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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Apr 12, 2021 16:52:34 GMT
Pretty in Pink has one of the best, most iconic soundtracks of the 80's, at least in my opinion. Love the movie too. It's not afraid to break your heart a little. This was actually my first time watching the film. I'd always heard of it and had watched movies that referenced it, etc - but didn't really even know what it was about. I must say, considering how highly regarded it seems to be...I wasn't that fussed on it. I found all three potential suitors for Molly Ringwald's character unlikeable in different ways (one was a real jerk, one was annoying and the other was rather boring). I thought the best 'relationships' in the movie was the father/daughter relationship and her female friendship. The soundtrack was indeed really good, though. I guess I was just expecting something 'more'. Sorry, I know this^ is the opposite to how you personally felt about the movie. Maybe I would've felt different about it too if I'd watched it ages ago. I know everyone has their own thoughts and opinions and don't expect anyone to match mine on the internet. You really learn this to be true once you go online looking up reviews and opinions. This movie and several others were golden to us 80's brats, but that was decades ago now and the newer generation have their own opinions, just like I did then about movies before my time. Read some bad mouthing of John Hughes movies which broke me a little. He was accused of racism over Sixteen Candles which would never be made today the same way, but people tend to just see the bad and not realize its a time capsule and no ill intent was meant.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Apr 12, 2021 22:31:13 GMT
This was actually my first time watching the film. I'd always heard of it and had watched movies that referenced it, etc - but didn't really even know what it was about. I must say, considering how highly regarded it seems to be...I wasn't that fussed on it. I found all three potential suitors for Molly Ringwald's character unlikeable in different ways (one was a real jerk, one was annoying and the other was rather boring). I thought the best 'relationships' in the movie was the father/daughter relationship and her female friendship. The soundtrack was indeed really good, though. I guess I was just expecting something 'more'. Sorry, I know this^ is the opposite to how you personally felt about the movie. Maybe I would've felt different about it too if I'd watched it ages ago. I know everyone has their own thoughts and opinions and don't expect anyone to match mine on the internet. You really learn this to be true once you go online looking up reviews and opinions. This movie and several others were golden to us 80's brats, but that was decades ago now and the newer generation have their own opinions, just like I did then about movies before my time. Read some bad mouthing of John Hughes movies which broke me a little. He was accused of racism over Sixteen Candles which would never be made today the same way, but people tend to just see the bad and not realize its a time capsule and no ill intent was meant. Oh, I have no beef with John Hughes films. I love Uncle Buck, National Lampoon's Vacation and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I also enjoyed some of his other films when I was younger. I guess it's just a case of me having heard so much about Pretty in Pink before seeing it, that I expected something a bit different to what it ended up being. I thought it was okay, just not on the same level as those other films I mentioned (for me personally, anyway). If you love it, though, then that's cool. I have nothing against anyone who does. I was actually born in the 80's, so I missed seeing the film when it was released.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Apr 13, 2021 17:53:09 GMT
I know everyone has their own thoughts and opinions and don't expect anyone to match mine on the internet. You really learn this to be true once you go online looking up reviews and opinions. This movie and several others were golden to us 80's brats, but that was decades ago now and the newer generation have their own opinions, just like I did then about movies before my time. Read some bad mouthing of John Hughes movies which broke me a little. He was accused of racism over Sixteen Candles which would never be made today the same way, but people tend to just see the bad and not realize its a time capsule and no ill intent was meant. Oh, I have no beef with John Hughes films. I love Uncle Buck, National Lampoon's Vacation and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I also enjoyed some of his other films when I was younger. I guess it's just a case of me having heard so much about Pretty in Pink before seeing it, that I expected something a bit different to what it ended up being. I thought it was okay, just not on the same level as those other films I mentioned (for me personally, anyway). If you love it, though, then that's cool. I have nothing against anyone who does. I was actually born in the 80's, so I missed seeing the film when it was released. Hughes was great at writing comedy, and PIP does have a bit of that, but it has more in common with Some Kind of Wonderful or The Breakfast Club I suppose.
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