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By Superman At 22:14 On 28 March 2017 648 Posts Fresh Prince	Any thoughts on this movie? In some ways, it was a very simple movie... and, yet, it was also somehow very deep at the same time. Quote

By Vaporman87 At 02:51 On 29 March 2017 10471 Posts King of the Hill	I would say it would be hard to argue that any other film of his would be a better consideration for John Hughes' magnum opus. Though there are a couple others that couldn't be discounted either. Quote Disable Sigs You love this signature.
By vkimo At 14:36 On 29 March 2017 1973 Posts Playing With Power	Interestingly enough, the 33rd anniversary of their actual detention date just recently passed. I think that along with The Goonies and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club best captures 80s youth cinema. Quote Disable Sigs
By Silvervix At 16:12 On 29 March 2017 658 Posts Fresh Prince	I have never watched this flick, but the references to it are so massive that I feel the need to change that right away. Hope it is on Netflix! Quote Disable Sigs "Even though I'm cheating like a btard, this is still surprisingly hard" - Ross Scott. Feel free to PM me if you wanna talk about stuff. I'm always open to listening.
By Superman At 16:57 On 29 March 2017 648 Posts Fresh Prince	Silvervix wrote : I have never watched this flick, but the references to it are so massive that I feel the need to change that right away. Hope it is on Netflix! -end quote You should definitely watch it if you get the chance. It's one of the finest movies of the '80s. Quote Disable Sigs
By Vaporman87 At 16:10 On 09 July 2018 10471 Posts King of the Hill	Living in the era of #MeToo has cast a negative light on films like The Breakfast Club. Scenes in which Bender insults Claire, inappropriately violates her personal space (under a desk), uses homophobic slurs, etc. are now looked at much differently. Molly Ringwald addressed this in April. I tend to agree with most of her logic in that article. But she doesn't address the fact that yes, indeed, teens of the '80s acted just like this. Are we to believe that they don't today? You can't tell me that teens don't engage in any of this sort of thing today (excluding the homophobic slurs to a certain extent). Nor can you tell me that teen girls today ARE NOT attracted to "bad boys". Sure we are far more careful to include this kind of thing in film, but Hughes knew how things were. He just didn't allow our aversion to the truth get in the way. Quote Disable Sigs You love this signature.
By echidna64 At 04:35 On 10 July 2018 1260 Posts Teenager With Attitude	Similary, I was thinking about the movie American Pie (1999) which is almost 20 years old! The scene where Nadia is recorded taking her clothes off with a secret webcam would certainly be a lawsuit today- crazy how times change! Quote Disable Sigs
By Mr Magic At 17:01 On 18 February 2020 13449 Posts	The dance scene was the best scene. Quote Disable Sigs "Magic can happen to you."