The Breakfast Club (1985)

The thought of being in detention for nine hours on a Saturday is enough to make most teenagers panic, but that's the very thing that brought five students together in the film 'The Breakfast Club'.

My first thoughts on the film were intrigued and quite surprised at the fact that the kids were being put in their detention for that long. What intrigued me was the fact that all the students were different in so many ways, like misfits, and i wanted to see how their characters progressed during the course of the film.

I had already decided that there was something not quite right with each of the characters and hoped i could find out a little more about them.

One of the major themes of the film is family relationships I think. As well as friendship, pressure and feeling accepted.

On an emotional level some parts were quite hard to watch. I could relate to some of the students issues and almost feel what they were going through.

The characters expressed a lot of hate, anger and hurt throughout the duration of the movie, but I think they could all relate to each other in the end, understand and be there for each other in a discreet way. The characters opened up and in a way they became friends.

Nevertheless, it was clear that social acceptance was still an issue, and the students had to snap back to reality when detention was over.

In summary, the film sent me a message saying that it is okay to be different, and make friends that are away from your social hub. It is important to have your own mind and not be pressured into anything that is out of your comfort zone. Also knowing that sometimes it is okay to be a loser.