The Brat Pack
Aug. 1st, 2007 07:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lallis_follyThe Brat Pack was a group of young actors in the '80s who often appeared in movies together. Although lists differ, the core group seems to have included Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy and Judd Nelson. Also linked with the Brat Pack have been Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Matthew Broderick, Robert Downey, Jr. and others.
As a teen of that era, I was in the prime audience for Brat Pack movies. However, I've never seen most of them. I thought it would make an interesting project to watch them and react to them as an adult. I've already posted my reaction to The Breakfast Club.
I'd link to the Wikipedia article on the Brat Pack at this point, but it's been completely changed since the first time I looked at it, and the list of movies I intended to watch is gone. We'll see if I can locate the printout I made at the time. The previous article was much more complete, including the entire list of actors that had been linked with the Brat Pack, but weren't necessarily members themselves.
The first movie will be Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which is included in the Brat Pack canon by virtue of having been produced, written and directed by John Hughes.
As a teen of that era, I was in the prime audience for Brat Pack movies. However, I've never seen most of them. I thought it would make an interesting project to watch them and react to them as an adult. I've already posted my reaction to The Breakfast Club.
I'd link to the Wikipedia article on the Brat Pack at this point, but it's been completely changed since the first time I looked at it, and the list of movies I intended to watch is gone. We'll see if I can locate the printout I made at the time. The previous article was much more complete, including the entire list of actors that had been linked with the Brat Pack, but weren't necessarily members themselves.
The first movie will be Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which is included in the Brat Pack canon by virtue of having been produced, written and directed by John Hughes.
