Some Kind of Wonderful

Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Lea Thompson
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Written by: John Hughes
Tagline: Before they could stand together, they had to stand alone.
Grade: A+

Don't let the stupid tagline (or the fact that it's not a very well known movie) fool you. This film isn't as famous as John Hughes's other teenage masterpieces (such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Pretty in Pink) but it's still great. It's kind of Pretty in Pink, but the main character is a boy instead of a girl...and he ends up with his best friend instead of the popular person. This film is how Pretty in Pink would have ended if the studio hadn't intervened. Keith Nelson (Stoltz) is a "grease monkey" and very unpopular in school. That changes, however, when the most popular girl in school, Amanda Jones (Thompson), agrees to go out with him. What he doesn't know is that his best friend, Watts (Masterson), is in love with him. Okay, it's pretty much Pretty in Pink, but Hughes (my all time favorite filmaker) had a good reason! Still, this is a great chick-flick...I even watched it twice in one week...it's that good.

Movie Review: Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Starring: Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck
Chracters: Ferris Bueller and Cameron Frye
Directed by: John Hughes
Tagline: While the rest of us were just thinking about it...Ferris borrowed a Ferrari and did it...all in a day.
Grade: A+

I love 80's movies...they're all awesome, but the best of the best are John Hughes films. He was one of the best directors of teen movies. It was like he truly understood what hard things went on in teen lives. He didn't just portray them as stupid, flighty girls or cocky guys...he actually gave them personalities...awesome ones at that. Between The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, and this movie, there are some of the best characters in any movie...ever. And they're all teenagers...which is a major score for us. This great movie is about a teen called Ferris, who is an expert at ditching school. It's a perfect day outside, so he decides to ditch another day of school (this makes his ninth "sick"day). So, he decides to make this one count. He calls his friend Cameron, who's always sick, and they get Ferris' girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) out of school. Then they go on a spree across the city in Cameron's dad's Ferrari. They even get in a parade. Ferris is the coolest, most smooth talking person ever. And John Hughes did a really cool thing where he had Ferris talk to the camera, as if telling advice to the people watching. Overall, a really fun, really cool 80's teen movie from the master himself.
-MOT

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