This is how I imagined my high school life playing out, circa age 15 — boys in scuffed white loafers serenading me with Otis, working in a record store, having a cool older friend (LOVE Annie Potts!). I don’t know how many thrift store finds I ripped apart in the hopes of coming up with some Andie-esque creation, but my sewing skills are a bit lacking. (And her prom dress was pretty heinous, I must admit.)
But seriously, why would anyone choose a Blaine over a Duckie? Any dude that loves Otis that much is a gem.
agreed agreed agreed!
good blog timing, I just watched this movie the other day…and cringed a little at her prom dress….and blaine. ha!
have a good one, love reading your blog by the way!
be good,
andi
It’s definitely Duckie over Blaine! I actually read the book when I was a teen and it ends with Andie going off with Duckie, but when they showed that ending to test audiences they didn’t like it, so it was changed to her ending up with Blaine. LAME!
you have no idea how many years i’ve agonized over the fact that she chose lame-o Blaine over the incomparable Duckie and needed to read what Jennifer just wrote! now my heart is a little lighter thanks to this post!
bex.
p.s. i’m still holding out all hope that i will find my very own dashing Duckie one day!
heard and word. duckie all the way.
that has to be, like, one of my favorite movie moments of all time…but whatever happened to real-life Duckie? why did his theatrical character have to become the douchebag that it is on Two and a Half Men?
Seriously! It pains me that that’s what he’s become. What a terrible show!
Ditto, a favorite movie scene from a favorite movie. I still consider OMD “If you leave” in my top ten of fave songs!