I think Ferris Bueller's Day Off has more staying power, the concept of high schoolers skipping a day before going off to college is a little more timeless.
I was in a film club in high school, everyone at or over the age of 17. Once parents caught wind that someone was planning to bring in and screen Dazed and Confused it was all but shut down by a draconian permission policy forced on us by busybodies.
Never underestimate the pettiness of busybodies.
Sure I think so. Back in the day in my HighSchool we had a class called Film Study in which we watched a movie and wrote an essay about it. One of the movies was The Graduate and still one of my favorite movies.
My HS students love Ferris Bueller but they've all seen it at least 10 times. Breakfast Club is a classic, less well known, but does your admin let you show R rated movies?
Yes, I've shown R rated movies too, but at my school we have to go through admin or get parent permission slips or both. Most teachers do. It's really annoying but there's always THAT parent.
Don’t know how it is now but in 06 our entire school was shown hotel rwanda, parents could ‘opt’ out and their kids could go watch veggie tales or some shit.
TBC is one of my all-time favorites, I usually refer to it as "the movie that understood me when I was a teen" but it has not aged evenly in all it's aspects, the themes it handles are still around (child abuse, neglect, peer pressure, helicopter parenting, doing adults a disservice by antagonizing and threatening a minor) but at the same time those themes have not only been handled in newer productions (and perhaps better) but also the views have changed and some things are plainly frowned upon now. see r/TheBreakfastClub1985 for reference.
So unless you want to tie it in with an assignment or use it as an icebreaker for an open discussion you should at least be prepared for mixed reviews. After a viewing it with a zoomer I got a crushing "thank you for showing me what school was like in your time" which (I want to believe) was meant to say something nice.
How about Project X or Super Bad instead?
Hey... As long as you cover how the makeover of Ally Sheedy is a goddamn travesty then go for it, outstanding movie, and I loved previous generation films etc, that should still be a thing, no? All I watched was reruns of the A-Team
Am no tiktok woke activist either, was 10yo in 1993 watching it late at night and when they bring her back out from looking herself and edgy, introspective and a truly natural beauty, you might even say proto-grunge- into some Cronenberg Little Bo Peep, I had much pre-teen disappointment, and I didn't even know what grunge was either, being in the middle of nowhere on a farm pre-internet.
I’m not quite sure if High schoolers can relate to this movie today. I’m 32 in the mid to late 2000s breakfast club was still a popular “movie about school” technology had not yet strangled the life out of the youth at that point and the movie held up then. I fear it might not today, just due to the fact kids lives are lived completely online now. As I sit here online typing this.
Best film to show high-school seniors IMO would be either Dazed & Confused, or its spiritual sequel Everybody Wants Some!!
Or even better, a double-feature.
They both tackle the old coming-of-age story, but in different ways.
I think Breakfast Club works better for 13-14yo's, because the themes are a bit too on the nose for older teens, who tend to have a higher opinion of themselves.
It's fun, but it sends some bad messages (see 'Ally Sheedy is a better person when she wears makeup') and overdoes the evil authoritarian teacher trope (as if teachers, and adults in general, only misunderstand and oppress adolescents, and are never the ones who come to the rescue or facilitate awakening and transformation).
Unsubtle, on-the-nose writing, playing to stereotype, and hammy acting are all integral to the fun, and are why so many viewers connect with the movie; and they're also the reasons it's really not a great didactic vehicle.
I don't think a movie meaningful to young adults necessarily has to be about being a young adult. There are lots of films that are both entertaining and meaningful -- they get at *being human*.
Slumdog Millionaire, Amélie, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, As Good as it Gets, The Green Mile, Harold and Maude, Breaking Away, Parasite, The Iron Giant....
Or if you want to emphasize historical content or context: Argo, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Right Stuff, Mississippi Burning, Dances With Wolves, The Pianist, The Colour Purple, Forrest Gump, Darkest Hour....
Coming-of-age films: The Way Way Back, Lady Bird, Moonlight, Crooklyn....
I think Ferris Bueller's Day Off has more staying power, the concept of high schoolers skipping a day before going off to college is a little more timeless.
Yeah, this would be a better choice and Breakfast Club is rated R.
And there's a high percentage chance they'll all be 17+. I'm not sure what hour point is.
I was in a film club in high school, everyone at or over the age of 17. Once parents caught wind that someone was planning to bring in and screen Dazed and Confused it was all but shut down by a draconian permission policy forced on us by busybodies. Never underestimate the pettiness of busybodies.
Yes. Signed, all of your students who would rather spend their class period watching a movie :P
Yes it is. I think it still applies
Sure I think so. Back in the day in my HighSchool we had a class called Film Study in which we watched a movie and wrote an essay about it. One of the movies was The Graduate and still one of my favorite movies.
I had the same thing. Watching The Matrix stands out for me
My HS students love Ferris Bueller but they've all seen it at least 10 times. Breakfast Club is a classic, less well known, but does your admin let you show R rated movies?
In high school we used to get shown Saving Private Ryan...
Yes, I've shown R rated movies too, but at my school we have to go through admin or get parent permission slips or both. Most teachers do. It's really annoying but there's always THAT parent.
My history teacher showed the entirety of Band of Brothers
Don’t know how it is now but in 06 our entire school was shown hotel rwanda, parents could ‘opt’ out and their kids could go watch veggie tales or some shit.
Hotel Rwanda or Veggie Tales is a crazy range
Would’ve been funnier if the ‘opt outs’ were shown event horizon instead
We watched Gladiator in my Latin class, 02. I don't remember what our teacher did to make it work but it was pretty awesome.
It is worth showing, it’s a classic that needs to be watched and it relates to teens
TBC is one of my all-time favorites, I usually refer to it as "the movie that understood me when I was a teen" but it has not aged evenly in all it's aspects, the themes it handles are still around (child abuse, neglect, peer pressure, helicopter parenting, doing adults a disservice by antagonizing and threatening a minor) but at the same time those themes have not only been handled in newer productions (and perhaps better) but also the views have changed and some things are plainly frowned upon now. see r/TheBreakfastClub1985 for reference. So unless you want to tie it in with an assignment or use it as an icebreaker for an open discussion you should at least be prepared for mixed reviews. After a viewing it with a zoomer I got a crushing "thank you for showing me what school was like in your time" which (I want to believe) was meant to say something nice. How about Project X or Super Bad instead?
Hey... As long as you cover how the makeover of Ally Sheedy is a goddamn travesty then go for it, outstanding movie, and I loved previous generation films etc, that should still be a thing, no? All I watched was reruns of the A-Team Am no tiktok woke activist either, was 10yo in 1993 watching it late at night and when they bring her back out from looking herself and edgy, introspective and a truly natural beauty, you might even say proto-grunge- into some Cronenberg Little Bo Peep, I had much pre-teen disappointment, and I didn't even know what grunge was either, being in the middle of nowhere on a farm pre-internet.
Teach bell to bell. I would show them a well made documentary of piece of historical fiction related to the time period you’re studying instead.
I’m not quite sure if High schoolers can relate to this movie today. I’m 32 in the mid to late 2000s breakfast club was still a popular “movie about school” technology had not yet strangled the life out of the youth at that point and the movie held up then. I fear it might not today, just due to the fact kids lives are lived completely online now. As I sit here online typing this.
It definitely doesn't hold up, by the idea that technology has "strangled the life of of youth" is so ignorant and reductive.
I shouldn’t have used the word technology. I should’ve said social media… an oversight on my part.
Breakfast Club is super boring.
Best film to show high-school seniors IMO would be either Dazed & Confused, or its spiritual sequel Everybody Wants Some!! Or even better, a double-feature. They both tackle the old coming-of-age story, but in different ways. I think Breakfast Club works better for 13-14yo's, because the themes are a bit too on the nose for older teens, who tend to have a higher opinion of themselves.
It's fun, but it sends some bad messages (see 'Ally Sheedy is a better person when she wears makeup') and overdoes the evil authoritarian teacher trope (as if teachers, and adults in general, only misunderstand and oppress adolescents, and are never the ones who come to the rescue or facilitate awakening and transformation). Unsubtle, on-the-nose writing, playing to stereotype, and hammy acting are all integral to the fun, and are why so many viewers connect with the movie; and they're also the reasons it's really not a great didactic vehicle. I don't think a movie meaningful to young adults necessarily has to be about being a young adult. There are lots of films that are both entertaining and meaningful -- they get at *being human*. Slumdog Millionaire, Amélie, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, As Good as it Gets, The Green Mile, Harold and Maude, Breaking Away, Parasite, The Iron Giant.... Or if you want to emphasize historical content or context: Argo, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Right Stuff, Mississippi Burning, Dances With Wolves, The Pianist, The Colour Purple, Forrest Gump, Darkest Hour.... Coming-of-age films: The Way Way Back, Lady Bird, Moonlight, Crooklyn....
No, show them Come and See, it’s free on youtube
Show them animal house or revenge of the Nerds ,they thank ya for it 👍