loaded question: what are the best movies about taking a day off?
Of course Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is the very best, and the most obvious answer, so let’s get that one out of the way right off the bat. What are some others?
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
classic film virgin: Top Gun (1986)
Cold War propaganda that is weirdly apolitical. Sunny, breezy homoeroticism that is surely unintentional. What a hoot this is! Mostly not in a good way, but its impact on pop culture cannot be denied.
loaded question: what movie do you most associate with springtime?
Mine is probably Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the ultimate spring fever movie.
Booksmart movie review: these kids today, with their academic overachievement and their niceness…
A rare treat: a perfect film. Smart, funny, wise, sparkling with wit both visually and in its snappy dialogue. A self-assured directorial debut from Olivia Wilde, confident and effortless. Pure joy.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web movie review: an itsy-bitsy reboot
A rote crime action thriller — very car chase! such gunshots! — that drains its protagonist of much of the raw power that has made her so fascinating in the past.
Lowriders movie review: slow and furious
This melodrama about men unable to express themselves emotionally except through heavy machinery isn’t only clichéd: it doubles down on the clichés.
The Edge of Seventeen movie review: bleed for this
This pseudo-80s teen dramedy feels like the flip side of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, bursting with generosity and empathy for its forlorn drama queen.
Deadpool movie review: origin story with a potty mouth
Callous, crass, unpleasantly smug. Supposes it’s being edgy because its protagonist swears a lot, but it’s like a child saying bad words just to be naughty.
question of the day: What movie does your life feel like right now… and which movie would you rather it felt like?
Or maybe there’s a movie character you feel like, and one you’d rather be, or a movie location you feel stuck in and another you’d rather be living in…
question of the day: What is your favorite post-credits stinger scene?
In honor of the fact that somone has finally started a Twitter feed to aggregate news of extra scenes worth sitting through a film’s credits for, and the fact that Battleship has a tag scene…
