John Cusack's best movie

yeah the speech where he jumps into the pool is perhaps his single finest performance (xpost)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2uCXOKxfjU

he really is on a short list of people who can talk directly to the camera that i don't then want to shoot

"I know where you live."

"Aw, see, that wasn't a nice thing to say. That wasn't designed to make me feel good."

i know it's a cameo, but i just gotta acknowledge the scene in bob roberts where he's pissed that bob is the musical guest on Not SNL instead of the promised krs-1. I believe that would piss him off.

I liked Grosse Pointe Blank when I saw it - it reminded me of Demme's Something Wild.

Say Anything is his quintessential film; even if Being John Malkovich is better, it's not really "his"

but GPB and HF are fitting spiritual sequels to SA.

Aside from The Ice HArvest, his career has really sucked for a decade.

so you like GPB, Morbs?

yes (for one thing, it was the last time Dan Aykroyd was funny)

HF

High fidelity for me, followed by Better Off Dead.

"WHAT FUCKING 'IAN GUY'?"

nothing in the world could keep me from voting for grosse pointe blank, it has everything you'd want from a movie - ive seen it 20+ times, my favorite movie in the world when i was 13

it was also the last time he really 'brought something to the table' in a movie - now he just sleepwalks through everything - i couldnt get through 2012 because of him

"No meetings!" BLAM

Joan Cusack is terrific. "It was as if everyone had swelled."

Yeah, The Sure Thing is the essence of romantic/angst/comic Cusack.

Con Air was kind of interesting because his character didn't have any personal storyline (that I remember), for a guy whose essence is personal storyline.

Grosse wa great, yea.

I hated Identity, but not because of him...mostly because of the insidious plot and the cheap copout ending.

Also hated Con/Air.

Bullets Over Broadway was fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ScNLt2zNc

benny the freakin jet! mirror in the bathroom! doesnt get any better than this

i ended up with a blanket dislike of all 90's 'indie crime movies' and haven't really gotten over it

fav movie: Malkovich
fav Cusack being Cusack: GPB

but hating on Con Air is like hatin on a retarded child

Jeez there's a lot of love for GPB here, huh? I've never seen it. Guess I should change that.

I love him. There's something so adorable and likeable about him. Idk. He's all time. Haven't decided what to vote for yet though.

Probably Malkovich or Say Anything I think.

gpb or better off dead

i want my two dollars

Wasn't mad about GPB. Too pleased with itself.

GPB is not a crime movie. The assassin shit is a metaphor for the garbage jobs 90% of us have.

dr. morbs i still can't believe you like say anything. it's enough to make me want to give it another chance.

The original title was "Grocer Point Blank"

HS what?! I can't believe YOU DON'T. >:(

This is, quite frankly, shocking and upsetting.

love the convenience store shootout scene in GPB

aw i'm sorry E! it creeps me out tbh.

by the criteria outlined in the op 'identity' best movie on the list 'the thin red line' or maybe 'being john malkovich'

gotta admit tho that:

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Con Air
Grosse Pointe Blank

is a p impressive single year run

aw i'm sorry E! it creeps me out tbh.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:07 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

Creeps you out? How?!

Midnight in The Garden is surprisingly good.

i don't really even like john cusack anymore but he is super-good in high fidelity.

xp i think it's that cameron crowe yay codependency thing that gets me

Eastwood took a giant crap on the book. The drag queen was the best thing in it. Also: it's when I started to hate Kevin Spacey.

like when john mahoney asks him what he wants to do with his life and he's like, "i want to BE with your DAUGHTER" is that supposed to be cute?

I'm going to have to go w/ GPB, barely eking out the Savage Steve Holland axis of Better Off Dead/One Crazy Summer & just over SA, BJM & HF - so no big surprises there, tho I do have to give a shoutout to TAPEHEADS &, absurd tho the film as a whole is, JC freaking the fuck out over the entire duration of 1408 is also worthy of mention.

It's his delivery: he's sincere yet I hear the self-mockery too.

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Oh jeez HA - it is a sweet movie and loyd is nice and was my pretend boyfriend when I was teenager and he gave her his heart and she gave him a pen and DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND DAMMIT! ;) I haven't seen it in years but never really got a creepy codependency vibe from it but that's interesting and I'll keep that in mind next time I catch it on tv.

like when john mahoney asks him what he wants to do with his life and he's like, "i want to BE with your DAUGHTER" is that supposed to be cute?

― horseshoe, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:10 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yes!

well i could be overreacting i think the fact that jerry maguire happened later caused me to view earlier crowe movies suspiciously. though i love singles. also, i hate fun.

I think you may be over thinking that one a little too much.

awwwww

u do not

<3

Jerry Maguire is a horrible movie tho

John Cusack is immune to you guys' psychobabble ;)

Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich

altho I almost gave the sympathy vote to Roadside Prophets, cuz he is awesome in that (also only onscreen for like 2 minutes tho)

never understood the love for Grosse Point Blank tbh. lot of good work from this guy tho, obviously

i have seen so many of these goddamn movies. one of my sisters was obsessed with john cusack growing up and we had to see everything multiple times. this might help account for my feelings about say anything.

like has anyone else seen tapeheads more than once? probably not.

Thus, Grocer is pissed at him stealing his job so he goes after him... the CIA guys are after him for stealing their "we don't assasinate people, we do our jobs" angle, and hilarity of crossed purposes ensue.

Speaking of which, Hank Azaria's role in this film is totes underrated. I love that guy.

speaking of which, america's sweethearts is great

minnie driver is an absolute delight, idk what happened to her career

*cautiously waves sarcasm meter around*

I feel sorry for Grace Is Gone.

_dying_ at shakey in this thread

i know right! i've been speechless

"its like the premise of Cars. does not compute"

theyre cars... who are alive.

*shakes head* nahhhhh. no way!

but american psycho... that's some convincing depiction of a psychopath right there (and it's funny too)

hahahahaha max

a psychopath who is superficially charming...? couldn't be!

so youre telling me these guys... dress up as women... to escape from the mob?

does. not. compute.

nuns on the run?

agree with contenderizer tho about the end, which is the whole reason why the

~let my love open the door~
*holds baby*
this changes everything epiphany

scene just derails the movie for me

good morning!

well, I guess it could be a thing for ppl who want to have babies

who says "good morning" 17 minutes before noon? completely unconvincing, I don't buy it.

time travel

babies solve nothing.

unless you need a cheap source of baby meat

"cheap"

$60k/lb

and that's for a fresh, white baby!

man swift really didnt factor in inflation

Babies, fyi, solve pension crises iirc

still GPB.

"are you alright?"

"No, I'm NOT all right! I'm hurt, I'm pissed... I gotta find a new job!"

"You must have done some naughty shit there, Bart! There's a contract out on your life. I should know, I was hired to kill you. But I'm not going to do it. It's either because I'm in love with your daughter, or I have a newfound respect for life."

"That punk is either in love with that guy's daughter, or he has a newfound respect for life!"

I used to have such a thing for John Cusack. But in my opinion GPB is where he started coasting. I'd have said High Fidelity, but upon looking at his filmography, there's not a lot of there there.

Love & Mercy is probably my favorite of his since Grosse Point Blank

it’s not for everyone but i just love his portrayal of wilson, i like how he stops short of doing an impression but somehow still physically carrying and/or suggesting all of the turmoil

that was a good'un, yes, and I saw it during the throes of my BB obsession

Yeah he was good in that movie.

Anyone seen Grand Piano? I found it in a list of underrated thrillers and saw it had Cusack and Elijah Wood and was written by Damien Chazelle - surprised I'd never heard of it, with those names. It's a decent enough high-concept thriller but Cusack doesn't make much of an impression. Elijah commits much better to the ridiculous concept