You are what you eat. It's all up to you. But what dies (that's an accidental typo for the word "does") eating have to do with any of John Hughes movies? Nothing. Perhaps Hughe's work is so good and so timeless that he can now posthumously stare at his critics from above and script write his next master work titled, "Eat 'em and smile." He did die of an unexpected heart attack at such a young age, but that didn't seem related to a lack of creating any beauty or from taking a Ferris Bueller's day off.
Hughes was responsible for that derelict term "Brat Pack" and with that he created such an incomparable cast of hooligan actors custom built to hilariously protest (and support) everything that his general relaxed attitude brought to what he wrote and directed for them to interpret on-screen. Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Some Kind of Wonderful, and his list goes on and on.So, you're right- No he didn't make "Wargames" which is a classic (John Badham made that film before making, "Blue Thunder") that included brat members Ally Sheedy and Matthew Broderick but he did write, "National Lampoon's Vacation" with Chevy Chase and cast bratter Anthony Michael Hall. SO the moral of this blog is to cut the guy some slack for dying young. John Hughes was and is great. Enjoy what he has delivered. And adhere to the Ferris Bueller philosophy of living and take a day off from work today. Make beauty from attitude. bye.
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