Everything I need to know in life I learned from Ferris...

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:12 am

Ferris Bueller's Day Off and the secret to life.

There are quite a few documents out there that claim to be guides for a virtuous and productive life from the Bible, to the Koran, Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist and, of course, Big Tony Robbins's Unleash the Giant Within.

Recently, however, while watching my all time favourite movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, it dawned on me that everything you need to know about life is contained in the 102 minute running time of this '80s classic.

As the school secretary points out, "the sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore Ferris. They think he's a righteous dude," and I'd have to agree.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:01 am

Latitudinarian?

I had to look that one up:

lat·i·tu·di·nar·i·an (lāt'ĭ-tōōd'n-âr'ē-ən, -tyōōd'-) Pronunciation Key
adj. Holding or expressing broad or tolerant views, especially in religious matters.

Yeah, I guess Ferris is a latitude dude.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:24 am

crookedtune wrote:Yeah, I guess Ferris is a latitude dude.

But the guy who wrote the article is in Oz, so does that make him a lower latitude, aka lude?

djm

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:09 pm

Ferris Bueller wrote:Life goes by pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I love Ferris

That's most definitely one of my most favorite movies of all time.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:14 pm

I did not like Ferris- he lost me when they trashed the car. To this day, I don't watch it because of that- too disturbing.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:37 pm

cowtime wrote:I did not like Ferris- he lost me when they trashed the car. To this day, I don't watch it because of that- too disturbing.

That's one of my favorite scenes: "You killed the car."

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:50 pm

... "the sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids,...

Wastoids, shurely.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:09 pm

I thought this was going to be about comparing life with a Ferris wheel. Ups and downs and all.

Never mind...

Coffee · Post by **Coffee** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:16 pm

I was thinking of the small town in northern Tx.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:23 pm

jsluder wrote:
cowtime wrote:I did not like Ferris- he lost me when they trashed the car. To this day, I don't watch it because of that- too disturbing.
That's one of my favorite scenes: "You killed the car."

Or the part where they're trying to get into the fancy schmacy restaurant and the Maitre D' tells them to leave before he has to get snooty. I tell the kids that one all of the time when they're in the kitchen while I'm trying to cook

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:04 pm

danke shoen is the best part of the movie. period.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:04 pm

cowtime wrote:I did not like Ferris- he lost me when they trashed the car. To this day, I don't watch it because of that- too disturbing.

That's funny Cowtime! I had the same reaction.
It kind of took Ferris from cool rebel, to someone who was totally disrespectful of his friend and what he'd have to deal with.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:45 pm

emmline wrote:
cowtime wrote:I did not like Ferris- he lost me when they trashed the car. To this day, I don't watch it because of that- too disturbing.
That's funny Cowtime! I had the same reaction.
It kind of took Ferris from cool rebel, to someone who was totally disrespectful of his friend and what he'd have to deal with.

I view outcome of the "killed the car" scene as Cameron (the buddy) finally deciding to take control of his own life rather than living in fear of his father. And I didn't get that "disrespectful" vibe from Ferris at all. Just goes to show that different people can have completely different interpretations of the same scene.

(And are we actually having a serious discussion about Ferris Bueller?

)

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:57 pm

jsluder wrote:(And are we actually having a serious discussion about Ferris Bueller? )

Good grief, Slood....this is the PUB. Do you really have to ask such a question?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:45 am

jsluder wrote:
emmline wrote:
cowtime wrote:I did not like Ferris- he lost me when they trashed the car. To this day, I don't watch it because of that- too disturbing.
That's funny Cowtime! I had the same reaction.
It kind of took Ferris from cool rebel, to someone who was totally disrespectful of his friend and what he'd have to deal with.
I view outcome of the "killed the car" scene as Cameron (the buddy) finally deciding to take control of his own life rather than living in fear of his father. And I didn't get that "disrespectful" vibe from Ferris at all. Just goes to show that different people can have completely different interpretations of the same scene.

(And are we actually having a serious discussion about Ferris Bueller? )

Yes. We are.
I can see that the final outcome, for Cameron, is a positive one, but I get so hung up in the trauma he's experiencing as Ferris trashes the car, that I couldn't recover sufficiently to appreciate the end.

I am also traumatized by animals-in-distress films even if I know they'll come out ok. So I won't watch them.

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