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

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Anonymous wrote:It’s Bueller. Jeez, get it right.

No, it's Abe Froman, Sausage King of Chicago.

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So many great lines.

"A, you can never go too far. B, if I'm gonna get busted, it is *not* gonna be by a guy like that."

"Pardon my French, but Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks you'd have a diamond."

"Pardon my French, but you're an asshole!"

"The 1961 Ferrari 250GT California. Less than a hundred were made. My father spent three years restoring this car. It is his love, it is his passion.

It is his fault he didn't lock the garage."

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Anonymous wrote:So many great lines.

"A, you can never go too far. B, if I'm gonna get busted, it is *not* gonna be by a guy like that."

"Pardon my French, but Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks you'd have a diamond."

"Pardon my French, but you're an asshole!"

"The 1961 Ferrari 250GT California. Less than a hundred were made. My father spent three years restoring this car. It is his love, it is his passion.

It is his fault he didn't lock the garage."

"Anyone? Anyone?"

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Anonymous wrote:Dunno. White people sh**

You didn't like Risky Business either? Loved that one. "well you've done some fine work here Joel, but it's not exactly Ivy League now is it?"

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Anonymous wrote:Breakfast Club never loses its charm.

FBDO? It's good - just not AS good.

You have got to be kidding.

no - BC was brilliant.

And this is all you have for me?

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Anonymous wrote:I loved the movie when I was a kid, Ferris Buehler's Day Off but I wonder why it was so popular. When I watched it recently, it was a okay, movie nothing to write home about comparing to average movies nowadays, I wonder what was to it that made it such a big hit. What was that special thing? The characters? The conflict? The cool parents? The coolness of the kids characters? The story? The principal? Da dog?
Was it every kid's dream? Or was it everything?

It's funny as hell. If you can't see that, I don't know what to say.

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Anonymous wrote:And it featured a funny Charlie Sheen

And Jennifer Grey's old nose

And Ben Stein before we found out he's terrible

I loved this movie as a kid. I still get excited when I see Cameron pop up in other roles, from time to time - like as the husband in the first ep of Bunheads (RIP).

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Anonymous wrote:Breakfast Club never loses its charm.

FBDO? It's good - just not AS good.

Breakfast Clun was my least favorite of the brat pack movies.

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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.

Omg. 16 candles was my absolute favorite. Watched it again recently, and still thought it was hilarious.

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That red Ferrari...goals!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dunno. White people sh**

You didn't like Risky Business either? Loved that one. "well you've done some fine work here Joel, but it's not exactly Ivy League now is it?"

"Princeton can use a guy like Joel."

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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.

Omg. 16 candles was my absolute favorite. Watched it again recently, and still thought it was hilarious.

Worst move ever and could not be made today. Jake Ryan interest in Samantha was just creepy. He would be arrested today.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Omg. 16 candles was my absolute favorite. Watched it again recently, and still thought it was hilarious.

Worst move ever and could not be made today. Jake Ryan interest in Samantha was just creepy. He would be arrested today.

I liked it when I saw it as a teen, but so many things were wrong with that movie.

Straight up racism (that Asian guy)

Implied date rape which was passed as totally fine (the nerd with Jake Ryan's passed out girlfriend)

buying a girl's underwear?

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It's timeless. We quote it all the time.

"I'm a professional."

"a professional WHAT?!?"

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And it featured a funny Charlie Sheen

And Jennifer Grey's old nose

And Ben Stein before we found out he's terrible

I loved this movie as a kid. I still get excited when I see Cameron pop up in other roles, from time to time - like as the husband in the first ep of Bunheads (RIP).

Yes! Was so excited to see him in that role, and his character was so sweet ...then ONE episode! Come back Cameron! In a big long role.