Director John Hughes, RIP

Man those 5 minutes really had an impact on you.

srsly though you should watch it sometimes. Jennifer Grey is really funny in it.

Was anyone else disconcerted when Molly Ringwald went from the ultimate outsider in "Sixteen Candles" (even though she got the guy in the end, to the popularity queen in "Breakfast Club"? It made more sense for me when she returned to quirky with "Pretty in Pink." Somehow, I never really believed her as the popular one, for in the Hughes canon, this is usually the buxom blonde cheerleader.

I watched these films in junior high--they were always enjoyable, but even at the time I felt they were incredibly stereotypical and unbelievable. Looking back, the standout performance for me is Jon Cryer as "Duckie." Anthony Michael Hall also confused me by going from uber dork to BMOC not much later in his career.

Nice fashions and aesthetics though, and yes the "Pretty in Pink" soundtrack is amazing. I want what MW is wearing in the first pic:

http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/teen-spirit-a-john-hughes-style-tribute/

molly on john.

John was my Truffaut.

Might or might not be further evidence for the 'Ferris was a jerk' school.

The Great Outdoors is a kind of an odd one in that although I remember enjoying it as a kid, I was probably fully aware that it was just a Vacation/Planes, Trains and Automobiles knockoff. A re-watch confirms this: I would not be at all surprised if Hughes had cobbled together the script almost entirely from outtakes from those other two. The direction, by the guy who helmed Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful is horribly slapdash as well. The whole thing, from conception to shooting and editing, gives the impression of being a rush job to make a summer release date (which probably was the case).

The subtitled racoons are still pretty funny, though.

The subtitled racoons are still pretty funny, though.

Tru.

the raccoons and the steak and having to eat the gristle are all i remember about this movie

They're all that are worth remembering.

the raccoons and the Ol' '96er are the only decent in a gruesome fucking movie (Annette Bening's in it!)

https://www.criterion.com/films/29272-the-breakfast-club

50 minutes of never-before-seen deleted and extended scenes

god i wonder how many of these will be "problematic"

Kind of love that Molly is a lefty pundit on Facebook now.

The most eloquent and detailed review that will probably ever be written of She's Having a Baby: https://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2021/03/shes-having-a-baby.html

Morbs goin' HAM upthread.

classic morbs in maximum annoying mode. complete with denis perrin links and pauline kael c&p