"The Breakfast Club"
A friend at a party could not stop talking about how great this film is, and every other person around us was in frantic agreement. I told them that I kind of remembered seeing parts on cable back in the late 80's, but my house mate had to flat out mention that he had never seen it. With that, our friends forced the DVD on to us to view at home. Well tonight was one of the most painful movie experiences we have ever had. Why do people like this film so much? The kids are all a mess, and the character I felt most sorry for was the school teacher guy. Why did they cry to each other? I went to High School in suburban New Jersey in the early '80's , and kids did not act that way. Thank goodness. And yes, I have had detention once or twice. I think some people (like the ones at that party I went to) are just having that "Nostalgia For an Age That Never Existed" syndrome, and believe that John Hughes movies accurately reflect the word and people of the mid to late 1980's. All these people are around my age (35- 45), but seem to have lived in a parallel reality that only existed for me in T.V. and movie productions.