DigDog
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- Jun 3, 2011
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ok first off The Blues Brothers original cut is better in every way than Breakfast Club even on the 103rd watching.
Breakfast Club was ... ok. I'm sure it was much better back when it came out, with those typical 80s stereotypes resonating with the general public.
I thought that throughout, the acting was mediocre, not terrible, not great. Emilio Esteves was probably the best of the bunch, and would likely have been even better if they gave him the part of John as-per original casting. Judd Nelson would have been better as the wrestler with his dumb, slow stare.
Molly Ringwald is a joy on the eyes and I've loved her since Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone (watch it).
The principal is laughably over the top, which, i guess, was meant to be?
The two other guys are fairly marginal to the story but they are useful as character to avoid making the script claustrophobic.
I did like the story and how the characters interact. It was well written, well directed, well paced, interesting and different from your usual film script of hero shoots bad guy. The music was ok, and while i'm not terribly happy with how this is a stick-it-to-the-man story in the end, i'm not sure how the characters should feel like they have won in the end, as they basically ate shit for the whole day.
I don't feel I've missed much when i didn't watch this film back in the 80s.
Instead that year i watched:
Goonies
Back To The Future
Rambo 2
A View To A Kill
Fright Night (!!!)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Commando
Legend
Enemy Mine
and Ran
and most of these are better. Or, you know, if not better, more entertaining.
SUPER-SLOTH !
Breakfast Club was ... ok. I'm sure it was much better back when it came out, with those typical 80s stereotypes resonating with the general public.
I thought that throughout, the acting was mediocre, not terrible, not great. Emilio Esteves was probably the best of the bunch, and would likely have been even better if they gave him the part of John as-per original casting. Judd Nelson would have been better as the wrestler with his dumb, slow stare.
Molly Ringwald is a joy on the eyes and I've loved her since Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone (watch it).
The principal is laughably over the top, which, i guess, was meant to be?
The two other guys are fairly marginal to the story but they are useful as character to avoid making the script claustrophobic.
I did like the story and how the characters interact. It was well written, well directed, well paced, interesting and different from your usual film script of hero shoots bad guy. The music was ok, and while i'm not terribly happy with how this is a stick-it-to-the-man story in the end, i'm not sure how the characters should feel like they have won in the end, as they basically ate shit for the whole day.
I don't feel I've missed much when i didn't watch this film back in the 80s.
Instead that year i watched:
Goonies
Back To The Future
Rambo 2
A View To A Kill
Fright Night (!!!)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Commando
Legend
Enemy Mine
and Ran
and most of these are better. Or, you know, if not better, more entertaining.