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If you don't have a date for Valentines why don't you plan a cosy night in with all your girlfriends and watch some retro rom coms with a big bowl of popcorn and hot chocolate with marshmallows! There are hundreds of cheesy love movies to choose from but my number one Valentine film is Pretty In Pink. Released in 1986, it was written by John Hughes who also did Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Breakfast Club! Pretty in Pink is based on a Psychedelic Furs song and tells us the story of a poor suburban girl named Andie, who falls in love with the very posh/preppy/rich Blane. A love that'll have to break the class barriers in order to succeed!
The role of Andie was played by Molly Ringwald, a true 80s teen princess whose red hair inspired my own (fake) one. She's the perfect crafty girl, always capable of turning any old clothes into a new flashy model and most of the time dressed in pink! Her outfits are definitely one of the best things about the movie. All those layers, the lace, the accessories, the jewellery overdose... I just love it! By Andie's side is always Duckie, very much the high school weirdo type. He's totally in love with Andie and his is probably the best scene of the movie: the moment where he "performs" Otis Redding's Try A Little Tenderness in Andie's friends record store! For the role of Blane we have Andrew McCarthy, the definitive 80s cutie. He's so sweet! Joining them, James Spader as the "evil" guy, Harry Dean Stanton as Andie's dad and Annie Potts as her always faithful friend.
I also love the music in the film! The amazing Psychedelic Furs tune and also tracks by some of the decade's finest - New Order, The Smiths, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and Echo & The Bunnymen. I also love the fact that it was shot in the same High School as Grease, another great teen love flick. If you're planning a whole evening of movies here are some more of my all time faves... The Princess Bride, Breakfast At Tiffany's, You And Me And Everyone We Know, The Wedding Singer, Pillow Talk, Buffalo 66 and Bonnie & Clyde. Have fun!
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this is my absolute fave movie of all time!!! pretty in pink rocks and molly ringwald is my idol!!!
I love these blog things! You should do more of them!..they're very entertaining :D Pretty in pink sounds cool..my fave films are Amelie and Factory Girl.
OMG this is the film that made me an 80's lover !! I <3 brat pack movies so far I have seen :
Pretty in pink
the breakfast club
ferris buellers day off
some kind of wonderful
sixteen candles
the outsiders
check them out I'd recommend them all !! =]
omg i love ferris bueller n breakfast club sound great!! xx
'you me and everyone we know' is a great film! yay for that. I watched 'fast times in ridgemont high' the other night and i recommend it, mainly for the great 80's outfits!
Don't forget Teen Witch! It has all your Valentines romance, along with rad outfits and a hilarious rap sequence. Teen-tastic!
