We're taking it back to the 80's with my number 3 pick, Sixteen Candles. This classic rom com cast consists of Molly Ringwald (Samantha Baker), Anthony Michael Hall (Ted), Michael Schoeffling (Jake Ryan), and many more.
Samantha Baker is a normal teenager, but this is no ordinary day for her; it's her 16th birthday. Oh, this should be one of the best days of her life, finally turning sweet 16. Yet, as Samantha starts her day, no one greets her with a happy birthday. It seems everyone in her family, and I mean everyone, has forgotten Sam's birthday. I guess everyone got caught up in her sister's wedding since it's the next day.
Meanwhile, Samantha still has to go to school where life just seems to get worse, except that one period she has with Jake Ryan her crush. That's the time where she gets to stare at him and daydream. She's so in love with him, but she's pretty sure he doesn't even know she exists. Things don't seem to get any better on her bus ride home as Ted the geek won't stop bothering her. As though she thought her torture would end there.
When Samantha returns home, everyone has still forgotten her birthday and they're all in an uproar trying to get everything done for this wedding. Sam returns to her room to get ready for her school dance that night, another place for everything to go wrong. And so do many things, in her eyes.
The boy she's in love with is there with another girl, his girlfriend kind of, and she's left standing there alone. Of course she's staring at him and he notices, so she turns away only to find Ted trying to dance with her. She just walks away from that mess, but he follows her and tries to comfort her. I guess you can say he's got a little crush on her. After their little talk, he asks her for a favor, to borrow her underwear to win a bet. She let him, but little did she know he was going to show as many other boys as he could. Could this be the highlight of Samantha's birthday? If you haven't seen it yet, you better check it out to see how it ends.
I love this movie and many other 80's movies. If you haven't seen this movie don't worry, I had to introduce my friends to the world of the 80's. I had to get them to have an 80's night with me, so I could share with them this awesome experience called the 80's through these movies. Sorry to say I wasn't around for the time frame, so I have to live the decade through these movies; Say Anything, The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, etc. I loved having the little movie marathon with my roommates. We watched a few on Netflix, so if you have an account you can check them out. Have a great day and enjoy a great movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGLtBJupFFM
http://smithsverdict.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/sixteen-candles-1984/
https://www.movieposter.com/poster/MPW-16116/Sixteen_Candles.html
Oh, how many times have I watched this movie :)
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