This is perhaps my second most-loved movie (after Gone with the Wind, which I have seen about 120 times). Pretty in Pink is the first movie I remember seeing at the theater. I was seven. I think I’d seen some cartoons before with my mother, but this is definitely the first one I remember. I was excited, even though I was only seven (and, watching it now, I wonder whether it was appropriate!).

Watching this again last night on the big screen, I was so giddy when the title music started! My friend and I had some great laughs about the Eighties fashion, and I realized that I think I am now older than the history teacher! But I loved every single minute of watching this film, and I know every line.

I also realized how many small ways this film has affected my life. I’ve spent the last 20 years looking for a red silk robe like the one Andie wears in the “I hate eggs” scene.

I love Otis Redding because of this movie, and the famous Jon Cryer scene makes me ridiculously, giddily happy every time I see it. When I was 25, I developed a crush on James Spader, and I now enjoy his scenes all the more - he’s deliciously terrible.

I, too, say “Let’s plow!”

I agree that the prom dress was way, way better before.

And I always liked Duckie better.