Pretty in Pink (1986)
Jan 25th, 2007 by Ashley
(寫的速度遠不及看的速度)
I knew Molly Ringwald from the 80s classic YA movie The Breakfast Club. A few months ago, she came to San Jose with the tour musical Sweet Charity, which made me wanna get to know her more. Therefore, I rent another famous work of hers – Pretty in Pink.
Molly Ringwald played a completely different role from the one she played in the Breakfast club, who was a popular princess in the scholl from a wealthy family, whereas her character in Pretty in Pink was sort of a social outcast, a bit awkward but smart and with a geeky friend. She’s often mocked at, but she never loses her self-esteem in the cruel American high school culture. However, when the prince charming from another social hierarchy decended and knocked on her door, she has doubts whether they could survive under the pressure from both of their friends. As she was encouraged (by her father and friend) and decided to give it a real, good try, Prince Charming backed down. (Hey, wait. Why does this sound familiar?) He could not stand the possible comtempt brought from this relationship which his alleged friend Steff lured him to believe. The movie has a happy ending that Blane, i.e. the Prince Charming, broke through his chrysalis of social hierarchy and embraced the brave and intelligent girl, Molly’s best friend was compensated with a blonde girl at the prom and Molly’s dad finally raised from the shadow of his wife’s leaving and ready to face life again.
It’s all very uplifting an cheerful. That’s there is to it. But I wanna write more about the writer of the film, John Hughes, who wrote The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Weird Science, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off (one of my all time fav movie starring Matthew Broderick), and later, Home Alone series. He is the 80s 90s tean comedy-drama iconic writer and his works surely have a great effect on teen culture. Among the movies he wrote/produced/directed, I’ve watched The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, Home Alone, Beethoven, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Dennis the Menace, Beethoven’s 2nd, Miracle on 34th Street, Miracle on 34th Street, Maid in Manhattan. And among them, I still love Ferris Bueller’s Day Off the most. Not just because Matt Broderick is cute. The story, the lively portraiyal of characters made it not only a comedy, ok, a tragic-comedy, but also a movie which stirs your thoughts and forces you to reflect on your life, what’s really important and when shall you take a stand.
Come back to Pretty in Pink a bit. Pretty in Pink is another movie starring many of the so-called Brat Pack actors and actresses. Brat Pack was originated from the term, Rat Pack, referring to a group of popular entertainer between 50s and 60s. Brat Pack are the famous young actors and actresses in the 80s, including Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy and sometimes Tom Cruise, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Matt Dillon, Robert Downey Jr., Jodie Foster, Diane Lane, Charlie Sheen, James Spader are considered Brat Packs. It’s a age I missed but was always aware of. Those are the people I’m familiar with their path but at the same time not history book to me. The youthful, energetic, dreamy 80s.
Breakfast Club and Reality Bites are my all time favourite, and your review makes wanna get a copy of pretty in pink now! ^^
ahh~~ I kept forgetting to get Reality Bites. Saw people talking it about it a few times and it sounds interesting!
有陣子很迷Andrew McCarthy,
對我來說,目前最夢幻的妄想就是Andrew McCarthy、Robert Downey Jr.一同出現在Bonston Legal客串啦XD
據說Andrew McCarthy看了劇本後,本來不想接這部片子,
因為他覺得自己的角色真是太混蛋了,
劇本上的結局原本是男主角拋棄女主角那樣,
後來是改成目前這個結局,他才答應演的。
雖然不是每部都看過,
新鼠黨裡的戲我比較喜歡的是”St. Elmo’s Fire”,
Andrew McCarthy在裡頭的中性氣質,看起來好帥喔 *大心*
Actually, it was the “Rat Pack” – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop…
The name “Brat Pack” however was most certainly a derivative.
:-)
Brat pack is not Rat Pack I know… The name Brat Pack was indeed a play on the term Rat Pack and is referring to Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Tom Cruise (this is contraversial though), and so on. (a different generation of actors and actresses from Rat Pack.)