You're not alone, but I wouldn't worry about it too much. Like the writer of the article, it never clicked with me on first viewing. Unlike the writer, the seco

You're not alone, but I wouldn't worry about it too much. Like the writer of the article, it never clicked with me on first viewing. Unlike the writer, the second viewing didn't help either. I don't think themes in Hughes' movies are necessarily universal. Other commenters here have connected the film with Fight Club, and I think it's because they both explore some of the anxieties around masculinity young men might experience in postwar America. There's a dynamic between these two caricatures of a confident, desirable, strong man and gloomy, ineffective, downtrodden one. I think the films attract a lot of attention because men can often feel the weight of these concepts press against them in their day-to-day lives.