Guilty pleasure: Pretty in Pink

[xmas74]

I'm watching it right now.

Poor, poor Duckie. I would have chosen him. He had a personality, compared to Blaine.

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. And, judging by Blaine's car...

...Duckie also has a larger penis.

[xmas74]

3. He probably does.

The real question is how small is James Spader's in this movie?

[Phillycat]

2. The Breakfast Club!

I've seen that movie so many times, I know most of the dialogue by heart. :thumbsup:

[xmas74]

4. Breakfast Club is another great movie.

But I always loved Pretty in Pink for Annie Pott's character. I wanted to be just like her.

[Magrittes Pipe]

5. She was indeed a great character.

But I always preferred Lili Taylor (Corey) in "Say Anything."

Joe's a dick. x(

[xmas74]

7. Joe lies...

When he cries.

That'll never be me!
That'll never be me!
That'll never, never, never, never
Don't you even think about it!


(I have that movie too)

[Magrittes Pipe]

15. I'm also a big fan of "Some Kind of Wonderful."

I'll always have a little bit of a crush on Mary Stuart Masterson. Who else can play a white girl named "Watts" who plays the drums and only cries once in her life but that's when the boy of her dreams finally realizes that she's the one he was meant to be with instead of that mean-spirited ho-bag (but really we find out she's more sensitive than that) Lea Thompson?

And, of course, the '90s farce remake, "Trojan War."

[Phillycat]

16. And she was a mechanic!

I always thought that was impossibly cool. I looooved her in that movie.

[Magrittes Pipe]

18. I'd let her get under my hood, if you know what I mean.

And if you do, please tell me. Because I have no idea what I'm talking about most of the time. :(

[xmas74]

20. Automatic coffee-spit at the mention of Trojan War!

Some Kind of Wonderful was a good movie too. For women, Eric Stoltz is not the classic handsome man but in that movie you could see how someone would fall for him.

And MSM was great in that movie.

[Magrittes Pipe]

22. I loved that movie.

Will Friedle could make even Jennifer Love Hewitt seem cool. :D

[xmas74]

25. My brother always said he'd bang JLH

just to do it but wouldn't brag about it afterward. He figured she'd be lousy.

[Magrittes Pipe]

39. Heh.

Yeah, she looks good, but I bet your brother's right. Can't imagine she'd be all that interesting in the sack.

[xmas74]

41. He figures she'd just lay there

and wait for everything.

It's sad and a bit disturbing what my brother will sometimes tell me.

[Magrittes Pipe]

52. Clearly.

[LostinVA]

59. Her character was so gay

[xmas74]

Maybe.

I never thought about it w/ her.

Now I did think that every character William Zabka played in the 80's was secretly closeted.

[LostinVA]

70. OH! That reminds me! "Just One of the Guys"!

LOVE IT! Joyce Hyser? Sherilyn Fenn? YUMMY!

[xmas74]

74. I've always thought that Sherilyn Fenn was drop-dead

gorgeous! Especially when she was Audrey on Twin Peaks-yummy!

That is a woman who could make me question my sexuality.

[LostinVA]

77. And she can tie a cherry stem with her tongue

One of her eyes is green, one blue... and I know she wants me. She's still drop dead gorgeous!

[xmas74]

80. She's on Gilmore Girls now.

She is just stunning.

And I remember the cherry stem incident quite well. Didn't they accidently try to hook her up w/ her father right after that?

[LostinVA]

82. Yes! That was both the best and the worst show ever on TV

It got away from David Lynch, I think.

And, she is still stunning.

Her show on Showtime was good, too -- "Rude Awakenings."

[xmas74]

84. I so wish I had Showtime!

And Twin Peaks wasn't just a show-it was an event.

I was in high school when it was on and can remember actually staying in to watch it. We'd have gatherings involving coffee and cherry pie while trying to figure out the show.

[LostinVA]

89. I was out of college, and we would gather at my apartment

and drink beer, eat cherry pie, and be like... wtf?

[xmas74]

90. I got high once and watched it, thinking that

it would make it easier to understand.

My advice is not to watch it while stoned. It's even more confusing than usual.

[LostinVA]

91. I would think that would be kinda scary

Especially when the backward-talking little person was around...

[Phillycat]

93. Yes. It is scary when you're stoned.

I mean...hypothetically. Ahem. :)

[xmas74]

103. I'm brave enough to state it as a fact.

No point in hiding my past. If any of my RL friends saw me on here trying to hide it they'd just put it all out for public viewing.

[LostinVA]

105. Errr... yes... I've never smoked the demon weed either

It's illegal and all... you know....

[xmas74]

100. Now that would be messed up on 'shrooms

or maybe some acid.

Pot was more like a "WTF? That's so cool!" moment.

[LostinVA]

107. On 'shrooms? OMG

[xmas74]

118. You've gotta admit-

that would be messed up.

[mikeytherat]

56. He. Likes girls. With names. Like "Ashley."

Love that scene!

mikey_the_rat

[LostinVA]

61. hahahahhahaha! I love that movie!

[xmas74]

71. I've never tried to kill myself

but I understood exactly where she was coming from w/ that song.

[LostinVA]

58. "Joe liiiiiies when he criiiiies...."

[WeRQ4U]

32. Do you know the rest of the joke?

I've always wondered what it is. I'm sure it's out there somewhere.

[Phillycat]

42. No; in fact, Hughes and Nelson said there was no ending to the joke

Nelson made it up as they were filming. :)

[WeRQ4U]

53. Damn it.

Thanks. :-)

[LostinVA]

57. I fell in love with Ally Sheedy after that movie... I was 21

[Left Is Write]

67. I saw The Breakfast Club in the theater in 1985...

on my first date with my oldest daughter's father. I was almost 19.

Now, 21 years later, my daughter is almost 19 and The Breakfast Club is one of her favorite movies too.

[xmas74]

83. Breakfast Club and Say Anything, IMO,

are the best of the bunch.

I've heard people make fun of them but they both were well-written and really did explore the lives of high school kids well, instead of dumbing down the experience.

The truest part is when Claire admits that they will not be friends after that day.

[Phillycat]

86. That's why I liked it as a kid, and why I like it now

It's honest.

[xmas74]

88. Completely honest.

The waves of teen movies in the 90's and now are not honest. They are about the fantasy and not the reality. John Hughes could work both at the same time-the plot involving the fantasy and the dialogue involved the reality.

[Phillycat]

92. Exactly!

Now, don't get me wrong. I am a HUGE SUCKER for bad teen comedies. 10 Things I Hate About You, She's All That, all those terrible movies. I LOVE them, I just can't help it.

But I know they are trash. They are like donuts...you know they're not good for you, but they're so enjoyable!

John Hughes' movies, (and more recently Clueless), attempted to be honest, while still being really entertaining (the humor holds up really well!). I appreciate his effort and I think it's the reason kids are still watching these movies for the first time. :)

[xmas74]

98. A nineteen year old coworker

has expressed her love for TBC. She says that it was one of the most honest teen movies she's ever watched.

That says something right there.

[LostinVA]

106. Confession: I have an odd liking for the Disney Channel movies

Like Cadet Kelly, Motocross, Johnny Tsunami, Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off (with Bobby Flay!)... wtf is wrong with me???? Sometimes I even almost cry -- and they are soooo predictable. But I love them!

The new one was on tonight: High School Musical.

[CornField]

113. I watched that one with my kids!

And got such deja vu at the end... they stole that whole scene -- right down to the tight corsette-type top -- from Grease.

I do hope that lead guy was over 18. Otherwise some of my thoughts about him are quite wrong (and possibly perverted).

[LostinVA]

115. Hehehe... it was a ripoff, and he's over 16

[no name no slogan]

6. As a teen in the 80s, I grew up on John Hughes movies

I can still watch them all a million times over and not get sick of them.

[xmas74]

9. John Hughes teen flicks were very well written, surprisingly.

They still hold up. Decent talent in the movies, themes that everyone can identify with.

[no name no slogan]

19. Plus I was totally hot for Molly Ringwald and Aly Sheedy

(FULL DISCLOSURE: I am a big dork)

[xmas74]

21. Aly Sheedy was the ultimate goth/outcast/hot girl.

Very underappreciated for her hotness in TBC.

[no name no slogan]

23. I actually liked Aly the best out of the TBC characters

Hubba hubba!

[xmas74]

27. I always thought she was the prettiest

and had the most interesting character out of all of them.

I was a bit like her in high school.

[LostinVA]

65. No wonder you're a lesbian magnet

I feel in totally lustful love with her after that movie came out.

[xmas74]

68. She was the prettiest!

I might be straight but I can appreciate a pretty woman. MR always had that sneer thing w/ her lip-AS just looked so fresh-faced, even w/ all of the makeup.

[LostinVA]

73. Do not like -- never did -- Molly Ringwald

PERFECT as snotty Clare...

[xmas74]

79. That role was probably the best for her.

But I still couldn't help but want to be like Andi in PiP. She was just too cool for words.

[LostinVA]

81. Andi was cool

[xmas74]

85. Andi was a great role.

I still wish I could be like Andi and I'm almost 32 now!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

116. Check out "High Art"

She plays a lesbian junkie photographer. She is incredibly hot in the movie, despite the junky part. It's a good movie.

[Mad_Dem_X]

60. She was my favorite TBC kid

I used to watch that movie all the time, and cry during that scene with her and Emilio:

"Is it your parents?"
"Yeah."
"What do they do to you?"
"...They ignore me."

:cry:

[xmas74]

66. Everyone had a hangup w/ their parents.

I always thought hers was the saddest.

[redqueen]

11. Same here.

:)

[redqueen]

8. I love that movie.

I get what you mean about Duckie... but I was kinda happy to see the nerdy girl get a hot guy FOR ONCE!

[xmas74]

12. Supposedly, she was supposed to get Duckie

but Molly Ringwald demanded that they rewrite it to get Blaine.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. I have the book, which was written before the movie was shot, and

she ends up with Duckie. :hi: Whirling around and around on the dance floor. That's how it ends. :)

[xmas74]

17. At that age you always hope for the outcast to get the hot guy.

At our age, you more than appreciate guys like Duckie and wish you'd chosen them instead of Blaine.

In real life, do you think she'd marry a guy like Blaine in the long run? No. Would she gladly marry someone like Duckie? In a heartbeat.

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. I married a Duckie...We went to high school together, and I would have

never imagined us together "then"...he was a loner who dressed funny (jeans and cowboy boots when boots weren't "in") We met at 12...At 23 he was drop dead gorgeous and everything I dreamed of, and still wore boots! :D

[xmas74]

28. There were a few Duckies in my past.

I wish I had seen them for who they were. I love Duckie.

[trackfan]

112. I heard (from my wife) that it was actually a preview house audience

that reacted unfavorably to the original ending - they wanted (for some reason) to see her end up with Blaine. She also says you can tell the final scene is shot at a different time because Blaine has an obvious wig. We watched it tonight, and this does appear to be the case.

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. "Like, why can't I find a decent song here...?"

Let's plow...

[xmas74]

14. We've had the PiP convo before.

Do we need to have the quote contest?

"Simon, what would you do if your father came home rich"
"Kiss his ass."

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. Blaine? Blaine? That's not a name...it's a major appliance!

;) My daughter and I go back and forth with this. I saw Pretty in Pink an obnoxious amount of times as a sophmore in high school. We would buy tickets to see another movie and end up seeing it again. ;) I didn't get asked to the Prom that year and was so bummed out because I wanted to make my own dress. What a riot. :hi:

[xmas74]

29. I always wanted to make my prom dress too.

It just seemed so cool at the time.

I swear, if you are a woman in your thirties, you went through the whole "I want to be Molly Ringwald stage"!

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. You bet! I spent the better part of 85-86 wearing thrift shop clothing

and brooches...It worked better for her though. ;)

[xmas74]

33. I was still wearing them into the early 90's.

I'm almost 32 and I still have days where I wish I were as cool as MR in the 80's.

I still go to thrift shops and garage sales just to buy old jewerly.

[ScreamingMeemie]

36. My daughter wears mine now. She has gotten to be a lot of fun to

hang out with...Mostly because she thinks I was really "cool" back then, and because she loves the Thompson Twins. ;) I'll be 36 on June 6... Yikes!

[xmas74]

40. I'm hoping my daughter thinks I'm just as cool someday.

My daughter will be 6 on June 17th. I'll be 32 in December.

And watching this movie still makes me wish I could dress like Annie Potts!

BTW-we're at the scene in the music store where Duckie is lip-synching w/ Try a Little Tenderness.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

31. You might enjoy this short film -- "80s Ending"

Watch / download
http://www.crossfilms.com/films/eightiesending.html

http://imdb.com/title/tt0380989/

[xmas74]

34. Thanks!

I'll check that out after I'm done watching this.

[Ramsey]

35. James Spader

It's amazing how different he looks today. I've always thought he was really cute in a geeky kind of way. In PiP he really had down that slouchy preppy look. All the guys I grew up with in the early 80's dressed like that.

[xmas74]

37. That lasted well into the late eighties.

I remember the style quite well.

[Ramsey]

46. Actually

A lot of the guys I knew in high school STILL dress like that!

[xmas74]

47. I'm not surprised.

I've noticed that bits and pieces are actually coming back in style now.

[Mad_Dem_X]

64. I LOVED James Spader!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He was soooooooooooo damn hot in the 80's!

[xmas74]

87. He was hot in the 80's

but he strangely turned me on a few years ago when he was in The Secretary.

Let's not go there. That movie explains quite a bit about me and my life.

[Common Sense Party]

38. I WAS Duckie.

Well, no, I'm not Jon Cryer...But I WAS the odd, quirky, non-jock nice guy that always got dumped and ignored, yet would have been the most loyal.

High school sucks.

Married adult life is much better, IMHO.

[xmas74]

43. Women do finally realize that

guys like Duckie are perfect. It just takes us a bit of time to learn.

[FarLeftRage]

44. A great song by the Pyschedelic Furs...

D'oh!! Never mind!

I should have read this thread before I posted...

[xmas74]

45. It's ok.

The song is used prominently throughout the movie.

And the song is fantastic. I play it for my daughter all the time now. I always tell her she's "Pretty in Pink" and then play her the song, while dancing around the room w/ her and singing along.

[ghostsofgiants]

94. Mmmm, Psychedelic Furs...

I've never seen the movie, but anything involving The Furs gets a :thumbsup: from me.

[Phillycat]

95. You've never seen Pretty in Pink

What are you, a communist? :D

[ghostsofgiants]

96. Haha, maybe I am.

Only Hughes films I know I've seen are The Brakfast Club, Weird Science, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

[Phillycat]

97. 3 fine choices!

If you liked those, you should probably check out Pretty In Pink - if only for Jon Cryer's character. :)

[ghostsofgiants]

99. Duly noted.

Thanks. :)

[xmas74]

101. You've never watched the Molly Ringwald classic?

It's worth a viewing, if only to see Duckie.

[ghostsofgiants]

102. Haha, I'll have to check it out.

[xmas74]

104. Jon Cryer was great in that movie.

He makes the movie.

Whenever you think of Pretty in Pink you always think of Duckie.

[Shine]

48. It's been forever since I watched that movie.

I don't really even remember the plot. Oh well. Glad you're having fun.

:hi:

[xmas74]

49. I found a copy of it a few weeks ago

in the bargain bin. $5 and all my old memories are rapidly returning.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

50. James Spader is my hero. He's excellent as Stef.

"Look, Blaine, if you've got a hard-on for trash, don't care of it around us, okay?"

"If money meant anything to me, do you think I'd treat my parents' house like this?"

[xmas74]

51. He was great in this movie.

And the beginning of the movie proves that he was going to be jealous over the situation anyway. He'd wanted her for years.

[xmas74]

54. She's making her prom dress now!

[peekaloo]

55. Damn! Off topic but James Spader related.

I just remembered where I had seen 'Hands' from Boston Legal before. He was Spader's doped up bro in 'Bad Influence'.

*brain fart* That guy who played Blaine always struck me as a douchebag.

never cared for Spader's spoiled rich preppy kid he played over and over back in the '80's. Funny thang I lurve him now as Alan Shore.

*back to daydreaming*

[xmas74]

62. But someone had to play that role.

He did it well and it has lead him to other roles that are better suited for him.

[peekaloo]

69. Right. Probably has more to do with the fact that I knew a lot of kids

like him and didn't care for them either. :-)

[xmas74]

78. I knew many like him too.

And I'd forgotten that Gina Gershon was in PiP!

[LostinVA]

63. "Mystic Pizza" -- LOVE IT

Julia Roberts' arc is kinda dumb, but Annabeth Gish? Why she never became a superstar is beyond me. And Lili Taylor's arc is great! And funny!

[Phillycat]

72. OMG, I LOVED that movie!!!

Just watched it again on the WB Saturday afternoon movie a few months ago. Loved it all over again! The storyline with the girl who babysits and the kid's dad - who was that girl? She was fantastic!!

[LostinVA]

75. Annabeth Gish

LOVE HER!

And that SOB just used her.... poor Kat!

[xmas74]

76. Another great movie!

I have to watch that every time it's on.

[StellaBlue]

108. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

The start of my indefatigable James Spader crush. First movie I remember seeing in the cinema, age six.

I would DEFINITELY have chosen Duckie, no question. I mean, he likes to dance around and lip sync (quite entertainingly, and with feeling) to "Try a Little Tenderness", for godsakes!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In fact, I lost my VHS copy, I need to buy the DVD pronto!!!

[xmas74]

119. I found it a couple weeks ago in a bargain bin

for $5.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

109. The only person I want to shoot more than her character...

was Ferris fucking Bueller. I, too, was a child of the 80's and I had my moments of Breakfast Club-esque angsthood, but overall, most of these John Hughes movies made me want to :puke:. Give me Heathers or River's Edge or Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Something with teeth. Heck, give me the Goonies. Even Say Anything! Just don't give me those! Argghhh!

Anyway, I'm in the minority, but I'm not mean. Just a different opinion. Like whatcha like. :)

edit: I did like Some Kind of Wonderful and that was a Hughes film (written, but not directed apparently) with similar plot line only reverse in gender, but Eric Stolz was hot (and ended up with the right one at the end).

[xmas74]

120. I enjoyed movies like Fast Times and River's Edge

(there's a thread in the archives about Edge) but sometimes I need something lighter.

As to Heathers-just ask Fleabert. We get into at-will quoting contests over that movie all the time!

[RevolutionaryActs]

110. Oh how true it is.

I wouldn't have choosen Duckie too, although Blaine was pretty hot. :o

[xmas74]

121. But he was a wuss.

I prefer someone w/ a real character.

[Godhumor]

111. I'm a dead ringer for Jon Cryer

I have actually been followed in a Blockbuster and a casino in Vegas tried to get me into the High Rollers room. I finally accepted it and started going as Ducky to some Halloween parties.

[xmas74]

122. Are you married?

Inquiring minds throughout this thread would like to know!

[DesEtoiles]

114. Where...is...my....AUTOMOBILE?

[Cannikin]

117. Automobiiiiiiiiiiile?

[xmas74]

124. Did someone forget about your 16th birthday

because your older sister was marrying a greasy beauhunk the next day?

[xmas74]

123. Long Duc Dong (aka "The Donger").

Best character in Sixteen Candles.