Movie Analysis: The Breakfast Club

Why is it that most individuals have a movie that they enjoy enough to see more than once? It is because the favored movie happens to be unique and is of significant importance to a specific person. Many movies win awards due to high ratings and popularity, because of this one reason. Certain characteristics allow an audience to favor a movie, each with their own reason. Movies can have a positive impact on many individuals, one of which being the ability to learn a valuable life lesson. One movie that has the capability of teaching a life lesson to anyone is The Breakfast Club. The movie is set in high school during a saturday detention. Those in detention include the stereotypical jock, princess, brainiac, basket case, and criminal.
All movies, including the ones meant to portray a serious plot, need a touch of humor. The Breakfast Club is a great example of adding a touch of humor to a rather solemn plot. The movie is meant to teach individuals about the negativity and inaccuracy of stereotyping. This movie contained some rather deep and thought-provoking scenes that were eventually followed by humorous remarks to keep the viewers content. For example, Andrew, who is fighting back tears, explains how horrible his father is and how he wants him to win and fight all the time. This scene left most viewers quiet and a little upset. Soon after Bender makes the remark “I think your dad and my dad should get together and go bowling”. This lightened up the audience’s mood after that dramatic scene had occurred, because of the tone of Bender’s voice. Thus, humor is a great aspect to put after a serious or somewhat depressing scene. Another dramatic movie with humorous scenes is Forrest Gump. This movie represents the difficult reality for those living in the eras portrayed in the movie. Forest, the main character with a very low IQ, manages to reflect good spirits and positivity with many issues that have occurred. Many people would be very depressed if they went through what he had gone through, like fighting in Vietnam, losing his best friend, and losing his mother. His humoristic positivity expressed in his storytelling
Movies can allow one to realize something new about a certain topic, or about life in general. This differentiates with life lessons because some movies can allow one to learn something about life, while others may allow one to realize how serious a certain issue is. A great example of an eye-opening movie is The Breakfast Club, a movie set in a high school during saturday detention. This movie emphasizes the issue of stereotyping and how it always ends up being inaccurate. Due to the experience that occurred among the five high schoolers, many viewers, especially those in high school, realized that stereotyping has no significant value. The audience’s eyes were opened to the inaccuracy of stereotypes, allowing them to lighten on the assumptions made about other individuals. Therefore, an eye-opening story line was a prominent characteristic of a movie focused on inaccurate assumptions. Another movie containing an eye-opening plot is Forrest Gump, a movie focused around a boy with a low IQ, who personally experiences many historical events throughout his life. After viewing the many experiences and recognitions Forrest receives for achieving so much, it can be said that most viewers realized the value of life. They realized that life needs to be appreciated with a meaningful outlook, and that there is no time to dwell on problems of the past. Forrest has received so