Why The Breakfast Club is a significant film

[@mattbeatgoeson]

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[@jerrythegnome7688]

cover the back to the future trilogy

[@mattbeatgoeson]

@@jerrythegnome7688 I had already planned it. I've seen that trilogy so many times.

[@stalkinghorse883]

Rebel without a cause Fast times at Ridgemont hoigh

[@jerrythegnome7688]

@@mattbeatgoeson thats great

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Mr. Beat. You should do a video on Mean Girls.

[@Dashpoint_M]

I'm currently 15 years old. I watched this film for the first time not long ago and it resonated extremely well. I was able to relate to a piece of every one of the characters in some way. It genuinely makes me feel heard and seen. And it is an amazing film "Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood."

[@conorwinston6205]

My step-brother also hated high school, but later went on to earn a PhD in education and become a middle school principal.

[@mars3676]

Sound like me

[@fhwolthuis]

I went to highschool in 1984 and this film and the music is forever connected to that moment

[@christiandevey3898]

Well, I guess I have to listen to Don’t You Forget About Me by Simple Minds now

[@mattbeatgoeson]

I listen to it at least once a month.

[@JebusMatoi]

I was born in 1991 and didn't start getting into 80s culture until my late 20s (present time) but now that I am, I definitely wish I was born in 1981 instead. The Breakfast Club solidifies everything that was going on in the 80s imo. Teenagers misunderstood, parents controlling their lives, the fashion, the lingo, everything about it is refreshing for me after living my teen years in the 2000s. Not to mention John Hughes was simply a master of his craft. RIP legend.

[@jerrythegnome7688]

good job on going into the history of these things. you keep showing how little i know about my favorite movies

[@mattbeatgoeson]

Thanks Jerry :)

[@pixalmated4853]

I've always heard of the breakfast club but never watched it until I told my best friend this, so he let me borrow the dvd and I have yet to return it. Definitely one of my favorite movies

[@mattbeatgoeson]

It's also back on Netflix!

[@SteveBryanFL]

One of my favorite movies. Always fun to watch.

[@canadaisthebest4802]

That was me in High school in the late 80s

[@enjoythepig]

I went to Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, and it bore a strange resemblance to the school in the Breakfast Club. I was a Freshman when it came out, and fanaticized about all the deep, soulful conversations I would be having with upper classman (it was all boys). Sadly, the only real experience shared by me and the film was being randomly tackled by a wrestler. I would love to see your treatment (I can say that now that you have elevated your film commentary to art), of the 1993 Robert Altman masterpiece, Shortcuts. I think it's especially relevant because it was set in Los Angles during the med-fly quarantine. There was a palpable feeling in the film, and I think in general that the Med Fly was a harbinger of things to come, old Los Angeles with its economic and cultural diversity, still heavily influenced by Dust Bowl immigrants, was about to die. References to this were all over the film, as people like bakers, and Jazz lounge singers were beginning to struggle, but didn't really know why. Could this give us a clue as to what our post covid lives will be like?

[@mattbeatgoeson]

I need to revisit that film. Thanks for the suggestion and for sharing all that. :)

[@nostalgiclife1075]

You’re videos are so good bro, worth the wait

[@mattslupek7988]

One of the greatest movies ever!! Saw it in the theater when I was 19, just a couple years after I was out of high school, so it was still pretty relatable-and I had a major crush from afar on Ally Sheedy!!

[@Bottle_O_Glue]

the writing in this film is simply impeccable. You really can't find much better than brilliant

[@Riz2336]

It's my personal favorite hughes film, just a classic

[@mattbeatgoeson]

Mine too!

[@MissSuesSkills4Success]

One of the best movies ever!! Nice job explaining it, I can tell you did your research. I learned some interesting tidbits about the movie that I never knew before! I own Pretty in Pink and 16 Candles on DVD...I think I need to add this one to my collection. That is ironic that you became a high school history teacher...High school was my least favorite phase in life...I esp. hated history class in High school I think bc of the teachers being so boring... But I really enjoyed it in college and still love history today! I'm a teacher of tiny humans. 😊Thanks for the video!

[@nogames8982]

I was 14 years old when that movie came out. I absolutely loved it. I still love it. It was very relatable. We all knew people that fit in all those categories, and we all fit and at least one of them. There were some wonderful movies in the 80s in the 90s.

[@hrinionuwut8637]

I love this movie! Even tho I already knew most of these things, the video was still really enjoyable to watch!

[@mattbeatgoeson]

Well thank you, and glad you already knew about the film's brilliance. :)

[@alanmurray5963]

A very special film❤❤❤Great video🔥🔥🔥

[@sofia-wn2xv]

amazing film

[@Hoosier_man01]

Love this movie, I was born in the 2000s but my mom grew up with this and she references this movie a lot and we end up hearing the song on the radio a lot. She always jokes that’s she wouldn’t let me forget about this movie (in reference to the song)

[@chill5978]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. You should think about doing A Brief History of David Bowie or Clapton.

[@vincenzovalentino5005]

Bowie would be nice.

[@amywilkins543]

One of my all time favorites!!❤❤

[@TheAlexSchmidt]

Ned Tanen is apparently who Biff Tannen from Back to the Future was named after.

[@rileyweisman3789]

I was like damn this guy’s voice sounds exactly like Mr.Beat…. Had no idea dude has two channels. The legend of Matt Beat grows!

[@christinacascadilla4473]

Fun facts for those who don’t know much about the background of the movie. Ronald Reagan was the first choice to play Vernon, but a meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev conflicted with the shooting schedule and he could not accept the role. In Reagan’s autobiography, An American Life, he calls this “The biggest regret of my life.” Harvey Keitel was the next pick, but after reading the script he told John Hughes that he’d only play the role if he could dress in the same clothes he wore in “Taxi Driver.” So Paul Gleason, son of Jackie Gleason, won the role. During shooting he improvised the movies most famous line, “Yo Sal, how come there ain’t no brothers up on the wall?” The role Anthony Michael Hall played was originally written for a chimpanzee. Eric Stolz was originally cast as Bender, then halfway through filming John Hughes realized he wasn’t menacing enough and fired him. But you can still see glimpses of Stolz in the movie. That is his head between Molly Ringwald’s knees. And Hughes wanted Justine Bateman as the Claire character, but Gary David Goldberg would not give her the time off needed to film the movie. Filming was delayed for six months because of a typhoon. Emilio Estevez suffered a heart attack right before shooting began, also delaying the shooting schedule. The five students were originally supposed to serve their detention in the school cafeteria, locked into the walk-in refrigerator, but then producers were worried that children would try to copy the movie and lock themselves into their refrigerators at home, then suffocate. The exterior scenes were shot at a suburban high school right out of Chicago, but the library scenes were filmed at the Princeton University library, which is mostly underground and that’s why you see no windows in the movie’s library. Harvard University refused permission to film the dance scene there, so it was done at Oxford in England. Judd Nelson went undercover as a high school student at a local high school because seven years after graduating from a high school in Maine he had no memory of what high school was like, and found he liked it so much that he stayed at that high school after filming and four years later graduated as their Valedictorian. No one at that school ever realized he was an actor and not a student, even though he had been in three movies before “The Breakfast Club.”

[@callumedwards275]

Hello I was wondering if you could do a brief history on the band arctic Monkeys

[@holiday197]

Love this movie. In a deleted scene, Allison breaks into a teacher's locker and steals the Prince record that she is reading when she catches the Coca Cola can during lunch. The break in occurs when her and Andrew are told to go and get the drinks by Principal Vernon. Eventually Vernon will find out that Allison and/or Andrew broke into the teacher's locker and they may join Bender for detention the next Saturday. From here, it's wishful thinking that Brian and Claire would get themselves in trouble again to join the rest of the gang again (but on a pessimistic note, Vernon would most likely catch on and either sit in the room with the group the whole time or put Claire and Brian in a separate detention after classes on a school day.

[@donalds980]

I live near the former Maine West High School in Glenview, IL near Des Plaines and went to Maine East High School

[@seththomas9105]

I remember going to this movie when I was in high school. It was/is a good movie but I didn't feel any "connection" to anything in the movie as it was set in a large city (Chicago) and a large school. I grew up in a small town in Iowa with 52 kids in my class so it was a disconnect in that regard. Classic movie though and now I want to watch it again.

[@MagiczzLilGoose]

Yesss you should do dazed and confused! It was intended as a sort of anti-John Hughes movie in a realist sense

[@nate-orito7990]

I feel called out when he described Ryan as the Geeky, Dungeons and Dragons type... anyways I gotta get back to preparing for my game

[@quadeca5617]

Brief history of Oasis please!!!!!

[@daniellowther4863]

do u think u could do another brief history video and do it on elton john

[@curtismichael4703]

What about the movies Breakin', Flashdance or Streets of Fire?

[@mattslupek7988]

Do you mean “Breakdancing”?

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Mr. Beat. Can you please do a video on the brief history of Paramore?

[@mattbeatgoeson]

Solid band.

[@jacobrector2023]

This is not a movie but you should do another video on a band. Which I think you should do a video on The Police!

[@mattbeatgoeson]

That'd be a fun one to make. :)

[@luispol5286]

make a brief history of U2

[@xavierhbcrd5190]

Pump up the volume (1990)

[@christianvelazquezKingz]

Do one on the Rolling Stones

[@mattbeatgoeson]

Eventually absolutely!

[@chan986]

fav movie

[@rrisdfootage3344]

I'd love to see Office Space!

[@miguelrosa6246]

Can you make a video about The Beach Boys?????

[@iammrbeat]

I would love to

[@kvernon1]

Really liked the film in general, but thought it ended with a thud. No way it would ever wind up like that. I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen the film, but in spite of a hiccup here and there, it's recommended viewing.

[@leafwhite6376]

I don't even have to watch this video, the answer is "The Breakfast Club" understands teens... truly understands them... in a way no other movie can or will.

[@lukelichtenthal5407]

It was released February 15th not 14th

[@rino09876]

Are you ok Mr. Beat?

[@mattbeatgoeson]

lol yeah I'm cool

[@rino09876]

@@mattbeatgoeson good cos we need you.

[@coreyabell6332]

Tori= Claire Andre= Andrew Robbie= Brian Beck= John Jade= Allison

[@_gusowen]

i really don’t know how these video get more views

[@FLUFFMANDUFF]

[@katemaloney4296]

I was a loner who hated (and still hates) high school. Maybe it's because I didn't fit into any of the five categories, so I didn't relate to any of the characters--in fact, they were the people I stayed away from. I was never in trouble or had detention--partly because it never appealed to me to rebel, and mostly because my dad would've whipped the skin off of my backside if I had. That said, I watched it, but I don't care for it. It is what it is. Now do 'TEACHERS'.