RIP John Hughes
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I just found out that John Hughes, widely called the voice of the 80's for his iconic movies, died of a heart attack today. I think someone just loogied in my water bottle.
Wow.
I'm really feeling old now.
I will now completely betray my generation and say that I really do not like The Breakfast Club. It drove me batty, how whiny all the kids were. Ugh.
However, Sixteen Candles really speaks to me. All of the characters, even Long Duck Dong, are written with such wonderful detail that it was easy to find something to admire in each of them.
I want to swap floppy discs with Farmer Ted.
I want to learn "the kiss that kills".
I want Ferris Bueller's Cabaret Voltaire poster. (Like you all didn't notice that.)
And right now, I want to queue up my copy of Sixteen Candles and wallow for a while.
If you were here, I'd let you wallow with me. Good night MOG, and thank you Mr. Hughes.
Comments (13)
I heard at about 5:30 PM eastern time, totally bummed.
I feel a brat pack marathon coming on.
You REALLY don't like the Breakfast Club? It's one of my favorites. I didn't even know that Ferris Beuller was a John Hughes film.
You totally should have used the Billy Idol version of "Don't You Forget About Me."
Yeah Galen, the news took a lot of the wind out of my sails today.
No joke Troy, I really don't like it. And honestly, I didn't know Ferris Bueller was a Hughes movie either.
Now that I'm thinking of it, I could have gone for the English Beat's "March of the Swivelheads". Or "Wild Sex in the Working Class". Heehee.
And, just becuse it exists:
i'm with you Dale Breakfast Club didn't do it for me, give me Ferris any day. Such sad news....
a dark day indeed mi amigo. but come on... breakfast club had its moments.
no dad what about you? NO! DAD! WHAT ABOUT YOU!? BOOOSHH...
When I saw I had "MogMail" (I have a separate folder for MOG in my inbox), I immediately wondered if anyone commented on the passing of John Hughes. I loved just about all of his movies, Uncle Buck included but the Breakfast Club soundtrack is what did it for me.
Same age as my Dad. Hughes - you will be missed.
Now I'm not saying Breakfast Club didn't hve ANU redeeming qualities, just the overall tone bugged me.
Wait a sec ... Uncle Buck was a John Hughes movie? I did not know that. I love that movie, watch it every time I come cross it on cable.
Ozzy is still alive so I don't feel that old but, I know I am lol!
RIP J.H.
Planes, Trains, & Automobiles is one of mt fave flicks!
And just because it's unbelievable:
http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html
READ THIS!!!
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Hughes was part of my youth for sure, and it was a bit of a shock to hear he passed (my money has been on Harry Morgan from MASH or Doris Day for the next to go).
I like Pretty in Pink-- but I don't like the lesson that Annie Potts learns, you have to become a yuppie to be happy (don't think so)-- and for everyone who thinks Duckie should have ended up with Andi, forget it Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the film version at least) it who he ends up with.
Some Kind of Wonderful is titled correctly, it is the film that all the other Hughes teen angst films were trying to be, or as comic writer Brian Wood once said, it's Pretty in Pink with the correct ending.
The Breakfast Club, the Hughes film with the biggest backlash, and I would say that it's warranted. A couple of year’s back I guy I know talked about why he didn't like this film on his podcast. His argument came down to this, the film shows the princess ending up with the thug, the arty girl with the jock and they let the nerd live/treat him as human as long as he completes everyone's homework. The lesson seems to be that as long as the nerds of the world do all the work they get to live. It’s this argument that has colored my view of the film to the point that I can’t watch it any longer.
Anyway, like the films or not Hughes made the 80s a little more livable for those of us who were teens at the time, and I assume teens since then.
Moment of Zen: on an episode of Win Ben Stein’s money a contestant was at a loss for the answer to a question and simply said "Buller"
): what sad news. if i map my teenage joys and scars, i can probably trace them all back to the man, in one way or another.
(uhm, i am also not that fond of The Breakfast Club.)
omg. Some Kind of Wonderful. Dale, did you really have to bring me back there?!? [sigh]
Yes, apparently I did. ;)
Damn. I'm just catching up on email on the road. This totally sucks. The French new wave may have had Trauffaut and Goddard, but the American Teenager had Hughes. As much as his films were adored, I feel he is grossly underappreciated in film. Plus, there's non-teen epics like Vacation that will always hold a place in my heart.