RIP, John Hughes

[SeattleGirl]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-dies

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

RIP.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

2. Wow

he wasn't that old. I will remember his films forever. RIP John.

[gmoney]

3. Yet, Dick Cheney lives on...

there's not much justice, is there?

Wow, he only directed 9 movies?

[JVS]

4. Oh wow! I hope the cable channels pay tribute by running his movies all weekend!

[SeattleGirl]

5. My two personal faves are Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, and

Uncle Buck.

[pokerfan]

7. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

was so much more than goofy slapstick:

One hallmark of Hughes' work is his insistence that his characters have recognizable human qualities; he doesn't work with a cookie cutter, and the teenage roles he wrote for Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Matthew Broderick and others helped transform Holywood's idea of what a teenage movie could be.

The movie could have been a shouting match like the unfortunate "Odd Couple 2" (1998). Hughes is more subtle. The key early scene takes place in the Wichita motel room they have to share, when Neal explodes, telling Del his jokes stink, his stories are not interesting and he would rather sit through an insurance seminar than listen to any more of the fat man's pointless anecdotes. Look at Candy's face fall. He shows Del as a man hurt and saddened--and not for the first time.

This is a funny movie, but also a surprisingly warm and sweet one.

(Roger Ebert 1987 & 2000)

[SeattleGirl]

11. That is spot on, pokerfan.

That movie totally cracks me up, while at the same time pulling at my heart strings.

[blogslut]

6. Very sad

So young.

[Hayabusa]

8. Wow

I was not expecting this, obviously. He made a lot of very good movies. A lot. RIP

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. Good bye John Hughes, and your eleven inch penis.

John Hughes was well known for making over 2,500 pornographic films in the eighties, including films that starred famous 80's icons like Molly Ringwald and Emilio Estevez. John Hughes died August 5th, 2009 of AIDS related complications.

[Haole Girl]

10. 59 is too young

While taking a walk, huh? And he was trying to do something healthy. How sad. :-(