Comments on: When is 2009 Gonna Stop Taking People I Love?

By: WolfenM

WolfenM — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:46:29 +0000

Tell me about it! Very upset at this loss, and of Mrs Slocumbe as well. ;_;

There will always be a soft spot in my heart for Ferris Bueller (I think I love it as much as Star Wars!) and the first Home Alone (he wrote & produced that). But of course I love other films he's had a hand in as well, particularly the Breakfast Club & the Vacation movies ….

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:43:18 +0000

I'm so glad that you did a John Hughes tribute. It's funny, though…while I LOVE The Breakfast Club, as well as his other movies, the one that stands out to me most and spoke to me when I was a kid is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Yes, Ferris was "living the dream" and outsmarting EVERYONE as he successfully navigated a day of cutting school, but it was about more than that. It was about getting what you want out of life. It was about being your own person and having a spine. The defining moment for me was when Cameron decides to wreck his dad's car. That was the feeling I identified with most. The feeling that you've always been living to please or impress your parents, and then there's that moment where you stop and say "Not anymore." So powerful. It was years before I could step out from under my parents' expectations myself, but that movie helped me realize that I WOULD be able to do it eventually, in my own time.

By: Rhea Dee

Rhea Dee — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:13:37 +0000

16 Candles will always be my top fave I think (although Some Kind of Wonderful comes pretty damn close–Watts was the coolest girl ever). Weirdly, I never really connected too much with The Breakfast Club, even though everyone around my age set seems to count that as their fave.

Have you ever read Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers On The Films of John Hughes? It's a great collection of essays by Generation X-er's reflecting on Hughes teen films. Worth checking out (and worshipping, like I do).

By: WaterConsNYC

WaterConsNYC — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:32:26 +0000

Thanks for the kind words about John Hughes and especially for the love for Some Kind of Wonderful. One of my top 20 favorite films, my favorite MSM role, one of the great endings and the most excellent cover of one of my favorite Elvis songs.

PS. Vampire Cowboys rock!