Sixteen Candles * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary * Millennial Movie Monday

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[@danhelphrey6260]

Also, the girl with the neck brace was Joan Cusack, who is one of the most criminally underrated actors of her generation.

[@shirw]

I agree!! She would probably recognize her voice from Jessie in the Toy Story movies. :)

[@vovindequasahi]

Incidentally she is also the sister of John Cusack!

[@cobbycaputo3332]

She was great in School of Rock.

[@iedoyer]

I don’t know if she’s underrated if her career lasted longer than a majority of her co-stars.

[@jadejewel6586]

I loved her in "Where the Heart is." She is Hilarious! John is Amazing and Funny in "Con Air" and "Pushing Tin." But I always thought he was great in 16 candles, especially the trunk scene!

[@grahamers]

There was a tray on the car window because we used to have drive-in food joints where they would bring your food to you on tray and it hand attachments so it would hang on your rolled-down window. So the joke, here, is that they have obviously been to one of those places but left with the tray instead of returning it.

[@chrismetafora6565]

National ;Lampoon Vacation they dropped the tray.

[@joegoss30]

Pretty much a Sonic, which Ashleigh should be familiar with.

[@kennethhall289]

@@joegoss30 Sonic stopped putting the tray on the window in the early 1990’s because people were driving off with them or stealing them.

[@pliskenmovie]

@@kennethhall289 That and most windows in cars these days are curved and don't have straight edges.

[@markwilliams6394]

We stole them cuz they made good rolling trays.

[@OzKitty]

Some Kind of Wonderful is by far my FAVORITE John Hughes movie. The kiss scene was fantastic. It stars Eric Stoltz 😍❤ from Mask (you would love that movie too) it also has Mary Stewart Masterson from Fried Green Tomatoes and Lea Thompson from Back to the Future. It's not as goofy but it is awesome.

[@JamesChiles]

Agreed. Some Kind of Wonderful is the one I go back to time and time again - let's face it, mainly for Mary Staurt Masterson - but I just love it.

[@Tuja79]

I love that movie to!

[@rugr82day]

It's great!

[@teksnotdead902]

Some Kind of Wonderful is my fave also. As you said its less comedy more straight forward but still good.

[@canadianscratcher7834]

@Lori Waugh I agree also. I recently bought "Some Kind of Wonderful" on blu ray in a steel book.

[@lyletuck]

The reason that Farmer Ted ("The Geek" / Anthony Michael Hall) knows how to make cocktails is that back then, many middle to upper-middle class children were responsible for assembling drinks for their parents and/or their parents' friends. There's an episode of "Mad Men" where little Sally Draper is in charge of making and serving drinks at a small dinner party in the Draper home, for example. That's not just made up for the show - it happened quite a bit.

[@gator7082]

That is true, I used to make drinks for my parents and their friends when they had their get togethers. I had totally forgotten about that.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Interesting :o

[@BK_gamer_]

I never assembled drinks, but I did put the big ash tray on the coffee table so that my dad's friends could smoke. I was usually in the same room when they were smoking.

[@amberdot42]

True - The kids making the cocktails for the adults was also a great, funny scene in the original Yours, Mine and Ours

[@deementia6796]

I was my parent's bartender for their parties at the age of 10! Yes, this definitely was a thing in the 80's. I used to run into package (liquor) stores and purchase cigarettes for my parents as well!

[@Costumerchx]

Fun fact, Molly Ringwalds Mom forgot her birthday this year. They were texting and Molly wrote “is that all you have to say to me today?” And her mom said “I didn’t realize it was the 18th already! Happy Birthday! I haven’t put your gift in the mail yet “ and Molly said “life imitates art.” Also, she told me that for pretty in pink she wore a lot of her own clothes.

[@Nothingatall1984]

That’s actually pretty interesting.

[@gradepoint]

See, I never thought the Geek and Caroline ever did the deed. They were both so gone that I think they both just assumed it happened, but in reality they both just ended up passing out. I suppose the writers left it open to interpretation.

[@djC653]

this was my thinking as well.

[@Littlepea2890]

That was my thought too! I always felt like the joke was that they were so far gone they didn't do it and what's funny is that they're treating it so earnestly.

[@christi776]

I always figured they were too gone to do it too and just passed out in each other's arms. I like to think that's why she feels okay with everything because it was just a night of laying in someone's arms. Idk

[@billboth6572]

This was also my thought. They were both very drunk. I don't believe they did the deed

[@toxicginger9936]

Same. They woke up fully clothed, so I assumed they were both too wasted to do anything but cuddle and wake up that way. Also... Let's not forget that consent is a two way street. Not just about the woman. I always find it interesting that people take issue with her being too drunk to consent, but ignore the fact that it's heavily implied she initiates it, and he's only 14. He's a freshman, and he's FOURTEEN and she's 18. He's too young to consent in many states, even with Romeo and Juliet laws.

[@tjfrizzi5965]

Favorite bit was Joan Cusack as the girl with the neckbrace. She's great in Everything!! Even with a small part like this with no real character development. From the best friend in Working Girl to Debbie in Addams Family Values! Shout out to Zelda Rubinstein who was the psychic Tangina in Poltergeist as the Organ Playing Lady with the "Squeaky" shoes in the church scene in 16 Candles!

[@Sandy-gg7to]

Did her character for Halloween once for an 80's themed party! Pleasantly surprised everyone got the reference:)

[@RickLeMon]

Working Girl is a great film. Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver.

[@slayerwatcher]

I always thought that noise was her squeaky shoes, but it's actually the swishing sound of a booze bottle in her purse.

[@bravehome4276]

Don't forget her bit in Gross Point Blanke (starring her brother) where she manages to go from screaming about not getting ammunition she ordered to discussing soup recipes without skipping a beat. That takes talent!

[@otherstar1]

I've seen this movie several times and just today realized that BOTH John AND Joan Cusack are in this movie! John plays Bryce.

[@rocknrudy]

This is a classic. Other John Hughes movies you enjoyed: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, and Uncle Buck. This movie is a staple in our household. Thanks for watching!

[@jimhashbrowns3874]

Everyone forgets Home Alone. He wrote and produced it, kinda makes it a John Hughes flick.

[@AccidentalPreppper]

i think she did that one. planes traines autombiles.

[@rocknrudy]

@@AccidentalPreppper Correct, that's what I said. 🙂

[@DK-ed7be]

@@AccidentalPreppper Yep, she didn't like it.

[@amandaholbrook7752]

Also he wrote Christmas Vacation which definitely makes it a John Hughes movie along with Home Alone

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

The movie aged fine, society didn't age well.

[@voxorox]

Not related to this movie, but I want to get the movie "Real Genius" on the list of possibilities if I can. It's very 80s, with a very young Val Kilmer, and is a pretty fun movie.

[@MrSuperHappyPants]

YASSSSS THIS

[@alricaneshama]

Oh yes. I love that movie.

[@grahamers]

That is not Mathew Broderick. It is John Cusack. A film of his that you MUST watch is Grosse Point Blank. Trivia: His sister, Joan Cusack, is in many of his films, including this one. She is the girl in the brace.

[@djC653]

was this the Cusack's first film? I believe it was for Joan but not sure about John's.

[@kathyastrom1315]

@@djC653 Joan’s first movie was the vastly superior teen film My Bodyguard, which also had the first movie performance of Adam Baldwin in the lead role, a very early Matt Dillon, and early George Wendt and Tim Kazurinsky, as well as seasoned actors like Ruth Gordon and John Houseman. That’s a movie Ashleigh should watch!!

[@djC653]

@@kathyastrom1315 Saw that in the theaters, My Bodyguard, had to look up the trailer didn't remember Joan in there. And yes another one Ashleigh should do. Then maybe she could do Harold&Maude for more Ruth Gordon goodness.

[@mltorrefranca]

Popcorn!

[@Cindrbell]

How bout 1408 w John Cusack??!!!

[@keng4847]

"Trains, planes, and automobiles" (starring Steve Martin and John Candy) is a John Hughes movie. You gave that 5-out-of-5 stars.

[@AneudiD78]

She watched that already, a year ago actually.

[@gutz1981]

@@AneudiD78 Hence why he wrote "You gave that 5 out of 5 stars" Answering her question about thinking this is the only John Huges films she really likes.

[@fzoid3534]

@@AneudiD78 I'm sure the person just wanted to point out that she already watched a John Hughes movie which she gave 5 stars... so 16 Candles isn't her favorite movie of him she just forgot.

[@KabukiKid]

She gave Uncle Buck 5 out of 5 also. She likes John Hughes more than she thinks. ;-)

[@billtate6962]

Came here to give this exact reply, thought I'd browse first and saw this post.

[@Russell_Crockett]

The fact that you have now TWICE called John Cusack Ferris Bueller has me absolutely rolling with laughter!!!!

[@russelldooley4670]

I think if Ashleigh watched Election, and Hot Tub Time Machine it would fix this problem.

[@nate1066pollock]

She needs to watch "Say Anything" so Cusack can make a great impression and she won't make that mistake again.

[@vapoet]

She needs to see him in High Fidelity.

[@alexius23]

The young male actor was John Cusack. He started his film career in parks like this. His sister was the nerdy girl on the bus. On your “much watch list” is the Cusack film “Say s Anything”. A ‘80’s classic romantic film.

[@hey-zel]

This is how I find out they’re related!!! Woah that’s crazy

[@davidcann2405]

I've seen this movie a hundred times and I never noticed the fork and spoon thing until you mentioned it.

[@dabe1971]

3:44 The kid is also STILL the youngest actor ever to be nominated for an Oscar in any category for his debut perfomance in 1979's 'Kramer Vs Kramer' when he was just 8. You need to add that to your list to watch.

[@jenniferrussellstudio]

That movie was such a big deal at the time!

[@FernandoRiley]

Here here now that's a movie Kramer vs Kramer

[@Johonnac]

AND Ordinary People if she’s in the mood for shattering drama

[@michaelbush1374]

Kramer vs Kramer I remember being good. Been awhile since I've seen it. I'm a sucker for struggling dad stories.

[@toxicginger9936]

8:20 "Did she rub a lemon on her elbow?" Yup! The fresh lemon juice helps exfoliate the skin and 'bleach' it to make skin tone even. It works. We did weird shit in the 80's/90's. I put a lot of lemon juice on my hair to lighten it.

[@FloridaGuy549]

Lemon juice and lots of sun, got you that blonde hair you wanted for summer. Do you remember a product for your hair called "Sun in"???

[@rugr82day]

Has to be at night because lemon juice on the skin in sunlight is too strong and can kinda burn so skin would darken instead of lighten. White potatoes are supposed to work the same.

[@tiffanycocochannel1562]

@@FloridaGuy549 I remember using Sun In and it just turned my hair orange. Bleaching out red pigments in you hair is harder than brown. Thus, orange hair. Of course I didn’t know that at the time.

[@toxicginger9936]

@@FloridaGuy549 Dude... I sometimes *still* use Sun In. Love the honey brown shade I end up with.

[@TabaquiJackal906]

@@FloridaGuy549 Hydrogen Peroxide and lemon juice in a convenient spray bottle! I did try it once on my dark-brown hair, it didn't actually do anything.

[@D.J.-]

John Cusack is one of my favorite actors of my generation. I suggest Grosse Point Blank and Say Anything. Say Anything is in the same vein as these John Hughes film but written and directed by Cameron Crowe. Lloyd Dobler is a legend!!!

[@mpower1969]

Lloyd Lloyd... All Null and Void...

[@rhinehold4268]

Grosse Pointe Blank and Hi Fidelity. :) Say Anything is good too I suppose...

[@johnspikes8102]

Don't forget "The Sure Thing" with Daphnie Zuniga, of "Spaceballs" fame.

[@tjolsonmcse]

Lloyd was right about ultimate fighting becoming big

[@jennaharris2721]

High Fidelity!! Amazing movie and book!!

[@chris...9497]

Long Duc Dong is played by Gedde Watanabe, who also had a part in "UHF" (remember the Supplies Closet: "SupPLIES!!!"). The blonde guy (licking his lips) is Anthony Michael Hall, who had major parts in "The Breakfast Club" and "Edward Scissorhands". My recommendation is 1995's "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar", starring Patrick Swayze.

[@garylemen2977]

Weird Science and the Dead Zone! Helo! 😆

[@lyndellbrown4647]

I really liked John Hughes movies when I was a teen. The 80's did a have cringe factor about it even then. Plus, was a huge fan of Molly Ringwald as the quintessential awkward teen. Generation X (the latchkey kids) was a time of transition. The music was different. The clothes. The social norms. We really just didn't want to become our parents.

[@rmar67]

And yet, a lot of us did.

[@monsterkhan3414]

I'll bet a John Hughes film Ashleigh would love is "Weird Science" (1985). It's definitely her type of film. Also another 80s film she would love is "Rain Man" (1988).

[@FloridaGuy549]

Yes, a movie she has to see!!!

[@kenlangston3451]

It is funny still but the racism and misogyny haven’t aged well. I am not saying it needs to be canceled because two of my favorite movies are Blazing Saddles and Airplane.

[@jasonpowers6092]

I was just thinking that WEIRD SCIENCE should be right in the zone. She’ll love it.

[@DicnballzBitch]

Weird science is definitely up her Alley

[@jasonpowers6092]

It has RDJ for flavor.

[@alwayswrite2011]

6:18 - Jock straps, Ashleigh. Slip the ever popular "cup" into them and the family jewels are protected... supposedly. EDIT: Another John Hughes movie you should give a try is "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1987). Hughes wanted to use Molly Ringwald AGAIN, but she turned him down, which resulted in the end of their professional relationship. Also, "Some Kind of Wonderful" has a higher rating on IMDb. Just sayin'.

[@delwynklassen3644]

Ooooh. Some Kind of Wonderful! Great soundtrack. Every side character fun.

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

Some Kind of Wonderful ages really well. I don't recall anything really "dated" in it. Soundtrack is terrific too!

[@BrianSmith-kv3px]

RE: SKoW, That's because he let Howard Duetch direct it instead. 😀

[@ricksgamemisc10]

Some Kind of Wonderful is a fantastic movie. One of my all-time favorites. I think 16 Candles is more "fun" and probably takes my top JH spot, but Some Kind of Wonderful is a better movie as a whole and makes me all warm and fuzzy every time I watch it. Which is at least yearly :P

[@steviekc9057]

Some Kind of Wonderful is my favorite angsty high school movie. Great soundtrack, plus Eric Stoltz looking dreamy

[@wilsonserv]

The actor who played Jake (Michael Schoeffling) quit acting early to make homemade furniture, disappearing after making Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. My older sister was heartbroken.

[@shirw]

Oh, I forgot about Wild Hearts; love that one!!

[@kevinbailey8827]

The last movie I saw him in was a small part in Longtime Companion.

[@emilykeegan4345]

I absolutely was obsessed with wild hearts can't be broken after I saw it in theaters ❤

[@jeffphillips9588]

National Lampoons Vacation- One of the best comedies ever and a John Hughes movie. Pretty confident after you watch this movie, this will be your favorite John Hughes movie. It’s the Griswolds from Christmas vacation except this is where it all started. Love for you to react to this gem!

[@ImmortalBroken]

Also, titties! (Lol that normally wouldn't be the thing I remember but I saw that movie at a sleepover when I was 9 and was pretty shocked.)

[@AJ17_]

"Is this the same guy who was in UHF?" YES! Gedde Wantabe! He was also Hiroshi on Sesame Street from 1988-1992, and the voice of Ling in the animated version of Mulan.

[@JoeCool7835]

There's another classic 80s high school movie that I recently rewatched since I got the Criterion Collection Blu-Ray that you need to see, Ashleigh. It's "Fast Times At Ridgemont High". Check it out sometime!

[@djC653]

was going to say this. First movie for quite a few actors like Eric Stoltz, Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Jason Lee, Judge Reinhold, oh and almost forgot Sean Penn with my favorite character by him :D

[@KSDVLmom]

Big-time must watch

[@rossgard]

There's no better film representation of late '70s/early '80s high school life.

[@lynnevetter]

Mr Hand!!

[@iChristyD]

That movie has 3 future Oscar winning actors in it (Sean Penn, Nicolas Cage & Forrest Whittaker) Also Cameron Crowe who was a screen writer for this and then won an Oscar for Almost Famous. Jennifer Jason Leigh also was nominated.

[@NewEnglandMovies]

"Even though I might not like it, I want the chance to shit on it myself" -- this is my new motto.

[@B7S.ARMY-BORA7AE_]

The blonde panty taker is also from "The Breakfast Club", (he was the nerd with the strict parents) ❤️ The actors from "The Breakfast Club" grew very popular in their time and became known as "The Brat Pack" because they all shot up in their careers and beacme friends IRL. They did numerous movies together in some form like "The Sixteen Candles".

[@JCG52577]

and her sister's fiancee was the janitor

[@B7S.ARMY-BORA7AE_]

@@JCG52577 Ah that's cool, the more you know!

[@Serai3]

I think you'd like John Hughes's "She's Having a Baby." It doesn't get remembered much, but it's pretty great. Early work by Kevin Bacon, Alec Baldwin (young hunk, believe it or not), and Elizabeth McGovern. Funny and heartful. (Also The Breakfast Club, of course, if you haven't seen it yet. CLASSIC.)

[@timwilliams9163]

"... you burned the dog!..." hahaha great movie to add to the list

[@justmeeagainn]

That movie sucked. It was creepy even when it was made.

[@Serai3]

@@justmeeagainn Go home, troll.

[@michaelbush1374]

Oh my gosh that Kate Bush song breaks my heart. Such a beautiful movie.

[@rubyfruit17]

I love that movie! Also, awesome soundtrack 👍🏼

[@davidpietarila699]

ONLY a millennial would invest mental energy in trying to decide the directors motive behind a joke so that they can give themselves permission to enjoy the movie! STOP OVER THINKING IT!!!

[@JeffKelly03]

And that's twice now that Ashleigh has mistaken John Cusack for Matthew Broderick (this, and Better Off Dead). I never thought they looked much alike, but I suppose I can see it. Now, let's get Grosse Point Blank so she can see the adult John Cusack, along with a great performance from Joan Cusack (she's the one in the neck brace in this one, and a fantastic comedic actress). EDIT: And then I get to the end of the video, and she immediately acknowledges it. Nicely done, Ashleigh!

[@happyninja42]

I love GPB SO much. That movie hit on so many comedy levels for me. Shakabuku is a phrase I use to this day. The music, the way John's character is 100% honest with everyone in the film, but nobody believes him. How the film literally embodies the old addage of "Friends help you move, TRUE friends help you move a body"

[@FloridaGuy549]

It's NOT a neck brace. It is a back brace for Scoliosis...

[@larrytodaro8460]

Yes, but the BEST Joan Cusack movie is Addams Family Values.

[@denisekrueger8745]

Yes Grosse Point Blank such a fun movie!

[@sdhartley74]

I'd like to see her reaction to 1408 with John Cusack!

[@shiggins0069]

As for John Cusack movies, should add High Fidelity to the list.

[@bravehome4276]

Agreed. Overall his best acting movie IMO.

[@tbmike23]

It's probably best if you go back in time and be 16 years old during the 1980s when you watch it.

[@timothyrawles2924]

Yes!! It was funny then slightly cringey now. But still, it was the time.

[@anthonytobin2337]

You mentioned that Molly Ringwald was in "The Breakfast Club" but so was Anthony Michael Hall, who played the main geek in this movie

[@gswithen]

There are no problematic movies. Only people who are born at a different time and don't understand what the word fiction means. I grew up in the 70s and 80s. When I watch films from before that I understand they were made under different circumstances. Everyone is offended by something. It's up to the individual to cope with and accept it. If you don't like certain words that describe people there's nothing wrong with the product. Everything today is so sanitized it's disgusting. Comedy is based on offending someone. I am glad you liked this one.

[@finish_my_projects]

She busted out laughing at it, and then calls it problematic later... doesn't seem all that problematic even now... having said that, you are 100% right and holding EVERYTHING to today's ridiculous standards is why there is a culture war

[@brion0220]

I think you'd like the movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful'. Hughes wrote it, but didn't direct it. I only watched it for the first time in the last 2 years and I really enjoyed it. Like a hidden gem of the 80's.

[@norbertoaguiar2284]

Agreed!!! You should consider its Ashleigh. I think you would love it!

[@estills4768]

Great movie!!

[@bethdealmeida6789]

Well, now you gotta watch "Pretty In Pink"! It's also with Molly Ringwald and also an '80s staple! Thanks for reaction!

[@rookmaster7502]

Personally, I think "Pretty In Pink" is even better than "Sixteen Candles".

[@Hortonfantastic4]

Sixteen candles was totally it to me as a tween. This came out when I was 11 and those 5 years make a huge difference. It was much too advanced for me. But by Pretty in Pink I was in middle school and completely infatuated with Molly Ringwald. My seventh grade pics have me looking just like her, just with blonde hair.

[@BrainiacHoyt]

WE gotta see those seventh grade pics, now!

[@josswhedonismyhero]

Joan Cusack's brace is what people with scoliosis used to have to wear. I had two classmates that wore them for several years. Also, she is an absolute treasure and will steal any scene she is in. I agree with recommendations for Grosse Pointe Blank with both her and brother John and an amazing sound track, and Dan Ackroyd, and fight scenes and stuff getting blown up

[@amberdot42]

Assuming you haven’t seen “Vacation” yet? It also features the actor who played Ted and a pretty good joke about car food trays. The actor who played Jake was being sold as the next big heartthrob star and he was in several other movies. But instead after a few years he walked away from the business, moved to Pennsylvania and became a carpenter specializing in handmade furniture.

[@PianoHead26]

I love Sixteen Candles, one of my top favorite 80's movies. Yes John Hughes has his bad ones, but this is my favorite that I have it on dvd still LOL. Another one I like this is Pretty in Pink, which is better, but that's how I feel. Glad you liked it, was fun watching with you :D

[@SPAMDAGGER22]

Anthony Michael Hall should have got a supporting actor Oscar nomination. His comedic timing, and embodiment of Farmer Ted is nothing short of brilliant.

[@shallowgal462]

I loved him on The Dead Zone.

[@eastportland]

AMH: the first Rusty Griswold (see NL's Christmas Vacation), bad boyfriend Jim in Edward Scissorhands, also in Breakfast Club, pretty good in Weird Sciene (you'd like this one I think)

[@shallowgal462]

@@eastportland Yes, he was the first Rusty Griswold, but the Rusty Griswold in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was Dr. Leonard Hofstadter (Darlene Conner's boyfriend), not AMH.

[@Dollywood623]

I think “Pretty in Pink” is better and more iconic❤️ Duckie is the man! 🔥

[@ACU_misfit]

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[@miriam8376]

Same, and it aged much, much better.

[@chalmapatterson544]

Didn't care for that one.

[@shallowgal462]

Farmer Ted, who was also in The Breakfast Club, was the huge football player who bullied Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands. He was also Chevy Chase's son in National Lampoon's Vacation. The boy she obsessed over was played by a man who was 7 years older than her, and she was underage and very, very nervous about kissing him. Sixteen Candles was also his very first movie role; he retired from acting in 1991, to have a career making handcrafted furniture in his own woodshop in rural Pennsylvania, where he had a wife and kids, and has stayed out of the limelight.

[@alexius23]

Teaching in the 1980’s boys & the then popular tight short shorts was sometimes a TMI moment. Then time passed & young men wore super baggy pants….a different sort of TMI moment.

[@bravehome4276]

I once asked my wife why she no longer watched pro basketball games with me. She said it's because they stopped wearing the short pants. Talk about TMI :)

[@AliciapTexas]

This is one of my favorites along with Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day off, The Breakfast Club, etc. Thank you for watching it, even if you don't end up liking it.

[@AverysMommy1283]

Yay!! Glad you liked 16 candles. I remember watching this as a young kid, like 3-5. Most of the jokes I didn’t get until I was teen/young adult. The ending was my favorite part! Can’t wait for your commentary of Age of Ultron.

[@bryanbyars8142]

It really helps to have experienced the 80's to get/understand Hughes movies. This was funny when it came out and still just as funny today. The world has gone and inserted a massive stick up everyone's ass because now we can't laugh at ourselves or others. JMO from an old X'er.

[@warlockEd73]

Yeah, I remember when people had a sense of humor and could take a joke too.

[@shirw]

"Who put the sticks up their butts? That is cruel!" Lol 🤣

[@crimsonda]

Think you hit the mark. I still laugh like a loon at Porky's and Revenge of the Nerds (to name just two) and having grew up in the 80s, we all just laughed at movies because they were just movies.

[@johnfriday5169]

It's a sadistic form of mind control. If you control language, you control thought, you actually take away someone's ability to express themselves because they literally don't have the words to it. Orwell wrote about it in 1984, which would be a hell of a movie to get reactors to watch.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

@@warlockEd73 It's not having a stick up your ass to think bad/harmful stereotypes of Asians are wrong.

[@smylyface]

The paper with the questions was really a thing back then. Usually there was only one question on each page and everyone answered next to the number. There was a "key" folded on the last page where you could look and see who wrote what. We called them slam books. Does anyone else remember them?

[@rozzie101]

There was 1 year, I might have been 16 or 17. My whole Family totally forgot my birthday. I had breakfast with my Gran-Ma, and I asked her.... is there something about today??? She said yeah.... the BIG basketball game. We finished breakfast, and her eyes got big. Is it your Birthday??? Yes Gran, it is. =) I remember watching this in the 80's, and liking it. I had no problem with it. Re-watching it in 2022, there are a lot of things that didn't age well.

[@litl_kim]

To this day, my family will drop an “Au-to-mo-bile” out of nowhere 😂

[@grahamers]

Just got to the sister talk scene and, no, the older sister is not a bad actress. That character is vapid to the Nth degree. Such a good performance.

[@SurvivorBri]

Her drug induced haze scene at the wedding stole the movie.

[@pheenobarbidoll2016]

My mewmaw once announced to JC Penny that I was getting " bosom-y" and she would buy me some new bras. Mortifying back then, but now I look back and laugh.

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

This is my favorite John Hughes movie, don't care about "dated" this and "dated" that. Teen comedies to this day crib the hell out of this film. It will always be a classic.

[@stargazer1682]

I grew up watching this movie. Much like with Grease, I don't know how my parents thought it was okay for us to watch, but on the other hand there's a lot in both movies that just sort of went over my head as a kid, that later I was like, "Oh, my God!" The shower scene in this one comes to mind. There was probably a solid 5+ gap between watching it at one point, and we were playing it, probably for nostalgia; and boom. Like, holy crap, was that scene always in this? And I don't even think it was necessarily a case of watching edited TV versions, as I'm pretty sure we owned a VHS copy of Sixteen Candles, so... 🤷‍♂️

[@michaelleoanrd194]

I always watched the TV version and I had NO CLUE there was boobs. I'm not sure they even showed Molly Ringwald leaning against a wall so you knew what she was looking at.

[@ImmortalBroken]

I think if you just don't listen too closely to the lyrics of Greased Lightning you're mostly okay with Grease lol.

[@stargazer1682]

@@ImmortalBroken I think I had to look up what the deal was with the plastic wrap. As a kid I think I just had it in my head that new cars came wrapped in plastic... 🤔

[@williambanks2223]

Someone you didn't recognize was the girl in the neck brace. That was John Cusack's sister, Joan. You would love her in Addams Family Values. Ned the geek was Anthony Michael Hall, the Greek from Breakfast Club.

[@todddepue681]

Did she ever notice that Anthony Michael Hall was also in Breakfast Club? I kept waiting for her to have that revelation and I don't think she ever did. I was 14 when this came out. I just remember having a friend who, whenever she was hungry, she'd say "the Donger needs food" Glad Ashleigh at least seemed to mostly enjoy this. She must see Pretty in Pink! 💗

[@angelagraves865]

The girl in the back brace was Joan Cusack, sister of John Cusack. Both of them went on to have big acting careers. I love Joan Cusack in Working Girl and My Blue Heaven (which I'd love you to react to).

[@lisakaz35]

Isn't she in Big?

[@angelagraves865]

@@lisakaz35 That was Elizabeth Perkins.

[@lisakaz35]

@@angelagraves865 Great, thanks.

[@HemlockRidge]

The Asian guy is Gedde Watanabe. He's an American and his accent is put on. I really liked him in "Gung Ho" directed by Ron Howard, which is worth a watch. It also takes place in the 1980s when the Japanese economy was booming.

[@JonathanACarr]

The girl with the brace was John Cusack's sister, Joan Cusack. They often appear together. There were quite a few people in there as extras who became famous later.

[@JoeMama410]

Anthony Michael Hall was also in Edward Scissorhands. Joan Cusack (the girl in the neck brace) was fantastic in Addams Family Values.

[@renee176]

When I was much younger we would make up these say questionary books... We'd called them "Slam Books" (I would think the main reason they called them "slam books" was because you could talk about people, places or things in a derogatory way and the people or person may not be able to figure out who wrote what). The book had a number of different questions you would be asked and you were supposed to answer them truthfully. A lot of them were personal and situational questions and then the book would circulate around the school. It was social media before the internet. It was Crazy to see some of the answers people would write down and it was a very very big thing to create and or be a part of at the time!🙂

[@k.s.k.7721]

To see a good and off beat Matthew Broderick performance along with an incandescent Michelle Pfeiffer and the always amazing Rutger Hauer, Ashleigh should watch "Lady Hawke" from 1985.

[@TabaquiJackal906]

YES YES YSE

[@nullunit]

Gedde Watanabe was in many of my favorite films growing up. Often playing racial stereotypes for satire as many Asian actors had to for decades. My favorite role of his is from Gung Ho with Michael Keaton. Still a pretty funny movie and at least he was playing a Japanese dude in that instead of whatever Dong is supposed to be in Sixteen Candles. Edit so glad you finally recognized John Cusack! I really want you to watch Say Anything, Gross Pointe Blank, and then High Fidelity, those are my favorite of his films and give a good showing of his work imo. I would bribe you to do so just to see your reactions.

[@bradleywalker8468]

Watanabe was also in Gremkins 2. "I am a camera!"

[@Nightroadtube]

YES! Gung Ho is righteous.

[@brandonlynch5910]

So glad someone mentioned Gung Ho. Only a true 80's kid would remember that movie. One of my favorites.

[@d.x.1152]

STILL RACIST JOKES RED NECKS

[@USCFlash]

So few people notice the Donger holding the spoon & Fork as chopsticks lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sdkelmaruecan2907]

What Hughes and Ringwald beautifully convey is the idea of a girl who needs reasons to like herself. In the film's most infamous scene, she meets her grand-parents and they shockingly grope her to test how diminutive her chest is, the treatment is twice horrible: she's reduced to her body, her sexual body at that; and yet her adult pride is rejected, they don't see her as an adult and they do treat her like a child. That scene echoes the previous moment where she and her friend were gazing at the naked body of Caroline, wishing they could be like her. Now that moment makes the distinction rather blurry between "Sixteen Candles" and misogynistic films à la "Porky" where guys are peeking at women in showers, that 'female gaze' seems to acknowledge that the body makes the rule and so does the size of the chest, as if they agreed to go by the men's rules. And previously Jake was talking about how interesting Samantha was, but his friend called her 'void', the choice of word is interesting, what's the vacuity exactly? In spirit? In interest? What makes a woman interesting... maybe being a woman is enough. And Sam feels not being woman enough. Fair enough, so the struggle of Samantha is to reach womanhood in a family where her siblings don't respect her, grandparents treat her like a child and her parents don't even remember her birthday, as if she was symbolically kept in a suffocating infancy. In a bad movie, Sam would compromise and become a 'woman' by laying the cards or playing against age; but the film immerses us in the existential journey of a girl who wants to be attractive without changing much, this is not "She's Out of Control" and Molly Ringwald never delivers a false note, it's just a shame that she's got to go through episodic moments that reveal the ugliest sides of Ted and Jake and to some extent even the film. Because the logic is rather flawed, if Jake is the right person for Sam, he's then right to ditch Caroline, then we've got to assume that she had it coming, but does that include being left drunk and half-naked to a bunch of saliva-drooling geeks? Hughes makes great films with important messages but they have a tendency to fall apart near the end, contradicting themselves, like in "The Breakfast Club" when Molly ended up with the bad boy who looked at her panties and the Gothic girl giving in to a makeover session. In "Candles", it all comes down to Jakes' success by allying with Ted, not a nice guy even if his mean-spiritedness is played for laughs. So Hughes asked good questions but the answers are not satisfying. Should I be happy because Sam has found love? I would have been much happier if she could love herself without the help of anyone... that would have made the romance more secondary but no less impactful, so as charming as the ending was, it left me with a taste of bittersweet... sixteen.

[@luludee1300]

Well.....wow. Never thought that deeply about this movie. Thanks!

[@spencerbookman2523]

"To be sure, you knew no actual good of me -- but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love." They're just poor depraved teenage suburbanites; don't judge them too harshly.

[@9ansean]

They thing I try to keep in mind about the endings of all three of Molly Ringwald/John Hughes collaborations (Ashleigh haven't gotten to Pretty in Pink yet) is that very few people actually stay with there high school crush. The endings never bothered me that much because i never really believed her characters were going to stay with any of these guys very long. There is character growth, but it's limited because this is about adolescence not growing into adulthood. You can stay that she let's these guys off easy for some jerky behavior, but I don't get the sense she lacks the self-respect to start letting off scot-free. And there no indication just how much longer she'll be seeing anyone of them after the credits roll. In the case of Bender, I'm nor entirely sure they'd even be speaking that much for multiple reasons. At least in The Breakfast Club is was less about feeling loved and more about knowing yourself better but understand others better. Even than they were still basically the same people walking out they were walking in. Just a little emotionally lighter and perhaps a little wiser. Incidentally, I don't believe Alison was really meant to be read as Goth. Just someone holding on to a hard facade. That's she was willing to try a lighter look in the end shouldn't be considered selling-out. Just trying something different. She may very well have returned to the black eye shadow in a few days in she likes it or maybe take on a third completely different look. Pretty in Pink returned to that idea of wanting to be loved, but I think Andie was really the young person who new herself the best. It was really more about the guys having to under go the character growth that time. Because she was already operating like an adult even more than her father. Anyway I hope this makes sense. At least to anyone who knows these movies well enough. I still really like your assessments of the movies straights and flaws, your comparisons to other movies from this period, or your poignant turn of phrase at the end.

[@oldmcdonald9582]

Bet your a lot of fun at parties

[@lindanicholson950]

Her siblings don't respect her? 😂

[@warpig4942]

I don't know how we survived the 1980's with all the stuff that "didn't age well" going on.

[@kevinbailey8827]

Only those of us who did survive get to ask that question.

[@wmpratt2010]

"Didn't age well" IE: The death of comedy.

[@jaycee330]

We had something called "humour" and "willing suspension of belief" and "it's just a movie".

[@groothewanderer3710]

So happy you enjoyed 16 Candles, it's one of my favorites. John Cusack has done a lot of classic movies throughout the years. From romance(The Sure Thing, Say Anything, Must Love Dogs, Serendipity, Gross Point Blank, etc.), comedy(Better Off Dead), Action(Con Air) to horror(Stephen King's "1408"), and way more. Hope you get to explore some of his most known romance flicks. 🙂

[@tinastar1972]

Love that name, Groo was one of my favorite comics.

[@adriennerobinson8984]

You didn't notice but actor Anthony Michael Hall who played the geek also co-starred with Molly Ringwald in "The Breakfast Club".

[@JohnMiller-zn9pf]

"That's messed up on so many fronts" a perfect description of rhe 80's in a nutshell

[@ThAlEdison]

Sixteen Candles, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Mask. That's a mood and tone whiplash. I'm assuming she means Mask, the one with Cher, and not any other movie that is similarly titled.

[@kathrynsmith831]

Your face when the name "Long Duck Dong" was introduced was the best!! John Cusack's sister, Joan Cusack was the chick with the head gear. If you want more Michael Schoeffling (aka Jake) watch Mermaids. You won't be disappointed.

[@Rogn1]

Mermaids is a great movie. Young Winona Rider and Cristina Ricci provide excellent performances.

[@scorpiouk5914]

Also in "Vision Quest" with Matthew Modine and a mohawk haircut.

[@ImmortalBroken]

And it's a CHER film of course!

[@jamesmoyner7499]

Ashleigh- I think this is my favorite John Hughes movie I’ve seen thus far.” Didn’t you enjoy Planes Trains and Automobiles or am I misremembering? The guy’s work can be hit or miss with me. Sometimes I think he has tried to hard and it comes off as awkward. So for me the films I’ve seen where Hughes was involved in any way that I’ve liked include: National Lampoon’s Vacation, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Home Alone (first and second, but I prefer the second), and the live action 101 Dalmatians with Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil. Planes Trains and Automobiles was just meh for me, I haven’t seen She’s having a Baby. The rest I haven’t seen and don’t plan to.

[@BrokenGodEnt]

No "The Breakfast Club"?

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

Wierd science? That movie rocked. Who didn't crush on Kelly LeBrock in the 80s.🥰

[@fad23]

She also liked Home Alone, I'm pretty sure.

[@gerstelb]

I haven’t seen all of She’s Having a Baby, but it has to get an upvote from me simply because of the one scene featuring Kate Bush’s This Woman’s Work.

[@crimsonda]

You really should watch Uncle Buck and Wierd Science. 🍻

[@donovanmedieval]

Around that time, Matthew Broderick was starring in the movie Ladyhawke with with his old Wargames costar John Wood, as well as Rutgar Hauer, Leo McKern, and Michelle Pfeiffer in the title role.

[@sallyh5413]

Wow!! I am surprised and delighted that you enjoyed this!! I was terrified you'd feel the same as with Breakfast Club and Ferris B's Day Off, but you liked it! You really liked it!! Excellent reaction, your next Hughes movie should be either 'PRETTY IN PINK' or 'SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL' enjoy!! ✌️💖

[@Jessethegoodwitch]

Somebody needs to remind her that Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is a John Hughes movie. Also so is Home Alone.

[@shannonbryan2191]

AHHHH, I can't wait to see what you think of this movie! I've never clicked so fast

[@zona999]

16 Candles, despite the noted scenes that didn't age well is freaking hilarious. Another great comedy from the 80's starring John Cusack is "The Sure Thing" and a great 80's film staring Matthew Broderick is "War Games".

[@SkageXL5]

The Sure Thing is a great little film!

[@rookmaster7502]

Don't forget "Pretty in Pink".

[@TabaquiJackal906]

WAR GAMES!!!!

[@SkageXL5]

@@TabaquiJackal906 William Regal? Is that you?

[@TabaquiJackal906]

@@SkageXL5 Um, no? (Not familiar, sorry.)

[@juliadriscoll9210]

In case no one has mentioned it, the geek is played by Anthony Michael Hall, who also plays the jerk boyfriend in Edward Scissorhands. He used to play a lot of geek like parts in 80s movies, then boom - growth spurt.

[@3dartstudio007]

"Show me the movie, I want a chance to shite on it myself" is the BEST T-shirt idea of the year!!! WELL DONE!!!

[@donnahcpfiannacchino8128]

I absolutely hate the phrase “This didn’t age well”. In most cases, it is just a way of someone smugly trying to act all superior over an entire generation. Do you really think that back in the 80s it was considered “ok” to take advantage of someone that was drunk? You were considered a complete loser if you did. Also, if you think that in today’s society that this does not occur, you are being extremely naive. All of J.H.’s films are intended to be from a young teen’s perspective. The jokes are juvenile by design. There was no malice or ill intent in any of the characters or scenarios portrayed. It is called a “Teen Comedy” for a reason.

[@JamesASharp]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Chill out. And I'm an 80s baby. 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

[@johnsample7391]

I always had a problem with the premise of this movie. You know that when the sister announced her wedding date, the first words out of Samantha's mouth would have been, "You're having your wedding the day after my 16th birthday?" And I am sure that, during the planning of the wedding, Samantha would have asked more than once why the wedding could not be moved to the next week.

[@dmpbabe]

It plays along with the sister doesn’t care about anyone but herself.

[@sexysadie2901]

The premise us she's the kid no one in the family pays attention to.

[@PacMan-ph4uy]

It's only a movie not a big deal 🤡

[@officialchristopher]

Honestly one of my favorite videos from her. She was having fun with it.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

She seems half-confused.

[@leiatyndall8648]

As I understood it as kid in the '80s, the big shoulder pads were a part of women trying to break the "glass ceiling," the invisible barrier blocking women from getting high-paying powerful positions in corpirate America. Just as you referred to it as a "power suit" you'll notice the shoulder pads made them have more square, rather masculine shoulders. Women's business suits imitated men's, while still requiring them to wear heels. At some point in the '90s shoulder pads went away. You really don't hear the phrase "glass ceiling," & I'm not sure if I've heard you mention it, but it was a big subject for most of my yrs while growing up. Some suggestions: *Darby O'Gill & the Little People (Sean Connory's 1st role [gotta be in March) *9 to 5 (Dolly Parton) *Baby Boom (Diane Keaton; don't think you've met her) *War Games (Matthew Broderick) *Splash (Darryl Hannah, Tom Cruise) *Some Kind of Wonderful (Mary Stuart Masterson) *Sabrina (Harrison Ford, Greg Kinnear, John Wood, from War Games) *Chocolat (Johnny Depp, John Wood from War Games)

[@pamelapetrosino4437]

This will always be one of my favorite movies from the eighties! I have watched it an endless amount of times, and I still laugh to this day. I can’t imagine anyone trashing this film.

[@williambevins]

Saw this when it first came out. Long Duc Dong character was the funniest in the film. Though it didn't pass the test of time, I think Gedde Watanabe deserves kudos for his performance. The non-consensual sex scene was problematic but neither character remembered it so who knows what went on. Another 80s movie that a lot of people say didn't age well but is funny as hell is Porky's. I would love to see Ashleigh's take on that one. Most people would probably be against it but I hope she does it anyway.

[@paulhewes7333]

it was another time back then, and while true, it was racist AF (then and now), the general tolerance of such has (thankfully) gone down...

[@alexius23]

You are spot on with your points

[@BishopReese]

They didn't have sex, that was the gag. She assumed they did because she was drunk. He wasn't drunk and didn’t remember but because she said so he went with it. That's why he asked her if he liked it. They ended up together based on the assumption they had sex. That's it.

[@gutz1981]

Don't forget, BOTH characters were drunk and she was older than him and closer of an adult than him. Its bias to put the blame on the guy just for being a guy.

[@FloridaGuy549]

@@BishopReese THANK YOU!!!! Finally, someone gets what ACTUALLY happened in that scene! There was no NON-CONSENSUAL sex because it didn't happen. Neither knows what happened, if anything. I saw this when it first came out, yes I'm THAT OLD, and there was never any question that neither actually had sex.

[@tonyrossell832]

Great reaction Ashleigh. I'm not a huge fan of the movie either, 3 stars sounds about right. I'm surprised you didn't recognize Anthony Michael Hall from The Breakfast Club as well, he was the "brain " who wrote the essay at the end of the movie. Also the tray was on the car because some restaurants you could order and eat in your car and they'd bring the food out on the tray and hang it on the door.

[@viridian5maureen853]

She saw him in Edward Scissorhands too, though it makes more sense she wouldn't recognize him considering the physical differences.

[@tonyrossell832]

@@viridian5maureen853 Good catch! I tend to forget he was in that as well so thumbs up for that observation 👍

[@paintwhisperer]

I wonder if Ashleigh would watch “Pitch Black” on a Friday to get into the Riddick trilogy. I feel that “Pitch Black” was a super underrated movie. Just a thought 🖤

[@xander66644]

You might have missed it... Michael Anthony Hall who hung around with Molly Rongwald..he was jn "The Breakfast Club" as well. He played the nerd.

[@corvus1374]

The little brother is Justin Henry, who was the kid being fought over by his parents in Kramer vs. Kramer. He's the youngest actor ever to be nominated for an acting Oscar. The love interest in this movie is Michael Schoeffling. This was his first acting role. Not many years later, he totally ditched acting and now owns a woodworking company, where he makes custom furniture.

[@mradan2093]

It was hilarious that you thought a teacher had handed her a quiz asking "have you done it?" I guess passing notes in class is no longer a thing, since everyone can text now. Notes were a whole subculture back in the day - different formats, different techniques for passing them, the mortification if a teacher ever intercepted one. I feel like this movie has that problem common in a lot of movies where everything would be solved if the characters communicated. But there weren't a lot of coming of age movies for girls, so I can see the appeal. Anthony Michael Hall grew into a handsome man. I remember watching The Dead Zone TV series and being shocked to realize the leading man was Underwear Kid.

[@staggerlee9362]

John Hughes was actually providing some commentary, if not a little "of the times", with the character Long Duck Dong and the portrayal was intentionally hyperbolized to be all of the cliches westerners perceived Asian cultures to posses. The joke was on the watcher not Asian culture. His character is actually the most sane and down to earth if you watch his story arch.

[@bghoody5665]

Glad you pointed this out. Even as a teen watching this movie when it first came out I figured out pretty quickly Hughes wasn't making fun of Asians, he was making fun of the stereotypes.

[@yournamehere6002]

Hughes even shows the grandparents exploiting him as indentured servitude. His character essentially is an outwardly-seeming nerd who, once he's able to let his hair down, becomes a party animal. That's it.

[@afterdinnercreations936]

It's not outwardly offensive, but the elements are kind of there and they're extremely distracting.

[@yournamehere6002]

@@afterdinnercreations936 They're really not. We saw it in 1984 and everyone loved it, including girls and women. It's because people have been conditioned to impose real world implications on comedy, which is, by design, fantastical and exaggerated. Listen, don't watch it. Watch something made after 2017 that makes you feel empowered and leave the movies from the 60's 70's 80's and 90's to those of us who weren't waiting to be offended and just wanted to enjoy a night at the movies.

[@jakes3799]

@@yournamehere6002 Going to your point - movies in the early 80s were especially exaggerated and unrealistic. At the same time though, this movie is a reflection of the attitudes of the times. So, I wouldn't write off what we see as meaning nothing, either. But, I would say part of what makes this movie funny now is the fact that it is so inappropriate. Like, literally 90% of this (at the time normal) movie clashes with modern attitudes, which in itself is really hilarious. And we can laugh about that now because these attitudes are frowned upon these days. Overall, I see nothing wrong with seeing the humor through the lens of the attitudes of the times and enjoying the humor that way. It doesn't mean that one is not aware that the attitudes are offensive or endorsing those attitudes. At the same time, I don't think you should fault those who find it offensive. No, these people aren't watching this movie 'waiting to be offended'. It's a pretty natural reaction to a movie that is pretty jarring by modern standards. I myself, can watch this movie, find it offensive and still enjoy the humor. But I'm not going to criticize those that don't feel they can do that.

[@sunsungoaway]

I always saw this as a glimmer of hope for all of us nerds, over or under-developed, acned, braces-wearing or just not very social at all people who were invisible, ignored, told we had "good personalities" by the nice people, or flat out told we were ugly by the not nice people. My own family called me "the smart one". Those who crushed on the cute guy or girl at school, who maybe even said hi to us in our cheap ugly glasses and hand me downs or K Mart clothes. Until we got a little older, a little more fashion conscious, the hormones settled a little, the braces came off and the contacts went in, joined some clubs and actually met some of our crushes, who either turned out to be total imbeciles, or actual friends. But that's just my life as a movie LOL

[@mamcgee2000]

The fact that she was oblivious to who Anthony Michael Hall was is freaking hysterical! And Matthew Broderick vs John Cusack. Long duck Dong shows up later in Gung Ho!. Just very funny!

[@KnightsaysNi]

"God, them ashes are holdin' on better than my will to live." LMAO🤣🤣💀

[@TBCreek]

The movie has aged OK, it's society that hasn't.

[@spicymeatball3563]

I watch all movies as products of their time. The 80's good naturedly made fun of people or said things that we would consider very wrong, but rarely did they do so with the characters showing malice. The seventies characters often showed malice or mean spiritedness in their movie humor, and the 60's characters breathed it like it was perfectly normal to use malicious humor. They are all a product of their time, and help you understand the era they came from, better.

[@antimonycup7066]

Do you think that mood you describe the 70s with has to do many great movies from that era being very New York-ish?

[@spicymeatball3563]

@@antimonycup7066 perhaps, but I also think those movies thought we weren't all a bunch of pansies, and could take it. People were a lot more racist back then, I recall hearing older generations saying stuff I was horrified by as a child. Gen x was a big transition.

[@TheSmitj167]

It's an iconic movie for those of us that saw it in the theater, but I totally get why it its not for everyone. Movies (and the event of going to the movies) has changed since the 80s. It just used to be somthing you did on the weekend. It was cheap and the movies were entertaining. Now it's expensive and it seems like goofy fun movies are nearly gone. Times change

[@SanguineSunshine]

As a Gen-Xer who LOVES John Hughes, I wanted you to know that yes, Long Duck Dong was a jab at the ridiculous Asian stereotype. He LOVED poking fun at all kinds of stereotypes. And no, some things in his films did not age well. Things we never should have allowed to be so "normal". But if you want to watch a great Hughes film (imo), that's probably the best story, "Some Kind Of Wonderful" is by far the best (followed closely by Weird Science). Love watching your reviews, & I pray your fae magic sparkle NEVER dims!🙌🏽🧚🏼‍♀️ Stay safe & thanks for entertaining us all, sláinte!🙏🏽😊💖

[@valleya6114]

Lady Fiona, from one genxer to another I have seen 16 candles numerous times and I swear; never noticed Long Duck... using the ends of the utensils as chop sticks. I was like "how did I miss that?" In my defense I've always seen this on TV not in theaters so maybe that detail just never come across on my on 90's TV lol. Shout out to Ashleigh for reacting to 80's films!

[@jaycee330]

I mean she did kind of miss the most blatant racist (by the characters) things, referring to Dong as the "Chinaman" and Rudy as an "oily bohunk" (which is a slur against Hungarians, Romanians, and others from Southeastern Europe).

[@CaddyJim]

That's *Anthony Michael Hall* who was also in *(The Breakfast Club)* along with *Molly Greenwald*