sure that sounds legitimate
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
guys, everyone who is happy is stupid
This is very close to a line from Gregory's Girl.
Anyway, it's kinda funny that this thread is a faceoff between '80s teens and '00s man-boys.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
THE WHOLE POINT OF THE MOVIE IS TO HELP THE BEST FRIEND BECOME HIMSELF AND THEREFORE TRULY HAPPY BY GETTING OUT FROM UNDER HIS PARENTS (AND EN PASSANT DESTROY A BIG YUPPIE DOUCHEBAG LUXURY ITEM) -
Noted, but I mentioned Ferris' astounding indifference to his plight. This may be the performance's problem too. I mean, Broderick is just not convincing offering to take the blame for car going out the window.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah it's pretty clear that Cameron is going to be severely beaten by his father, or perhaps killed. Ferris is all like Bluto in Animal House: "Hey, you fucked up, you trusted me."
Also, thanks to everyone on this thread who reminded me why I stopped participating in film threads!
― Dimension 5ive, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
P.S. I can't believe I can't remember this clearly, and do not really want to get involved in this Reagan-era debate, but is the car's going out the window really an "accident?" Isn't it a half-accident that occurs as Cameron is, like, going off on the car? Doesn't he kick it off the jack it's balanced on?
― nabisco, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
the car's going out the window was entirely out of the filmmakers' hands
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
it was Reagan's fault.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:1bjSZve1hJR3_M:http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/north/north.jpg I cannot recall
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
never woulda happened if Deaver had still been around
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
little-known fact - "Sloane" was originally named "Fawn"
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
xxxpost gabbneb the car is destroyed by accident, not by design or because of some anti-materialistic "free yourself of your posessions" logic
Err, wasn't Cameron kicking the shit out of the car for about 5 minutes before it crashed off its jacks.
― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah it's pretty clear that Cameron is going to be severely beaten by his father, or perhaps killed.
I smell sequel!
― kenan, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
harmlessly punching car /= destruction of car
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
its pretty clear they didn't intend to destroy the car, I can't believe this is even debatable
CAN WE RETURN TO DISCUSSING HOT PAUL RUDD K THNKX
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
yes, cameron dies, but at least ferris loves him
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I smell sequel! You're not the only one.
― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link
(No seriously, I'm not sure I get how anyone's arguing Gabbneb on this one -- the car's destruction is pretty clearly presented as some kind of grand rebellion that will ultimately free Cameron from parental authority, like now he's done his worst and can breathe easy and live free of fear.)
(I remember being like 9 years old and the big sleepover commentary on this movie was that when Cameron is staring into the painting at the Art Institute it's because he's seeing the car in those red lips -- look, do you see, how it's the car? -- because evidently 9 is not old enough to understand why Cameron would just be staring longingly at lips alone.)
― nabisco, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
http://www.howdesign.com/blog/content/binary/Paul_Rudd.jpg
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link
huh I was unaware that Hughes was "reclusive" and hadn't made a movie since '92...?
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
what a tortured genius.
― kenan, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
an Arizona-based screenwriter named Rick Rapier
― G00blar, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:20 (sixteen years ago) link
i just realized: no one has said two words about weird science on this thread
― kenan, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Talk about vestigial women!
― nabisco, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:22 (sixteen years ago) link
comment from that link: John Hughes also wrote the story that is the basis of the upcoming Apatow production Drillbit Taylor.
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:22 (sixteen years ago) link
we're through the looking glass here people
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Weird Science is a horrible mess of a movie
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
"Vestigial" is not the word I'd choose to describe Kelly LeBrock.
― Bob Standard, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Ferris Bueller 2: Local Hero
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Ferris Bueller 2: Longtime Companion
Brokeback Bueller
― milo z, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
lol
guys guys guys Bueller has already totally gay-ed it up as Harvey Feierstein
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
that movie is so gay.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
gayer than making out with Paul Rudd
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
xposts okay, so maybe I've just fallen into a Denby trap of thinking there's a real contemporary problem with female characterization.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Where does Mean Girls go in this arrangement?
― m bison, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
not a romcom
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I mean in the Apatow/Hughes debate abt teen movies.
― m bison, Thursday, 23 August 2007 01:40 (sixteen years ago) link
(idealization of suburbs and corresponding fear of urban-dwelling minorities/homeless, loads of mindless conspicuous consumption, etc etc)
Where were middle-class white teenagers supposed to escape other than to the city? It's a practical place for adventure and danger (and thus easy fodder for a film plot). Do you think fear of inner-city crime was something Reagan created? As crime grew worse since the 1960s people moved out and became afraid of going there. Surprise!
And how was the mindless consumption of the 1980s any worse than what occurred int he 1960s and 1970s? I'll tell you why it was worse, because Reagan was president when it happened. (He should've used his satanic powers for good and stopped it, right?)
― Cunga, Thursday, 23 August 2007 03:44 (sixteen years ago) link
what the fuck are any of you talking about?
― remy bean, Thursday, 23 August 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
who knows, more rudd pix plz
― impudent harlot, Thursday, 23 August 2007 04:38 (sixteen years ago) link
http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/753/753003/rowdy-roddy-piper-interview-20070103015702914-000.jpg
― remy bean, Thursday, 23 August 2007 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link
stupid 80s pop culture being "reaganite" = god can we please retire this uber-boring critical trope PLEASE
― J.D., Thursday, 23 August 2007 05:58 (sixteen years ago) link
someone should write an article on how harold lloyd movies are reflective of the intellectual shallowness and corrupt pursuit of self-interest of the warren g. harding years.
― J.D., Thursday, 23 August 2007 06:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I wonder if twenty years from now we'll be talking about how "Superbad" was all about the Iraq war and the reason the two boy's friendship was straining in the movie was because they were worried about Iran getting the bomb or the possibility of a draft. Don't look at the superficialities of the plot! It's about Bush pulling their innocent world apart!
― Cunga, Thursday, 23 August 2007 06:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Plz to reread thread for the specific context in which I wrote "Reaganism."
someone should write an article on how harold lloyd movies are reflective of the intellectual shallowness and corrupt pursuit of self-interest of the warren g. harding years
Hasn't this been done already?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 23 August 2007 11:02 (sixteen years ago) link
"Relax....You folks have nothing to worry about....I'm a professional"
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http://images.umvd.com/Toenails/aca1b72e511d4a5e8c91730619993ec4.jpg
― Mark Clemente, Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:25 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.80s.com/saveferris/images/cast/ward.jpghttp://www.80s.com/saveferris/images/cast/edson.jpghttp://www.80s.com/saveferris/images/cast/perlich.jpg
― G00blar, Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:30 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.80s.com/saveferris/images/cast/coffey.jpg http://www.80s.com/saveferris/images/cast/schmock.jpg http://www.80s.com/saveferris/images/cast/montague.jpg
― G00blar, Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:32 (sixteen years ago) link