tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post3340231637420048481..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: High School NostalgiaNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-64965692547446019252007-09-05T22:41:00.000-04:002007-09-05T22:41:00.000-04:00Nat, I just recently wrote about Hughes because I ...Nat, I just recently wrote about Hughes because I couldn't stop thinking about him while watching Superbad. I have not seen a movie in a long time that made me feel like his movies did. Dazed and Confused and Superbad are the only ones that come to mind.PIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-21503446104481441832007-09-05T17:15:00.000-04:002007-09-05T17:15:00.000-04:00I watched this movie in 1988, when I was 5 y.o., i...I watched this movie in 1988, when I was 5 y.o., it aired on tv, about 3:30 pm, wow ,that movie is still a classic, like it or not, john hughes movies were really the meaning of american�s high school for me, I always loved the fact the schools in Brazil are different, you know, no lockers, you can study from 7:00 to 12:00 or 13:00 to 18:00, like I did, but I always loved the idea of meeting those great people someday. Great choice Nathaniel!lawyer tony fernandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14034329767800832029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-60836254481278716562007-09-05T15:52:00.000-04:002007-09-05T15:52:00.000-04:00Saw it when it came out (I was 26 and a couple of ...Saw it when it came out (I was 26 and a couple of years out of the Navy) and thought it was one of the best movies I had ever seen. Still do. This and "Pump Up The Volume" make the perfect teen-angst double feature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-70517351539703101862007-09-05T15:40:00.000-04:002007-09-05T15:40:00.000-04:00By the time Pretty in Pink came out, I was old eno...By the time <I>Pretty in Pink</I> came out, I was old enough to appreciate Duckie and think Andrew McCarthy looked like a rabbit.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865082576641051315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-55945949597664993142007-09-05T14:58:00.000-04:002007-09-05T14:58:00.000-04:00I think that notion that Susan brings up that some...I think that notion that Susan brings up that some teenagers <I>are</I> close to their parents explains a lot about my soft-spot for <I>Pretty in Pink</I>. That and "What. About. PROM! BLAINE!" But <I>The Breakfast Club</I> is wonderful, and I love what you wrote about it.NicksFlickPickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607501848596529493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-20141203788421421762007-09-05T14:50:00.000-04:002007-09-05T14:50:00.000-04:00Judd Nelson has weirdely giganitc nostril holes - ...Judd Nelson has weirdely giganitc nostril holes - that's what I remember about the movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-18438236003115776232007-09-05T14:24:00.000-04:002007-09-05T14:24:00.000-04:00When it originally came out, I liked The Breakfast...When it originally came out, I liked <B>The Breakfast Club</B> a lot, but on subsequent viewings, I grew to dislike it more and more, thanks largely to how annoying Judd Nelson is. Maybe I've become an old fart, but I find myself siding with Paul Gleason more. One thing that always bothered me even the first time was the wish fulfillment ending. I wanted a coda showing the five of them back at school Monday ignoring each other and reverting to their usual cliques. I agree with Ray about <B>Sixteen Candles</B> though. I think that's the Hughes that really holds up, before his filmography degenerated into nothing but fart jokes and hits to the groin.Edward Copelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463676135131274426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-9034920593462941712007-09-05T14:17:00.000-04:002007-09-05T14:17:00.000-04:00I've told this story many times over the years.I w...I've told this story many times over the years.<BR/><BR/>I was 24 when this movie came out, and I saw it with my fiance, who was a few years older. <BR/><BR/>When we came out of the theater, he said "It was great, but I don't think any <EM>real</EM> burnouts are that articulate." "Not true," I replied, "I hung out with people like that."<BR/><BR/>The next day at work I was discussing it with a co-worker, and I said "It was great, but I don't think any <EM>real</EM> jocks are that articulate." "Not true," she replied, "My ex is just like that."<BR/><BR/>And I realized, we were still carrying these stereotypes with us, still living as if the decisions we'd made about stoners and jocks and weirdoes in high school made sense.<BR/><BR/>It was pretty flippin' profound.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061313079120981794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-60251322545430267902007-09-05T13:45:00.000-04:002007-09-05T13:45:00.000-04:00“When you grow up, your heart dies”I’m glad you wr...<I>“When you grow up, your heart dies”</I><BR/><BR/>I’m glad you wrote about this quote in your excellent piece, Nat. <BR/><BR/>I loved <I>The Breakfast Club</I> and identified with the characters in many ways, yet even when I first saw it in high school, there was one key difference. As I recall, the protagonists universally disliked their parents, which was one reason for Ali Sheedy’s indictment of adulthood. <BR/><BR/>I’ve always gotten along well with my folks and have therefore always believed that people of all ages are compassionate. It has never been a matter of how old someone is, though it’s true that how we process and deal with emotions (usually) matures as we grow up. <BR/><BR/>If anything, growing up awakens compassionate hearts even more, because we have moved beyond the more powerful self-involvement of youth. (Generally speaking, of course.)SusanPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247068663993460537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-17162776554367720632007-09-05T12:53:00.000-04:002007-09-05T12:53:00.000-04:00I think you've nailed it on this one. This movie ...I think you've nailed it on this one. This movie reaches people especially if they see it when it when they are in high school. I'm a total child of the 80s so even though I saw it when it had been out for years, the obvious 80s influenced endeared it to me. It shows high school kids figuring out who they are and what that means in a way that is entertaining and not condescending.<BR/><BR/>SharonSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11329718905298558908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-62673563722263412052007-09-05T12:40:00.000-04:002007-09-05T12:40:00.000-04:00The movie's pretty good, but for my money I'll tak...The movie's pretty good, but for my money I'll take "Sixteen Candles" over it any day. <BR/><BR/>wwws.therecshow.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-16215494029261136472007-09-05T11:35:00.000-04:002007-09-05T11:35:00.000-04:00I remember that movie all too well. But unlike Kam...I remember that movie all too well. But unlike Kamikaze camel, I saw it when it came out. I was in NYC for a weekend trip with a couple of friends, barely 17 years old and already having too much to drink every night. My hair, designed after Robert Smith, resembled a furn and my clothing choices scared old ladies away. I was happening like a spiral in a toilet.<BR/><BR/>The movie was so soothing that I couldn't speak after it. I was a teenager, just like all of them, and was going through exactly the same awkwardness they were. <BR/><BR/>*sigh* in deed...Éric Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13455152423201262438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-31739827913149345822007-09-05T09:53:00.000-04:002007-09-05T09:53:00.000-04:00*sigh*I covet that movie. I saw it when I was 15, ...*<I>sigh</I>*<BR/><BR/>I covet that movie. I saw it when I was 15, alas it was on late night TV, but I felt like I was just a part of it as I would've been in 1985 (the year I was born - sign? I think so).<BR/><BR/>It's in my top 5 personal favourites. It really is amazing.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com