There are lots of lists being created following the death of the man who defined the 1980s for a lot of white teens. But to me Sixteen Candles stands clearly atop the rest of his work. Disagree?
Posted by armand at August 10, 2009 12:34 PM | TrackBack | Posted to MoviesI'll throw my vote in for Pretty in Pink. "Blaine? His name is Blaine? That's not a name, that's a major appliance!" But I'd say all the movies in the Ringwald Trifecta rock.
Posted by: kikimonster at August 10, 2009 03:15 PM | PERMALINKI'd probably put that #3 with Vacation as #2. Of course I haven't seen Mr. Mom and Weird Science in forever, so it's hard to say what I think of them (liked 'em years ago, but ...).
Posted by: Armand at August 10, 2009 03:58 PM | PERMALINKIs Ferris really getting no attention here? I'm with Kiki in principle -- that is, I don't know that I could choose a favorite among the Ringwald trilogy -- but if I had to try I'd probably go with Breakfast Club. I got caught by that one, as though on a hook, one Saturday afternoon a while ago. It was on one of the cable networks, but pan and scan with ads. Normally nothing could get me under those circumstances. But it got me, from where I hit it to the end, other plans be damned. Even Ferris doesn't do that to me anymore.
Posted by: moon at August 11, 2009 05:17 PM | PERMALINKHonestly, I don't think Ferris holds up terribly well. Parts of it do - Cameron & Rooney/Grace/the high school stuff especially, to my eyes. But, personally, I think it's dated.
Posted by: Armand at August 11, 2009 09:19 PM | PERMALINK