the breakfast club

"Dear Mr. Vernon,

We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong, but we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us. In the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.
Does that answer your question?


Sincerely yours,
the Breakfast Club."
[extract from the film The Breakfast Club]



The Breakfast Club



Im so glad my best friend is a VIP at her local blockbuster and MADE me watch this! I credit her for my love affair with this 1980's film. I am a sucker for films involving youth rebellion, the 'awkward' years and the  standard teenage search for identity (mostly because i can relate). But this movie is in a field of its own. It involves five entirely different high school stereotypes who are locked in detention together. They start of divided but end up discovering that they are a lot more alike then they ever could have imagined. 

Each character has their own style, the way they dress and the effort they put into their appearance all reflect who they are, their personalities and their social status. Theres the athlete, the nerd, the 'weirdo' who wears unflattering dark coloured clothes with the intent of hiding her body, the princess in designer clothes that accentuate her tiny frame and the grunge (or seattle scene) criminal who wears the cheapest mismatched clothes that have holes everywhere because he is too lazy (or too broke) to buy new ones! (pretty much sounds like my wardrobe)
Its amazing how 

Judd Nelson as 'Bender'

an outfit can completely define each character and sets them apart in social situations.

There is a mix of humor and brutal honesty in this film, i definately recommend you make your parents watch this too because it will give them an insight into our adolescence. I also adore Judd Nelson, who plays Bender, in this film because he plays the eratic, defiant and unconventional criminal. And if you knew me any human with the power to stand up to authority and uncover truths through confrontation tend to fascinate me. He is that friend who manages to tap away at your insecurities and brings them to the surface forcing you to deal with them then and there. He is strangely beautiful!

PLEASE watch this movie!! Its amazing, and a classic