RIP John Hughes

[YmoBeThere]

The director of many a film of my youth passed away of a heart attack today.

Home Alone, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are just a few of the films he had a hand in.

[wilson]

The director of many a film of my youth passed away of a heart attack today.

Home Alone, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are just a few of the films he had a hand in.

Also Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Incidentally, Tilly, a while back, you asked for recs of really funny films. Did you end up choosing any of our suggestions? What did you think?

[CameronBornAndBred]

Yeah, that sucks. I consider him to be one of the great story tellers of my generation. He might not have written them, but he told them. RIP.

[Miles]

Yeah, that sucks. I consider him to be one of the great story tellers of my generation. He might not have written them, but he told them. RIP.

He wrote far more than he produced or directed. Most of the great ones he takes credit for all three roles. He will definitely be missed. So young. Bummer.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Yeah, that sucks. I consider him to be one of the great story tellers of my generation. He might not have written them, but he told them. RIP.

He wrote far more than he produced or directed. Most of the great ones he takes credit for all three roles. He will definitely be missed. So young. Bummer.

That's cool, I didn't know he wrote them as well, but it doesn't surprise me. Maybe that's why they worked so well, since they were all his.

[DukeUsul]

I had no idea he wrote so many good movies. Mr. Mom!

"Pardon my French... but you're an asshole!!!"

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/

[bjornolf]

I think he also wrote most of the National Lampoon Vacation movies, including Christmas Vacation. Don't think he did the Vegas one though. He also wrote She's Having a Baby, which I loved too. Not to mention the Great Outdoors and Uncle Buck. That guy was a genius!

[TillyGalore]

The director of many a film of my youth passed away of a heart attack today.

Home Alone, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are just a few of the films he had a hand in.

Also Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Incidentally, Tilly, a while back, you asked for recs of really funny films. Did you end up choosing any of our suggestions? What did you think?

I'd seen most of the ones suggested, except Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Having been stuck in airports trying to get home from college or get to college and the aggravation of being stuck, I suspect that while watching this movie instead of enjoying it I'd get worked up and tense as their plans to get to their final destination kept taking wrong turns (not the best choice of words, but can't think of better words).

I do want to see Up. If I've missed it at the theaters, will have to wait for it to come out on dvd.

[TillyGalore]

Sixteen Candles is one of my favorites, and it's on I'll watch it, even though I've seen it hundreds of times.

[wilson]

I'd seen most of the ones suggested, except Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Having been stuck in airports trying to get home from college or get to college and the aggravation of being stuck, I suspect that while watching this movie instead of enjoying it I'd get worked up and tense as their plans to get to their final destination kept taking wrong turns (not the best choice of words, but can't think of better words).

Oh, no no, please no! I honestly think PT&A is the greatest comedy of all time.
And you still have time to see Up in the theaters...it should linger until about Labor Day.

[ArkieDukie]

The director of many a film of my youth passed away of a heart attack today.

Home Alone, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are just a few of the films he had a hand in.

Also Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Incidentally, Tilly, a while back, you asked for recs of really funny films. Did you end up choosing any of our suggestions? What did you think?

I'd seen most of the ones suggested, except Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Having been stuck in airports trying to get home from college or get to college and the aggravation of being stuck, I suspect that while watching this movie instead of enjoying it I'd get worked up and tense as their plans to get to their final destination kept taking wrong turns (not the best choice of words, but can't think of better words).

I do want to see Up. If I've missed it at the theaters, will have to wait for it to come out on dvd.

"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" is one of the funniest movies ever. My favorite scene has to be the one at the rental car counter in the airport. "I want a f***ing car right f***ing now!"

[wilson]

"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" is one of the funniest movies ever. My favorite scene has to be the one at the rental car counter in the airport. "I want a f***ing car right f***ing now!"

I'm totally baggin' what you're rakin'. That's undoubtedly my favorite line in a movie absolutely crammed with classics.

[ArkieDukie]

Sixteen Candles is one of my favorites, and it's on I'll watch it, even though I've seen it hundreds of times.

I'm with you on this one. The whole thing is hilarious. My younger brother and sister and I almost always say, "Flat?" like Long Duck Dong anytime someone says that something is flat. I don't even know why that struck us as funny, but it still does.

[ArkieDukie]

"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" is one of the funniest movies ever. My favorite scene has to be the one at the rental car counter in the airport. "I want a f***ing car right f***ing now!"

I'm totally baggin' what you're rakin'. That's undoubtedly my favorite line in a movie absolutely crammed with classics.

Half the beauty of that whole speech is Steve Martin's delivery. Not many people could make that scene as funny as he did.

[wilson]

Sixteen Candles is one of my favorites, and it's on I'll watch it, even though I've seen it hundreds of times.

I'm with you on this one. The whole thing is hilarious. My younger brother and sister and I almost always say, "Flat?" like Long Duck Dong anytime someone says that something is flat. I don't even know why that struck us as funny, but it still does.

I have strong positive memories about that one, too. My two best female friends, with whom I've been close since I was about 11, brought 'Sixteen Candles' over as I was recovering from the flu as a senior in high school. A great evening and a great movie.

[ArkieDukie]

I also have to stop channel surfing if I ever come across "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Back in my classroom teaching days I occasionally did my impersonation of Ben Stein as the history teacher when I asked a question and no one was answering. Sadly, most of the time no one got it. What's up with the younger generation? :roll:

[wilson]

I also have to stop channel surfing if I ever come across "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Back in my classroom teaching days I occasionally did my impersonation of Ben Stein as the history teacher when I asked a question and no one was answering. Sadly, most of the time no one got it. What's up with the younger generation? :roll:

That's like the time I said something about Zack Morris in class, and all of my undergrads (this was in fall '06) were like, "Who the fuck is Zack Morris?" Sad.
Incidentally, my mother, a 30-year public school teacher, hates Ferris Bueller. If Ferris himself (assuming he actually existed) walked in the room, she'd kill him with her bare hands. It's really kind of funny.

[DevilAlumna]

I think I can quote at least 50% of the lines in about half of John's movies.

That man made the movies that defined my childhood-through-adolescence. One of my first crushes was on Judd Nelson. For about 2 months, every day after school, my friend and I would go home and watch Breakfast Club. I still remember seeing Ferris Bueller in the theater - it was my first non-PG movie. I wanted to be Molly Ringwald when Jake was standing outside the church at the end of the wedding.

And now, these classic quotes just come up in every day conversation. Just this weekend, my friend threw out, "Crazy? Insane?" from Weird Science. My brother and I can make each other burst into fits of giggles with lines like, "One punch! One punch!" or "I miss Jack...."

I know Hughes hadn't put much out in recent memory, but just the departure of his talent from this world makes me a little sadder tonight.

And now, I must go re-order my netflix queue for that John Hughes filmfest.

[ArkieDukie]

I think I can quote at least 50% of the lines in about half of John's movies.

That man made the movies that defined my childhood-through-adolescence. One of my first crushes was on Judd Nelson. For about 2 months, every day after school, my friend and I would go home and watch Breakfast Club. I still remember seeing Ferris Bueller in the theater - it was my first non-PG movie. I wanted to be Molly Ringwald when Jake was standing outside the church at the end of the wedding.

And now, these classic quotes just come up in every day conversation. Just this weekend, my friend threw out, "Crazy? Insane?" from Weird Science. My brother and I can make each other burst into fits of giggles with lines like, "One punch! One punch!" or "I miss Jack...."

I know Hughes hadn't put much out in recent memory, but just the departure of his talent from this world makes me a little sadder tonight.

And now, I must go re-order my netflix queue for that John Hughes filmfest.

Okay, John Hughes Filmfest at DA's house! Who's in?

[bjornolf]

I liked Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (have the DVD), as well as most of the vacation movies (especially Christmas). Weird Science and Mr. Mom were both just awesome, but at different times in my life (I loved Weird Science back then, I LOVE Mr. Mom now). I really enjoyed She's Having a Baby (got the DVD a few years ago). My wife LOVED Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles. I finally bought her the DVDs of both of those. We're big John Hughes fans.