Between grief and nothing... I'll take grief. - by Rug Burn Junky
Rug Burn Junky on 6/8/2009 at 21:16
(
http://cbs4.com/national/john.hughes.dead.2.1117985.html) Director John Hughes Dead At Age 59
I can't say enough how much I loved John Hughes as a director. Ferris Bueller still stands not only as one of my favorite movies, but a road map for life to me.
Stitch on 6/8/2009 at 21:21
DAMN YOU
TWO MINUTES
my title was better
37637598 on 6/8/2009 at 21:25
Stitch's title really was better :o
Rug Burn Junky on 6/8/2009 at 21:46
Yeah, sure, Stitch's title would be better - if Harold Ramis died.
(I know, I know, Hughes wrote Vacation. But still, I couldn't bear to have anything but a Bueller quote at the top.)
Stitch on 6/8/2009 at 21:55
Not only did Hughes write Vacation but it was his first major hit. Nonetheless, this thread was first and has the added bonus of being more respectful.
Fucking John Hughes. He made a lot of shitty moves, but he had a career defining stretch that played a large part in my childhood.
Scots Taffer on 6/8/2009 at 23:27
Planes, Trains and Automobiles has always been one of my favourite comedies. I am reduced to tears by several scenes. (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCqcMOB6STc) This one is great too.
National Lampoons and European Vacation were pretty fun flicks, The Great Outdoors and Uncle Buck were good too, patchy but still funny as hell when they hit the mark. The scene with the drill in Uncle Buck is classic. And Home Alone was a great kids movie for Christmas.
Ferris Bueller never connected in a deep way for me.
Goddamn, 59 is young. That said, he wasn't cut down in the prime of his film career or anything.
Rug Burn Junky on 6/8/2009 at 23:32
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
Ferris Bueller never connected in a deep way for me.
Heartless wench, what if you need a favor from Ferris Bueller someday, then where will you be?
Scots Taffer on 6/8/2009 at 23:37
Heh. I chalk it up to missing it while I was in that age bracket whose filmic education was defined by such movies. Same deal with The Breakfast Club. I've seen both of them and think they're cute kitschy 80s flicks but they aren't massive pop culture events to me.
Queue on 7/8/2009 at 01:27
Holy shit, he's dead! I grew up on John Hughes, and lusted after Molly Ringwald. Not that any of his films were truly stunning, but they did speak to my shitty generation.
The 80s sucked.
As did the 70s.
59 is waaaayy too young.
heywood on 7/8/2009 at 02:24
Ferris Bueller was more than a movie. It was a right of passage. I need to grab some beers and go rent it this weekend.
The first Vacation and Home Alone were pretty classic, and I liked Planes, Trains, and Automobiles a whole lot too.
The 80s rocked. Sure, some of the 80s trends look embarrassingly silly in hindsight, but the 80s had more going on, more culture, and were just plain more memorable than any time post WWII except possibly the mid-late 60s (though I wouldn't have first hand knowledge of that). Plus, 80s culture had something not seen since: optimism. I miss that.
