Review: Pretty in Pink the "Everything's Duckie" Edition DVD

I was thrilled when I heard about the "Everything's Duckie" edition of "Pretty In Pink." I was 20 years old in 1984, so it really spoke to me. However, you could tell that the whole course of the movie was heading one way, but then the ending ripped the needle across the vinyl and went the other way. It was very disconcerting to see Andie go to the wrong guy. It set a terrible precedent for women of my generation: go for guys who don't really care about you, that are just putting on a good face trying to convince you that they're good, even if they've clearly screwed up already and shown their true colors, even if there's a truly good guy who knows everything about who you really are and would fight for your honor standing right in front of you. I will never understand why the girlies in the preview showings with the original ending (the one from the book) thought that Andrew McCarthy was more attractive than Jon Cryer, McCarthy has the face of a mole rat and can't act quite as well as one. But because of their opinions, the filmmakers chose to destroy the integrity of the story.

The message was heard by womankind, and that's why so many of them wasted their time trying to hold together relationships with guys who were just using them. While the few good guys who exist got frustrated that their qualities were ignored and decided to change. I've heard it time and time again, sitcoms that tell us that women want a man who treats them like crap. It's not true, by the way.

The DVD was supposed to make up for the wrong committed all those years ago, we were supposed to finally see the proper ending. They talked about it incessantly, and Molly Ringworm (yes, I'm mad at her) was no help either; she was another one on the "McCarthy's better looking" bandwagon. She said that originally it was supposed to be Robert Downey Jr. cast as Duckie, and she would have gone for that, but just didn't feel that way about Jon. Um, it's called ACTING ya dumb bimbo! Your chemistry or lack thereof with another actor has nothing to do with it, it's the character's thoughts and feelings you're supposed to be portraying. Andie was presented as an intelligent strong woman character, with her own thoughts and style and the guts to blaze her own trails despite the jerks in life trying to pull her down. Then she becomes an empty-headed gigglepuss who just wants the "cute" guy. It made no sense and left me with a feeling of disappointment.

Then when I'd been through the whole DVD and it was obvious they were not going to show us the ending, I had that same exact feeling of disappointment as in 1984 ... exactly the same because even though I was disappointed, I still love this movie. Jon Cryer and Annie Potts are so good in this movie that you can't help but love it. I like to watch the movie from time to time, I just turn it off before she runs to the rich boy and pretend that it ended the way it should have.

For the record Jon, I would have gone with Duckie. Let that be a lesson to men out there frustrated with some women's attitudes. The quality women are still looking for quality guys. If she goes for flash over substance, don't waste your time.

This is very relevant as 2009 will be the 25th anniversary of the movie, and I suggest to the studio that they release another DVD, billed as the "director's cut" but with the word "director" crossed out and replaced with "Duckie." Give us that ending, I beg of you. It would do an old heart so much good. Pretty In Pink Please?