There is one underappreciated factor in John Hughes’ 80s high school movies that make them so good‚ and that’s the acting. In one of the most well known films to this day‚ The Breakfast Club‚ the condescending Mr. Richard Vernon (Paul Gleason) supervises detention where five students with completely different personalities felt trapped‚ but by being stuck together‚ they learned they had more in common than they thought possible. There was an athlete‚ a criminal‚ a princess‚ a basket case‚ and a brain;
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I was in eighth grade the first time I watched The Breakfast Club. My cousins and I had gone to our local video store and were trying to pick something out. I was looking at Harry Potter and The Hunger Games‚ anything that had strong special effects and a huge plot. My cousins on the other hand went to look at the classics. That is when they found it‚ The Breakfast Club. I was skeptical at first‚ due to the age and how simple it looked‚ but they ended up convincing me. We went back to my house and
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In The Breakfast Club‚ there is an overwhelming idea of the future. The students only think about one week in advance before their Saturday detention. They never thought about what their actions could do to their future. For example‚ Brian did not seem to grasp that because he was so ready to kill himself over one failed assignment. He was thinking in the now and not in the future. A noticeable moral of this film is: Parents should actually raise their children. In this film‚ all of the parents have
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1302 Mr. Glaesemann 15 April 2014 Characterization: The Breakfast Club A professor named Peter Drucker stated‚ ‘’the most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.’’ The quote basically means the ability to read the emotions and nonverbal communication of another person increases the understanding and elevates relationships. A prominent writer and producer named John Hughes directed a movie called The Breakfast Club where five students with nothing in common are faced with
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In the movie The Breakfast Club‚ five students are to spend the entire day together in detention. These five teenagers all come from extremely different backgrounds and social groups within their school. As the movie progresses they learn more about one another. This bond comes about due to the students trying to have fun while in detention. In the beginning ten minutes of the movie one can see the setting of a team form. This means that it was clear that there would be a plan of action made by
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The movie that this book no doubt reminds me of is the Breakfast Club. In each there are five completely different characters who get paired up unknowingly. In the movie the characters meet in detention. In the book the characters are paired up during freshman orientation. Some of the characters even bear resemblance to characters in the movie. Whitney strongly reminds me of the pampered Claire‚ while Jake reminds me of the jock Andrew. Mia bears slight resemblance to the outcast Allison‚ and Gregor
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The Breakfast Club is a simple but beautiful 1980’s movie about a group of teenagers that end up realizing they are all going through some tough situations. While The Breakfast Club was made for entertainment purposes‚ it can be a great learning tool. Just from studying the movie‚ a student can realize they should not judge a book by it’s cover. For a student-teacher‚ this movie is a great tool in observing what happens when teachers decide not to invest their time into their students. Analyzing
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The Breakfast Club is very different from almost every other entry into what was (at the time) a burgeoning genre. Instead of relying on the staples of bare flesh‚ crass humor‚ and brainless plots‚ this movie focuses on five dissimilar characters‚ is almost entirely dialogue-driven‚ and doesn’t offer even a glimpse of a breast or buttock. It’s a story about communication gaps‚ teen isolation‚ and the angst that everyone (regardless of how self-assured they seem) experiences during the years that
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belong is to be accepted in society. Such ideas of identity and belonging can be seen through a range of characters such as Meryl in Bombshells‚ who is portrayed as a single mother of three who is very paranoid about what others think of her. Theresa is another character in the novel that is overtaken by the acceptance of others. We can also look upon characters such as Claire from The Breakfast Club who is afraid to stand up to her own feelings around her friends. In the movie A Cinderella Story‚
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Unfortunately‚ this stereotype may never change. The Breakfast Club written and directed by John Hughes expresses exactly that theme. Fortunately‚ youth of every age understand exactly what they are going through and have the ability to change what is being thrust on them by the socialization process which begins in the home and is reinforced at school‚ not only by students and parents‚ but teachers like Mr. Vernon as well. In The Breakfast Club five unique personalities‚ each secure in his identity
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