ZeroAX wrote:I watched this last night for the first time:
And as I realized once again, I was meant to live in the 80s, but unfortunately I was just born in them. Amazing movie and what I really loved about it is how much character development and drama they could get out the interactions between 5 archetypes.
I watched this long ago, but went into it again not knowing the director. It felt a lot like Serpico and when the credits rolled it was obvious why. Hollywood doesn't do drama this good anymore. I also found Network great, showed it to an undergrad class once. 2006's Find Me Guilty was a sad departure from what made Sidney Lumet such a great director, but he'll be remembered for his earlier works.
I watched this long ago, but went into it again not knowing the director. It felt a lot like Serpico and when the credits rolled it was obvious why. Hollywood doesn't do drama this good anymore. I also found Network great, showed it to an undergrad class once. 2006's Find Me Guilty was a sad departure from what made Sidney Lumet such a great director, but he'll be remembered for his earlier works.
If you haven't yet, I'd also recommend watching Dog Day Afternoon, another film that Lumet did with Al Pacino. It's a dynamite performance by Pacino, one of my favorite of his career.
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If you haven't yet, I'd also recommend watching Dog Day Afternoon, another film that Lumet did with Al Pacino. It's a dynamite performance by Pacino, one of my favorite of his career.
Seen it twice at least This got me thinking, I don't think there's been a serious film handling today's media, ie the citizen journalist who live-tweets and blogs and competes with established news outlets, and how this mess of information is affecting daily lives. Or maybe they made a few that I'm unaware of
I never understood whats the big deal about The Breakfast Club, I can see how if you saw this when you were a child you will forever remember it as one of your favorite movies but for a movie that got 8/10 from 179 thousand users not sure what is the big deal. The Gladiator recieved an 8.5/10 .
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 already has a release date. Plus it looks like the release date for Galaxy 2 will be right around when the Batman/Superman movie is released.
RCBH928 wrote:I never understood whats the big deal about The Breakfast Club, I can see how if you saw this when you were a child you will forever remember it as one of your favorite movies but for a movie that got 8/10 from 179 thousand users not sure what is the big deal. The Gladiator recieved an 8.5/10 .
one of those movies where it was best to view it at that time at that age. I was probably in middle school and it was big, mostly because of the all star cast. Another thing is kids/teenager movies back then, they actually acted, talked like real kids/teenagers in the movies. I guess they could get away with more back then i dunno. Could you imagine the og bad news bears coming out today? Oh the horror, lol.
RCBH928 wrote:I never understood whats the big deal about The Breakfast Club, I can see how if you saw this when you were a child you will forever remember it as one of your favorite movies but for a movie that got 8/10 from 179 thousand users not sure what is the big deal. The Gladiator recieved an 8.5/10 .
one of those movies where it was best to view it at that time at that age. I was probably in middle school and it was big, mostly because of the all star cast. Another thing is kids/teenager movies back then, they actually acted, talked like real kids/teenagers in the movies. I guess they could get away with more back then i dunno. Could you imagine the og bad news bears coming out today? Oh the horror, lol.
Yeah, I'll probably get slammed for saying this, but like Degrassi TNG, THE BREAKFAST CLUB captured the feel of not only a generation, but of an era.
What was high school life like in the 80's? Not like the Breakfast club, but everyone wanted it to be like the movie. The movie captures almost personality perfectly, and honestly. Like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Breakfast Club throws you into a perfect teenage world where every life obstacle can be overcome in ninety minutes. Teenage fantasy taken with a dash of seriousness makes for a memorable movie.
Watched "Donnie Darko" last night - apparently 12 years after the rest of the world. Brilliant film making. Cinematography, acting, and a beast of soundtrack that continually managed to put the exact emotion and subtext to the scene it was highlighting.
Somehow, my wife and I, separately and unconsciously both thought this was "Donnie Brasco" and whenever we'd hear about it we'd think, "...did they watch the same ho-hum movie we did?". (we realized this after we were discussing it when it was over, both asking the other why we hadn't seen this and how did we miss it).
Blown away by how good this was. Sad to see they did an apparently poor sequel, "Samantha Darko".
I've been playing songs from the soundtrack on youtube all morning.
Sometimes there are just movies that resonate so well you find yourselves the next day not thinking, "That was a good movie." but rather, "That was a masterpiece of film making." I'm having one of those days. I'm not a big soundtrack guy, but when it's done right, it can make a really good film a masterpiece. The last time i've felt this was about 18 months ago when I saw "Drive".
This got me thinking, I don't think there's been a serious film handling today's media, ie the citizen journalist who live-tweets and blogs and competes with established news outlets, and how this mess of information is affecting daily lives. Or maybe they made a few that I'm unaware of 
