I'm watching Pretty In Pink. Who loves it as much as I do?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

The funny thing is I'm the same age as Molly Ringwald and I didn't see it when it came out. It wasn't until the late-90s when I watched it repeatedly that I became a fan. I'm watching it tonight on Cinemax, and it's just as engaging as ever.

Right now Andie is cutting up the 2 prom dresses to make her own concoction. She totally rocks! And did you know that Harry Dean Stanton (her dad in the movie) is almost 82 years old now?

She's going to go to the prom alone now. Cue OMD. It's on!

[mrreowwr_kittty]

1. "She knows you're shit. And deep down, you know she's right"

Best line in a movie ever!

[crim son]

2. I loved it when it first came out and for years afterward.

I think I understood Andie. Maybe it's time to see it again, with my daughter.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

3. Oh definitely! It's timeless.

Cheesy, but has a good message about being true to yourself.

[crim son]

4. It does.

My daughter is one of the "lucky" ones. She could use a dose of reality now, because she's sure to get a whopper later.

[Godhumor]

5. I went as Duckie to a Halloween party a few years ago

It helps that I could be Jon Cryer's younger brother, in both looks and mannerisms. Still a very fun movie.

[Indi Guy]

6. Guys don't see drama in sewing...

...Oh crap, I just busted myself. Now you know I've seen the movie (in all fairness, an ex-girlfiend made me sit through it.)

[Drunken Irishman]

7. I get this and Sixteen Candles mixed up.

[AngryOldDem]

8. They're both good movies.

Along with "The Breakfast Club."

[RetroLounge]

9. If Andie had any smarts, she would have chosen Duckie.

Instead of some milquetoast wimpy rich guy.

Blah. Not the best of the genre...

RL

[mrreowwr_kittty]

12. No way. Duckie was the epitome of the Nice Guy(tm)

A more boring, irritating, shallow creature with an overblown sense of entitlement than the so-called "nice guy" does not exist anywhere. Duckie finally stopped acting like an entitled jerk at the end of the movie.

[MountainLaurel]

13. In the original script

Andie ended up with Duckie but John Hughes was pressured to change it.

[RetroLounge]

14. Figures...

Duckie was the one for her...

Blaine? Blah.

RL

[lizziegrace]

16. I agree...

Duckie cared enough about her to let her go. He was the one for her... :(

[distantearlywarning]

10. I love this movie too. One of my favorites from the '80s.

But she should have chosen Duckie.

[stuntcat]

11. I haven't watched it in like 20 years!

I have the dvd, I just felt I should own it since I loved it but I've kept it on the shelf. I ought to watch it, I've been re-watching other old stuff lately.

Back when Molly Ringwald was making those movies she and I looked almost just alike, there are pictures of both of us that are hard to tell who's who. But that was 20 years ago, we don't look much alike anymore.

[FarLeftRage]

15. I like the song even better...

Psychedelic Furs - "Pretty In Pink"

Caroline laughs and
It's raining all day
She loves to be one of the girls
She lives in the place
In the side of our lives
Where nothing is
Ever put straight
She turns herself round
And she smiles and she says
'This is it'

'That's the end of the joke'
And loses herself
In her dreaming and sleep
And her lovers walk
Through in their coats

Pretty in pink
Isn't she?
Pretty in pink
Isn't she?

All of her lovers
All talk of her notes
And the flowers
That they never sent
And wasn't she easy
And isn't she
Pretty in pink
The one who insists
He was first in the line
Is the last to
Remember her name
He's walking around
In this dress
That she wore
She is gone
But the joke's the same

Pretty in pink
Isn't she?
Pretty in pink
Isn't she?

Caroline talks to you
Softly sometimes
She says
'I love you' and
'Too much'
She doesn't have anything
You want to steal
Well
Nothing you can touch
She waves
She buttons your shirt
The traffic
Is waiting outside
She hands you this coat
She gives you her clothes
These cars collide

Pretty in pink
Isn't she?
Pretty in pink
Isn't she?