Aside of the cinematic experience, which i intend to not discuss right now, classic movies are pure gold. The originality? The honesty... always makes me feel dumb and smart at the same time. Imagine, a whole 90 minutes about someone's day off of school which turns out to be so adventurous and years later be the inspiration of one of the most famous comic-book movies in the world (clearly referring to Ferris Bueller's Day Off reference on Deadpool here).
This time, i want to talk about Breakfast Club, which i have just rewatched it again recently! Where David Bowie's Changes was shown at the beginning of the movie - which then made me think like THINK.
So, it started with five high school kids locked up together in a library, up early in the morning for a Saturday detention. First of all, as always, they get us confused, i had no idea what was going on. It was so absurd, but the good kind of absurd. They were just explicitly judging(?) each other?? For almost a great 1/3 part of the movie? Until nobody realised when conversation subtly turned into a much deeper conversation; things the youth, even nowadays Youth, concern. Strict parents, difficult times at school. Their mutual secrets. They hated each other, they argued, but at the same time, they knew it, they knew how they actually share the same problems thus they found some sort of instinct to finally conceal each other.
Let's be honest here; The Breakfast Club starts perfectly and what's better is that the quote really reflects what this movie all about!! How they think their parents and teachers hurt them mentally. And.. yea. I find it so... Real. We were all once confused teenagers, don't we? I've read someone said that Changes is Bowie's teenage anthem, no matter which year this song comes from and Yes, Yes It Is Indeed True.
"Don't tell them to grow up and out of it"
The song captures the feeling of uncertainty of being young. The peer pressure, the anxiety of being a failure in front of our parents and teachers at school. How we are blamed for things they thought we did not understand. What actually still happens now, Bowie sang it all. It didn't even pressure me to be nostalgic, it just naturally exist, spoke to many people's angst filled teen years.
Also.. When Carrie said,
It hurt, ok!! Carrie thought it would be impossible for a girl like her to be friends with a guy like Brian. It just did not work that way in their life. Brian cried. It might sound too cliche, to not being able to befriend someone just because of That. But, i could actually believe her cause It really happens? I've seen and experienced it. How you be friends with people in the same popularity level as yours; The Irony :-))
"What would happen on Monday? Are we still friends?"
It hurt, ok!! Carrie thought it would be impossible for a girl like her to be friends with a guy like Brian. It just did not work that way in their life. Brian cried. It might sound too cliche, to not being able to befriend someone just because of That. But, i could actually believe her cause It really happens? I've seen and experienced it. How you be friends with people in the same popularity level as yours; The Irony :-))
The message about how we are not meant to impress anyone in our life is too relevant to not be talked about. It can be expressed that in the end of the day, you are not entitled to anyone's happiness, but your own. Since, sometimes we find ourselves unconsciously worried about what other might think or feel towards our actions, and it can get too much sometimes.
Human interaction is that complicated, which makes probably a good sign to continue my long-due classic movies marathon for a while!
