# RESOLVED: Ferris Bueller's Day Off is the greatest movie ever made **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196 "2013-09-06T19:03:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/1 "2013-09-06T19:03:52Z")
[Proof #1.](http://youtu.be/H19uKs99vIw)“Your problem is you.” “Excuse me?” “Excuse you.” [Proof #2.](http://youtu.be/rIqWSPUh2rY) “When Cameron was in Egypt’s land, let my Cameron go.” Proof #3 (no video evidence): “What’s the score?” “Nothin’-nothin’” “Who’s winning?” “The bears.” [Proof #4 & 5](http://godisnotelsewhere.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/cameron-back-733441.jpg): The Gordie Howe jersey and the trip to the Art Institute of Chicago. [Proof #6.](http://youtu.be/iSjS-iCPeW8) “Day bow-bow.” Feel free to add more proof in order to convince the 2 or 3 doubters of how wrong they are. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/2 "2013-09-06T19:18:15Z")
Ferris Bueller is a good movie. Definitely way better than Titanic. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/3 "2013-09-06T19:28:28Z")
Can’t argue with you. Except maybe “greatest feel-good movie ever made”. Greatest “feel bad” movie ever made is Pink Floyd - The Wall. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/4 "2013-09-06T19:35:30Z")
Way too smug. I could never bring myself to watch the whole thing, even though I’ve read several P.G. Wodehouse school stories. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/5 "2013-09-06T19:50:47Z")
“Never had one lesson!” “Nine times??” ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/6 "2013-09-06T19:52:40Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [[URL=“http://youtu.be/iSjS-iCPeW8”]Proof #6.](http://youtu.be/H19uKs99vIw) “Day bow-bow.” Sorry, day bow bow? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/7 "2013-09-06T19:59:23Z")
I should probably get around to watching this someday. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/8 "2013-09-06T20:10:49Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > Sorry, day bow bow? [Day Bow-bow](http://youtu.be/hg4BBUKJdok?t=18s) ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/9 "2013-09-06T20:14:13Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Day Bow-bow](http://youtu.be/hg4BBUKJdok?t=18s) Ohh ha ha, never watched that show. But I had a feeling it might have had something to do with that (awesome) song. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/10 "2013-09-06T20:16:07Z")
Ferris will grow up to sell you overpriced underperforming products, or explain to you that we have proof that Iraq has WMDs. I can only watch the movie under the fan theory that Ferris is a fantasy character in Cameron’s mind. Otherwise I just want to punch the smug little shit. See#4 on this list: [http://www.cracked.com/article/18367\_6-insane-fan-theories-that-actually-make-great-movies-better/](http://www.cracked.com/article/18367_6-insane-fan-theories-that-actually-make-great-movies-better/) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/11 "2013-09-06T20:28:41Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Ferris Bueller is a good movie. Definitely way better than Titanic. You take that back! Ferris Bueller is number 5 tops. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/12 "2013-09-06T20:34:31Z")
I would like to see a compare and contrast with _Risky Business_. It gets my vote just for the stunning Rebeccs DeMornay. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/13 "2013-09-06T20:39:34Z")
Not a bad movie. I’d put it right up there with _Joe Dirt_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/14 "2013-09-06T20:47:24Z")
When I decided to move to Chicago, Ferris Bueller was the first pop culture I thought about. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/15 "2013-09-06T20:50:13Z")
Just to note that _Risky Business_ was also set in Chicago. So far, a tie! ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/16 "2013-09-06T20:51:58Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I would like to see a compare and contrast with _Risky Business_. It gets my vote just for the stunning Rebeccs DeMornay. Challenge accepted. Ferris Bueller and Joel Goodsen are both looking for a good time. Ferris starts out with a girlfriend, Joel ends with a girlfriend. Ferris is nearing his high school career, with no desire to advance educationally, while Joel has mild yearnings to go further, but with little efforts. Guido the pimp demands a mention and I would venture to say I would compare him with Ferris’ principal, as they both sought to put a stop to the boys’ exploits, trying to spoil them at every turn. Joel seeks out, in the beginning, a good time and through that effort, discovers an entrepreneurial windfall by default. Ferris also seeks a good time, in the beginning, but uses his natural abilities to attain it, it was planned and plotted, for weeks, possibly months. The running mantra in RB is “Sometimes you gotta say what the fuck.” The running mantra in FB is “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around, you might miss it.” Both evoke a belief that life must be lived, despite the rules and regulations society puts upon you. Possibly more to come. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/17 "2013-09-06T20:58:59Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Ferris will grow up to sell you overpriced underperforming products, or explain to you that we have proof that Iraq has WMDs. > > I can only watch the movie under the fan theory that Ferris is a fantasy character in Cameron’s mind. Otherwise I just want to punch the smug little shit. I could not agree more. Ferris Bueller is a pimp. He’s the guy you go to in order to get you out of a final, or to hook you up with some skank, or to buy weed. You would not want to hang out with Ferris Bueller because he’s just trying to figure out some way to scam on you, hence why his only friend is the guy who will later become “Tourist on Bus” in _Speed_. If you want a true friend you have to go with Lloyd Dobbler, who is at least honest about not knowing what he wants to do in life and cool enough that you can hand with him and share your troubles without being concerned that he is going to rip off your father’s vintage Ferrari. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/18 "2013-09-06T21:03:54Z")
Both boys went on joy rides with an expensive, cherished automobile that did not belong to them. Both boys’ parents were pretty clueless of who their sons were and what they could accomplish when unsupervised. Ferris’ father was almost enamoured with him, almost to the point of being creepy, while his mother also thought he could do no wrong. Joel’s father seemed distant while his mother had the ultimate trust and respect for him (until she saw her egg). In the end, none of the parents were the wiser of what all had gone on over the time period they were gone. Lana (Rebecca DeMornay) and Sloane were the love/lust interests in the movies. Lana was street wise beyond her years, and was also cold like Sloane. They both had a take it or leave it, go with the flow attitude. Ferris had one best friend, while Joel seemed to have a few fairweather friends. Guido got what he wanted in the end, while the principal ended up feeling nothing but demeaned and defeated and sitting next to a dorky little girl on the schoolbus offering him a sweaty gummy bear. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/19 "2013-09-06T21:10:01Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I could not agree more. Ferris Bueller is a pimp. He’s the guy you go to in order to get you out of a final, or to hook you up with some skank, or to buy weed. You would not want to hang out with Ferris Bueller because he’s just trying to figure out some way to scam on you, hence why his only friend is the guy who will later become “Tourist on Bus” in _Speed_. If you want a true friend you have to go with Lloyd Dobbler, who is at least honest about not knowing what he wants to do in life and cool enough that you can hand with him and share your troubles without being concerned that he is going to rip off your father’s vintage Ferrari. > > Stranger That might be pertinent if people watched movies to find friends. Or even to find an unflawed main character. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196/20 "2013-09-06T21:13:30Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > Ohh ha ha, never watched that show. But I had a feeling it might have had something to do with that (awesome) song. Which was [“Oh Yeah”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLb9jPuDS9Y) by Yello. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-the-greatest-movie-ever-made/668196.md?page=2)