The Breakfast Club was released in February 1985. There is a least six main characters in this film they are known as the “brat pack” we have Molly Ringwald as “Claire Standish” is a pretty, popular, and a spoiled princess. Judd Nelson as “John Bender” is the bad boy, does not have a care in the world, and a criminal. Emilio Estevez as “Andrew Clark” he is the stuck up jock, the athlete, who has a soft side. Then we have Ally Sheedy as “Allison Reynolds” who plays a recluse, admits she is a compulsive liar, and is known as a basket case. Anthony Michael Hall as “Brian Johnson” he has the brains and is nerd in this film. Lastly we have Paul Gleason as “Richard Vernon” the assistant principal. The Director is John Hughes, he is best known for Home Alone 1 &2, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The Genre Classification is Drama/Comedy. The plot to the Breakfast club: They were five students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At 7 a.m., they had nothing to say, but by 4 p.m., they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. To the outside world they were simply a Brain, an Athlete, a Basket Case, a Princess, and a Criminal, but to each other, they would always be the “Breakfast Club”. The tag line: They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.
Trapped in a day-long Saturday detention, Five high school students, all from different cliques, are summoned to the school library, they are assigned an essay on “Who you think you are?” from the assistant principal Mr. Vernon , when they question who they really are they begin to bond. As the hours pass they dance, harass each other, tell stories, fight, and smoke marijuana. They continue to open up an learn each other secrets for example, Allison is a compulsive liar, Brian and Claire are ashamed of their virginity, and Andy got in trouble because of his overbearing father. They realized they all have strained relationships with their parents and are afraid of making the same mistakes as the adults around them. However, despite these evolving friendships, they’re afraid that once the detention is over, they will return to their respective cliques and never speak to each other again.
The Term Paper on Schools as Organisations 10
What are the main types of schools and what are their characteristics? All schools can be grouped into 1 of 2 types. They are either Local Authority (LA) Schools or Independent Schools. LA Schools are maintained by the government, they have to follow the guidelines of the LA and they do not organise their own admissions. Parents do not have to pay for their child to attend a LA school. What sorts ...
The stereotypes in this film question the social value in teenagers in high school. Brian is subjected to stereotypes throughout the movie. For example, he has a balanced nutritional lunch and Bender associates this with him being a perfect nerdy child who has a loving mother who still packs his lunch for him. He was subjected to peer pressure when he decided to take part in smoking marijuana with the rest of the group. Claire’s parents are divorced and use her as a weapon to get back at each other, the way she is treated at home effects her thoughts and feelings about her self-worth which leads to her seeking approval from others. In the movie, Brian describes her behavior as conceited because she is a “popular” and looks down on those “under” her on the social hierarchy. Bender’s personality is described as freeloading, aggressive, and disrespectful, as he is verbally and physically abused at home he is taking his emotions out on his peers and treating them with little respect. Allison whose parents ignore her and she has no friends at school has no reason to be there she is seeking for a place to belong, be heard and be loved. Andrew, the jock, is trying to live up to his father’s expectations and seems like he is just wanting to prove that he is not the person he is said to be. By the end of the movie the actors have accepted themselves and each other; their own personal struggles affect their peers and environment.
The acting and dialogue in this film is outstanding. These actors really connect to the stereotype they were chosen to play, even though the look a little older than a typical high school student, they fulfill their role. Bender (Nelson) does a superb job being the bully and his confutation with Vernon (Gleason) captures the emotions he is feeling. Andrew (Estevez) emotions when his outburst over being mentally abused by being the star in his father’s eyes was spot on. Claire (Ringwald) gives an outstanding performance and really captures the high maintence stereotype, Allison (Sheedy) part as playing the social outcast really shines when she starts to come out of her shell, and Brian (Hall) when he tells his reason for being in detention he portrays all this built of tension he struggles with and the audience definitely feels the emotion he is feeling. These actors dialogue in this film makes it a point for the audience to understand where they are coming from and what they are dealing with. I believe they did an outstanding job touching on the subjects that we all can relate to or have related to at some point in our life.
The Essay on Film Auteurism Main Character
AuterismJared Goodwin Auteur is defined as a French term for the film director who places a personal style on his or her films. It was first coined by Francois Truffaut to describe the mark of a film director on his films. A director can be considered an auteur if about five of his films depict a certain style that is definitely his own. In other words, much like one can look at a painting and ...
The cinematography in this film is full of emphasizing shots. Wide shots to emphasize the location (and there is only one location) and close up shots to emphasize the characters emotions, the pitch of this film is pretty basic so heavily relies on the characters emotions to make it interesting. I noticed that whenever a character was alone on-screen it would always be a classic, head and shoulders shot, which allows you to get into the characters but isn’t emphasizing their emotions as much as the close up shots. Throughout the film there are quite a few shoe/foot shots. I’m not really sure why the director did this; my only thought is that it could have been to emphasize the differences between the characters. Sleek panning shots are used in movement but they are nothing fancy, but as this isn’t a fast paced film, that’s fine. One thing this film does do is consider depth. There is a distinct effort to give depth to the shot when more than one character is on-screen by having them in the foreground and the background. Apart from a few dodgy transitions I like the style of this film; it’s simple and basic but effective.
From their witty banter to capturing their friendship with one another the Breakfast Club has always been one of my top favorite’s films. Although I wish they could show what happened after their Saturday together, one can’t complain with the famous ending on Bender’s victory as he walks across the football field with the song playing “Don’t you forget about me” by Simple Minds.
The Term Paper on American Beauty Film Critique
There are few films that achieve the high level of quality exhibited by that of the 1990 beautiful tragedy, American Beauty. The film is a true masterpiece in both content and how this content is delivered to the viewers. It excels at being an enlightening and relevant drama about American life, and never fails to keep the audience entertained by providing many instances of well-placed humor. ...
