" MUST be next!

    • @kylejde
      @kylejde 4 года назад +2

      NOT AT ALL- the movie translates so bad to madern day ....he sells his GF to the nerd for a sophmore girls underware!!!! and the gong everytime the asian characters name is said...wow so many problems

    • @dawggirl
      @dawggirl 4 года назад

      @@kylejde Yeah, it definitely didn't age well. Racist and rapey.

    • @Shimmy22
      @Shimmy22 4 года назад +1

      The only good John Hughes movies are all named Home Alone.

    • @gregall2178
      @gregall2178 4 года назад

      My recommendation for next John Hughes would be "Uncle Buck"

  • @StarryRoses
    @StarryRoses 2 года назад

    This was so cute! I never went back and watched your older classic stuff but insomnia tonight and guess what RUclips recommended? You're worth staying up for!

  • @johnmccullough6540
    @johnmccullough6540 4 года назад +35

    Spooky suggestion “The Thing” with Kurt Russell.

    • @awkwardashleigh
      @awkwardashleigh  4 года назад +18

      It's coming! :)

    • @malagastehlaate230
      @malagastehlaate230 4 года назад +2

      Amazing movie... One of my favorites... Love Kurt Russell...

    • @MravacKid
      @MravacKid 4 года назад +1

      I can't wait until she gets on the Kurt Russell binge, so many legendary action movies there... The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from New York, Stargate... and that's without even going to his Disney period as a teen :)

    • @johnmccullough6540
      @johnmccullough6540 4 года назад

      MravacKid Don’t forget about Overboard with Goldie Hawn.

    • @jobrimar8291
      @jobrimar8291 4 года назад

      @@MravacKid good calls there, some excellent movies, with the added bonus of john carpenters soundtrack work.

  • @csrhymer
    @csrhymer 4 года назад +37

    "Did he just light that with his ... tooth? Can you do that?" Back in the day, yes ... "strike anywhere" matches were usually associated with camping and cookouts. Wooden matchsticks with a large amount of match head and a glob of white phosphorous striking material on the tip. True to their name, you could literally strike them anywhere - a brick, a zipper, tough guys in movie would strike on another guy's face that had 3 or 4 days worth of beard stubble ... They were discontinued in the 1990's for safety reasons ... a real shame.

    • @aarons4376
      @aarons4376 4 года назад +5

      You can still buy them. Diamond makes a green tip strike anywhere match.

    • @jeffcalkins85
      @jeffcalkins85 4 года назад +2

      Ohio Blue Tips!

    • @MessOfThings
      @MessOfThings 4 года назад +1

      You can still buy strike anywhere matches. They might not be in your regular store but maybe in the hardware store or something

    • @BrokeBoy912
      @BrokeBoy912 4 года назад

      When my grandpa was little he had some in his back pocket when my great grandfather spanked him they lit up funny story.

    • @erinhaury5773
      @erinhaury5773 4 года назад

      Any camping/outdoor store will sell strike-anywhere matches. I have, like... six boxes sitting in my camping kit.

  • @davidbailey6397
    @davidbailey6397 4 года назад +9

    Takes a break from comedy: watches Breakfast Club.😂

    • @Leon-wz1js
      @Leon-wz1js 4 года назад

      I was going to mention that as well. heh heh

  • @charlesvincent4127
    @charlesvincent4127 4 года назад +8

    Depends on the "devils" lettuce you smoke, Indica is a couch lock kind of plant and Sativa is more of a energy kind of plant, but as with any narcotic results may vary per individual.

  • @hankkonstanty7138
    @hankkonstanty7138 4 года назад +63

    I'll throw out a couple comedies: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, My Cousin Vinny

    • @pamosborn1956
      @pamosborn1956 4 года назад +2

      Love Both of those!!!

    • @zom8979
      @zom8979 4 года назад +4

      Love Vinny, and I and to your list with clue

    • @Godless_Guru
      @Godless_Guru 4 года назад

      Good choices! 👌✌️🤘🖖

    • @kennethhall289
      @kennethhall289 4 года назад

      “San Dimas High Football Rules!” Vs “Did you say 2 Utes, what’s a Ute?”

  • @paulfeist
    @paulfeist 4 года назад +15

    *cough-cough* John Carpenters "The Thing" *cough-cough* And, this movie's popularity was mostly because it was one of the first movies to take teenage angst, and bad home lives, somewhat seriously. That wasn't a thing before this movie, and it was after.

    • @James_Loveless
      @James_Loveless 4 года назад

      She should do a John Carpenter marathon
      Christine
      They Live
      The Thing

  • @STDanny0018
    @STDanny0018 4 года назад +9

    Really enjoyed this reaction, I feel that the moral of the story is how stereotypes within school really do dictate how teens are perceived by elders, by each other, but deep down everyone is the same when you take people out of their stereotyes. let me know if you think I'm wrong but thats what I took away from this fantastic movie, also if we are going down the 80s rat pack movies I wanna put forward
    Footloose
    And I don't mean the shitty remake I mean the 80s classic with Kevin bacon 😄 keep up the great work and lookobg forward to next Monday take care

  • @the9-2-5outlawdoestech9
    @the9-2-5outlawdoestech9 4 года назад +2

    I’m glad you’re taking stock and watching these classic movies back in the 80s. Enjoy, kid! It’s so funny that they cast nearly 20 somethings to play teenagers in these movies.

  • @coolhive2941
    @coolhive2941 4 года назад +12

    I won’t roast you. I love this movie. Those actors were my peers cuz I’m now old, so this movie was always dear to me because it was so realistic.
    But I will wilt your lilies by telling you my graduating class was 2,000 seniors and took all day in the hot Texas sun. My parents left before my name was called because our last name starts with S. So yeah, high school sucked. This film had hope to it that was rare back then. I also related so much because I was an amalgamation of all these characters. I never fit in one click, though. I was the outcast but in the honor society, I was a a gay nerd with stoner heavy metal friends. I listened to Madonna AND Motley Crue. Nobody knew what to do with me and neither did I. I loved every kid in this movie.

    • @whiterabbit75
      @whiterabbit75 4 года назад +1

      I feel yah. I had friends in every clique, but the rappers and jocks. I was mostly an art/band nerd myself, but I counted metalheads, goths, general nerds, and computer geeks among them.

    • @coolhive2941
      @coolhive2941 4 года назад

      Robin autocorrect got the best of me. Apologies.

  • @419Films
    @419Films 4 года назад +42

    Two of my favourite pieces of _TBC_ trivia:
    1) Anthony Michael Hall's character's mother and sister were played by Anthony Michael Hall's mother and sister.
    2) Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald were the only two that were actually in high school at the time.

    • @train5974
      @train5974 4 года назад +7

      And John Hughes picked him up as his father at the end.

    • @howardjones695
      @howardjones695 3 года назад +7

      two more:
      1) the actors rehearsed for quite a long time together before they started shooting it.
      2) it was shot in chronological sequence

    • @JPDillon
      @JPDillon 3 года назад +7

      My favorite Breakfast Club trivia: The license plate Brian's (the nerd) mom's car is "EMC2".

    • @415Dynamite
      @415Dynamite 3 года назад +3

      Another one is in 2001 the film "not another teen movie" came out and they did the whole detention scene and Paul Gleason reprised the role of the teacher to basically make fun of the character he played.

    • @schapman411
      @schapman411 Год назад +2

      You might like the book "You Couldn't Ignore Me If you Tried" by Susannah Gore

  • @mikepalmer7620
    @mikepalmer7620 4 года назад +10

    Holy hell, Friends is the Breakfast Club serialized for television. You just explained the 90's.

  • @xstatixtribalelectronicmus2787
    @xstatixtribalelectronicmus2787 4 года назад

    I love your outlook on life and your ability to recognize how everybody fights their own battles. We need more RUclipsrs like you spreading that kind of message because it’s significantly important especially right now.🙂

  • @railroadtube
    @railroadtube 4 года назад +7

    "So this where that from" - excellent editing with inserting the scene from The Office. Rewatched you saying that a few times :)

    • @awkwardashleigh
      @awkwardashleigh  4 года назад +2

      HAHAAHAH Thank youuu. I'm glad you can appreciate that.

  • @hanng1242
    @hanng1242 4 года назад +8

    My high school had 4 buildings, w/ 2 cafeterias, a theater w/ an orchestra pit, and a football stadium. My graduating class was about 750 students.

    • @SarahRichardsGraba
      @SarahRichardsGraba 4 года назад

      Yep, same here... Those high school experiences do exist haha. To answer your question Ashleigh, my graduating class was about 500. We had a two story building plus a bunch of out-buildings (mobile homes) since we didn't have enough classrooms in the main building. 2 cafeterias, a huge gym that included a rock climbing wall, tennis courts, football stadium, and auditorium with orchestra pit and tech booth. My junior year they finished construction on a new high school, so a fair amount of students transferred to the new school, so our graduating class probably would've been bigger if not for that. There were some cliques for sure but probably not as rigid as is portrayed in high school movies. I was a band nerd but had friends who were jocks, science fair geeks, goths/ravers (it was the late nineties/early 2000s 😂), etc. But the school was so big it was impossible to know everyone. I've even met people at our high school reunions who I never met during school and we're now friends lol.

    • @awkwardashleigh
      @awkwardashleigh  4 года назад +4

      jesus christ.

    • @WhereWhatHuh
      @WhereWhatHuh 4 года назад

      @@awkwardashleigh Actually, His graduating class was exceptionally small.

  • @ListerDavid
    @ListerDavid 4 года назад +76

    A movie that may be worth your time is “Clue” staring Tim Curry, It’s based on the board game of the same name.

    • @ListerDavid
      @ListerDavid 4 года назад

      GozerTheTraveller if you are asking, Yes I am a God.

    • @CoolEnginesChristytrekkie
      @CoolEnginesChristytrekkie 4 года назад +3

      Clue I love that movie

    • @O_Towne_Bear
      @O_Towne_Bear 4 года назад +3

      "It's like flames...FLAMES..."

    • @jamesbown8948
      @jamesbown8948 4 года назад

      The games called cluedo int it?

    • @ListerDavid
      @ListerDavid 4 года назад

      @@jamesbown8948 in the uk it is yes but the US call it Clue.

  • @ChrisDogan
    @ChrisDogan 2 года назад

    so i normally watch your channel, i've seen all of your marvel stuff so imagine my surprise when i did a search for breakfast club reactions and yours popped up! You've come so far! Congrats to you and your channel and the new move!

  • @tdrewman
    @tdrewman 4 года назад +25

    Micheal Anthony Halls character said his girl friend lives in Canada, the next movie he is in Weird Science, Halls character says the same thing about his girl friend living in Canada. You watch Weird Science next..

    • @MrDarkwing78
      @MrDarkwing78 4 года назад +3

      Anthony Michael Hall, actually, but HELL YEAH!

    • @tdrewman
      @tdrewman 4 года назад +1

      @@MrDarkwing78 opps

    • @jimhashbrowns3874
      @jimhashbrowns3874 4 года назад +1

      Sixteen candles was before weird science though....

    • @clarissathompson
      @clarissathompson 4 года назад +2

      One of the things that I love about Weird Science is it's example of the differences between teen girl fashion and women's fashion. Look at Kelly LeBrock's wardrobe in this film compared to the girls. Back when grown women didn't try to look like teens and teen girls didn't try to look like a grown woman. Seriously, if you were dressed like a grown woman when you were in high school, you would be ridiculed mercilessly for being so "fake" lol!

    • @clarissathompson
      @clarissathompson 4 года назад

      André Raymond Lol, so true. In BC teens would either have a “girlfriend/boyfriend” in Ontario or the States.😂

  • @flickerman68
    @flickerman68 4 года назад +12

    Look up The Brat Pack.
    As far as hype remember this is the early 80's long before home computers, cellphones and social media. Even cable tv and VCRS had not reach saturation. Teenage life today is shared instantaneously so you know everything about everyone who shares right at that very moment. Back then this was truly the first film that spoke directly to teenagers about teenagers on a great scale. You could react to The Outsiders, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Buellers Day Off(can't stand it but it's probably the second biggest teen movie of the 80's), Pretty In Pink and Porky's(don't know how much of that you could actually show but..)

  • @johnfothergill1581
    @johnfothergill1581 4 года назад +4

    This movie was a big part of me growing up and a hit on both sides of the pond.5/5 for me.You have to watch "Ferris Buellers day off",a classic John Hughes comedy and another massive hit here in the UK and in the US.

  • @TheAstilesus
    @TheAstilesus 4 года назад +1

    First saw this my freshman year of college at the student union. It was so applicable to high school in the 80s. If you had been a teenager in the 80s, you would have felt the power of this movie. Expecting you to get the relevance is like expecting someone who grew up in our time to understand the relevance of Blackboard Jungle. I'm just glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for taking us down memory lane.