I saw it for the second time, I liked it more when I first saw it because it didn't get it completely.
The ending of The Breakfast Club came out of nowhere and ruined an otherwise good movie for me. Why did they had to go to follow the typical high school teenage movie trend and opt for the happy ending?
What they firstly did was confront all the characters and how they will react to each other on Monday. Understandably, Claire, Bender and Andrew already have their typical friends and they wouldn't stay friends with each other, maybe Claire and Andrew could get along but no one else really. They all are completely different from each other and it was good that they accepted it as a fact that they don't need to hang out together even if Brian or Allison may want to.
Next thing we know, Claire and Bender make out, and she gives him one of her diamond earring(probably) while leaving, which Bender willfully accepts. This goes against whatever he stands up for. Why did she do that in the first place and what is Bender going to do with it? If we are made to believe that she gave it as a gesture of true love or passionate attraction, then we are stretching things too far.
And then the most terrible thing happened. I loved Allison. I found her most convincing. Why did she had to put on make-up, give up who she actually is, and be like everyone else when we are made to believe, assertively, that she is different and there is nothing wrong in being yourself. I read Ally Sheedy's interview where she states that she didn't like that part of the movie herself. She too understood the character and there was no need to do that except to make her look more attractive(I personally find her more captivating and fascinating just how she was), traditionally like everyone else so that Andrew could like her and they can have two happy couples at the end of the movie, maybe two kisses was the basic idea.
I would say that it was a very interesting subject to work with, and they could have made a much better movie out of it if they would have kept the ending natural and maintained some spontaneity towards the end.
I would have been able to better appreciate the movie if all of them could take something positive, contructive or just a ray of hope with them, when they leave the school. They were all troubled people, more troubled than the usual teenagers, they talked to each other, they shared their private lives, confronted themselves. Yes you can take a lot out of a day like this. You will know more about yourself, you might drop the facade you carry with yourself all the time when you realize where it's going wrong. Just getting a hot chick at the end of the movie spoiled the fun for me, and the questions they raised were just like the spit of Bender, they gulped them down. I saw Dazed and confused a week ago, such a delighful movie even though it never tries to, natural and convincing. I made me feel like I should have been there with them, in their decade, in their clothes.
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