I'm now hereby installing The Breakfast Club on The Romancing The Stone Plan and it will be now watched on a bi-annual basis.

And besides, I really did need to watch it today. Bank Holidays are fucking bollocks.

Here's why I'm putting it on the Plan:-

1) Judd Nelson casually swiping some Post-It Notes as he walks into detention.

2) "Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"

3) The look Nelson gives Anthony Michael Hall when he tries to take his jacket off at the same time.

4) "I'm in math club!"

5) "No, I don't wear tights! I wear the required uniform."

6) "Screws fall out all the time, the world's an imperfect place!"

7) Why is…

I always feel a little apprehensive going into older movies that are so universally loved like the very, very popular The Breakfast Club. Films of this type instill in me all manner of preconceived notions because they are so engrained in the pop culture consciousness and as a result, though I have not seen them, I feel as though I already have. Even though this movie was before my time, I felt optimistic that I would most likely enjoy it to some degree but would also somehow be unable to fully embrace it without the luxury of the added nostalgic good will that often comes from seeing these things in one’s youth. It turns out that The Breakfast Club was…

I really enjoyed the Breakfast Club. I think it offered a fantastic combination of humor but also an understanding of what it means to be a teenager in a broken world. There were parts of the movie that brought realization as well as laughter. I think that the one problem I had with it was that I got a tiny bit lost in the movie towards the end. 

The Breakfast Club was primarily shot in one setting: the school library. This was an awesome concept that carried very well throughout the entire movie. As the kids began to get to know each other we began to see the library open up and we see different parts of the expansive room.…

It was profound at the time, for sure, and even maintains some relevancy even a few decades later. Plus, you can't but appreciate the simplicity of its concept: 5 teens, 1 vice principal and one whole high school. That's it and it manages to still make for an absolute blast of a film to watch. I especially liked the plight of the educator as he is guided by the school custodian to understand that kids don't get worse or change, adults just get out of touch. From there, however, the film notably has it's issues such as its ending where I'm not buying for a second after a day there is now 2 NEW relationships between people of different cliques…