An injustice
When John Hughes wrote the script for Pretty in Pink, he originally had Andie and Duckie ending up together. And then people got all uppity, insisting that Andie should end up with stupid Blane (BLANE) because it was more “romantic.”
So, he changed it. And the movie ends at the prom (SPOILER) with Andie making out with stupid Blane in the parking in between his BMW and her piece of crap pink car (yes, I know, a physical representation of two worlds coming together, blah blah blah, thanks Hughes). Duckie ends up making eyes with some blonde chick who would later become the original Buffy, as in Vampire Slayer.
When I saw this movie when I was younger (ok, the 7,324 *thousand* times I saw it) I always thought Duckie was better and nicer and that Andie should have chosen him. Then I didn’t watch the movie for about 6 years.
I watched it again this morning, trying to keep an open mind about the ending, allowing for the possibility that my younger affections for Duckie were based solely on this scene.
But no. Blane just sucks. Oh, and is really boring and with bad hair.
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Wait, you watchced the whole movie this morning and posted about it by 8:17am? Yikes.
Nope, looks like your clock is off by an hour. But that’s still early for a Saturday.
Blain may be boring but “Duckie” was, well, “Duckie” - an annoying little toad who was probably gay anyway. The best ending would have been “Andie” getting run over by James Spader who played “Steff.”
BTW, where the hell did these people get these names???? I had to look all this up (see below) to remember this film anyway:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091790/