Today, I’m going to examine love in two movies (slash book,) Pretty in Pink and Little Women. I haven’t read Little Women, but I think I’ll put it into my nightly reading stack (which I don’t try to think about too far in advance and already has three books in the queue.)

I’ll first address Pretty in Pink and the Duckie and Andie thing. I’ve never liked the ending of the movie, because the Duckman gets dumped by Andie. But after my latest viewing, I’ve finally changed my mind. I still respect Duckie loads more than Andie and now I’m glad that he insists that Andie not “ruin this incredible romantic moment” by getting back with Blane. I didn’t like Andie for leaving Duckie. However, she didn’t deserve him, so it’s a good thing that he’s not stuck with her. And he gets to spend Prom with that cute girl who shows up in an episode of Growing Pains, so not only is his life not wasted, he gets to have a fun night.

Now, onto Little Women. Here, I have questions, more than comments, because I recognize that I’m no authority on the story. I suspect that Jo really does love Laurie—even at the end of the story. I suspect that Laurie really does love Jo at the end of the story. I suspect that Laurie never really loved Amy. I suspect that Amy either knew or didn’t care if Laurie never really loved her and that she didn’t love him. I suspect that to Amy the important thing was that she marry someone with a good income so she could continue to do what she wanted. I don’t like Amy. Why did she burn the manuscript when they were children anyway?