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A better movie would have been made if...

posted 9 years ago by zocolofishing
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Did anybody else think this would have been a better movie if, the Journey to find Margo was more involved and it brought 'Quentin and Lacey' together. The foreshadowing was already there earlier in the movie. They walked together in the Hall, they sat together in the bathtub. I felt the movie had a 'Pretty In Pink' quality, but the movie went the wrong direction. I have no idea where the book went, and I don't care. But the movie should have went this way, and it would have been a better movie.
It made no sense to have the 'Pretty In Pink' original ending with Lacey and Ben together. Like Andie with Duckie at the Prom scene that was reshot. Then they should have focused more on the journey as well, it could have been cooler. Instead, the back bit of the movie was such a let down. It could have been more of a journey to find themselves. It was... but not enough.

[–] henrimaine 9 years ago

I don't think the movie would have won anything from having Quentin and Lacey ending up as a couple. For a while it seemed like the movie was moving in that direction (them becoming a couple). But the last meeting with Margo would have been less powerful if Quentin had fallen for a different girl before that.

[–] zocolofishing 9 years ago

I think what I was saying... And there is a whole other thread that I missed before I posted that says the same thing...is: That the last meeting was not powerful at all, the ending was a 'let down'...
It should have been a journey to find themselves, not just to find Margo.

[–] Splarne 9 years ago

isn't that Can't Hardly Wait?

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[–] zocolofishing 9 years ago

I didn't see that. Are you saying it was similar?
I compared aspects of this movie to 'Pretty In Pink' and Andie's choice of Duckie or Blaine. It even ended with a similar Prom scene.

But all of a sudden this movie went in a odd direction and added a love connection that didn't make sense with another 'duckie' or (Ben), and him and Lacey. Yeah and that will last all of 5minutes, and you can imagine he will be dumped right after prom.

umm "it's not you it's me..."..LOL

[–] Zargabath 9 years ago

it's so cliché