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I wouldn't call THE BREAKFAST CLUB "boring" exactly, but it is most definitely over-praised. High school kids don't act or talk like that. The dialogue feels like it was written by a high school guidance counselor who thinks he understands kids that are 20 years younger than he is.
The acting is good. I just wish the writing was better. And the music SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS. And for that, there is just no excuse. Other movies from that era with 1/10th of the budget had soundtracks that were a hundred times better. It's really painful to hear how really stunningly bad the music is in THE BREAKFAST CLUB.
I mean, look at this. Not only is it dumb and unrealistic, but the music is just painful.
Right, that's why hardly anyone likes the movie 35 years after it's release.
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And the music SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS. And for that, there is just no excuse. Other movies from that era with 1/10th of the budget had soundtracks that were a hundred times better. It's really painful to hear how really stunningly bad the music is in THE BREAKFAST CLUB.
THE BREAKFAST CLUB is not a bad movie. It just ain't great. It's okay. It's not even John Hughes's best movie --- not by a long shot. But the music is truly bad, yes. Really, really horrible.
And no, I'm not talking about "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds. That's a decent song. It's only in the end credits. The rest of the music throughout the movie sucks big time.
I actually HATE movies that have good music, but everything else is just mediocre. It's like lipstick on a pig. I love this film for all of it's quirks and blemishes, that it's stood the test of time in spite of those things.
I enjoyed the movie, but when I hear about it now, I feel a bit sad about how Amanda Peterson (the actress who played the female lead opposite Patrick Dempsey) died, and the course of her like after she left the entertainment business:
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