MYST

Last week I watched The Breakfast Club, a film by John Hughes. I’ve seen this film a few times and always enjoy it. I would give this film a four out of five stars. It has great filming and dialogue. This movie is about a group of students who have a Saturday detention and in the 8 hours they share together, they find out a lot about themselves and their peers. You can tell this movie is a good one because it is packed with dialogue.  Since the characters are sitting in a library for the majority of the movie, not much action occurs. The audience gets entertainment from the dialogue. It takes a lot of skill to write a script that keeps the audience’s attention the whole time. The writers did a very good job coming up with funny lines that all ages find humorous. This movie is interesting and different because the entire thing takes place in a school. The characters stay there the whole time.

This film displays John Hughes classic style. He uses all-American, ordinary kids in all of his movies including this one. In doing this he is a genius because it attracts many different people who can relate easily to these characters. This movie will especially attract a variety of different viewers because every character in it has different personal interests. Although these characters seem like stereotypical high school students, including a jock, a queen bee, a Goth, a rebel, and a nerd, there is so much more to each person. As the film goes on, each character opens up more and more, and it is soon revealed that these kids have a lot more in common than they thought. Many timeless lessons can be taken away from this film. It shows that there is more to people than what meets the eye and that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. The filming angles are very interesting in this movie. There are many long shots and close ups, showing just one character at a time. This shows that each character is equally as important. This movie has similar humor to other John Hughes but it is a lot more dramatic than most. 

In the hallway scene, many interesting cinematic features are used. The scene starts out just showing the kids feet. You can hear them discussion which will be the safest way to not get them caught. They take a few steps forward and look down one of the hallways. A long shot shows the principle, who is watching them for the day, walking down the opposite hallway. The figure is perfectly centered and he is the only one is the frame. This shows his significance to the scene. Just as the kids see him, an upbeat song plays and they begin to run away from him. Everything is very quiet and slow until this moment. The use of this song changes the mood instantly. As all the kids run away, the Goth girl stands against the locker and watches. This shows her disinterest in what is going on. The kids continue to run down different hallways trying to avoid the principle. Every time they see him, everyone slides to turn around and runs the other way. This happens a few times and emphasizes the chaos occurring in this scene. The juxtaposition between the principle who is roaming the hallways casually and the students who are running around chaotically to avoid him emphasizes the differences between adults and children which is one of the main themes is this movie.