That's it? The legendary breakfast club?

I grew up in the 1980s. However, I was only around 9 at time this movie came out. To me, this is the only one of John Huges films that really holds up well. Yes, they are all enjoyable, but most are VERY MUCH a product of their time. This movie still works because it's in an isolated school setting. Also, I think that it holds up more than the rest of his films due to its characterization and how all of us can relate to at least something in each one of the characters.

I actually preferred "Some Kind of Wonderful" to most of his other films. "16 Candles" was funny, but completely unrealistic, I never liked Pretty in Pink. I'm not sure why. It just never clicked with me. "Weird Science" was another funny, but dumb movie- Chet was great in it though. I actually hated 'Ferris Buellers Day Off." Although I have recently been changing my feelings about that movie.

I am a schoolteacher and a group of 4th grade boys (from two different classrooms) played hooky for a day, and I had to feign outrage that they did such a thing. The teacher from the other room was freaking out to me over the phone and I had to be like "Yeah, I can't understand why they decided to go and hang out at a friend's house for the day and didn't want to come to school. The nerve of them..." :-/

At the end of the school year, I was walking down the hall going to class and one of the boys from that group was also in the hall and I said to him "So, how was your day off?" He said, "It was great." All I could think was yeah, I bet it was, I wish I had been there too instead of this place. He was a smart kid. So, he knew just by the way that I asked him the question that I was never mad about him and the rest of them for ditching school. That day when I found out I thought about "Ferris Buller's Day off" and how much better that would be than being in school. So, lately I do have a greater respect for Ferris...

Another film that I can still relate to is "The Wild Life". It was written by Cameron Crowe as a sequel to "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". However, he couldn't get any of the original cast to return. So, he rewrote it into a much darker and less goofy film. Although, some of it is still REALLY goofy.