I was just about to go into the Navy when i saw this.

Rating: Null/10 (13 March 2003)

Why was I about to go into the navy? I was heartbroken, afraid and lost. Didn't know what I wanted to do with my life, needed to get out of the little grey town where I was raised, and needed to get far away from my last relationship. That was the way I dealt with life back then. Needless to say I could relate to this movie. It was one of the most real things released in the theatres at the time. It doesn't hold up to the passage of time I'm afraid. But what movie from the mid eighties does? This movie is Hollywood stylized. I think that's its biggest problem. Hollywood cares less about a story making any sense than it does about getting some reaction from a site gag. The actors were used many times together (hence the Brat Pack) because someone obviously thought they had some chemistry together. The sound track was brilliant and showcases some of the best music of the time. I had the cassette of the music and played it till it busted. I don't think the question is "Was this a good movie?" but that the question which should be asked is, "Does this movie translate well over the years." I would have to say no. At the time it was real to me, and took me out of myself, which is all I ask a movie to do. During the mid eighties I wanted to be an actor myself, and wanted to have Molly Ringwold love me. I wished my life was a continuing happy ending instead of what I perceived it to be. Painful. Movies like this helped me dream for an hour and a half. The styles, music and attitudes were probably only real in Hollywood, but sometimes that is why we go to the movies, because we are tired of what is real with ourselves.