I am not going to live in denial and say that I do not dig chick flicks. I do, I always will, and I always have.
The thing about these movies is that they bring you two some hours of scripted ‘love’ and happy endings that every girl would want in her life. Most woman are cut to have that special someone and a forever, some want that at 18, while others at 28, but most want it.
That’s when the 80’s come in. The decade that was defined by emergence and success of the ‘Brat Pack’ movies and celluloid genius of John Hughes. I did not grow up here in the States, so the impact of that era did not become completely visible to me till very recently when I spent my days watching all those movies. But when I did watch them, I knew why people loved the 80’s, as much as the fashion sucked, the movies were light-hearted, and made people leave the theatre with a smile.
I saw Breakfast Club last year and after critiquing the fashion (which makes me wonder how can it be so bad every time I see a movie), my first reaction was “I am sure there are more movies like these, I need to find them.” And that’s when I found all of them, if I may call them, the 80’s classics, mostly having Molly Ringwald, who I had just seen as a mom in the preview of "The Secret Life of an American Teenager.” Who knew??
And then I came across the movies that hold a special place in my heart.
You have to like this movie. It’s one of those you can see with your kids. The girl who is a TomBoy and still gets the love of her life. (I doubt that ever happens in real life). Eric Stoltz is the cute high school boy while Craig Schaffer is the jockey (I remember him from One Tree Hill, though his younger version is definitely impressive). Lea Thompson does somewhat decent job in not looking completely ridiculous, but hey, it was the 80’s after all.
So my question is why is Molly Ringwald so unknown after literally ruling the 80’s. Not fair. Anyhoo..
Pretty in Pink is again a high school romance that starts with the cute Andrew McCarthy, again unknown by today’s generation, and how Molly and him fall in love. The prom scene in the end is definitely a killer.
And then there are the movies with Rob Lowe, about whom people, at least in my generation just know of as the guy who is in Brothers & Sisters.
How do you forget all these names even though they all give huge hits in the 80’s???
I guess that’s how it works, or may be the 90’s were the start of more rational and practical movies, and end of light-hearted era.
And all this gets me to my favorite movie of the 80’s starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Grey was a one hit wonder, but man could Swayze move. The fashion did not make me puke because it was set in the 60’s, and the sound track, I still can not stop humming some of the songs.
“Just a little it Longer,” “She’s like the wind,” “I’ve had the time of my life,” were all the songs that make one move with them. It was sort of a musical but not exactly one. The dance performances and the one dialog, “Nobody puts baby in the corner,” has been said a million times.
This is the movie that I can watch again and again and just smile. The romance is refreshing, and the non-high school setting in combination with a summer romance is soothing.
All in all I love the 80’s. A part of me wishes I grew up here so that I could have celebrated these movies while growing up, but may be it’s still not to late. I miss the time when there used to be an era of movies and fashion, no matter how good or bad it was. You know when there was a trend to follow, something that could make people say, “That movie is so from that decade.”
Doesn’t happen anymore.
I think I am going to watch Ferris Bueller’s Day Off now. See how much that makes happy.
P.S: Don’t judge me. I am free till October. I can watch as many movies as I want.
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