The Basket Case And The Jock | The Breakfast Club (1985) | Screen Bites 

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@@arturorosalesponcebro what-

lmfao

There’s little hints here and there that he likes her, especially when she says “HA!” He smiles lol

I noticed that they held hands when they were walking down the steps! I never noticed that before!

@@chrysrubio1024 when does she say ha?

@@nicole.24 she says it in response to Claire, when she's complaining about how her parents "use [her] to get back at each other"

I noticed that now too!

Agreed, it's a very understated but meaningful moment between Andy and Allison. She's constantly ignored by her parents, while his, especially his dad, never stop paying attention to him, so they've connected on a deep, emotional level.

In one of my head-canons he grows up to be a counselor. KIds ussually think they deserve the treatment they get. It's easy to imagine that an ignored child would expect their issues of being ignopred being because they are unworthy of attention, and if they shared that, would probably expect that issue is unworthy of attention, and should be ignored aswell. She pushes him away when he is trying to give the real her attention. He respects her request and starts to leave. She's in control, and she chooses to share, when he does. It's obvious he's leaving because he cares. He doesn't ignore her request. Allison is torn because part of her wants to be seen, and part of her needs to test that people won't ignore her. She's lived in the self-fulfilling propfecy of it. That's what people do. Andy caring, and seing it as a problem that she is ignored would have been a very powerful moment. She also see's through his image, and doesn't care about it. Basically, they both break eachothers cycles by caring about eachotyher behind the masks that everyone else accepts them for, but leave them feeling dead inside. It's a beautiful story, and I think there is a reason this movie has stood the test of time. These characters were all real people, forved out of their comfort zone, and put together, interacting in very real, messy, and honest ways. I think that's why TBC ias honest and imprfect, and I think that's why it makes us feel so much. Later we learned how to construct film formulas that make us feel, but keep us in our comfort zone.

@@Ace-nq4cp Nice written!

Precisely, I always thought that it was strange that they causally kissed people they literally met that same day in front of their own parents. I would probably cringe if that was me! 😂🤣

You can see at the end that the jock’s dad was curious who the basket case was.

I’m guessing Andy’s dad probably pestered Andy about the identity of the beautiful girl he was kissing the whole ride home 😂

It was the 80s every body kissed everybody

double00shotgun No, we did not.

I don't have a problem with the pastels. It's the big floral headband that I could never look past xD

@@kevinjones9586 absolutely you did Kevin, I’m sure of it…. 🙄

It's the makeover she didn't need, but so glad she got.

Simply put the makeover was more about Claire anyway being nice to her

So many talk about Alison having a “makeover”, it wasn’t about being made over, it was her shedding some layers so to speak (hair out of her face, the deep black eyeliner, the bulky coat and sweater off) so everyone (but especially Andy) could see HER and not what she hid under. Even Ally Sheedy has spoken in the past about it being her idea to not put so much more makeup on Allison but taking it off.

He lowkey looks like a Ken but like a cooler kind

I agree, Brian is such a sweetie, and my favourite character. I also liked that he gave a positive reaction, and also when Allison kindly thanked him for complementing her. I like to think that Brian and Allison stayed friends after the detention, since they were already similar.

Honestly the kindest thing Claire ever did for ANYONE in the whole movie

😮 Brian was the Only one that didn’t get the girl…😢

Agreed, Brian is easily my favourite, and I love how he's acknowledged Carl in front of the other kids, which he was afraid to do earlier on. He might not have gotten together with anyone, but he still has plenty of time to meet someone.

@@cocochanelly5193dw he’s happy don’t need a SO to be happy

brilliant line. because all of them felt that--just didnt know it like she did.

What u mean too clean? Im so confused?

@@bhavanijayant526 they're saying its not "dark" or messy enough, for example like Euphoria(which is trauma, drugs)

No offense, but I Dont think anyone says that. And if they do, they are immature. If they want dark, they can find it.

@@takemeseriouslynt Breakfast Club is way more realistic than Euphoria

I agree with this comment so much omg thank you for this 🙏💕

Agreed! Also, I think their relationship could continue on from here and maybe even last! Their relationship and attraction is subtle and based on connection. Claire and Bender’s relationship is fiery and passionate, which can fizzle out without a connection. Their relationship was forged, in part, with the idea of making her parents angry. I just don’t see it being strong enough to last past the end of the school year if that

it's like the makeover of Melanie Griffith's character in Something Wild ~ from gangster mol to girl next door

no bro you don't

Everyone thinks that, when they get old. I'm 41 and I'm getting it now. You think your generation is the best and the new generation just doesn't get it. Greek philosophers were complaining about it. It's nothing new.

We see the past in rose-coloured glasses.

@@ReasonMakeskids are soft nowadays

@@tonkatruck8294 would you rather they suppress their emotions and end up abusing those around them even more? kids are soft because they're trying to not be like their parents

Yeah then we'd have a forced plot.

His wheel was the paper he wrote at the end. That was his kiss.

It honestly fits the character. Most guys like that don’t really have many women see them in the same way as the other guys here.

Yes it would have done. Too convenient. Anyway, he has his paper, so all's well that ends well.

I think showing you don't have to find someone because all your friends do is a pretty good message. Sometimes things that matter to you can take a long time to come about, and sometimes it's more important to learn to love YOU before sharing yourself with someone else. As someone who's asexual, I felt very seen by his character, but I think it's important for anyone regardless of sexuality to understand they can be defined by more than a romantic love to someone else.

Yeah 😂

amen

Definitely. "Stand by me" is one of the best, too

@@j.l.starling8934 And “The Outsiders”.

@@mattslupek7988which Emilio Estevez is also in !!

@@delina9735 Yup.

At about the same time Emilio Estevez And Ally Sheedy Were Kissing On Screen I Met My First Love

So the Breakfast Club Has Significance For Me

Tuesday January 22nd 1985, Exactly 12 Years After Joe Frazier Lost His Heavyweight Title To George Foreman In Jamaica

All it takes to do that is a little group therapy and sympathy.

It’s John Benders dream, he’s asleep

EXACTLY

I remember every single word of the movie

I think of them as the main couple

@@aquawarper7328 oh absolutely!!

I never thought of it that way, but you're right. They're totally a Midnight Rain couple!

Haha, the good old counterpart.

Yup, because she was already beautiful. She just needed to open up for everyone to see it more clearly.

Underrated comment.

Truly underrated. I wish people would quote this movie more often

Lmao if you get this comment, more power to you

I see u Morticia ;)

I wish I knew the context

That was a very p.c. 80's term for it

That part was hilarious.

Wym?

@@kippersvindaloo6713 they made her stereotypically pretty/took away her own style

@@larabi9543 She didn't like her style. It was a cry for help.

No she looks happier and u can see her face more and added a bit of makeup thats it

Here's the thing. That wasn't her style. That was how she was coping with her depression. Kinda messed up that it took a guy to do that but it is what it is.

She looked sultry before her makeover.

Fun Fact: Like most fans of this film, Ally Sheedy was not a fan of her character's make-over.

@@saltyabcdef3202 I also didn't like the make-over because it took away her mysterious presence that leaves many to the imagination of her beauty, why spoil it?

​​​​@@KEN-1991I was pretty much like Allison in high school, and I never saw anything wrong with the makeover, it's superficial (for christ's sake this is a 80's movie) and it was for Allison to have a nice moment and experience something as simple and normal as trying on clothes and makeup with your friends. God knows she hasn't even had it with her mother. Nothing implies that Allison has stopped being herself or that she will stay that way, but she probably felt good about Andy's reaction.

She looked smoking hot before the makeover. Oh well lol

Brian will have the last laugh

Manic pixie dream girl syndrome

Can you elaborate please?

Yeah, there were plenty of gals in my school, that weren't the popular pretty girl, but blossomed later in life; some are now 40 something, with 3 kids, & even more beautiful than ever.

@@laylalofe5269 Sometimes the hot ones aren't all that, and the average janes are, is my point.

@@willh7352 ah you're talking personality wise.

Emo’s wasn’t a label back then.

also at the beginning, brian’s mom and sister are anthony’s real mom and sister!

Brian’s character is also probably a stand in for young John Hughes. Which is why his ultimate affirming moment is writing the paper. Because John Hughes writes and directs. That being his emotional outlet

that would of been the worst mistake of his life, no women worth that.

@@vincenthammons6705 sigma

No good actors or directors.

.... Thats such a bad idea.

@@Nirobiscloset10 Nor good writers

me

disagree with the anne hathway one

I don’t think Anne Hathaway’s makeover was bad considering she’s royalty she had to look the part even though I did like her hair before.

@@106andie Anne Hathaway’s premakeover hair in that movie a friggin glorious. It looked so soft and voluminous.

Breakfast club was the first one to do it

@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive it was so beautiful 😍

Which ones from degrassi?

@@bhavanijayant526 drake when he got shot I had a husband age 16 years old I thought he was okay with things but uh you seen the whole drake getting shot and why but leave it as crime of passion and self defense against my dead husband cause his was beating on a two month pregnant female and threatened his life cause he was protecting me worst part is he the step dad the shooter is

And knew their genders

They're still individuals. Exactly why them "not knowing their genders" is a bad thing to grown ups, just like every era.

and they're not now? what a stupid take

@@casachica they are indoctrinated, everybody knows what they really are.

As a older Gen Z i totally agree

It would be an agenda movie. They've done this with everything.

cornball

There's agenda stuff in this version too, like allisons makeover turning her normie, to the point it feels like indoctrination, she's losing most of what made her look unique. that i wish they did different. But if gay people are too much for you, i dont know what to say. The 80s were the gayest decade of the 20th century if you ask me. 70s as well, with queen and hair metal.

@@desotaku5202 what a bunch of gaslighting malarkey. Lol. Imagine claiming people being normal is indoctrination. Women having makeovers? Gimmie a break. Lol.

@@desotaku5202 I think it's just how everything has to have gay stuff in it now, like it needs to be shoved in everyones faces constantly and if you even mention it like OP did, you get hostile remarks like "gay people are too much for you".

Ally Sheedy's father is an advertising executive. I really don't think that's true.