35 going on 16

Monday, February 11. 2008

I watched my favorite John Hughes movie this weekend, Sixteen Candles. God, that movie's a time-capsule, bringing me back to the days of wishing puberty would hit, hoping the cute boy would look my way, dodging the geeks, wanting everything to work out perfectly.... The clothes, the technology (pizza on the turntable while the tape gets eaten and spit back out?), the hair, the racy, politically incorrect terms ("there's your chinaman!"). The stupid dancing, the awesome music. It's all great. The first kiss over the birthday cake for Sam? Heartbreaking. So happy she got the guy.

Classic.

What's your favorite 80s teen movie?

Also - Michael Schoeffling? Love you long time! God, he was a babe. Can't find him in anything recently, though....

Anyway. This is one of those short entries to keep up my promise of posting every day, but today's a shitstorm at work so it's back I go.

Posted by Jennifer Brown in Random at 11:50

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OMG I love 16 Candles!! I was a little too young to appreciate it when it first came out, but I made up for it fast! We used to watch 16 Candles and The Breakfast Club end for end for end on the weekends...oh man. Now I have to go out and get them and watch them again...

#1 shelby (http://onegirlshow.blogspot.com) on Feb 11 2008, 12:20 Reply

I hear tell that dude is a carpenter now, and hasn't acted in a long time. And he's even betetr looking now than he was then (or it could be the fact that he's a carpenter).

Fast Times tops my list.

#2 Kristen (http://champlainwishes.blogspot.com) on Feb 12 2008, 09:30 Reply

I always think of you when I see the Breakfast Club!

#3 Cupcake (http://dearestcupcake.blogspot.com/) on Feb 12 2008, 19:19 Reply

I love that movie too. I didn't watch many of those 80s movies until I was in college, as we didn't have a tv at home for most of my childhood. We got one by the 90s though, and I just sent two of our favorites from then (Encino Man and BioDome) to my brother for his birthday. I can't wait till he gets them.

#4 Jessie (http://www.mrsjesseica.blogspot.com) on Feb 13 2008, 09:33 Reply

Love John Hughes but fave 80's movie of all time...HEATHERS

#5 Anon on Feb 14 2008, 13:56 Reply

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