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By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:44:46 +0000

“Some Kind Of Wonderful” is still one of those eighties John Hughes boy/girl movies that I absolutely love. Absolutely predictable plot of course, but no one plays the high school mafia godfather better than Craig Sheffer. It’s a basically a gender reversed Pretty in Pink, but it works!

The soundtrack is pretty good and I still have a crush on Mary Stuart Masterson. I want to buy her those diamond earrings and be her boyfriend. You never outgrow true angst..

By: wendy

wendy — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:49:54 +0000

Those movies were written for lonely new wave outcast girls who identified with the underdog-comes-out-on-top and gets to be herself/himself and get the cute girl/cute boy at the same time theme. Most of the movies have the same plot. At the time it really worked for me. I can say now looking back, that well, dreams really do come true.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 12:03:20 +0000

Somehow, I missed the mid-eighties movies; Maybe it was my Star Wars obsession, but I skimmed them over. Only later, as an adult, have I seen these 80’s gems (With a notable exception of “Just One Of The Guys” which I saw at a Band Camp party. [One time, at Band Camp…] And yes, they paused it for a good 5 minutes during the “reveal”.)

I still don’t understand the Sophomoric humor, the Ringwaldian angst or the bohunkian factor. I guess I missed out on all the fun by not being emotionally vulnerable to their theme.

By: UH

UH — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 04:38:46 +0000

Have you noticed that the 80s movies we all loved really haven't stood the test of time? About the only ones that I can still stand to watch are Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. I tried to sit through Fast Times at Ridgemont High the other night and was appalled at how bad it was. Oh, and Just One Of The Guys was only worth watching once, just to see the bodacious ta-tas. ;)