And the school giving the detention gets slammed with an “abuse” charge by confiscating the students phones and other means of internet access I mean it’s supposed to be a punishment yeah...?
36 years later, and this movie still holds up splendidly. The problem that the teens go through are still relatable to contemporary teenagers, and the chemistry between the five leads is superb! 😍
I haven't been in a highschool in 40 years but have seen enough photos and movies etc shot in them, they haven't changed a bit. I mean, obviously the people who designed and build highschools forgot what it was like going to one.
@@newclothes8165 As someone that spent all of his teens in the 1980s, this is my third favorite movie. My first is Beetlejuice and my second is Full Metal Jacket. I suggest you sit down with popcorn and a drink and watch each through.
@@johnphantom I will watch this one day as it is so important to the 80's genre of movies. At the time I was 13 when it came out and a black kid who felt the content didn't relate to me. Just didnt seem like something I would care for but being older now and more open minded. I think I will like it.
@@newclothes8165 Yeah there can be cultural differences, and they didn't give anything practically to the minorities for TV back then. I'll be honest with you, and I am not saying this because you said you were black we decided this yesterday with all the ads on TV, but I have gone to the theater 5 times since and including 1988. I am going to have a Covid-19 theater presentation of Coming 2 America, in my home as I plan to rent it the day it comes out. I love Eddie.
Agreed! I can’t help but feel bad we don’t know how far his career would of went had he not passed. Would he be a Oscar winner. Or would he have stayed making only eighties themed movies. Or would he be the King of Superhero movies or Docudramas, Romances or would he have gotten burned out and left the movie business behind running a music store or operating his own dispensary or a flower shop. And would he have stuck it out with his wife or would he be in his 7th or 8th marriage by now.
I graduated in June of 1985. This was our movie, an anthem that helped many in my class to graduate. It helped everyone understandand & accept everybody had pressures. It was a tough year!!!
I too was a graduate of 1985. Saw and loved this movie with my High School Girlfriend. She, at one point in our history, quoted at me from the Simple Minds song, and I have never forgotten about her... (quiet whimper).
Same here. I'd do a few things differently if I could do it all over again. I'd say that I was mostly a cross between "The Brain" (but not quite as smart), and "The Basket Case". LOL
This movie is definitely a classic. Excellent soundtrack excellent acting excellent directing it's pretty much good all the way around. Most John Hughes movies are done very well
I graduated in 1985 which puts me smack dab in the middle... college was still affordable (mostly) but for the first time useless for a better quality of life. I think the 80's were the tipping point for generations that could prosper AND wanted the house & 2.2 kids. The generations that followed seem genuinely lost. Worst part is... we are responsible for raising a generation that is considered the worst for responsibility and baby-ish. The beginning of the end for what was expected from the next stereotypical generation... or not.
@abigmonkeyforme And your example of only knowing STEM students is also not relevant to the data of an entire generation. What I see in my nieces thoughts and behavior is exactly what I am seeing as a pattern on social media from that generation. It has nothing to do with genetics or lQ. It is their behavior and ideology, as an outcome of what is being taught in their schools and social media. I am having conversations with them as pathetic as them thinking women are just as strong as men, for example. They nearly had a meltdown over the scientific fact that women and men are very different. Or how they got very angry at the mere suggestion to merely watch a movie that both their dad and I like before they judged it, because they’ve been told by ideologues to think negatively about it without them even having the first clue what it’s even about. Being challenged on their ideology is taken as an offense instead of simply having a calm rational discussion. They have been taught WHAT to think, not HOW to think. And they get very emotional when a fact is presented to them that conflicts with the ideology they have been taught in our liberal schools, media, and social media. My youngest niece said she wants to be a nurse, so I’m hoping that her STEM field will help her start questioning some of the nonsense she has been taught, and begin learning proper critical thinking skills, but I still fear forced liberal electives will counter that and keep her stunted. I know that even as Gen X, we were forced to take a certain amount of liberal ideology electives in order to graduate, and I went to a fantastic university. My older niece was so influenced by social media that she got obsessed with the gay/drag make up artist channels like Jeffree Star etc. She wants nothing more than to do make-up as a living from that influence, working at a mall. She doesn’t even want to bother going to cosmetology school to at least get certified skills… She has a YT channel too, but hasn’t been active on it for over a year (she even uses her real name on it, without so much as a second thought of keeping herself anonymous for safety reasons). I tried to encourage her to think about doing creative make up in the movie industry since we live in Southern California, which could pay very well if she gets good at it, but it’s clear that the 12 month magazine subscription I bought her for which featured all sorts of inspiration for movie make-up went into the trashcan every month. She is now at the age that I graduated college from, and she still lives with her mom and dad and will probably never be able to afford to move out on her own, so she just works at the mall and dates guys from online as much as possible in hopes to meet Mr. Right so that he can pull the financial weight for her for the rest of her life. The youngest one that wants to be a nurse is taking her sweet time with her first year of college… I was shocked to hear that she only took one class for her first semester whilst working at Starbucks, while her mom and dad are giving her free room and board, and my brother said he can’t retire until she’s done with college (he works a very physically demanding job, so that troubles me a lot that she is taking her time in entitlement). She said she’s going to take more classes next semester, so we’ll see. I understand that housing prices are very high right now, but I worry that my oldest niece is using that as an excuse to stay home as long as possible for very cheap rent that her parents are charging her, when she could’ve been using all that time with free rent to better herself to make a good living (their parents are reasonable where if they go to school, then they can live at home for free, but if not then they have to pay rent). I know that was long, but the thing is is that I see a pattern with this generation with friends of mine talking about their nieces and nephews (my fellow Gen X friends are noticing the same types of behaviors and beliefs in their nieces/nephews) and what I see the same things from them so often on social media, etc. etc.. Apologies for any typos… I’m not up to proofreading right now.
One of the things I love about this film is how it features teens (or the less powerful, outside a school setting) complaining about being stereotyped by authority figures, while they themselves engage in exactly the same behaviour, all the way through to the end. They discover that each other are 'more' than their stereotype, but they still buy into their own basic roles, and each other's. It's very self aware, and good social commentary (I think) on how we are conditioned to think of ourselves and others. A classic.
@Edgar Poe better than the crap they bring out today 🙄 The Breakfast club, Sixteen candles, The Bill and Ted movies the original Carrie, Christine, Dirty dancing these are just a few I can think of off the top of my head are all movies I absolutely love. I’m just an old soul, I like old cars, old movies and old music so much better than the crap they bring out today :)
@Edgar Poe I finally saw the Fifth Element a few weeks ago. I remembered it when it was out, but never went to the theaters to see it back then. It was an okay film and fun. Interesting to see what they got wrong about the future, like most films like that. The weak point, though, was the forced relationship between Bruce's character and what's her face. It was there for the sake of being there. I did like Chris Tucker for it, though. He was funny.
Excellent overview as ever Minty. I'll add that janitor John Kapelos was also the one that marries Sam's (Molly Ringwald's character) sister in Sixteen Candles.
It’s funny how Judd Nelson is a prep in real life, Anthony Michael Hall is a tough guy, and Molly Ringwald is an oddball, yet they play polar opposites in the film.
While there are so so many, this movie is the top reason why I am so glad that I grew up a child of the 80’s. I was born in 1970, so the 80’s encompassed my entire formative years. I was still a child in 1980, moved on to adolescence, puberty, teen-age years, and, finally, early adulthood. It was a great time to be alive and I miss it dearly.
John Hughes was a great writer and director. No other filmmaker really ever quite had their finger on the pulse of what it was like to be a teenager during the 80s in the US. His films will always be thought of as cool, classy and entertaining in my opinion. The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are my two favorites from Hughes.
My all time favorite John Hughes movie is "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". It is a required movie in my household to get through the Thanksgiving day meal. Everyone watches it while they eat and visit. It has become a beloved tradition for my family.😊
@@beadmore Great comment. Love the fact Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a holiday tradition at your house! And you're right, that is another excellent movie. John Candy and Steve Martin worked well on screen. Wished they made a ton more movies together.
You can't talk about the 80's without mentioning The Breakfast Club they go hand in hand, one of my favorite movies of all time especially since i ended up going to a high school with people just like every one of those characters in that movie. Great video Minty you brought back some great memories for me this morning ✊
Only the 50th? 😁 I play it on loop, just to have on for "atmosphere" while I'm getting dressed for work. Like playing a cool album. No shame in that! 👍
Funny you say that. I might be a few years older than the characters, but in the mid 2000s I played the VP in a one-act version at my school (I have a theatre background and the drama teacher asked me to do it). I grew very close to those actors/kids and I never sided with Vern. Still don't. I'm close to sixty, and still understand ...
@@muskokamike127 Never grown up? No, I've grown up, but never forgotten my memories, my feelings, the intensity of my world then. Am I the same as I was then? No. Have I forgotten? No. "lol ..... you you know you've never grown up when you mock people who have had a fuller life than you ..."
Ikr, I ALWAYS sympathized exclusively with the kids, all the times I've seen it over the years - my teens, and into my 20s and 30s. Watched it for the first time in 15 years this week, and....I was shocked to find myself empathizing more with Principal Vernon than the students. Its the circle of life I guess.
Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain... and an athlete... and a basket case... a princess... and a criminal. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club.
Simple pleasures for Simple minds. Pun intended. Regurgitation- any further mind-blowing philosophical takes on a cringe piece of 80s cinema? AMH was the only one who didn't need a good ass beating. Molly left school that day to smoke a joint and have her bf explode in her. Following week she was at Planned Parenthood destroying a fetus. Devoid of Christ, devoid of a lesson
i feel like this essay should have been more like, about what they found out was beneath the stereotype , odd that he would say they found out they were what he/everyone saw them as at beginning of the day ...
This movie was released during my senior year of high school. It epitomizes everything about my high school years and to this day, I still love watching it. The song, Don’t You Forget About Me, was our senior prom’s theme. It will always resonate with me.
@@jennyoneill8879 Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, none were in the brat pack. But that was a brilliant movie. "As I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house I had two things on my mind. Paul Newman and a ride home."
I know they weren't but they were all so young and so good looking but The Outsiders was like the first 80s coming of age teenage movie and then we got 16 Candles, Breakfast Club and St Elmos Fire... but The Outsiders started it all
We had punk rockers in the 80's and the funny thing about goth, punk rockers, rockers, etc? They all go "that way" to break out of the main group but all end up just being part of another group.
@@muskokamike127 I've noticed that with a lot of so-called non-conformists, they were all very conforming in their non-conformity. It's rare that you get a true non-conformist, someone who really goes their own way and doesn't simply conform to another group.
Yeah I always have a theory of if you're non-conformist. You're really conforming to the idea of being a non-conformist. Then contradicting yourself. I never understood term.. I still think it's an oxymoron.
This movie screamed out my high school experience. It will always be part of my history and Hart. Because it was a perfect portrait of the 80s. With each character.. And the only other movie that can be on the same level.. Dazed and confused.. A great snapshot of times of a teenager..
This has to be one of my most favorite "10 Things You Didn't Know About" that you have done, Minty. When the movie came out, I was so crazy about it that I not only went to see it over 10 times, I actually snuck in an audio tape recorder and recorded it. I would play it while doing homework (I was a freshman in college), while tanning outside, and even soaking in the bath tub. I loved (and still love) the movie so much that I practically can recite the movie word for word. I still have the tape but it is in my cedar chest. Thanks for doing this, Minty. The only thing I would like to see is an much extended version. Say maybe, "100 Things You Didn't Know About the Breakfast Club".
@@ourhudlathome8885 Simple Minds didn't write it and it was offered to others to record it. Simple Minds didn't want to do it because they didn't write it, but were struggling to get a hit in the US at the time.
I was in high school when this movie came out and it was dead on about how our high school was. Fast forward 35 years and I recently showed my two teenage sons this movie for two reasons: That it is a great movie and for the message it sends. They loved it and we have since already watched it a second time together!
John Hughes was a brilliant writer and director, and I'd agree that this may be his best film. It certainly had a huge impact on me as a teenager, and I still watch it on occasion when the nostalgia bug hits me.
This was a film of my generation. It is hard to express the impact it had on all of us back when I was in HS in the mid-late 1980s. Glad to see it is getting looked at again.
The make over scene was infact what we did in the 80s as a social thing. A "imma take you under my wing" girl bonding thing. It was respect. Like let me help you. I understand Ally's point but over all it wasnt a critical action back then. It was a perfect scene for the times.
I never wanted to see this movie, but finally did about 10 years ago. It was good, but I still think 16 Candles is by far the best Teen Movie he ever made. I remember after seeing it, all of us 17 years olds were like, "wow, that was a teen movie with an actual plot, I wonder if it will catch on." We were stunned by it. It did catch on, but Better Off Dead is still great fun too.
I was 16 when this movie came out. O-levels were over, summer was here, the whole world was ahead. Me and my chums knew the words to this movie off by heart.
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i find it difficult watching the breakfast club. i'm sure we all made pacts to remain friends beyond school only for your group to become fragmented when everyone leaves for college/uni or work. at least current generations can retain this through facebook, but back then, if you lost contact, that was it.
It's the same with work.....I worked for a large corporation and had a "gang" we did everything together. Baseball, camping, concerts, pub crawls, house parties, literally everything. When someone quit or moved on? That was it...done, never saw them again. There's one I still see occasionally and chat on facebook, but that's about it.
I've seen some of the deleted scenes on TV, however, I want to see the extended cut! This needs to happen! Also, the bender ceiling scene, he improvised the joke.
This and Fast Times at Ridgemont High are the best 80s movies. Breakfast Club was geared more to the Midwest where Fast Times was more for California. Love them both.
Oh Gee, i always considered this Bender character as the most misfit and badass dude in the whole 'ComingOfAge' film genre. One of the most must-see movies of all time.
good millennial take. doesn't mean it should be said. none of this should be nullified by anything that has come to be since then. because it's all crap in comparison.
I love this movie so much! The one character that can identify with is Alison Reynolds played by Ally Sheedy. Even though I'm a man, we all can identify with Alison's feeling of being ignored by parents and get the feeling of them loving you. I went through that from being a little boy until my mother's death in the Spring of 2011. So thank you John Hughes for making this iconic movie which love dearly ❤.
I'm 78 and I still watch my copy at least once a year. I walked out of the theatre from both movies (St. Elmo's Fire) feeling like I had seen something so real, I felt good about movies again, which is what I felt when I saw Star Wars in 1977. I still feel the same way.
They would lose their minds over 16 Candles because of the politically incorrect characters and the use of a gay slur. Teens today are more worried that someone somewhere might be offended than they are about having a few laughs
The Breakfast Club is a great film for starting discussions among groups of teens. I did just that as a School Counselor throughout my career. The students enjoyed the film and the question and answer session after seeing the movie. The best discussion came from the final picture showing Judd Nelson walking across the football field with his fist raised above his head. I have my own idea about that but I have not heard from anyone what that picture means from the point of view of the cast or the creator of the story. It would be interesting to hear about this.
A lot of people don't realize that John Hughes actually made a brief cameo in the film (he was the brainy kid's dad who came to pick him up at the end of the day)...
Filmed two miles from the home I grew up in. I remember when it was being filmed. The inactive high school was used for sports camps and clinics throughout the year. Many familiar scenes in the movie. The USFL Chicago Blitz used to practice there.
How does an entire large high school close down? I live here in Central Florida, and when I moved here at 30 years ago we had 10 high schools in my county. Now we have 22 high schools in my county. I’m curious how/why does a high school closed down? Did you have a population decrease?
@@MikeCee7 There was population spike that necessitated new high schools starting with Maine West and Maine South with the original Maine High School being renamed Maine East. Maine North was the newest and smallest of the schools and not centrally located, so when the population did decline, it was chosen to be closed.
@@stephenjohnson9632 Thanks for the information. I never heard of Maine before (except for the one syllable state in New England 🤣) - And I never knew that, that Library was built just for the movie. (until this video) it’s a pretty realistic looking library, that’s not something you can just build overnight. - So it kind of makes sense now, if that was real high school library, there would be a million selfies of kids posing in the same positions.
The thing is though. All 5 cast members were just absolutely great actors. Still are to this day. When you have that. You can make any scene in any location gold. 👍
This movie was so pivitol for me. I graduated HS in 1984 while this was being filmed. My mother did her student teaching at Maine North HS where this was filmed back in the late 60's. I was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs where the movie was both filmed and took place. It so perfectly displayed HS life and allowed me to shed the trauma that was my HS experience. All of Hughes films all took place in the Chicago suburbs and were so important to my entire generation. From Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club to Pretty in Pink and the ultimate fantasy that was Ferris Bueler's Day Off! Hughes highlighted teen life of that era so perfectly!
One of my favorite movies. I was on 10th grade when this came out, but didn't get to see it until college. Interestingly, it's theme song ( another personal favorite ) was the theme for my senior prom in '87. I watched this with my then teenage son a few years ago. It seemed to really strike a chord with him even after all these years.
I grew up with this movie, and in retrospect must say, that in my humble, most assuredly valueless opinion, the best thing to come from this movie was the track "Don't You forget About Me" by Simple Minds.
I was born in the early 70's so was pretty much the age these characters were supposed to be in the movie when it came out. It certainly touched a nerve watching Mintys video just now and has brought back a wonderful sense of nostalgia and longing. In the 80's I always wished I grew up in my parents era of the 50's and 60's with awesome chromed cars and the birth of rock n roll etc. But now I appreciate better what I had at the time and very fondly remember the late 70's, the 80's and the 90's. My best friend's now are the one's I had in my school days and I'm now married to my highschool love and so happy ( today is her 52nd birthday). The 80's, absolutely incredible, and always cherished by me.
I love the breakfast club. This movie is just an amazing 80s movie. Doesn’t matter how old I get it’s always good and fun to watch. Recently I was talking to some friends and my wife. We’ve decided that the best movies ever to watch over and over. Are from the late 70s, 80s, 90s and a little bit of the early 2000s. Hollywood can’t make good movies like this anymore. Great job Minty!
@@Ishitonyou666 I don't think the woke has anything to do with it really, people only correlate the two because they have been consistently terrible and concentrated only on the woke aspect. It comes down to the writing and it's been lazy across the board lately in most respects. No reason you can't make a good story with woke aspects either, but because it's the hip new selling point it takes all the blame. That's the very reason politics is so messed up now, people make it a point to blame the wrong aspects for it's many failures. It's bad writing, bad writing and more bad writing. Simple as that!
@@DeathBYDesign666 If you expect to see something you will typically find it there. It's kind of like when you get a new car, and then suddenly you see that car everywhere. Unfortunately it's partially our own fault. Those of us who grew up in the 80's are the nostalgia generation. We're the ones who said, "We're not giving up the things we loved in childhood. We can become adults and still play video games. We can continue to read and collect comic books. We can enjoy these things alongside our children." Hollywood has always remade things, but we continue to have access to the 80's movies in a way we never did in the past. It started with HBO & Showtime re-broadcasting movies on the regular. Then in the late 80's and early 90's came the video rental stores and VCRs. We bought our favorites on VHS. Then technology evolved. We started buying those same movies on DVDs in the early 00's. Technology continues to evolve. Now we're buying our favorites yet again on bluray. And now there are how many streaming services? At the same time you have the rising popularity of the Director's Cut and overseas versions of movies. They now know that we'll buy different versions of the same thing. But at the same time, we're also getting a bit burnt out on buying the same title on at least 3 different formats, so why not throw a remake at us and see if we'll buy that strictly based on name recognition and nostalgia as well.
My third-favorite all-time film, and my number one favorite director! And I absolutely cannot imagine Ringwald as Allison, and have an even harder time imagining Hughes wanting anyone else for Claire. It's one of those parts that seems tailor-made for the actress to whom it was given.
After all these years (saw it in a cinema here in germany in the 80ies)...still iconic and one of my favourite movies with a brilliant cast, great story and still best song by Simple Minds - LOVE IT !
Thank you for making this video!!! The Breakfast Club came out the year I was born and it has always been my favorite 80s movie. That and "Just One of the Guys!!" and I always love watching it over and over again once in a while and its still funny to me. John Hughes was a directing genius and his movies were brilliant. They told stories of the 80s and what life was like growing up, just like "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Grease" did for their times. I always love your movies and love tuning in!!! One of your biggest fans!! :)
One of my all time favorite movies. I was in my early 20's when this came out, and had 2 small children, but it really resonated with me. I was a cross between the geek and the freak in high school, so I really identified with them.
An all time classic! In college drama class I did the monologue that Emilio does when he’s talking about how he got detention and how it ties back to his fathers expectations. I had rehearsed so much and was ready to nail it but when I performed it, it was so powerful and real for me, I had to excuse myself and pick another the following week. This movie is an all time classic!
I would rather watch this movie on my phone because I love movies on my phone I can wear my headphones and dance while I watch this movie don't you think that will be fun I'm asking you because I think it will be fun and thank you think it will be fun also we both love this movie
me and my brother watch this movie one time and he wanted to talk about rolling down the hill at school but I said Barry I'm watching The breakfast club that's so annoying and we both laughed because we knew that we love The breakfast club and he was distracting me
And honestly every time I watch this movie I like to pretend I am one of the characters and I like to eat breakfast while I watch this movie because I think that it's very clever don't you think that it's very clever also maybe we could form a group of people that eat breakfast during the watching of this movie and we could be called The breakfast club what do you think
I just can't stop thinking about the breakfast club every time I post a reply I think of more things that I love about this movie it's so silly and witty and funny and cute and me and my mother both love to watch it for real I'm not joking at all
Another fun fact the 90s teen pop group , the A-Teens , parodied this movie in their music video, Dancing Queen. Paul Gleason even stars in the music video as the dention teacher.
Breakfast club 2021: 5 teens staring at their phones for hours. Never interacting, never talking to each other.
And the school giving the detention gets slammed with an “abuse” charge by confiscating the students phones and other means of internet access
I mean it’s supposed to be a punishment yeah...?
They would probably take their phones away for a detention.
It’s so sad because it’s true
Small budget
In 2021 the strange girl would be the norm, the other 4 would be Alt right Nazi extremists.
36 years later, and this movie still holds up splendidly. The problem that the teens go through are still relatable to contemporary teenagers, and the chemistry between the five leads is superb! 😍
I haven't been in a highschool in 40 years but have seen enough photos and movies etc shot in them, they haven't changed a bit. I mean, obviously the people who designed and build highschools forgot what it was like going to one.
I need to watch this one day.
@@newclothes8165 As someone that spent all of his teens in the 1980s, this is my third favorite movie. My first is Beetlejuice and my second is Full Metal Jacket. I suggest you sit down with popcorn and a drink and watch each through.
@@johnphantom I will watch this one day as it is so important to the 80's genre of movies. At the time I was 13 when it came out and a black kid who felt the content didn't relate to me. Just didnt seem like something I would care for but being older now and more open minded. I think I will like it.
@@newclothes8165 Yeah there can be cultural differences, and they didn't give anything practically to the minorities for TV back then. I'll be honest with you, and I am not saying this because you said you were black we decided this yesterday with all the ads on TV, but I have gone to the theater 5 times since and including 1988. I am going to have a Covid-19 theater presentation of Coming 2 America, in my home as I plan to rent it the day it comes out. I love Eddie.
What a genius John Hughes was. He was taken from the world much too soon. Miss him greatly.
Agree 100%!
John Hughes in Trading Places was a true villain.
He sold out though. Once he made Home Alone, there was no going back.
❤❤
Agreed! I can’t help but feel bad we don’t know how far his career would of went had he not passed. Would he be a Oscar winner. Or would he have stayed making only eighties themed movies. Or would he be the King of Superhero movies or Docudramas, Romances or would he have gotten burned out and left the movie business behind running a music store or operating his own dispensary or a flower shop. And would he have stuck it out with his wife or would he be in his 7th or 8th marriage by now.
I graduated in June of 1985. This was our movie, an anthem that helped many in my class to graduate. It helped everyone understandand & accept everybody had pressures. It was a tough year!!!
OMG me too. Graduate of 1985.
Me too 👍
I too was a graduate of 1985.
Saw and loved this movie with my High School Girlfriend.
She, at one point in our history, quoted at me from the Simple Minds song, and I have never forgotten about her... (quiet whimper).
84 here…
Cringe
I grew up in the 80's... I miss the 80's.
me too man, me too
Same here.
Every.day!
Same here. I'd do a few things differently if I could do it all over again. I'd say that I was mostly a cross between "The Brain" (but not quite as smart), and "The Basket Case". LOL
Me too😭
This is an 80s classic that everyone should watch at least once.
I agree, lots of my peers have seen this movie and highly relate to it, which shows how much of a classic it really is! 😻
Yes! Awesome movie
This movie is definitely a classic. Excellent soundtrack excellent acting excellent directing it's pretty much good all the way around. Most John Hughes movies are done very well
At least a dozen times. Mandatory.
Yeah that’s true
RIP John Hughes
One of the heroes of my youth
There has never been a better time to grow up than in the eighties...
Funny, my parents say the same thing about the 50s
"Better time, things were simpler, people were nicer, blah blah blah"
@@chiefscheiderthey were right
I graduated in 1985 which puts me smack dab in the middle... college was still affordable (mostly) but for the first time useless for a better quality of life. I think the 80's were the tipping point for generations that could prosper AND wanted the house & 2.2 kids. The generations that followed seem genuinely lost. Worst part is... we are responsible for raising a generation that is considered the worst for responsibility and baby-ish. The beginning of the end for what was expected from the next stereotypical generation... or not.
@abigmonkeyforme
I have 2 gen z nieces, and they are definitely not as capable. It’s sad to watch. They are very stunted.
@abigmonkeyforme
And your example of only knowing STEM students is also not relevant to the data of an entire generation.
What I see in my nieces thoughts and behavior is exactly what I am seeing as a pattern on social media from that generation. It has nothing to do with genetics or lQ. It is their behavior and ideology, as an outcome of what is being taught in their schools and social media.
I am having conversations with them as pathetic as them thinking women are just as strong as men, for example. They nearly had a meltdown over the scientific fact that women and men are very different.
Or how they got very angry at the mere suggestion to merely watch a movie that both their dad and I like before they judged it, because they’ve been told by ideologues to think negatively about it without them even having the first clue what it’s even about.
Being challenged on their ideology is taken as an offense instead of simply having a calm rational discussion.
They have been taught WHAT to think, not HOW to think. And they get very emotional when a fact is presented to them that conflicts with the ideology they have been taught in our liberal schools, media, and social media.
My youngest niece said she wants to be a nurse, so I’m hoping that her STEM field will help her start questioning some of the nonsense she has been taught, and begin learning proper critical thinking skills, but I still fear forced liberal electives will counter that and keep her stunted. I know that even as Gen X, we were forced to take a certain amount of liberal ideology electives in order to graduate, and I went to a fantastic university.
My older niece was so influenced by social media that she got obsessed with the gay/drag make up artist channels like Jeffree Star etc. She wants nothing more than to do make-up as a living from that influence, working at a mall. She doesn’t even want to bother going to cosmetology school to at least get certified skills…
She has a YT channel too, but hasn’t been active on it for over a year (she even uses her real name on it, without so much as a second thought of keeping herself anonymous for safety reasons).
I tried to encourage her to think about doing creative make up in the movie industry since we live in Southern California, which could pay very well if she gets good at it, but it’s clear that the 12 month magazine subscription I bought her for which featured all sorts of inspiration for movie make-up went into the trashcan every month.
She is now at the age that I graduated college from, and she still lives with her mom and dad and will probably never be able to afford to move out on her own, so she just works at the mall and dates guys from online as much as possible in hopes to meet Mr. Right so that he can pull the financial weight for her for the rest of her life.
The youngest one that wants to be a nurse is taking her sweet time with her first year of college… I was shocked to hear that she only took one class for her first semester whilst working at Starbucks, while her mom and dad are giving her free room and board, and my brother said he can’t retire until she’s done with college (he works a very physically demanding job, so that troubles me a lot that she is taking her time in entitlement). She said she’s going to take more classes next semester, so we’ll see.
I understand that housing prices are very high right now, but I worry that my oldest niece is using that as an excuse to stay home as long as possible for very cheap rent that her parents are charging her, when she could’ve been using all that time with free rent to better herself to make a good living (their parents are reasonable where if they go to school, then they can live at home for free, but if not then they have to pay rent).
I know that was long, but the thing is is that I see a pattern with this generation with friends of mine talking about their nieces and nephews (my fellow Gen X friends are noticing the same types of behaviors and beliefs in their nieces/nephews) and what I see the same things from them so often on social media, etc. etc..
Apologies for any typos… I’m not up to proofreading right now.
Minty I can't believe you didn't even mention that Anthony Michael Hall's REAL mom was the one playing his mom in the movie
And his sister is in the car, too.
John Hughes also plays his father who picks him up
ALL of this ^^^ YES!
@@DW3010 thanx I didn't want to be pointing out stuff and I did know that but I didn't want to be the only one pointing out that thank you
@@honolulublues5548 thank you to I was hoping someone else point that out
John Hughes was a Legend!!!
He _still_ is... that's how 'legends' work, lol.
Is
I was 11 when this came out. I must've watched it a thousand times. Molly Ringwald ❤
I was 1
Redheads ; )
Two movies I skipped school to see day of release: Purple Rain and Breakast Club
Purple Rain was a summer release.
@@daveverplank I was totally going to say the same.
@@daveverplankMaybe it was during summer school‼️
One of the things I love about this film is how it features teens (or the less powerful, outside a school setting) complaining about being stereotyped by authority figures, while they themselves engage in exactly the same behaviour, all the way through to the end. They discover that each other are 'more' than their stereotype, but they still buy into their own basic roles, and each other's. It's very self aware, and good social commentary (I think) on how we are conditioned to think of ourselves and others. A classic.
I’m 23 and absolutely loved this movie! 80s-90s teen flicks are the best
Dangerously close 1986. Another good one
@Edgar Poe better than the crap they bring out today 🙄 The Breakfast club, Sixteen candles, The Bill and Ted movies the original Carrie, Christine, Dirty dancing these are just a few I can think of off the top of my head are all movies I absolutely love. I’m just an old soul, I like old cars, old movies and old music so much better than the crap they bring out today :)
@Edgar Poe wasn’t a big fan of the fifth element and haven’t seen the other movies but The Goonies was awesome!
@Edgar Poe I finally saw the Fifth Element a few weeks ago. I remembered it when it was out, but never went to the theaters to see it back then. It was an okay film and fun. Interesting to see what they got wrong about the future, like most films like that. The weak point, though, was the forced relationship between Bruce's character and what's her face. It was there for the sake of being there. I did like Chris Tucker for it, though. He was funny.
Excellent overview as ever Minty. I'll add that janitor John Kapelos was also the one that marries Sam's (Molly Ringwald's character) sister in Sixteen Candles.
Yep sure was! John Hughes kept a tight knit cast 😎
@@bjornemccomb8262 work with the people you know.
Actually, that’s how he got the janitor gig: he was doing Hughes a favor
Yep
The oily bohunk?
Rest In Peace John Hughes, it was way too soon.
I know. Imagine what he would be doing now... 😔
Absolutely.... He was a genius.
@iTroll WeirdosHahahaha.... Here comes a troll, even your name says it. How clever!
@iTroll Weirdos find a hobby maybe?? 😂🖕
It’s funny how Judd Nelson is a prep in real life, Anthony Michael Hall is a tough guy, and Molly Ringwald is an oddball, yet they play polar opposites in the film.
As someone who grew up in the mid to late 80's, this is a true classic.
Same here. I was 13 when the movie was released, so it kind of prepared me for what was to come.
I definitely is.
So which one did you relate to? for me it was the kid that got to walk home and everybody else with the ride
@@tolfan4438 me personally? The abused kid, my parents never wanted another child, they loved me, but couldn't stand having another kid.
@@H.R.6688 you mean the clean-cut jock abused kid?
Verne: "Minty is in RUclips Detention. You mess with the algorithm, you get the copyright horns."
Who?
the millennial take. not a good sign.
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Not a good sign at all.
@@nickhill8612 Echo...Echo...
@Edgar Poe MANILOW
While there are so so many, this movie is the top reason why I am so glad that I grew up a child of the 80’s. I was born in 1970, so the 80’s encompassed my entire formative years. I was still a child in 1980, moved on to adolescence, puberty, teen-age years, and, finally, early adulthood. It was a great time to be alive and I miss it dearly.
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John Hughes was a great writer and director. No other filmmaker really ever quite had their finger on the pulse of what it was like to be a teenager during the 80s in the US. His films will always be thought of as cool, classy and entertaining in my opinion. The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are my two favorites from Hughes.
My all time favorite John Hughes movie is "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". It is a required movie in my household to get through the Thanksgiving day meal. Everyone watches it while they eat and visit. It has become a beloved tradition for my family.😊
@@beadmore Great comment. Love the fact Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a holiday tradition at your house! And you're right, that is another excellent movie. John Candy and Steve Martin worked well on screen. Wished they made a ton more movies together.
You can't talk about the 80's without mentioning The Breakfast Club they go hand in hand, one of my favorite movies of all time especially since i ended up going to a high school with people just like every one of those characters in that movie. Great video Minty you brought back some great memories for me this morning ✊
*"DON'T YOU...FORGET ABOUT ME"*
*Who can forget a classic gang of relatable and adorable stereotypes in one film?*
Who find by the end, they are stereotypes only on the outside. While on the inside, they are all little bit of this and a little bit of that.,, ;~}
minorities
“Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?”
"I'll give you the answer to that question Mr Bender next Saturday."
"Don't mess with a bull young man you'll get the horns."
John Hughes, genius writer. RIP.
Next do a video about Fast times at Ridgemont high.
I just watching this movie a month ago for the 50th time. It is still new to me after all these years. Thanks Minty!
I watch it anytime it's on. I never tire of it!
Only the 50th? 😁 I play it on loop, just to have on for "atmosphere" while I'm getting dressed for work. Like playing a cool album. No shame in that! 👍
Lol I was assuming 50th time, but realistically probably more 🤣
You know you're getting old when you start to side with the teacher.
Funny you say that. I might be a few years older than the characters, but in the mid 2000s I played the VP in a one-act version at my school (I have a theatre background and the drama teacher asked me to do it). I grew very close to those actors/kids and I never sided with Vern. Still don't. I'm close to sixty, and still understand ...
lol.....you know you've never grown up when you're 59 and don't lol.....
@@muskokamike127 Never grown up? No, I've grown up, but never forgotten my memories, my feelings, the intensity of my world then. Am I the same as I was then? No. Have I forgotten? No. "lol ..... you you know you've never grown up when you mock people who have had a fuller life than you ..."
Ikr, I ALWAYS sympathized exclusively with the kids, all the times I've seen it over the years - my teens, and into my 20s and 30s.
Watched it for the first time in 15 years this week, and....I was shocked to find myself empathizing more with Principal Vernon than the students. Its the circle of life I guess.
@@muskokamike127 Growing up is overrated. ;-)
Since it takes place in the same high school as ferris. If he was caught for skipping school he would have been in Saturdays detention as well
Cool thought. Fun to imagine Ferris mixed in with the five and how it would go.
THAT movie SHOULD have been made later on,86 or 87. BC was 85,FB was 86...
It would've been a cool if a line about Ferris would've been tossed in. "That darn Bueller was supposed to be here too..."
@@ssjup81 impossible, since Ferris didn't get caught.
Kool idea, but Ferris would've been an underclassman
Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...
and an athlete...
and a basket case...
a princess...
and a criminal.
Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours,
The Breakfast Club.
Wow. Seen it once or twice,huh? Good Job 👍
Genius
I have this poster in my dining room.
Simple pleasures for Simple minds. Pun intended. Regurgitation- any further mind-blowing philosophical takes on a cringe piece of 80s cinema? AMH was the only one who didn't need a good ass beating. Molly left school that day to smoke a joint and have her bf explode in her. Following week she was at Planned Parenthood destroying a fetus. Devoid of Christ, devoid of a lesson
i feel like this essay should have been more like, about what they found out was beneath the stereotype , odd that he would say they found out they were what he/everyone saw them as at beginning of the day ...
I loved that song growing up !
"I'll be alone dancing you know it baby"..
unless you're molly ringwold then you cry until they don't make you
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Know that to this day, when i throw my fist up in the air like that, I'm doing Judd Nelson
Planes , Trains and Automobiles is John Hughes masterpiece in my opinion
I don't pick favorites, but I wouldn't argue against it, either.
This movie was released during my senior year of high school. It epitomizes everything about my high school years and to this day, I still love watching it. The song, Don’t You Forget About Me, was our senior prom’s theme. It will always resonate with me.
The Outsiders and Red Dawn were the genesis of the "Brat Pack". The Sixteen Candles, then the Breakfast Club.
St Elmo's Fire too
Yep I believe everyone in The Outsiders was part of the brat pack not just Emilio and Rob but all 7 of them...
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Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, none were in the brat pack.
But that was a brilliant movie.
"As I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house I had two things on my mind.
Paul Newman and a ride home."
good job, thank you.
I know they weren't but they were all so young and so good looking but The Outsiders was like the first 80s coming of age teenage movie and then we got 16 Candles, Breakfast Club and St Elmos Fire... but The Outsiders started it all
Ally sheedy's character the basket case would definitely be goth.
We had punk rockers in the 80's and the funny thing about goth, punk rockers, rockers, etc? They all go "that way" to break out of the main group but all end up just being part of another group.
@@muskokamike127 I've noticed that with a lot of so-called non-conformists, they were all very conforming in their non-conformity. It's rare that you get a true non-conformist, someone who really goes their own way and doesn't simply conform to another group.
sounds like you really got the meaning of the movie...
Yeah I always have a theory of if you're non-conformist.
You're really conforming to the idea of being a non-conformist.
Then contradicting yourself.
I never understood term..
I still think it's an oxymoron.
This movie screamed out my high school experience.
It will always be part of my history and Hart.
Because it was a perfect portrait of the 80s.
With each character..
And the only other movie that can be on the same level..
Dazed and confused..
A great snapshot of times of a teenager..
This has to be one of my most favorite "10 Things You Didn't Know About" that you have done, Minty. When the movie came out, I was so crazy about it that I not only went to see it over 10 times, I actually snuck in an audio tape recorder and recorded it. I would play it while doing homework (I was a freshman in college), while tanning outside, and even soaking in the bath tub. I loved (and still love) the movie so much that I practically can recite the movie word for word. I still have the tape but it is in my cedar chest. Thanks for doing this, Minty. The only thing I would like to see is an much extended version. Say maybe, "100 Things You Didn't Know About the Breakfast Club".
I love this story. Thanks for sharing 😊
I also saw it so many times I could recite it word for word. I greatly annoyed a girlfriend I watched it with back then lol.
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I hadn't seen this movie until recently. It was one of those, "what you haven't seen that?!" movies and when I watched it, I get why. Great movie.
Every time I hear the song don't forget about me it makes me think of The Breakfast Club they go together it's perfect
Yes, Simple Minds wrote it for the film and it launched the band in the US. They didn't want to do it initially.
@@ourhudlathome8885 Simple Minds didn't write it and it was offered to others to record it. Simple Minds didn't want to do it because they didn't write it, but were struggling to get a hit in the US at the time.
"What if your dope was on fire?"
"Impossible sir! It's in Johnson's underwear!"
That part always cracks me up 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Oh, you think he's cute? You think he's bitchin', is that it?"
My response to that question has always been "I'd smoke it"
" grab some wood bub".
@@kenhollis6197 " go visit Jon Bender in 5 years, you'll see how god damn funny he is"
I was in high school when this movie came out and it was dead on about how our high school was. Fast forward 35 years and I recently showed my two teenage sons this movie for two reasons: That it is a great movie and for the message it sends. They loved it and we have since already watched it a second time together!
John Hughes was a brilliant writer and director, and I'd agree that this may be his best film. It certainly had a huge impact on me as a teenager, and I still watch it on occasion when the nostalgia bug hits me.
This was a film of my generation. It is hard to express the impact it had on all of us back when I was in HS in the mid-late 1980s. Glad to see it is getting looked at again.
" IT WAS A BANNER F####IN YEAR AT THE OLD BENDER FAMILY! got a carton of cigarettes'! The old man grabbed me, and said HEY SMOKE UP JONNY!"
That would actually be a great gift now for a smoker...since a carton of cigs. is around $100
I used to love how the show Psych kept trying to get cast members of the Breakfast Club on the show, and managed to get like 4 of them by the end lol.
I’m glad I was alive to watch a lot of John Hughes’ movies in the theater. My dad took us to see Ferris Bueller more than once😋
I guess your mom Angela was busy making her TV show Murder She Wrote 😉
I'm happy Minty didn't raid Barry Manilow's wardrobe.
I'll give you the answer to thatquestion, Mr. Bender, next Saturday.
@@youtube-ventura B O O...H O O
But did he bear his doobage?
@@youtube-ventura lol I was going to go for the same reply but figured I was beaten it. Now I want to watch the movie
The make over scene was infact what we did in the 80s as a social thing. A "imma take you under my wing" girl bonding thing. It was respect. Like let me help you. I understand Ally's point but over all it wasnt a critical action back then. It was a perfect scene for the times.
Yep, I graduated HS in 1985, I did this and all my friends did this too.
Come to the dark side 👹 one of us! One of us! Gooble gobble, we accept her!
I never wanted to see this movie, but finally did about 10 years ago. It was good, but I still think 16 Candles is by far the best Teen Movie he ever made. I remember after seeing it, all of us 17 years olds were like, "wow, that was a teen movie with an actual plot, I wonder if it will catch on." We were stunned by it. It did catch on, but Better Off Dead is still great fun too.
I was 16 when this movie came out. O-levels were over, summer was here, the whole world was ahead. Me and my chums knew the words to this movie off by heart.
I just found this RUclips channel this week and have binged watched like over 40videos I absolutely love this giy he is soo bad ass ceep up the grate work bro;).
I cant stand this Minty host.
i find it difficult watching the breakfast club. i'm sure we all made pacts to remain friends beyond school only for your group to become fragmented when everyone leaves for college/uni or work. at least current generations can retain this through facebook, but back then, if you lost contact, that was it.
@@Me-qp8vz no, you got that wrong, they ALL had friends, they belonged to their own "cliques"......
It's the same with work.....I worked for a large corporation and had a "gang" we did everything together. Baseball, camping, concerts, pub crawls, house parties, literally everything. When someone quit or moved on? That was it...done, never saw them again. There's one I still see occasionally and chat on facebook, but that's about it.
@@muskokamike127 no. they had no friends to start. And definitely didn't stay friends after. Do you have aas burgers?
You learn all those people were a bunch of dumbasses anyway
Most of my friends went to Viet Nam
I've seen some of the deleted scenes on TV, however, I want to see the extended cut!
This needs to happen!
Also, the bender ceiling scene, he improvised the joke.
This and Fast Times at Ridgemont High are the best 80s movies. Breakfast Club was geared more to the Midwest where Fast Times was more for California. Love them both.
Oh Gee, i always considered this Bender character as the most misfit and badass dude in the whole 'ComingOfAge' film genre. One of the most must-see movies of all time.
Until he turns around and had toilet paper hanging out his pants 😂😂😂😂
Today all five of them would have been on their smartphones the whole time and just ignored each other.
good millennial take. doesn't mean it should be said. none of this should be nullified by anything that has come to be since then. because it's all crap in comparison.
@@Bluebirdfalling I wasn’t trying to nullify anything, it was an observation of fact.
But still smoke weed 😂
@@Bluebirdfalling I liked it, pretty humorous.
Wow. Great point. Kind of scary isn't it? No one seems to be in the moment anymore.
I love this movie so much! The one character that can identify with is Alison Reynolds played by Ally Sheedy. Even though I'm a man, we all can identify with Alison's feeling of being ignored by parents and get the feeling of them loving you. I went through that from being a little boy until my mother's death in the Spring of 2011. So thank you John Hughes for making this iconic movie which love dearly ❤.
I'm 78 and I still watch my copy at least once a year. I walked out of the theatre from both movies (St. Elmo's Fire) feeling like I had seen something so real, I felt good about movies again, which is what I felt when I saw Star Wars in 1977. I still feel the same way.
I'm now 36 and grow up watching this 80's classic , Thanks Minty
Teens today should watch any John Hughes movies.
They would lose their minds over 16 Candles because of the politically incorrect characters and the use of a gay slur. Teens today are more worried that someone somewhere might be offended than they are about having a few laughs
@@travismiles5885 let them lose their minds. 😈
They'd learn to let go and just be weird in a good way. Right now they're all offended. They take life way to seriously.
@Travis Miles @Tammy , clearly you do not have teenagers.
Ok boomer.
The Breakfast Club is a great film for starting discussions among groups of teens. I did just that as a School Counselor throughout my career. The students enjoyed the film and the question and answer session after seeing the movie. The best discussion came from the final picture showing Judd Nelson walking across the football field with his fist raised above his head. I have my own idea about that but I have not heard from anyone what that picture means from the point of view of the cast or the creator of the story. It would be interesting to hear about this.
I like the principal cameo in Not Another Teen movie😂
I didn't like it. (I mean, I liked the _idea_ of it more than its actual execution.)
It’s funny that Hughes was shooting Ferris and Breakfast at the same time. I wonder if the cast had any overlap?
Impossible. Bueller was filmed from Sept - Nov 85, TBC was shot from March - May '84
@@chiefscheider Look at you with the technicals. You can't tell me that no studio ever thought that a Ringwald Broderick film wouldn't have legs.
Minty. Please do Three O'Clock High
He did
@@ourtravelingzoo3740 are you sure? JoBlow did one but I can't find a Minty.
"Don't Mess With The Bull, Young Man. You'll Get The Horns."
A lot of people don't realize that John Hughes actually made a brief cameo in the film (he was the brainy kid's dad who came to pick him up at the end of the day)...
So, his real mom and sister dropped him off, and director dad picks him up. Interesting.
I always laugh when ally sheedy's character looks into the car window and it drives away.
@@honolulublues5548 Wow,that was AMH's real mom? That's funny, because the character in the movie was a bitch.
Okay lol.
Filmed two miles from the home I grew up in. I remember when it was being filmed. The inactive high school was used for sports camps and clinics throughout the year. Many familiar scenes in the movie. The USFL Chicago Blitz used to practice there.
Kind of sad that it became a police station or annex and no visitors are allowed in the building..
How does an entire large high school close down? I live here in Central Florida, and when I moved here at 30 years ago we had 10 high schools in my county. Now we have 22 high schools in my county.
I’m curious how/why does a high school closed down?
Did you have a population decrease?
@@MikeCee7 There was population spike that necessitated new high schools starting with Maine West and Maine South with the original Maine High School being renamed Maine East. Maine North was the newest and smallest of the schools and not centrally located, so when the population did decline, it was chosen to be closed.
@@stephenjohnson9632 Thanks for the information. I never heard of Maine before (except for the one syllable state in New England 🤣)
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And I never knew that, that Library was built just for the movie. (until this video)
it’s a pretty realistic looking library, that’s not something you can just build overnight.
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So it kind of makes sense now, if that was real high school library, there would be a million selfies of kids posing in the same positions.
This movie is pure 80's nostalgia. Without it, the 80's would have been a little boring. 👍
The funny thing is...we sat and watched 5 kids in a library. That is the definition of boring, but we loved it.
True, you wouldn't think that watching Five teens talking for 90 minutes would make a compelling movie, but it somehow works! 😊🎥
@@katieandkevinsears7724 Yes you could literally say it's a filmed stage play as it takes place in one location.
The thing is though. All 5 cast members were just absolutely great actors. Still are to this day. When you have that. You can make any scene in any location gold. 👍
@Edgar Poe I completely agree. No others would have done it better than the brat pack.
This movie was so pivitol for me.
I graduated HS in 1984 while this was being filmed. My mother did her student teaching at Maine North HS where this was filmed back in the late 60's.
I was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs where the movie was both filmed and took place.
It so perfectly displayed HS life and allowed me to shed the trauma that was my HS experience.
All of Hughes films all took place in the Chicago suburbs and were so important to my entire generation. From Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club to Pretty in Pink and the ultimate fantasy that was Ferris Bueler's Day Off!
Hughes highlighted teen life of that era so perfectly!
i was in my high school teens in the 80s,,,,,,,,, miss those times especially more so now.
One of my favorite movies. I was on 10th grade when this came out, but didn't get to see it until college. Interestingly, it's theme song ( another personal favorite ) was the theme for my senior prom in '87.
I watched this with my then teenage son a few years ago. It seemed to really strike a chord with him even after all these years.
I grew up with this movie, and in retrospect must say, that in my humble, most assuredly valueless opinion, the best thing to come from this movie was the track "Don't You forget About Me" by Simple Minds.
I was born in the early 70's so was pretty much the age these characters were supposed to be in the movie when it came out. It certainly touched a nerve watching Mintys video just now and has brought back a wonderful sense of nostalgia and longing.
In the 80's I always wished I grew up in my parents era of the 50's and 60's with awesome chromed cars and the birth of rock n roll etc.
But now I appreciate better what I had at the time and very fondly remember the late 70's, the 80's and the 90's.
My best friend's now are the one's I had in my school days and I'm now married to my highschool love and so happy ( today is her 52nd birthday).
The 80's, absolutely incredible, and always cherished by me.
This film needs to be seen by every teen at school... timeless classic..
Great movie. I wish everything could be like a John Hughes movie. Wouldn’t life be grand??!! Enjoyed the video Minty!
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I love John Huges movies! Especially Uncle buck but this also a great one too!!
I love the breakfast club. This movie is just an amazing 80s movie. Doesn’t matter how old I get it’s always good and fun to watch. Recently I was talking to some friends and my wife. We’ve decided that the best movies ever to watch over and over. Are from the late 70s, 80s, 90s and a little bit of the early 2000s. Hollywood can’t make good movies like this anymore. Great job Minty!
An 80s classic!! Long live the 80s❤
The Breakfast Club is timeless. It should never be remade. It would be like remaking a classic film like Psycho. Oh wait they tried that. Enough said.
I agree with you, Hollywood is milking the 80’s dry, today’s reboot/remakes are now woke agendas
@@Ishitonyou666 I don't think the woke has anything to do with it really, people only correlate the two because they have been consistently terrible and concentrated only on the woke aspect. It comes down to the writing and it's been lazy across the board lately in most respects. No reason you can't make a good story with woke aspects either, but because it's the hip new selling point it takes all the blame. That's the very reason politics is so messed up now, people make it a point to blame the wrong aspects for it's many failures. It's bad writing, bad writing and more bad writing. Simple as that!
@@DeathBYDesign666 That makes a lot of sense, thank you!
@@DeathBYDesign666 If you expect to see something you will typically find it there. It's kind of like when you get a new car, and then suddenly you see that car everywhere.
Unfortunately it's partially our own fault. Those of us who grew up in the 80's are the nostalgia generation. We're the ones who said, "We're not giving up the things we loved in childhood. We can become adults and still play video games. We can continue to read and collect comic books. We can enjoy these things alongside our children."
Hollywood has always remade things, but we continue to have access to the 80's movies in a way we never did in the past. It started with HBO & Showtime re-broadcasting movies on the regular. Then in the late 80's and early 90's came the video rental stores and VCRs. We bought our favorites on VHS. Then technology evolved. We started buying those same movies on DVDs in the early 00's. Technology continues to evolve. Now we're buying our favorites yet again on bluray. And now there are how many streaming services?
At the same time you have the rising popularity of the Director's Cut and overseas versions of movies. They now know that we'll buy different versions of the same thing. But at the same time, we're also getting a bit burnt out on buying the same title on at least 3 different formats, so why not throw a remake at us and see if we'll buy that strictly based on name recognition and nostalgia as well.
I was joking a while back that with the way Hollywood is at the moment, they'd try to remake Casablanca.
My third-favorite all-time film, and my number one favorite director! And I absolutely cannot imagine Ringwald as Allison, and have an even harder time imagining Hughes wanting anyone else for Claire. It's one of those parts that seems tailor-made for the actress to whom it was given.
After all these years (saw it in a cinema here in germany in the 80ies)...still iconic and one of my favourite movies with a brilliant cast, great story and still best song by Simple Minds - LOVE IT !
I'm 66 years old and the BREAKFAST CLUB is one of my favorite movies..
Thank you for making this video!!! The Breakfast Club came out the year I was born and it has always been my favorite 80s movie. That and "Just One of the Guys!!" and I always love watching it over and over again once in a while and its still funny to me. John Hughes was a directing genius and his movies were brilliant. They told stories of the 80s and what life was like growing up, just like "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Grease" did for their times. I always love your movies and love tuning in!!! One of your biggest fans!! :)
You should do Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Was in the 8th grade in 1985 and we got to watch this before we took our Christmas break. Great movie!!
It’s sad that Hughes is gone. He was the actual voice of Gen X
molly ringwald was my teenage crush
Me too. Whenever one of her 80s films is on TV, I still swoon just a little bit. I blame her for the lifelong attraction I have to redheads.
I was more into Ally Sheedy.
Good choice, Molly was and still is lovely. Have to say my crush though was Elisabeth Shue in the 80s.
Because of her I married a red head
YUCK!
One of my all time favorite movies. I was in my early 20's when this came out, and had 2 small children, but it really resonated with me. I was a cross between the geek and the freak in high school, so I really identified with them.
One of my favorite 80's movies.
Such a great film, only actually watched it for the first time last year. So without nostalgia, I can say it's great and holds-up.
Couple years after this there was another cult classic “3’o clock high”, not ur average run-of-the-mill teen comedy
@eapoe6 awesome flick.
Was also a good flick
I remember that movie.
I liked that movie too bad its really obscure
Great, great movie.
Better Off Dead is another good one.
A truly great film
Lots of truth in this one.
An all time classic! In college drama class I did the monologue that Emilio does when he’s talking about how he got detention and how it ties back to his fathers expectations. I had rehearsed so much and was ready to nail it but when I performed it, it was so powerful and real for me, I had to excuse myself and pick another the following week. This movie is an all time classic!
Outside of some non-PC dialogue and outdated references, this movie's core is still relevant today.
What specific examples?
Back when Writers/Directors could take a movie about nothing, and make it pure gold.
I would rather watch this movie on my phone because I love movies on my phone I can wear my headphones and dance while I watch this movie don't you think that will be fun I'm asking you because I think it will be fun and thank you think it will be fun also we both love this movie
me and my brother watch this movie one time and he wanted to talk about rolling down the hill at school but I said Barry I'm watching The breakfast club that's so annoying and we both laughed because we knew that we love The breakfast club and he was distracting me
And honestly every time I watch this movie I like to pretend I am one of the characters and I like to eat breakfast while I watch this movie because I think that it's very clever don't you think that it's very clever also maybe we could form a group of people that eat breakfast during the watching of this movie and we could be called The breakfast club what do you think
I just can't stop thinking about the breakfast club every time I post a reply I think of more things that I love about this movie it's so silly and witty and funny and cute and me and my mother both love to watch it for real I'm not joking at all
Do you agree with all my comments
🎼"Don't you forget about Minty.
No no no don't."
Class of 85 right here!! This movie was my anthem!
Still 1 of my fav films of the 80's. The diversity with the teens is still relevant even today.
I couldn't see Rick Moranis playing a Janitor. GLAD they didn't place I'm in that role.
As much as I love Rick Moranis, I have to agree, he is just too goofy for that part.
Another fun fact the 90s teen pop group , the A-Teens , parodied this movie in their music video, Dancing Queen. Paul Gleason even stars in the music video as the dention teacher.
And so did the Goldberg's it was hilarious.
“Just bury your head in the sand and wait for your fu**ing prom!”...”I hate you!”...”oh yeah? Good!”
The 80s was the best time for everything, movies, music and partying.