Posted by Glen at inktomi2-oxf.server.ntl.com on January 20, 2003 at 18:49:55:
In Reply to: Both. Why must Duckie suffer? posted by Isis on January 20, 2003 at 15:25:22:
: : : The last minute or so of "Pretty in Pink". Cheesiest cop-out EVER.
: : which bit?where duckie get's the cool chick or andie get's the cool guy?I think that even if duckie did get together with andie it would have been just as cheesy.
: But see...
: Okay, Duckie doesn't get his dream girl, that's realism.
: So WHY does Andie get her dream guy? It's contradictory. I mean, the guy's a jerk, but still, it's all Prince Charming and shit.
: Then he fucks up the whole thing by having the cute girl pop up out of nowhere and take Duckie off to shag. The whole point is lost.
: : Still,I cried like a slapped baby,nearly as much as the end of dirty dancing.
: I just like how the whole "dirty dancing" crew magically has Johnny's dance all memorized, even though he wasn't around to teach it to them.
Because it was made to make money and isn't art.
People want happy (or, what they believe to be happy) so they don't have to think about the shit they have to face every day, working towards death.
Glen