Am I the only person who thought Ferris Bueller was an insufferable tool?

[Motorik]

I have no fondness for the character or the movie.

He was utterly insufferable and an exasperatingly smug little prick.

 

[jp_nyc]

I was cool with Ferris. Parker Lewis was a twat.

 

[Knox in Box]

Wasn't that like, the point.? We were supposed to empathize with his sister and Cameron while still strangely wanting him to succeed.

 

[Devil is Dill]

ALL TEENAGERS ARE INSUFFERABLE TOOLS

 

[wok]

I think that was the whole point of the movie

 

[shoeless]

ALL TEENAGERS ARE INSUFFERABLE TOOLS

It all started with Eddie Haskell...

 

[Chicken Man]

Ferris is alright. Broderick, on the other hand, is an unrepentant murderer.

 

[rhino]

I had a ferret named Bueller.

 

[Chad]

Ferris is alright. Broderick, on the other hand, is an unrepentant murderer.

a radio show I used to listen always called him Matthew ‘vehicular manslaughter’ Broderick

 

[dmn23]

Wasn't that like, the point.? We were supposed to empathize with his sister and Cameron while still strangely wanting him to succeed.

I think that was the whole point of the movie

Maybe. But it was just baffling to me. He's a wholly unlikable protagonist. He's an entitled, self-involved, manipulative dick and it's impossible to rally around him, yet that's the entire movie.

Maybe this was all just much darker and more subversive than I was capable of understanding back in high school.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Relax, I’m a professional.

 

[Aahzz]

Fucking hell, I literally about 3 hours ago found out Frankie Goes To Hollywood covered Born To Run and now you hit me with this? *sidenote* I seen Dexy's at a festival I played at years ago and they're by far the worst famous band I've ever seen live. Terrible.



But I digress, I've seen Ferris Bueller once and I didn't like it - it was just a shitty film with a rubbish plot and yes, he was a prat.

The Frankie version of Born to Run is outstanding.

 

[Flamencology]

ALL TEENAGERS ARE INSUFFERABLE TOOLS

This. Even the best of them.

And they all grow up to be insufferable tools as well.

[/Howie]

 

[Honkridge]

I thought the movie started out good but quickly got boring. I've never finished watching it.

 

[Flamencology]

I thought the movie started out good but...

John Hughes in a nutshell.

 

[rickenvox]

sad state of humanity

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

This. Even the best of them.

And they all grow up to be insufferable tools as well.

[/Howie]

Unsufferable.

 

[rickenvox]

Unsufferable.

he's an educator

 

[Flamencology]

Unsufferable.

he's an educator

Shouldn’t you two be in school right now?

 

[Motorik]

The thing that baffles me now with films is that no one seems to be bothered by the age of people playing the parents of teens nowadays. The actors are in their sixties in real life and have teenage kids film.

Check the mother in this!