1) did anybody else seem surprised that somebody like bender would show up at detention to begin with? He seemed like the type of person that would skip detention all together?
2) who else thought at the end of the movie it would be Andy and Claire at the end and John and Allison?
did anybody else seem surprised that somebody like bender would show up at detention to begin with? He seemed like the type of person that would skip detention all together?
I thought it was strange a kid like him would show up at all.
He was the heart of the movie though. Had to be there.
He obviously had been there many times before, as he has a relationship with Carl. (Something he would not do in front of his friends during the school week, but he would engage with Carl on Saturday when they are usually the only one's there.)
Yes he's a rebel, the type who wouldn't show up at detention. Except, he's smart enough not to be expelled (yes they did that in those days, they won't do it anymore because the parents will sue) and also to save a beating from his abusive father, he goes. Also, unlike Allison who lied, Bender really has no other place to go. He's the only one who doesn't bring lunch or have any money.
1) The idea was Bender hated his home life so much that he would rather go to detention.
2) That's the obvious way to go and it's exactly why that didn't happen. Hughes was attempting to make a point with this film: that all of us, deep down inside, are more alike than we know and could be friends if we just fought past the social pyramid put into place by our ancestors. The idea was to showcase this by saying that a couple like Bender and Claire would work because their personalities are opposite, and they keep each other in check.
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