The Breakfast Club Review

The Breakfast Club Review

Detention is supposed to be a punishment that every student tries their best not to receive. On one Saturday morning, as the 8 hour detention started for these 5 lucky individuals, they wanted nothing more than to get out of that school and not have to spend one more minute with each other. But throughout the day something unexpected happen, these 5 students began to see that they could connect to one another and created a bond.

The movie starts off with the 5 students one by one coming into the school in a terrible mood. You look at them and you can tell what role they are in high school. You have the princess, the criminal, the brain, the athlete and the basket case. The adults include the bitter, arrogant principle who especially can’t stand bender and then the janitor who is the “eyes and ears of this institution”. The director John Hughes did an amazing job at creating a character that any teenager and even some adults can relate to. As the day progresses the criminal is actually the one who begins to breaks down the walls everyone has put up. He does this be beginning to pick/hit on the prom queen. This leads to an altercation when the athlete steps into help which results in finding out some truth behind why bender acts how he does and him storming off. After this there are some more arguments that follow but eventually they begin to interact in a nonviolent manner and even covering up for bender when he is caught escaping back into the library. They begin to bond through many events including running through the halls together, smoking in the library which leads to the big one with them sitting in a circle sharing their secrets and why they are there. Just when you think they are all coming together and letting their guards down, bender comes in with one of his condescending remarks towards the princess but it actually ends up with him giving her a look of respect. Towards the end they talk about if once this day is over will they be friends. This circle brings them together in a way they never knew could happen. The movie ends with the princess helping the basket case come into herself causing the athlete to see her in a new light and ending up together. The brain ends up writing one essay from the five of them to the principle telling him off in a nice way. The princess surprises the criminal by making the first move which results in them also being together. They all leave that day very differently than how they arrived.  They all realize they can be friends or even more, that they have more in common than they thought and that this Saturday detention was just what they needed.

The movie does an amazing of showing just how people who appear to be complete opposites may have more in common then they think and can be friends. John Hughes is known for doing many teen films in the 80's that teach teens a lesson. Other movies such as Sixteen candles or St.Elmo's fire which includes some of the same characters in this film also bring teenagers together in an unexpected way. This movie especially is an iconic film that almost everyone can relate to and learn something from. It talks about real problems teenagers still to this day go through. It appeals to everyone because we all remember what it was like to be a teen and what we had to go through at one point. John Hughes has made a film that is still one of the most recognizable films today. I rate this with 5 stars  because no matter your age, style, or attitude on life, you have someone to relate to.

Cultural and Historical Context

To get some historical and cultural context about The Breakfast Club, I went onto websites such as IMDB and movie review websites to see what facts they had about the characters and production of the film. When it came to information about the director John Hughes I already knew some information because I already researched about him since this is my favorite film, and when I love a film I like to know all about it! The difference between writing this review and the costumer review is the costumer review was less formal and more of our opinion while this was our opinion but also a little summary about the film.

Trajectories

The possible trajectories of this review is I might have had a little too much summary of film. I just didn't know where to stop. I love writing about what happens in this film and it was hard for me to cut out what was important as to opposed to what is not important. A possible positive trajectory of my review is I think I did a pretty decent job at stating why this film is such an amazing one and how much it can really teach us something. I don't really think anything will come from my reviews being up. I was a little nervous putting up my costumer review because anyone can see that and people look at IMDB website a lot but I don't mind the criticism too much I'm more just having fun with the costumer review.

Influences

The only influences I really had while writing this review was looking up other people's reviews on this movie to see how they organized it. I looked up reviews on IMDB which were more informal and also on filmcritic.com and from Robert Ebert. I didn't look at what they said to go off of I looked at how they organized it.

Costumer Review

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088847/

Once you get to that page you just scroll almost all the way to the bottom and look for the review portion. My user name is golfngirl63 and it said my review should be up in 2-3 business days. My Summary says"This movie can teach us all something and makes us all want to go back to our high school days for just a little bit".

Spring Break

For my spring break I am first going to Michigan to visit my aunt, uncle and cousins with my mom. I have always been very close to my aunt and uncle and cousins. My aunt and uncle are basically like another set of parents to me while my cousins have always treated me as their little sister. Probably one of the biggest things I miss since coming to school is not being able to just go visit them whenever I wanted, which is why I tend to visit them a lot over my breaks. This weekend when I visit them I am hoping that the weather is good enough for me and my uncle to go on a motorcycle ride like we always do. For as long as I can remember every summer, we go on a bike trip every year just us. It's a tradition between us and something very special to me. Since its still only March, we may not be able to take the bike out but if their is no snow or rain, then no matter how cold, we're gonna try. We're also gonna celebrate my cousins first birthday! After Michigan I am going to go visit my best friend at his college sometime during the week because I haven't seen him since winter break so that will be nice! For the rest of break I am just going to spend catching up with my family. It'll be nice to see my brothers especially since I haven't seen them in awhile. My parents have come down to visit me a lot but my brothers are busy with work. They use to go here but graduated so I miss seeing them whenever I could. Unfortunately over spring break I do have to do some homework which will for sure be a downer but for the most of break I will be relaxing catching up on sleep and with my friends and family which is perfect I think!

The Movie Fan

When I walked into the movie fan store it was not what I expected at all. When you first walk in it is a little sitting area with tables and chairs where you can relax and have some snacks. Then they have the vhs section which I personally loved because it was a bunch of older films that remind me of my childhood. Then beyond that is the dvd section. All the dvds are very close together with barely no room to walk and it actually was kind of hard to look for a dvd but once I actually began looking I found some movies I was interested in watching. This movie store was very different than other movie stores I usually go to. Back home I use to go to blockbuster as one of the movie places and there all the movies were spread out and very easy to see. There was a pretty good sized snack area but not a sit down area like this place. They also had no vhs section which is one perk this movie fan place had. I also would always go to best buy as a place and that place is much bigger than this movie fan store. It also has more than just movies there. I definately wasn't use to this small store but it was nice and for sure had some perks.