Thursday, July 18, 2013
Pretty in Pink
Last night I watched, with a surprising amount of enjoyment, the teen classic Pretty in Pink. I was a teenager when this film came out (1986) and it was huge - yet I never saw it (I'm not sure why). The soundtrack was great - New Order, The Smiths and the lovely "If you leave" by OMD at the end - and the cast strong.
It was everything you wanted your teenage years to be like - nice boys and dances and crazy clothes and first kisses. Really sweet. I said as much to my husband this morning over breakfast and I wondered if kids today ('kids today!') still enjoyed such comparative innocence, given what we're told by the media about the various horrors of the Internet. But as my husband reminded me, "It was hard at the time". And so it was! Looks like I was watching Pretty in Pink through rose-coloured glasses...!
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loved that movie! I was 23 whwn it came out, remember going to see it with girlfriends. Was Andrew McCarthy in that - we Loved him!!!
Yes - he was Blane (Blaine?), the 'rich kid' love interest! :)
I really cannot remember if I saw this film... but I have sometimes the feeling my generation was wilder than these "(highschool) kids today". They do not drink, they use no drugs, they do not smoke, they do not tell lies to their parents, and they learn all the day... even in the summer break!! My sister-in-law (55) said, maybe this is their kind of rebellion against their parents between 40 and 60 who are/were too wild.
Maybe kids in Australia and Germany are a little different to one another, Bodecea...?
oh my go i LOVE these cheesy 80's movies so much, you have no idea ;) this is a good one but my favourite has got to be "the breakfast club" and the smiths is an all time favourite band
xx
I'll have to re-watch The Breakfast Club...I have only ever seen snippets of it. And two thumbs up on The Smiths, Feathers! xx
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