FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986) FIRST TIME WATCHING - MOVIE REACTION! 

Great memories ❤

*There no such thing as "dated" in movies.* You watch a movie as if you're seeing it in the year it was released. Otherwise, you will never enjoy watching movies.

good video thank you very much.

Yeah i thought that, his son seems pretty intelligent and relaxed personality, hes a good kid

Fun fact... the couple that played his parents met and fell in love on set, and got married after the shoot

Thanks, and thanks for watching

Thank you for watching. That interpretation of the painting scene was eye-opening!

@@GenerationMediaReactionit’s really interesting hearing the kinds of things your son thinks about during these reactions. Gives me a new perspective.

That was an impressive interpretation of the scene where Cameron looks at the Seurat painting.

Win Ben Stein's Money! His side kick was Jimmy Kimmel!!!

oh no, what have we done!

@@GenerationMediaReaction We? No, it's YOU. Hey kid, don't forget to lick your palms of hand when faking an illness. It's childish and stupid, but so is high school (the dad is likely furious at me but the kid is probably liking this) 😁

​@@GenerationMediaReactionAll he needs is a best friend with a cool car and a talent for immitating adult voices!

Remember when one of the networks used to have something like the equivalent of pop-up video only for movies? They would put up fat toads for various scenes throughout the movie. One of those was the Beatles hated that rendition of Twist and Shout because of the horns they had to add to it to make sense in the movie.

And the workmen up on the scaffolding dancing around weren’t in the movie.. just guys working while they were filming.

Oooo im jealous

And also in Speed that they recently reviewed and mentioned him here in Ferris Bueller.

good suggestion!

Love war games

Yes, love Wargames! It also has a small connection to this film (related to the school computer, lol).

@@captainbryce1 We have listened... coming soon!

@@GenerationMediaReactiondefinitely watch War Games! Not as funny at all, but really good.

Yeah we may have planted a seed, ooops.

@@GenerationMediaReaction For some reason, Ferris Bueller's Day Off was one of my favorite films as a child (I was born in the late 80s)... And yet, I've never actually skipped school on purpose. I think that as long as the kid understands that it's just a movie, and is not to be imitated (much like Home Alone, The Goonies, and so on), I really don't think there's any problem with showing such movies to children. Besides, you seem like a great dad, and your son seems to be very intelligent and chill. I'm happy to see it, and I look forward to seeing more from your channel. Keep up the good work, and good luck!

@@TheTaelle Thank you so much, we are drawing up a list of classics to watch, if you have any suggestions?

Another famous painting shown in the Art Institute sequence -- the one that Cameron stared at for a long time -- was "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte," by pointillist painter Georges Seurrat. Two years before *Ferris Beuller* was released, this painting had been the basis for the Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical *Sunday in the Park with George,* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.

Thank you for watching. That interpretation of the painting scene was eye-opening!

@@GenerationMediaReaction In the novelisation, Cameron starts obsessing about it (and Seurat in general), as the style is that of dots seemingly making up a whole but, close up, you see that there is no connection whatsoever. Also in the novel: two other, younger Bueller kids, the trio end up on the radio after the baseball catch, they end up eating pancreas at "Chez Luis" through not understanding French, and the girl Rooney mistakes for Ferris is an old pupil of his, and she hates him. BTW, if you read what the actor who played Rooney up to after, maybe read it alone. He is absolute scum. Just subscribed!

@@ToniMcGinty That's really interesting, thank you for sharing these extra details. (yeah after the film i looked up the actor who played rooney)

@@GenerationMediaReaction Happy to! I have a movie podcast (in Spanish, no gratuitous self-promo here!) and one of the mainstays is digging up interesting facts about movies!

When I saw that scene for the first time, I took it as Cameron felt he was fading away....

Thanks for watching!

That's Ferris that's shocked not Cameron's dad.

@@cp368productions2 The comment was in reference to the father and son reacting to the movie...

@@GenerationMediaReaction Son made some interesting points at the end of the video, he is very good with words.

Oh yes Uncle Buck! So many great movies from this era! They don’t make films like this anymore.

Yes! Painted by: Georges Seurat

he sure is smart.

Thank you for watching !

Chicago sounds a cool city!

This is why film is great, it brings out parts of people we never knew were there

yeah, amazing right?

Definitely The Smiths' tune but it's The Dream Academy's cover version of it.

Thank you! Princess Bride is a great suggestion, thanks

​@@GenerationMediaReaction other movies I think he could handle, Breakfast Club, and Sixteen Candles

Thank you for watching, the editing was hard on this one to try and keep a sense of the funny moments.

there is an archetype for this kind of character. a 'travelling angel' where the this character does not evolve or change, however his reason in a story is to alter and change others. Ferris does not change, but he creates change in everyone else. Robin Williams often played these kinds of characters.

Interesting! I've never heard the term "traveling angel." Thank you for sharing that with me. (I'm not saying this movie is unique in all the world. Merely that Ferris is a bit unusual for a protagonist.) I understand that it is quite strange to argue that the character named in the title of the film is not actually the main character. He is certainly presented as being that. We are told this is "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." It's his movie. But I love the performance of Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye. He's a very endearing character. This movie is such a "love letter" to the City of Chicago. That parade scene on Michigan Avenue was absolutely real. (Remember, this movie was filmed long before the technology to create that scene with CGI.) They filmed on two consecutive weekends. The first was an actual parade into which John Hughes added his own float. (Those are the wide shots of the parade and Ferris lip-syncing to "Danke Schoen" by Wayne Newton.) The parade organizers didn't even know that Hughes was filming a movie! The following weekend, they asked radio stations to request listeners come down to Michigan Avenue and "...take part in a John Hughes movie." And 10,000 people appeared!! We who live in Chicago have tremendous affection for this movie. Thank you for reacting to it. (Have you and your son seen "Forrest Gump?" I would love to see you guys react to that one.) @@GenerationMediaReaction

@@tuckerplum8085 That's really interesting, and nice to know that people in Chicago love it. Forrest Gump is a good suggestion. I haven't seen it since it was released and so cant remember much about it

@@tuckerplum8085 by the way, in Shawshank Redemption Morgan Freeman's character is the main protagonist and Tim Robbins' character is a 'travelling angel' because he comes into the prison and changes everyone's life. Notably Morgan Freeman's character changes from being institutionalised to wanting to be free.

Well, if you’re going to do a lip sync performance of _Danke Shoen,_ sung by Wayne Newton (who has a bit of German ancestry), to a melody by German composer Bert Kaempfert, with the original lyrics by German songwriter Kurt Schwabach, and English lyrics by American music producer Milt Gabler (whose father was from Austria), I guess that would be the right parade to do it in.

Yes agree, another archetype is the ‘travelling angel’ type where he doesn’t change but the story is about how he affects change in others.

Dad is impressed too!

oh wow !

At one point, in the 90s, you were able to win his money.

He also played the same sort of same bland boring personality in a few films and TV shows in appeared in.

He was also in visine eye drops tv commercials.

great suggestions, thanks!

Wow, thank you!

It's amazing how this feel still holds up to a new audience

Other goofs are how about the fact that they crammed so much stuff into 6 or 7 hours. Also what massive parade goes on during a weekday when there is no holiday.

Dad did mention the son's name in the first two videos. If I heard him correctly, his name is Lando. As far as I know, Dad has not mentioned his own name yet.

@@oliverbrownlow5615 Cool name, Lando!!! Thanks Oliver!🙏❤️

Explorers!

And monster squad and the gate!

@@joshfacio9379 YESSSSS! 😜

Thank you so much!

Great Observation . in the UK , they probably don't know much about hockey . But the National Football League ( American football ) is making inroads !

The boy is remarkably insightful and thoughtful, agreed.

oh wow... this is amazing if it's intended

@@GenerationMediaReaction It goes to Cameron's constant anxiety and fear of everything. He can't even relax in a peaceful, calm museum, staring at paintings. "Who do ya love!?" "You love this stupid car!" Got that lump of coal up his butt. Ha!

@@MSgt_0699 Cameron's character arc is the most interesting part of the film

@@GenerationMediaReaction Oh, definitely. I agree. I also like, as you pointed out, how Ferris went from the care-free, nothing-can-touch-me kid all movie, to a kid who was willing to take all the blame for the car, because he knew that he could handle the heat better than Cameron. I like to think that that might have been the first time Ferris found himself in a situation where he had to face real consequences. (even his sister bailed him out when Rooney finally caught him!)

@@MSgt_0699 Yes, that whole scene is gives the film its depth. I agree with you on Ferris. Without that gesture, he would have been too annoying, but he proves himself a real friend with this. I see him as an architype of 'travelling angel', where their function in stories is to change others rather than themselves. Robin Williams often played these kinds of roles.

Well he did insist on taking responsibility for it his friend refused. And we don't really know what ultimately the outcome was

I see that now about Ferris Bueller. It is hard to tell people no in the first place but the keys were already in the car.

My family did that too, it was ok to see tina gutted and dragged up the wall in nightmare on elm street but we had to close our eyes when movies showed boobs! Lol crazy 80's parents. My parents were chain smokers so when i moved out i actually went through withdrawl! That and apparently i smelled for years and my friend didnt want to hurt my feelings by telling me.

A special era!

He's in the TV series Succession.

Yes, it's on the list !

thank you for the suggestions

No, Saving Private Ryan is not a good choice, not so much that because of his age but because in previous reactions to films he is very squeamish and put off by the sight of blood and SPR pulls no punches when it comes to showing the terrible reality of war up close.

@@adamn7516 honestly your right. I didn't think about that until you brought it up.

Jojo rabbit maybe

@@micahnedrud Yea that would be a good choice for him.