So at my parents' house, where I'm spending the remainder of the
calendar year, there are something like 980 channels on their cable
plan. It's great, except that I can't keep up with what's about to
play, or what's currently on, or anything like that. What this means
is that I end up watching bits and pieces of myriad films, but never
quite a movie in its entirety. Inbetween various Boxing Day football
matches today, for instance, I caught the tail end of both Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles.
Great films, both written by teen maestro John Hughes (who directed
Sixteen Candles, but not PiP -- Howard Deutsch took the helm on that
one). A veritable Molly Ringwald fest!
Watching the last hour of both films reminded me of something I had read online not too long ago -- something of a SC vs. PiP faceoff: supposedly men dig SC, while women prefer PiP. True? Patently false? A misguided faceoff when one considers the glory of The Breakfast Club? Read Dalton Ross' take on this, and decide for yourself. And let us know your thoughts in the comments...
[Also, a little known fact: Ross' wife (who is mentioned in his article) is none other than Christina Kelly, one of the inner circle of staffers of famed, and now long-defunct, Sassy magazine.]
[Oh, and if you want my two cents: Some Kind of Wonderful wins, any day of the week.]
you know, i've secretly disliked both movies. i mean, i still watch them. sometimes i even enjoy them. but there's too much about the both of them that i fundamentally dislike and reading the linked article just reinforced it for me. to answer the question though, if i had to pick a winner it would be PiP (despite the genius of anthony michael hall). in the end, though, i'd chuck john hughes for "just one of the guys."
Posted by: ks | December 27, 2007 at 09:42 AM
'Sixteen Candles' is my all-time favourite movie, and I loathe PiP. I read Dalton Ross' article when it initially appeared and told him same. ;->
(fwiw, I'm a 41-year-old female in California.)
Posted by: kelly in SF | December 30, 2007 at 01:26 PM