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R.I.P. John Hughes..What was your...

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R.I.P. John Hughes..What was your...

Postby wormster » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:41 am

Well we cant say 80s or new wave without mentioning MR. John Hughs..He passed away of an apparent heart attack.So many funny movies..sixteen candles was one of my Favorites from him..Who could forget the Panty scene in the boys bathroom "ahhhhh".All kidding aside RIP..What was your favorite movie from him and scene.
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Postby Retro_NRG » Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:48 am

Wow.. what a shame (even more so that he hasn't directed since 1991)

Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes Trains & Automobiles were my fave three from him.

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Postby Spit » Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:58 am

...and only 59 years old. RIP.
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Postby Frau_Blucher » Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:18 am

All of Ben Stein's lines are my favorites. There's the ubiquitous "Bueller...Bueller" of course, but the real bit of genius is...

[i]In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the... Anyone? Anyone?... the Great Depression, passed the... Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?... raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression. Today we have a similar debate over this. Anyone know what this is? Class? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone seen this before? The Laffer Curve. Anyone know what this says? It says that at this point on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. This is very controversial. Does anyone know what Vice President Bush called this in 1980? Anyone? Something-d-o-o economics. "Voodoo" economics. [/i]

That's it...that's all anyone ever needs to know about macro economics. [8D]
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Postby obs » Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:56 am

Too difficult to choose which was my favourite ...

The Breakfast Club: probably his most "serious" movie (the one with a message)

Weird Science: the funniest, in my opinion

Pretty in Pink: same year I graduated, so ...

She's Having a Baby: I think this movie was underrated
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Postby djcraig » Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:51 am

The perfect eulogy:
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Postby MARV » Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:24 am

^ Excellent. ^

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Postby TragicMagic » Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:31 pm

Just read this on a daily news site. RIP. very sad. I am much sadder than when MJ died (in fact.. I wasn't sad at all then. Does that make me a bad person?)

Anyway.. Ferris Beuller #1 for me.. closely followed by Breakfast Club. I like them both for different reasons... so I can almost justify them both being number 1.

thanks for your work Mr Hughes. It will live-on.
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Postby plagiarism » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:38 pm

My favorite line is from Weird Science, where Kelly LeBrock says

"If you ever get the chance, shower with them. I did. Mmm, it's a mindscrambler. Hurts so good."
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Postby ghosty » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:52 pm

Aside from his directing, my favorite John Hughes creation would probably be the screenplay for National Lampoon's Vacation. Arguably one of the funniest films ever made.
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Postby cispas » Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:36 pm

Impressive filmography...
Ferris + Planes, T&A are my favorites.
RIP, Mr Hughes!
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Postby DJ Phoenix » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:14 pm

Tie for all time favorite JH movies(and movies period):

Some Kind Of Wonderful-sooooooooooooooooo many great bands on this soundtrack. One reason why I began to like the March Violets so much.

Weird Science-Hysterically funny throughout.


Pretty In Pink-Probably the best of all the 80s movies. EVERYONE I knew @ the time loved the movie, and could relate to the characters. I doubt you'd find anyone who grew up in the 80s who doesnt know who Duckie is.


RIP my friend. Thanks for making some memorable movies.

"Keepin the '80s alive!"
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Postby SallyLightfoot » Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:38 pm

Uncle Buck, 16 Candles and Vacation are probably my favorites. And of course, Ferris Beuller is a classic.

Holy crap! <a href="http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html" target="_new">[b]Read this blog post[/b]</a> written by the former pen-pal of John Hughes. It's an amazing testament of how amazing John Hughes was.
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Postby bpdp3 » Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:23 am

To me, it was the little touches that made his movies so vital.

Molly Ringwald sitting in her bedroom listening to Paul Young's "Love of the common people" (note, not something like 'hey mickey', but something a little off the beaten path) in 16 candles.

Duckie listening to "Please please please let me get what I want".

Ferris Bueller looking up at a perfect summer blue sky as "Love Missle F1-11" plays...how could anyone want to go to school that day.

Hughes just had a way of KNOWING.
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Postby Surly » Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:52 am

"Breakfast Club" is my favorite movie of all time (and it helps that my favorite band recorded the theme song.

Too many quotes to choose from. "Face it, you're a neo-maxi-zoom dweebie (not even sure if that is correct). I mean, what would you be doing if you weren't out making yourself a better citizen?"

"Words like conviction can turn into a sentence"
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