<story><title>The Unexpected Heaviosity of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (2006)</title><url>https://www.vqronline.org/essay/john-hughes-goes-deep-unexpected-heaviosity-ferris-bueller%E2%80%99s-day</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nayroclade</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a moment in the car scene that I always remembered: When Cameron first starts kicking the Ferrari, Sloane instinctively steps forward to stop him, and Ferris holds her back. Ferris has been exulting about how incredible this car is all throughout the movie, but he doesn&amp;#x27;t hesitate to let his friend trash it if that&amp;#x27;s what he needs to do.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a nice character moment, but it also speaks to what is, to me, the fundamental message of the film: Objects, like sports cars, no matter how beautiful and rare, are there to be used and enjoyed, not hoarded and held in pristine captivity in fear of negative consequences. And the single most beautiful and rare object you have is your own life. Don&amp;#x27;t waste it paralysed by fear of what might go wrong, or stuck in a boring classroom or job.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MuffinFlavored</author><text>&amp;gt; Objects, like sports cars, no matter how beautiful and rare, are there to be used and enjoyed, not hoarded and held in pristine captivity in fear of negative consequences.&lt;p&gt;I saw it more as, the Ferrari represented Cameron and his father&amp;#x27;s damage relationship. Cameron was the way he was, because his father was the way he was, and Cameron knew the Ferrari meant a lot to his dad. Him smashing it was basically a self-destructive cry for help (in my eyes). I felt like the viewer is left knowing Cameron and his dad will &amp;quot;work through something big&amp;#x2F;transformative&amp;quot; given the colossal impact the son (who the dad probably doesn&amp;#x27;t really care for) smashing his prized possession (that he really cars for) would have.&lt;p&gt;Ferris Bueller&amp;#x27;s Day Off - 1986&lt;p&gt;Fight Club - 1999&lt;p&gt;Doesn&amp;#x27;t Fight Club have the same kind of &amp;quot;life isn&amp;#x27;t about possessions, step out of your comfort zone while you are still alive otherwise you&amp;#x27;re wasting your life chasing Ikea furniture&amp;quot; message?</text></comment>
<story><title>The Unexpected Heaviosity of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (2006)</title><url>https://www.vqronline.org/essay/john-hughes-goes-deep-unexpected-heaviosity-ferris-bueller%E2%80%99s-day</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nayroclade</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a moment in the car scene that I always remembered: When Cameron first starts kicking the Ferrari, Sloane instinctively steps forward to stop him, and Ferris holds her back. Ferris has been exulting about how incredible this car is all throughout the movie, but he doesn&amp;#x27;t hesitate to let his friend trash it if that&amp;#x27;s what he needs to do.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a nice character moment, but it also speaks to what is, to me, the fundamental message of the film: Objects, like sports cars, no matter how beautiful and rare, are there to be used and enjoyed, not hoarded and held in pristine captivity in fear of negative consequences. And the single most beautiful and rare object you have is your own life. Don&amp;#x27;t waste it paralysed by fear of what might go wrong, or stuck in a boring classroom or job.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fm2606</author><text>I genuinely wish I could read deeper into movies and book like this.  Is this an inherent trait or one that can be learned?  I wouldn&amp;#x27;t even know how to begin to learn to do this.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve always read books and watched movies for the simplistic entertainment value.  Now as I grow older I&amp;#x27;d like to get a deeper meaning &amp;#x2F; inspection to enhance the entertainment value (if that makes sense).</text></comment>