A Timeless Classic: "The Breakfast Club"
The Breakfast Club mainly revolves around a group of students in a high school that are grouped in a detention hall. Two complete strangers with nothing in common become friends as they find what they are both scared of only to hear such a company will lose its position soon. Everyone is more than just their stereotype, at one they are an athlete, a princess, a brain, a criminal and a basket case. By the end of the day in detention, the two form friendship that goes against the grains of what people expect from each other. It is funny but also deals with rather serious issues of adolescence offering an excellent mix of comedy and drama. With humor and mature and direct portrayal of teenage life, it offers an intensive message that the audience can easily relate to.
This is so true because the main stars of the movie, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez and Judd Nelson provided their characters with the true representation of real life. Although most characters are stereotype, safely determined and gradually change to become real and distinguishable persons. Their true-to-life depiction becomes a covenant with the viewers.
Hughes must be praised for the intelligent casting and specifically for the choice of shooting a whole movie in one setting – people and their relations can bloom vividly. It is for this reason that his understanding of teenage anxieties in the movie’s narrative is an emotive one that crosses generations.
The films sound track ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ by Simple Minds similarly hails from the 1980s while elevating key scenes through the use of emotionally-ridden backing tracks left a great deal of impact on the viewer.
Thus, the cinematography is good enough to support the films character-driven plot and the uses of close-ups to portray times of weakness were excellent. The static setting of the high school library contrasts against the dynamic emotional depth experienced by the characters, underscoring their transformation.
The minimalist production design of the high school library is pivotal, focusing the viewers attention exclusively on the characters and their evolving interactions.
Focusing on character and dialogue, the films special effects are subtle but effective, enhancing rather than overshadowing the core narrative.
Editing is seamless, maintaining a narrative pace that aligns with the film’s emotional crescendo. It is a pleasant surprise how from one scene to another, there can be comedy thrown humorously in between severe disclosures that make it quite engaging.
Its pacing mirrors the escalating real-life cinematic kind of emotional an attacking that the characters go through as confessions are made, making it a smooth affair, and makes the audience always interested.
There are good and clever lines with humor and depth in the writing. These sequences portray little different dreams and pains of the characters in their heart, confusable cliches about the woman’s and men’s roles in the Films was debuted centuries ago while some of the lines may not go quite well with today’s modern world. A more detailed revelation of each figure’s background might lead to stronger and longer sentimentality; nevertheless such quality does not present a flaw to the film’s appreciation. Apart from it being a cliché to people, it is a film that gives viewers a chance to experience the cinematographic art, an attempt that captures people’s emotions with memories and feelings of sympathy. The timelessness of the story caters for a seeming audience of social outcasts, something that makes it a classic eighties movie.
