Think back to a time when your world was filled with crazy hairstyles, terrible music and a more than ridiculous taste in style. No I’m not talking about the 80s (well kinda) im talking about high school. It was a time when decisions were quick because consequences were mild at best. These were things film legend John Hughes saw and captured wonderfully when making 1986’s “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”.
It’s the story of a high school senior who skips school by faking sick and decides to hit the streets of downtown Chicago for one adventure-filled day him or his friends will never forget. The group sets off to do anything and everything the city life has to offer including participating in the Von Steuben Day parade and starting a city wide sing along of “Twist and Shout” .the It’s the movie that gave the careers of Matthew Broderick a much-needed leg up into life in the limelight.
The amazing thing about John Hughes isn’t that he wrote one of the most iconic teen comedies of all time it’s that he did it in a week. Starting on February 26th 1985 Hughes averaged about 20 pages per night and had entire screenplay done by March 3rd.
It’s a movie that became one of the many icons of a generation amongst various other Hughes movies. The 80’s were when he was on top of his game and will forever be known as the king of the teen movie genre.
Interesting fact about how long it took him to write it. That's what makes the review stand out. Watch out for grammar errors though before posting!
ReplyDeleteI liked how you captured the essense of the movie (it's one of my favorites also). Only thing I would say is that the opening paragraph where you mention the 80s but then discredit it, even though the film was produced in 86, seems to take up a lot of real estate in such a short review.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andy. This is one of my favorite movies of all time, but I had no idea that Hughes wrote about 20 pages a night for the screen play. Facts like that always make a review more interesting
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Andy about your facts, the opening really pulled me in.
ReplyDeleteGreat facts in this review. wonderful.
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