S/O Childhood movies. Why FERRIS BEUEHLER"S DAY OFF was so popular?

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[Post New]07/04/2019 14:37
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Anonymous
It’s 16 candles that is the head scratcher. That movie was just not that good.
Ferris bueller is so much fun—the send up of the boring teacher and the power-tripping principal is so real for anyone that went to a middling public school in the suburbs. I still laugh at the principal on the bus with the kid who smells bad. And the genius contraption to fool his mom into his being sick is hilarious. As is the sister’s frustration at why her brother gets away with everything.
I imagine it’s a lot less funny if you went to private school.
[Post New]07/04/2019 14:38
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Anonymous
I still laugh when the car jumps out of the home garage
[Post New]07/04/2019 14:38
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Anonymous
Bueller was smart and clever yet defiant in a “safe” way. We 80s teenagers found Bueller (or his sister, or Cameron or Sloan’s or Ed the principal, or even the parents) highly relatable and/or aspirational. Who wouldn’t want to skip school (with an excused absence) and then have your whole community worried about you while you went out and celebrated (and were celebrated).

I was 15 when the movie came out and I just re-watched it and remembered just why I loved it! Brought back lots of memories; music, fashions, cars even school infa-and-social structure.

[Post New]07/04/2019 14:40
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It’s 16 candles that is the head scratcher. That movie was just not that good.
Ferris bueller is so much fun—the send up of the boring teacher and the power-tripping principal is so real for anyone that went to a middling public school in the suburbs. I still laugh at the principal on the bus with the kid who smells bad. And the genius contraption to fool his mom into his being sick is hilarious. As is the sister’s frustration at why her brother gets away with everything.
I imagine it’s a lot less funny if you went to private school.


I went to private school and found it hilarious. You think I can't relate to teenage rebellion?
[Post New]07/04/2019 15:02
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Anonymous
And great music!
[Post New]07/04/2019 15:06
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Anonymous
It’s Bueller. Jeez, get it right.
[Post New]07/04/2019 15:09
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It’s Bueller. Jeez, get it right.


he was a rad dude
[Post New]07/04/2019 15:16
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Anonymous
And it featured a funny Charlie Sheen
[Post New]07/04/2019 17:05
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:And it featured a funny Charlie Sheen


And Jennifer Grey's old nose
[Post New]07/04/2019 17:06
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Anonymous
Bueller... Bueller...
Hilarious!
[Post New]07/04/2019 20:09
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Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:Matthew Broderick was hot and funny. Breaking the fourth wall was unusual. And you wanted to see if he got away with the outrageous behavior.


This. I saw it as a high school student. Hadn’t seen anything like it up to that point. You can’t see how novel it was when you’re watching it today.


Before you could be famous for being famous, FB did everything you wanted to do but couldn’t get away with.
[Post New]07/04/2019 22:22
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Anonymous
Well he was the sausage king of Chicago.
[Post New]07/04/2019 22:37
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Anonymous
Matthew Broderick at the time was hot, funny + relatable.
Mia Sara was the pretty AND cool chick w/great hair.

And Cameron had internal anguish with his family.

They did something many teens of the era did (cutting classes!) and made the day a memorable adventure while “almost” getting caught.

It was a funny, unpredictable & memorable film.
Timeless.....
[Post New]07/05/2019 01:14
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Anonymous
Dunno. White people sh**
[Post New]07/05/2019 07:44
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Anonymous
There’s also that catchy “song” with the doh-doh...CHICKA-CHICKAAAAAAAAH!
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