Pretty In Pink Raymond Wood Analysis
After watching almost every John Hughes film over the course of four weeks, I feel as though I have a good grasp as to whom Hughes is as a director/writer and what he was trying to convey through his films. If I wasn’t a big fan of John Hughes before, I definitely am now. I read Raymond Wood’s article addressing four reasons why John Hughes wasn’t so great and with careful thought, I’d like to disagree on every point Wood makes in his article.
Raymond Wood starts his first point, by stating, “he can’t write well rounded adult characters”. Wood also states that most movie critics complain about this when it comes to Hughes’ films and that it’s “probably his most annoying trait.” Listen, I get it. I understand what Wood is saying, but in my opinion, if you’re going to write a movie centered on teens, you don’t need the adult characters to be “well rounded”. When I hear that statement, it’s like saying a movie that’s about farm animals needs a prominent role involving …show more content…
I don’t see things from Raymond Wood’s perspective because I don’t know the character Andie and how she behaves in the movie. I may not be entirely certain, but just because Andie says that she doesn’t want someone to see where she lives doesn’t mean she thinks she’s poor. There could be a slew of things that would make a teenage girl embarrassed for someone to come over. Yes, I think that one, specific instance is considered overly dramatic, but Cameron in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is certainly not.
Cameron had a lot of deep-rooted feelings toward his father, so it just made sense for him to spill his guts out to his friends. He was keeping that in for a long time; it was predictable that he was going to have a melt down at some point. I don’t call that being overly dramatic. I call it being a human, whether you’re a teenager or an adult. The same idea applies for the characters in “The Breakfast
Raymond Wood starts his first point, by stating, “he can’t write well rounded adult characters”. Wood also states that most movie critics complain about this when it comes to Hughes’ films and that it’s “probably his most annoying trait.” Listen, I get it. I understand what Wood is saying, but in my opinion, if you’re going to write a movie centered on teens, you don’t need the adult characters to be “well rounded”. When I hear that statement, it’s like saying a movie that’s about farm animals needs a prominent role involving …show more content…
I don’t see things from Raymond Wood’s perspective because I don’t know the character Andie and how she behaves in the movie. I may not be entirely certain, but just because Andie says that she doesn’t want someone to see where she lives doesn’t mean she thinks she’s poor. There could be a slew of things that would make a teenage girl embarrassed for someone to come over. Yes, I think that one, specific instance is considered overly dramatic, but Cameron in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is certainly not.
Cameron had a lot of deep-rooted feelings toward his father, so it just made sense for him to spill his guts out to his friends. He was keeping that in for a long time; it was predictable that he was going to have a melt down at some point. I don’t call that being overly dramatic. I call it being a human, whether you’re a teenager or an adult. The same idea applies for the characters in “The Breakfast