It’s Friday morning, I don’t have class and it is seventeen degrees below zero outside. What does that mean? It means I am working on my top 25 list and watching random things on netflix instant.
So I watched Don’t You Forget About Me, a documentary about John Hughes films and the fact that he dropped off the face of the world. He hasn’t done any interviews, he doesn’t do DVD commentary, ect. So these 4 people go out and interview people from John Hughes movies and people from the industry that looked up to him. They interview people on the street too.
That is basically all that happens. We listen to people talk about how awesome John Hughes films are. Then, at the end, these 4 people end up in front of John Hughes’s house. They try and talk to him, they give his maid a letter and generally just stand out on the street and talk about how they should approach him. They talk about how to approach him for a while and that’s after the video was edited down. The edited version is pretty long and really annoying to watch. Down right painful is what it is. Over thinkers bug me some times, I’m more of a ‘jump in’ kind of guy. Live at the speed of life, it can be fun that way.
I say, don’t watch this movie. Instead, watch a John Hughes movie. Watch a bunch of John Hughes movies. Inevitably, these people bothered John Hughes and by watching their movie you are sort of bothering John Hughes.
John passed away in 1999. His movies continue to connect with teenagers to this day.
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