St. Elmo's Fire is one of the last of the Brat Pack movies, and nearly has all of them in there. As if we needed further assurance it would be one of the last times they appeared together in a pack, and as brats, instead of attending high school, they're graduating college. They're not in detention anymore and will have to sort life out on their own, leaving the Brat Pack persona behind forever. They're joining political causes, instead of running through the halls.
What I find really interesting is that it doesn't stand the test of time as much as the other Brat Pack/John Hughes movies, such as Sixteen Candles or Breakfast Club. Not that it isn't still a good movie, but watching this one with the music and clothes and idealism, it's just so 80s. The Breakfast Club, on the other hand, does have the music and clothes of the 80s, but the things the kids are going through, peer pressure, abuse, etc., it's universal and could just as well happen today.
What I find really interesting is that it doesn't stand the test of time as much as the other Brat Pack/John Hughes movies, such as Sixteen Candles or Breakfast Club. Not that it isn't still a good movie, but watching this one with the music and clothes and idealism, it's just so 80s. The Breakfast Club, on the other hand, does have the music and clothes of the 80s, but the things the kids are going through, peer pressure, abuse, etc., it's universal and could just as well happen today.
