The John Hughes films were all after I graduated and movies like Rock & Roll High School were too over the top. But this movie, this was my high school years. Hanging out at the mall, working a fast food joint(Wendy's for me), dances, this movie brings back so many memories. Hell, I was a junior when it came out. This is no doubt my favorite high school movie.
shareI hear ya, brother. I was in high school too when this movie came out and I love watching it because it reminds me of the good ole days. I loved hanging out at the mall and going to records stores and scoping out the girls. I thank God everyday that I grew up then and not today...
shareHow about $12 for Van Halen tickets. LOL
shareGraduated a year before, went to a VH concert that year (not at Spicoli's party), as well as Cheap Trick. This movie was just ahead of the MTV era, which changed everything.
Much better to film all the stuff that was there at that time, like the arcades, mall, etc. Much harder to try to recreate it. This movie is a time capsule.
@deli-- me too the 80's were and still are the best ever...
shareBest high school movie for anyone in high school in the early 80's. Perfect soundtrack--best rock n roll references. Rat and Damone were the quintessential high school boys. Robert Romanus should've done more movies.
shareThis represented my early 80s high school experience perfectly. The attitudes, trends, part-time jobs, home life (yes, our parents left us alone!) were perfect. Suburban life captured perfectly. I didn't live in California, but still, minus a few Californiaisms, it was perfect.
shareRegardless of the plot and humor, this movie just captured the early 80's so well.
Is it me, or do the following 3 decades have very little to distinguish themselves from each other? I mean, every decade before has a clearly obvious style, music, clothing, etc. But it seems to be far less distinct since.
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No, not really! The 1990's were the last decade before cell phones and personal computers really took-over. The '00's were the begining of the personal device age. Now the teen's are the totally self absorbed age.
shareBut this movie, this was my high school years. Hanging out at the mall, working a fast food joint(Wendy's for me), dances, this movie brings back so many memories.
I finished high school a decade before this movie, but I agree it captures the feeling of pre-woke, pre-helicopter parenting, late-20th-century teenage life better than most other movies. The only other one that does is "American Graffiti", which really got the mood of teenage all-night cruising in the 1960s.
shareThis movie was perfect and very reflective of the 80's and made alot of stars including Nicholas Cage in a 3 second role as one of the cooks at the diner where Judge Reinhold got fired
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