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Except perhaps Pretty In Pink, which I've only seen once and simply couldn't handle, due to the fact that I hated every single character.
Slap my hand now! Also, I hated the politics of it. And just, well, damn near everything. I mean, what a waste of a vintage dress!
t insert Plei's standard PiP hate rant here.
I'll second that. Although it's not one I saw back in high school.
I'll second megan's sorrow over P-C's lack of love for Sixteen Candles.
I think I was a freshman in college when PiP came out. I didn't see it 'til much later.
I'll second megan's sorrow over P-C's lack of love for Sixteen Candles.
Thirded.
I loved Pretty in Pink, too, though. I loved Andie with the mad sewing skilz and the pink car, and Ducky's "Try a Little Tenderness" performance kills me. every. time. And Harry Dean Stanton as Hangdog!Dad!
That said, I couldn't understand what Andie saw in Blaine, and I kind of hated the ending. The class politics didn't ring true to me, either -- we had rich kids exactly like that in the town where I went to high school, and they didn't give a shit who partied with them, especially since they mostly bought their drugs from the have-nots anyway.
::scratches head:: Well, I thought I liked it.
Amy, I think it's one of those, "Although it is not without its problems, I enjoyed it," movies for me, too.
I liked both. But I had a real Ringwald phase. Actually, I found Sixteen Candles more relatable, even before Grandma forgot my birthday. Then, after her, my favorite was Winona. I don't think there is anyone now that I have to see(OMG!) in quite the same way.
I don't think there is anyone now that I have to see(OMG!) in quite the same way.
Oh, I do. They're just all men now.
I don't know why I never saw PiP at the time. I seem to have seen every other one of those movies. And I loved Suzanne Vega's "Left of Center".
Actually, I found Sixteen Candles more relatable, even before Grandma forgot my birthday.
Well, I think it has a lot more going on than PiP. It's not that I love every thing about it--I could have done without the whole Long Duk Dong storyline for one thing. But the coming out of the church/leaning-on-the-car scene gets me every time. Plus, both Cusacks!
I saw an 80s fave of mine this weekend. "Summer School" with Mark Harmon and Kirsti Alley (before she became annoying). It's not really a GOOD movie, but it's funny and charming and has some really great moments.
Well, yeah, there's the lust thing...which I still have.(I have watched altogether too many movies with Kyle Secor on Lifetime to discount that.) But it's not the same...or I guess I do that on TV now. The current crop of movie actors doesn't do it for me, in quite the same way. I used to find Cusack something of a never miss but "Must Love Dogs" kinda sucked. Of course, I should be past the point of looking at movies as...templates or something, anyway. Mature movie love is bound to be a different thing. But sometimes I miss that.