Movies Ferris Bueller's Day Off - And the breaking of the 4th wall.

[Takes Two To Tango]

Is this film the most interactive with the audience with Ferris deliberately acknowledging us?

I don't recall it so blatant and as common in any other movie that I've seen.

I heard the Deadpool & Wolverine does it a lot as well, but I've never seen the film.

I think Ferris Bueller film is sort of the pioneer in terms of the amount of time they break the fourth wall.

It's really unique and it what makes that film stand out.

I give the film a 9.

 

[Ima5starman]

Good movie but haven’t seen it in a long time. Wonder how it holds up

 

[Spam On Rye]

Woody Allen and Mel Brooks both had a penchant for breaking the 4th wall. It worked great in Goodfellas too. The film moves so fast and Scorsese giving us time to ruminate for a few is a nice touch imo. But yeah I agree, it's done quite well and adds to you wanting to root for Bueller and his little schemes along the way.

 

[GoodBadHBK]

The principal was discovered to be a peedofile so can you really blame Ferris for always skipping school?

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

The principal was discovered to be a peedofile so can you really blame Ferris for always skipping school?

Well Hollywood is a pedophile so it wouldn’t make sense for that to be the driving force imo

 

[ChosenOne]

i rank stuff like this by how it made me feel at the time and how i ranked it then and this movie was a 9 for me. Not much i would have said to improve it, if anything at all.


I think it is a mistake, as many do, to look back with today's lens and rank movies they thought great 'back then' as not great decades later. Especially when it comes to sci fi or horror, where your current view of the technologies in the movie or used to deliver may be so much better and current today.

 

[Tone C]

 

[Gene Tunney]

I like older Broderick but found him to be slightly irritating in his early roles.

This movie has Michael J. Fox (and possibly Eric Stoltz) written all over it.

 

[Rhood]

Fight Club is the only other film that interacts with the audience the most.
I mean if you really want to break 5th wall, you could say that Fight Club is an unofficial Ferris Bueller's Day off remake. But in reverse.

Cameron would be Edward Norton's character
Ferris Bueller would be Brad Pitt's character
Sloane = Marla

 

[MarloStanfield]

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

I fucking loved this movie as a kid, probably watched it about three or four dozen times in the late 80s through the entirety of the 90s, but I feel like I haven’t seen it now in probably 10-15 years. It’s probably not as good as I thought it was when I was younger but I still consider it a true 80s classic.

 

[SKYNET]

Great point about breaking the wall.

almost a 10 for me, minus 1 pt for destroying that amazing car.

 

[MarloStanfield]

 

[Mock Artwork]

Out of all the John Hughes and John Hughes-esque films, I found this one kind of boring. It’s entertaining the first go round then rewatchability kind of tanks.

I like to think Twister is a continuation of the Cameron character.

 

[WINGNUT]

great movie. hard to rate movies like this for me as it doesnt embody what a true masterpiece does...but its not the films fault, its not that type of movie.

im a little biased because i am from chicago and know where all these scenes are.
im not a fan of Mathew Broderick, and would defintely say this is my favorite film that hes in. Maybe also Cable Guy