Q: As you walk on by, will you call my name?
A: No.
I just finished watching The Breakfast Club. I put it on netflix in some kind of crazy fit of nostalgia a while back, and it gradually crept up the queue until one day it arrived in our mailbox, as a result of my having neglected to reorder the queue in time. It’s the only one of that bunch of movies that I liked, and although I still do, I have to say it doesn’t pack quite the punch as it used to, for the following reasons:
Reason the First: This movie is inexplicably rated R. PG-13 appeared the year before Breakfast Club came out, so I’m at a loss to understand this. Because of the marijuana, I suppose. I guess back then they still thought it was possible/desirable to prevent teenagers from smoking marijuana–I believe now they hand it out free at high school guidance offices.
Reason the Second: The movie opens with a quotation from David Bowie’s Changes:
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They
My 17 year old niece is now addicted to 80’s movies and The Breakfast Club in particular. She even bought the t-shirt. Now, this makes me feel old.
However, I can cheer all of us old, “dead-hearted” folks up. If you watch The Breakfast Club in your 30’s and you relate to it, there might be a problem. If you don’t, you are completely normal and right where you should be. I’m just a little worried about myself, because I still catch myself rooting for Judd Nelson just a little too much and I still have that crush on Molly Ringwald. But, other than that, I think I’m okay.
And, if you did walk on by, I probably would call your name, or at least yell “hey” or something.
Not only is Ferris Bueller great, the soundtrack features the Yello song “Oh Yeah”, which is the coolest song ever!
Not only is Ferris Bueller great, the soundtrack features the Yello song “Oh Yeah”, which is the coolest song ever!