Rated less than a TEN ... seriously???????

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2016)

Just revisited the film and was gob-smacked at how good it is/was.
As a reviewer, I have come to realize that people see films in two basic time frames. The first viewing, when, basically, they simply want to be entertained THAT MOMENT and don't care about much else ... and later, when they think back on a film they saw, and think, hey, there was something special about that film, I would not mind seeing it again...? This film is not merely a classic but one of the best films ever made, across all genres. The script is to die for. Remember that early films were based on stage plays (because that was all they knew) and early TV was based on films. This script is so pure it could have been a stage play, a really great stage play, and I think that is the acid test.
I also think Judd, Estevez and Hall gave the performance of their lives here. I realize that could be taken as a compliment or a critique of their later work. But that is how I see it. Estevez for example was brilliant as Billy the Kid but really that role was just an extension of his role in Breakfast Club .. with bullets.
Brilliant. Just brilliant.