John Hughes and the Detention Movies

In addition to gleeful snickerings at Eric Stoltz's liberal use of blue eyeliner (on the underlid!), one of the many good things about (finally) seeing Some Kind of Wonderful was, well, because in college the peops told me I looked like Mary Stuart Masterson, and of late they've told me Leah Thompson. Vanity and nostalgia got the best of my Netflix Queue so that I may share some dialogue gems....

"Don't mistake paradise for a long pair of legs"

"She's mom, I'm dad, and you're nuts."

"Come on-- it's a party, it's not the end of the world."

"Punch her apron one time for me, huh?" (knuckle knock) [THIS was awesome]

Watts: Three things I love the most-- me, me drums, and you

Ray: People think you're confused. But I know you can be a girl if you really want to be."
Watts: Ray, this is 1987. Do you know that a girl can be whatever she wants to be?"

From a mouse-teased hair band playing center stage at "the club": "You took the words right from my lips... without asking!"

Dad: You're only 18, for chrissake.
Keith: Then I'm 19, then I'm 20, when does my life belong to me? Dad, listen-- I'm going out with a girl tonight, and she's beautiful, everyone's in love with her, and she's going out with me. Get it? See, in the eyes of most people around here, I'm nothing. And so if I don't start agreeing with them I'm going to go through with this date. I just want to show this girl that I'm as good as everyone else.
Dad: And so you're going to impress her with money?
Keith: Dad, didn't you guy have guys that didn't fit in?
Dad: Of course.
Keith: Well dad, I'm one of those guys.

Amanda Jones: I rather be next to someone for the wrong reasons, than alone for the right ones.
Keith: I'd rather be right.

Best ending line ripping off Casablanca:

Watts: How do I look?"
Keith: You look pretty good wearing my future.

And with that, they walk down the moonlit suburban street.