Turns out, Ferris wasn’t lying. And not only was he actually too sick to go to school, he was terminally ill with only days left to his life. So, he went out with his best friend and his girlfriend and had as much fun as he could before he died. Meanwhile, his whole community attempted to cure him with the Save Ferris collection campaign. Does the film have a tearjerker of an ending with Ferris in his last moments? Probably not, because Ferris Bueller’s Day Offis not another depressing movie about dying; it’s a positive movie about living life to the fullest.
Man, how shitty would Rooney be feeling now if it turned out Ferris was indeed really, really sick? After watching this recut trailer, I’m wondering if you can actually watch the whole movie as is with the idea that Ferris is secretly terminal. Though it was once my favorite movie, I haven’t seen Ferris in its entirety in a long time, so I can’t be sure. Ignoring certain bits of dialogue about Ferris going off to college and any other hints that he’ll be continuing with his life may be dismissed as either denial or a case of other characters not knowing — a la My Life Without Me. And maybe that post-credits epilogue in which Ferris tells everyone to go home is really the guy trying to get rid of us so we don’t see his demise. …Read more
It’s been awhile since I put the spotlight on a trailer mash-up, but I haven’t seen too many good ones lately. Have they gone out of fashion? Are internerds tired of watching such and such drama made to look like a comedy and such and such comedy made to look like a thriller? I don’t know, but this fake promo for Home Alone,recut to ape the I Am Legendtrailer, is a evidence that the art of the mash-up should not be lost just yet.
I have one problem with it, though. While it’s as good an idea as the Kill Yoda spot from earlier this year, and it’s initially executed rather successfully with the captions and voice-over, it kinda loses me when Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern show up. And the shot of Kevin where there’s a bunch of people in the background completely ruins the whole idea. Some of the image/audio match-ups are perfect, at least, like the iconic aftershave gag.
We’ve had a bit of trouble getting this episode to go through the iTunes feed, so we hope this re-post will fix the problem. The original post, with episode description and embedded player, is here.
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