Spaceballs

Spaceballs

MGM etc.

June 24, 1987

Sci-Fi, Parody
DVD
B-

I'd of course heard of this movie since the time, and had several of the jokes spoiled, but I never actually sat down and watched it before.  Like most Mel Brooks movies, it's uneven, but on balance it's funny and amiable, especially the much missed John Candy as a mog (man-dog).  The very '80s music, (including the title song) aside, the movie doesn't feel as dated as it should, with even jokes about Rambo and early-release VHS (and key-cards!) still accessible, at least to someone my age and over.  I've tagged everybody I could.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Paramount

November 25, 1987

Comedy

DVD
C

For almost thirty-five years I kind of wanted to see this movie and now I have.  I gave it 25 minutes, but I just didn't like either character, or find the story funny enough to continue.  John Hughes wrote and directed.

Home Alone

Home Alone

20th Century Fox

November 16, 1990

Comedy

DVD
C

I didn't have any strong feelings about the first fifteen or twenty minutes of this movie that I of course heard of at the time but had never actually watched before today.  I lost interest once Kevin realized he had the house to himself.  John Hughes wrote and Chris Columbus directed.

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club
Universal
February 15, 1985
Dramedy
DVD
C-

This movie was made for my generation (my senior yearbook the following year dedicated a page to it), but I've never been a John Hughes fan and was at the time more into the Gidget TV show.  (I did watch and enjoy Footloose in the theater, which I'll talk about when and if I end up reviewing it, so I wasn't completely avoiding '80s teen movies in my '80s adolescence.)  I did see it about a decade later but couldn't have told you much about it.  (I had to see Ferris Bueller's Day Off two or three times as an adult before I actually knew that I'd seen it, rather than just heard about it.)  This time through, I thought I might stick with BC, since I liked the set-up, but then the kids started interacting and there was only so much of Judd Nelson I could take.