re: Teenage kids these are clueless - RE: Farris Bueller’s Day Off

Posted by Somebody2

Member since Jun 2018

267 posts

Posted on 7/27/18 at 6:44 pm to RogerTheShrubber

What is there to understand about Ferris Bueller's Day Off?

It doesn't have much of a plot. Nor is it intended to. It's just about a 16 year old who causes all kinds of trouble when he skips school.

Posted by BCMCubs

Colorado

Member since Nov 2011

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Posted on 7/27/18 at 6:56 pm to FLTech

Thats because that movie sucks

Posted by East Coast Band

Member since Nov 2010

66992 posts

Posted on 7/27/18 at 7:02 pm to FLTech

Maybe the kids are just off their ADD medicine during the summer. Classic movies are timeless. Ferris Bueller falls into the fringes of a classic. Sure there are some "80's" things in there, but overall, it has stood the test of time.

After all, without Ferris Bueller, none of us would know who the sausage king of Chicago is.

And one of my favorite movies is The Graduate, which came out about the time I was born. So, their age shouldn't matter that much. It's just their attention span.

Posted by BowlJackson

Birmingham, AL

Member since Sep 2013

52881 posts

Posted on 7/27/18 at 7:08 pm to FLTech

this is one of the stupidest things to get mad about I've ever heard of, kids from another generation having different fastest in movies than you.

Is there anything Baby Boomers won't cry about?

Posted by CharlesLSU

Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 7/27/18 at 8:02 pm to FLTech

We’re lucky. Our boys are old souls. The LOVE Ferris Buellers Day Off

Posted by TigerCoon

Member since Nov 2005

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Posted on 7/27/18 at 8:13 pm to FLTech

You should have gone for Fast Times at Ridgemont High. That movie would appeal to 13 year olds.

Posted by Jim Rockford

Member since May 2011

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Posted on 7/27/18 at 8:14 pm to East Coast Band

Should have shown them Caddyshack.

Posted by RogerTheShrubber

Juneau, AK

Member since Jan 2009

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Posted on 7/27/18 at 8:22 pm to BowlJackson

quote:
kids from another generation having different fastest in movies than you.

Posted by Kujo

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Posted on 7/27/18 at 8:26 pm to FLTech

Ghost busters lasted 20 mins for a 10,7, & 6 year old.

The 7 year old(girl) left 10 mins in, the other two dropped off at 18 and 20. Even complained about it 2 weeks later "you aren't going to put that dumb ghost movie on again"

Posted by udtiger

Over your left shoulder

Member since Nov 2006

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Posted on 7/27/18 at 8:46 pm to FLTech

My kids (both in high school) love this movie.

They do note it would never fly with cell phones.

Posted by SouthernImmigrant

NELA

Member since Jul 2018

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Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:04 pm to MMauler

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How cool could Ferris Bueller be when he doesn't have an iPhone or a PS4 or XBox?

What does he even do for fun?

Posted by Ash Williams

South of i-10

Member since May 2009

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Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:31 pm to FLTech

I know the feeling

I tried watching Shawshank the other day with my 5 year old and he just wasn’t into it

I figured the scene where the Sisters brutally rape Andy would draw him in but for some reason it really disturbed him

Posted by BowlJackson

Birmingham, AL

Member since Sep 2013

52881 posts

Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:36 pm to RogerTheShrubber

Supposed to say "different *tastes in movies"

Leave it to a Baby Boomer to not have enough logical reasoning skills to spot an obvious auto-correct error. Doesn't take much brain power to realize what I meant.

You must have had a grizzly bear step on your head up there in Alaska. That or you're going senile, old man,

Posted by BigSquirrel

Member since Jul 2013

1880 posts

Posted on 7/27/18 at 10:52 pm to shutterspeed

Never liked it, and I grew up in it’s time. Always hated movies where the characters are too cool for everything. Like, he can figure out how to con everyone around him, but doesn’t know running a car in reverse won’t take miles off? Give me the Goonies over that pile of shite. You know what else grinds my gears.... the Breakfast Club. Why people beat off to that movie I’ll never know.

Posted by RogerTheShrubber

Juneau, AK

Member since Jan 2009

299716 posts

Posted on 7/27/18 at 10:55 pm to BowlJackson

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Leave it to a Baby Boomer to not have enough logical reasoning skills to spot an obvious auto-correct error.

Your previous postings gave me no reason to give you the benefit of the doubt, Gomer.

Posted by RogerTheShrubber

Juneau, AK

Member since Jan 2009

299716 posts

Posted on 7/27/18 at 10:56 pm to Kujo

quote:
Ghost busters lasted 20 mins for a 10,7, & 6 year old.

My kids loved it at that age.

Posted by dbeck

Member since Nov 2014

29454 posts

Posted on 7/27/18 at 11:05 pm to FLTech

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After about 30 minutes into the movies, I was antsy as hell to show them a movie I grew up with.. they gave in so I rented the movie on the Roku.

30 minutes into Farris Buellers Day off they were done.. they did not like the movie at all.. they actually hated it and were making fun of me for recommending this movie.

They are kids and you nagged them into stopping the movie they were watching to show them a movie they had no intentions of watching. Most people would hate the movie out of spite if this happened to them.

You should have said "promise me you'll never watch a movie called Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and they would have rented it themselves after you went to bed.