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So, yeah ... John Hughes died.
For a blog like mine, with such an emphasis on pop culture, I have to mention his death. And also because so many of his films are things I truly enjoy.
Mr. Mom
National Lampoon's Vacation
The Breakfast Club
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Weird Science
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Home Alone
And those are just the films of his I really love! I didn't mention others I merely like. How many filmmakers can we say this about? That have had so many movies that a generation fell in love with?
And what makes them truly great, to me, is their rewatch-ability. We can watch them time and again and still laugh and enjoy them. That says it all.
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So many other bloggers are highlighting Hughes. Here are a few:
The Daily What - Movie Montage
ALPHAVILLE
...:::kindertrauma:::...
boingboing
The Kind of Face You Hate
Monkey Muck
Retrospace
Nostalgic G
That Blue Yak
Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness
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As a side note, as a teenager, I associated most with Allison Reynolds, Ally Sheedy's character from "The Breakfast Club". She was the outcast, loner weirdo, and that is how I felt for my entire high school experience.
Was definitely cool to relate to someone else, even if it was a girl, in a movie.
L.I.M Mr. Hughes. And thank you.
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