ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

dworldeater Weird Science is a wild and off the wall coming of age comedy by John Hughes. I would not regard this as his best work, but it still holds up decent as fun 80's style entertainment. While very dated, the movie is still pretty funny and totally outrageous. Two lonely, but likeable nerds Gary and Wyatt create "the perfect woman" on their computer, which brings to life the stunning Kelly LeBrock and the film is a non stop party until the movie ends. Anthony Michael Hall returns again as nerd icon and has great support roles from Bill Paxton and Robert Downey Jr. As silly as the film is, it has some heart and Gary and Wyatt are very sympathetic characters. Weird Science might not hold up as well as some other 80's classics, but I still found this to be enjoyable many years later.

david-sarkies So, we have these two high school nerds standing at the entrance to a gym fantasising over a bunch of girls (and nobody notices this, why?) when the jocks, or at least the cool kids (played by a very young Ironman) decide to embarrass them, so basically we open with the 'let's embarrass the nerds' cliché. Well, it seems that since they don't have the ability to actually interact with real people they decide that they will resort to the only thing possible to give them pleasure - their computer. Gee, this movie really predicted the future in that regards. While we have Frankenstein playing in the background, they come up on this ridiculous idea that they will create their own woman. Then again their computer isn't actually all that powerful, so they decide to hack the airforce's mainframe (probably not that hard, considering the kid in Wargames also managed to do it), and use their computing power to help. So, after a lot of flash bangs, feeding in a bunch of pictures (including a picture of Einstein, though I am still wondering how the computer was able to interpret that as being his brain, as opposed to the face), bang - Kelly le Black appears. Seriously, haven't these kids ever actually read Frankenstein. Hey, they had the film playing in the background so surely they know that that whole experiment ends badly. In fact Victor Frankenstein fled the house as soon as he discovered how horrifying his monster was. Then again, it is Kelly le Block, and I'm sure nobody is going to run away from her, and also technology has significantly advanced since the beginning of the 19th century, so I guess all the problems that Victor faced have been ironed out by now. Well, they now have this beautiful woman who will follow their every commands, and surprisingly they don't actually know what to do with her. I guess I'll give this movie a couple of points for realism in this regards. Also, we have Bill Paxton running around, and a very young one at that, pre-figuring all of the action movies he will be starring in in the future by having him play a guy at a military academy, and being very adept as extorting money out of his little brother (though where he actually gets all of this money from when he doesn't have a job, and the reason that he is paying Ched all this is so he doesn't tell his parents, so getting the money off his parents is going to be an issue as well). I'm sure we can pretty much work out what happens. These kids are seen with a very attractive, and incredibly intelligent, women and all of the sudden they are liked. In fact, in a space of one weekend they go from being complete outcasts to the life of the party - a party that is being thrown at their house. Well, I guess some more points for realism here - I'm not surprised that a bunch of teenagers all rocked up at an unknown house for a party simply because somebody told them that there was going to be a party there. Also, more points for the fact that the hosts end up hiding in the bathroom because, well, they've never actually been to a party before - ever. Look, lets not be too serious here though because this is a pretty fun movie, though I wouldn't go as far as say it's a cult classic. Sure, there is the 'two nerds get girlfriends at the end of the film' cliché and also the 'it happens to be the two girls they were dreaming over at the beginning of the film' cliché, and I also can't help but wonder whether these girls are actually going to be speaking to them again on Monday when everybody goes back to school, because, well, it's Monday, and if we know anything about Mondays and that it is back to the same old stuff and all the exciting times that happened on the weekend are now in the past.

shawn_m_roeder I was a young teenager in the eighties and I remember all of my schoolmates raving about this movie. Maybe I would have liked it if I watched it then. I really enjoy some of John Hughes other films. I finally watched this for the first time.The acting is wooden, the jokes are lame, and the premise is incredibly stupid. The movie is also very dated as my two teenage children could not make it through 20 minutes of this movie.The special effects are decent for the time, but movies do not hold up solely on the strength of their special effects. If you know the time period, you will understand how movies like this got made back then. You also understand and are thankful that they do not make them like this anymore.

joshuafagan-64214 This isn't the worst movie I've seen. But it exemplifies everything that's wrong with 80's movies.The plot concerns two awkward teenage boys who somehow manage to create a beautiful woman, who, like some sort of uber-hot fairy godmother, helps them come out of their shell and become confident members of society- terrible, terrible 80's society.My biggest problem with the film plotwise is that there's no evidence that they're actually better people. If anything, they're more annoying than they were at the start of the film. And all throughout, they are just horrible and horribly unlikable people. If this were my film, they would be the antagonists instead of the protagonists. If nothing else, there should have been some time for the characters to reflect and think on what they've done. But why have reflection and intelligence when you can have low-grade humor and pathetic wish fulfillment disguised as empowerment for the last sorts of people on earth who actually need empowerment? I really hate the 80's. I am so glad I didn't have to live through them.It gets to the point that the purposely, hideously one-dimensional evil big brother character is the most sympathetic one in the film. 80's films love wish fulfillment, and this isn't inherently a bad thing. Ferris Bueller's Day Off is pure wish fulfillment, and it's also one of the best movies of the decade. The main difference is that Ferris is cool and smart and free while the main characters here are pathetic, smarmy, and squirmy. I'd go anywhere with Ferris. I'd do anything to avoid going with these people. Ferris earned his crazy getaways. These people stumble around. They're more like Camerons, except Cameron is genuinely likable- a normal guy- whereas these people are unrelatable freaks.But of course this movie doesn't need to be as good as Ferris to be watchable, just like not every fantasy film needs to be The Lord of the Rings. This film isn't bad because not even a homeless man would take it as a replacement for one of the great 80's teen comedies. This film is bad because it's an insensitive, brainless, unfunny, dull, absurd piece of cinematic garbage that is inferior to every other movie that has endured from its time and genre.The effects are bad, even for a cheap 80's movie, and the characters are boringly one-dimensional. I'm for more angry at the latter flaw, particularly considering this is a Hughes film. Sure, Hughes helped enforce those stereotypes, but he usually built beyond them and did something with them. That's what makes the Breakfast Club so great. But the characters here are so by-the-numbers, it's laughable.My theory is this: Hughes used up all his wit and creativity on TBC and Sixteen Candles and had none left for this film. I'm backed up by the fact that he made all three of those movies one after another over the span of 19 months. Maybe he just didn't have anything left in him. Maybe he had to go back and recharge before getting back to it.There are few positives to this movie, but these are they: Kelly Lebrock does a great job as the created woman. She's not a great actress, but no one in this movie acts well, so her lack of ability doesn't stand out. What does stand out is her charisma and poise. She's the only redeemable part of the movie.And then they're the fact the film often veers into so bad it's good territory. When the film's being absurd instead of absurdly boring, it's actually quite funny. It's not intentional humor, but it's something.The film isn't as sexist as one would think. It's bad in that regard, yes, but it's so bad and ridiculous that you're only going to be offended if you're looking to be offended.Eighties movies are like the first act of 90's movies, where it looks like the main characters have gotten away with committed morally questionable needs, but their actions soon catch up to them. In 80's movies, there's no karma. But in the case of films like this, I desperately wish there were.