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.
Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.
'Shells'
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Amy - Jan 15, 2007 9:31:42 am PST #7034 of 10001
Because books.
megan walker - Jan 15, 2007 9:38:02 am PST #7035 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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!
Scrappy - Jan 15, 2007 9:38:58 am PST #7036 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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.
erikaj - Jan 15, 2007 9:40:40 am PST #7037 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
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.
P.M. Marc - Jan 15, 2007 9:41:49 am PST #7038 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I hated Duckie's sense of entitlement, so I considered the as-shown ending the less evil option. I hated the message that, to catch a man, you had to dequirkify yourself, and what that did to Iona. I hated the dress.
In short, I hate it like Theo hates Julia Roberts.
megan walker - Jan 15, 2007 9:45:07 am PST #7039 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
In short, I hate it like Theo hates Julia Roberts.Wow, that's a lot of hate.
erikaj - Jan 15, 2007 9:45:34 am PST #7040 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
In my head, Iona is a PerkyGoth now.
Polter-Cow - Jan 15, 2007 9:49:35 am PST #7041 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I hated the message that, to catch a man, you had to dequirkify yourself, and what that did to Iona.
While I really liked The Breakfast Club (and was thus surprised that Sixteen Candles did NOT seem to stand the test of time, as that had), I really didn't like the makeover on Ally Sheedy's character. She looked very freaky, and I thought she was more attractive the way she was originally.
Atropa - Jan 15, 2007 9:53:03 am PST #7042 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I hated the message that, to catch a man, you had to dequirkify yourself, and what that did to Iona.
That's the part of the movie that fills me with fury. I don't have Plei's Duckie issues (tho' they're starting to make sense to me as the years go on), but I agree completely with her about Iona.
In my head, Iona is a PerkyGoth now.
nods
In my head, Iona dated the boring yuppie guy for about a month, finally said "What the hell am I doing?!", and went back to being a happy freak.
Nutty - Jan 15, 2007 10:01:50 am PST #7043 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
So many of the core film competence of the 80s that I did not see! I have never seen Pretty in Pink, or the one about all of the Brat Pack at Georgetown, or... I did see Less Than Zero after it became nonfiction, maybe 2-3 years ago. Come to think, the only 80s yuppified teen-angst movies I think I have seen are Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club.
(I except Say Anything from this group on grounds it is 1989, and anyway Cameron Crowe, and anyway not on the same topics and not starring any of the same people.)
(Does Some Kind of Wonderful count? Despite endless television repetition, I have never seen that all the way through either.)
I don't know what movies I was seeing, but I guess I know what movies I wasn't seeing!