This is one of the very few John Hughes movies I ever saw in the proper context (i.e. within a decade of original release.) I remember watching it repeatedly on cable as a kid and loving it and then being shocked when I saw it on DVD because of the sheer number of boobs visible. Which didn't make me love it less, it just made me wonder what else TV was hiding from me. Rob had never seen it so we watched it last night. It is so incredibly dated, from the costumes and hair to the concept that you can use a home computer to Frankenstein a woman into reality. Because in the 80's computers = magic.
Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are two freshman losers who desperately want to be popular. Afte watching late-night horror movies one too many times, they decide to use Wyatt's computer to create the perfect woman, imbuing her with all the qualities two horny fifteen-year-olds think are important. What they get is Lisa (Kelly LeBrock) a pin-up/mentor/sorceress who takes the boys under her wing and basically gives them everything they've ever wanted, along with a gentle lesson in believing in themselves.
Anthony Michael Hall overacts to an extreme extent, becoming painful to watch in parts. But I maintain that he did it simply to make up for how completely dead his co-star Ilan Mitchell-Smith was. Sadly, only Bill Paxton and Robert Downey, Jr. seemed to have escaped this movie with careers. Everyone else was either relegated to television or married Steven Seagal.
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