I had been planning on blogging about something else yesterday, but I forgot what that was. Plus John Hughes died so I thought I'd honor his film career by blogging about my favorite John Hughes memories.
Memory 1: The Breakfast Club
Now, I don't mean the movie, I mean the one-person club my cousin started, where the dedicated members would watch the movie The Breakfast Club every day during breakfast. I kid you not. She must have had very long breakfasts. I do now know how long this club lasted, but it was a while
Memory 2: Planes, Trains and AutomobilesNow this lovely John Hughes romp (his only only rated-R - * el gasp!*) I was first introduced to not too long ago. I was visiting my grandparents and they wanted me to come with them to their senior living community's weekly movie. And I was like "Aww man, I like spending time with my G-parents but I don't wanna sit through an old fart movie. It has the word automobile in the title..." But I went, and sat in the could-be-very-comfortable-were-it-not-for-the-lack-of-arm-rests high back chairs, ate their delicious senior popcorn (It's more mature than regular popcorn) and found myself enjoying the movie. But, like many John Hughes movies, the end was far too happy. Could have used some death, that's all I'm saying.
Memory 3: Pretty in Pink/ Some Kind of Wonderful
Let's face it, they're basically the same movie, but it's okay because they were supposed to be. Look it up; it's on Wikipedia so it has to be true. You know what I like about Pretty in Pink? - Duckie. You know what else I liked - the song. Can't go wrong with a good theme song. You know what I like about Some King of Wonderful? - Watts (aka the Duckie of Some Kind of Wonderful).
Not to get off topic, but I'm biased, since she was played by Mary Stuart Masterson. Don't know what it is about her, but every movie/ TV show she's in, I like. Fried Green Tomatoes, excellent. Her role in Law and Order: SVU, excellent, despite how depressing SVU is. Benny and Joon - uh, hello. Classic. She's my female equivalent of Gary Oldman. Don't know what it is about him, but everything he's in, I like. Hannibal, excellent (Oh yes, he was in it. The credits lie.). Those episodes of Friends he was in where he played Joey's drunk British mentor - only happened to make those episodes my favorite Friends episodes. Playing Sirius Black in Harry Potter -... we won't be talking about Harry Potter... No, no. But man, if those two every hooked up (not necessarily in the traditional use of that phrase) in a movie, watch out.
R.I.P. Mister Hughes. You have filled my childhood with many a movie.
R.I.P. Mister Hughes. You have filled my childhood with many a movie.
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