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The Breakfast Club made me cry

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Sunshinemummified · 23/10/2009 17:23

Have just watched The Breakfast Club. I had remembered it as a real feel good teen film but it has made me cry. Judd Nelson's character is so so . It's so different looking at it from the perspective of a parent!

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TheDevilEatsBabies · 23/10/2009 17:25

aww.
i watched it as an adult too baouta year ago and i cried too.

TheDevilEatsBabies · 23/10/2009 17:25

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Sunshinemummified · 23/10/2009 17:26

I knew they all had some back story but his is just so awful. When he shows them the cigar burn I wanted to give him a big cuddle.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 23/10/2009 19:58

its a fab film

mrmump · 23/10/2009 20:13

So many films from our childhood are like that. I only watched "sound of music" again a few weeks ago, and only now as an adult do I understand the whole Nazi perspective.

LittleWhiteWereWolf · 23/10/2009 20:16

God I love the Breakfast Club! Watched it years ago while pissed merry and loved the rebellion. Watched it later while in a sombre mood and was touched by the troubles of the kids. Watched it in a nostaglic mood and just enjoyed the story and the laughs. Love that it can get you in different places at different times, y'know?

southeastastra · 23/10/2009 20:18

haven't seen that film for ages, saw it when it came out at the pictures, ah those were great times

ProfYaffle · 23/10/2009 20:19

Oh I love that film, first watched it aged 17 while skipping college with a mate and drinking cider.

Don't think I've watched it since becoming a parent though.

TheFallenMadonna · 23/10/2009 20:21

Judd Nelson. Ah, the nostrils! I did love him...

mrmump · 23/10/2009 20:24

I loved the ending when they catogorised themselves. And when Molly Ringwold gave that other girl that awful makeover! She looked so much better before hand!

southeastastra · 23/10/2009 20:26

i fancied judd too, he had those dangerous gloves , ha his nostrils were a bit like a dragon

mrmump · 23/10/2009 20:27

Dragon? He reminded me of Touche Turtle.

LittleWhiteWereWolf · 23/10/2009 20:28

Ally Sheedy. That was the other girl. She and Judd Nelson were living together and engaged in St Elmos Fire.

southeastastra · 23/10/2009 20:29

they are impressive nostrils

LittleWhiteWereWolf · 23/10/2009 20:30

Like caves.

mrmump · 23/10/2009 20:31

He had to be the only 30yr old student in that school.

ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 23/10/2009 20:33

brilliant film, one of my favorites along with Heathers, pretty in pink and ferris beuler ooh and lost boys!!

southeastastra · 23/10/2009 20:33

was just looking him up oo-er, he must have been 26 then, liked his character so much at the time.

glitterkitty · 23/10/2009 20:33

Judd....I still would. Also ROB LOWEEEEEE in st elmos fire...or just about anything really...

Remember in st elmos fire 'jools' in white room with curtains billowing about with no furtniure?

I wanted to be demi moore

mrmump · 23/10/2009 20:34

And Footloose!
Loved Lost Boys. Lurved Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. Kissed their posters and everything!

southeastastra · 23/10/2009 20:35

oh dear, what happened

mrmump · 23/10/2009 20:36

PML!!!!

ProfYaffle · 23/10/2009 20:37

Oh, Pretty in Pink. Molly Ringwold (sp?) in that dress turning the title all ironic.

glitterkitty · 23/10/2009 20:37

Nooooo!!

ProfYaffle · 23/10/2009 20:38

Eeeeeek!!! Finger in socket moment?

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