Pretty in Pink is one of the worst movies ever

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22 Oct 2010, 7:22 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNGIg8f-0Wc[/youtube]

She DOESN'T end up with ^this guy (Ducky) and instead ends up at the end of the movie with the rich snobby prep who left her earlier in the movie.

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22 Oct 2010, 7:24 pm

Yeah, but Ducky does get Kristy Swanson at the end (or at least it's implied). It's definitely not as good as The Breakfast Club, but I still like it (the music especially!).

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22 Oct 2010, 7:47 pm

I read some where that in the original script she was suposed to end up with Ducky. But the lovely Miss Ringwald would not have it, and used her considerable star power to have the script changed.
This was a real blow to young men like myself in the 80's. It pretty much proved what we already knew. If you are a dork/nerd you do not get the girl.
Ducky was still my favorite character in the movie.

Perhaps they should make a sequel where Molly's character and the rich guy end in a nasty divorce, and she is lonely and bitter. Meanwile Ducky makes a billion dollars in the Dot com industry.

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22 Oct 2010, 8:33 pm

I am still in love with Ducky.

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22 Oct 2010, 8:43 pm

She goes with the jerk in the end. Sorry but that just nullifies all that's good about it.

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22 Oct 2010, 9:38 pm

skafather, have you seen Not Another Teen Movie? They do a hilarious approach with this film with a character who's just like Ducky

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22 Oct 2010, 10:07 pm

FJP wrote:

Wow, I didn't know that. The ending did strike me as "teenage girl's typical fantasy comes true," which was weird and disappointing for a John Hughes movie.

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Perhaps they should make a sequel where Molly's character and the rich guy end in a nasty divorce, and she is lonely and bitter. Meanwile Ducky makes a billion dollars in the Dot com industry.

And fat. Very fat. (and not because fat is so bad, but because she would be vain enough to hate herself for it (PC enough ?))

That ending reminds of "Michelle & Romy's High School Reunion," which was so much better.

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22 Oct 2010, 10:29 pm

raisedbyignorance wrote:

skafather, have you seen Not Another Teen Movie? They do a hilarious approach with this film with a character who's just like Ducky

Nah, I avoid the "not another" series as much as I avoid most recent "National Lampoon's" movies unless it stars Chevy Chase or Emilio Estevez.

/however, I'm always down for Broken Lizard movies.

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22 Oct 2010, 11:45 pm

It is no "Stand by Me" or "Dazed and Confused"

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23 Oct 2010, 12:08 am

I remember that movie. I didn't really enjoy watching it. It seemed pretty stupid. I wouldn't watch it again.

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23 Oct 2010, 11:06 am

Hey, don't dis Molly Ringwald, man. She's got some talent.

Hate to go Total Recall on you guys, but what if, hypothetically speaking, most of the film (particularly the last half) were all an elaborate dream created by Andie to deal with the pain?

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23 Oct 2010, 12:04 pm

Giftorcurse wrote:

I actually kind of always thought that. There is this point in the middle of the film where it starts to take on an dreamlike, unreal state...and it's all the girlie fantasies falling in line and coming true--no matter how unrealistic. I think i need to watch it again now...

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23 Oct 2010, 1:05 pm

It was boring.

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23 Oct 2010, 4:36 pm

But in Molly's defense, Ducky was played by Jon Cryer. The guy from Mannequin is way cuter!

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