Anung wrote:Looks like im gonna have to have a John Hughes-Athon....But where do i start?!
Breakfast Club - flawed at points, but great dialogue throughout & has John Bender (
) my fave Hughes creation.
Ferris Bueller - Hughes' superman, the kid who can get away with everything. Nice large spectical at points and lots of people would argue this is Hughes' best.
Uncle Buck - a million Sunday afternoons spent watching a powerhouse performance by John Candy. More family friendly, but please don't let that put you off, its great.
Planes, Trains & Automobiles - the out-&-out comedy. Again Candy is great and this is the movie I will always use as a counter argument to anyone slagging off Steve Martin's acting chops.
Sixteen Candles - the one for the girls. Molly Ringwald goes through the first romance. Great use of it in an episode of Scrubs mind.
Weird Science - the geek boy fantasy of creating the perfect woman. Some real nice moments in this, just goes a little 80's 'zany' at points. Still great.
Pretty in Pink - not directed by Hughes, but another film which made Ringwald a star.
Home Alone - much better on repeated viewings then I'd like to admit. Pesci really is awesome throughout and the movie also has some of that golden Hughes' dialogue.
So yeah...all of the above.