Thanks to Cusack

I must admit to you all right here and now that I am rather partial to John Cusack.  Now granted I'm not saying that everything he's done has been gold, i.e. Must Love Dogs, Pushing Tin, and god 2012.  But let me just say that some of the characters he's created I will remember forever.  He does that rare thing for me, and this is the problem with movies in this day and age I think.  He just makes a number of solid movies.

I feel like there use to be so many more solid movies that would come out.  Now it's like Blockbusters, Shit, More Shit, then it's Oscar Season movies.  Were did all the just solid that was a good movie go?  I'm either watching movies that are built for tweens, or I'm watching the latest in gore, freaky, crazy, did you see that ghost are all around us that's why is scary, or shit blowing up everywhere from start to finish, so much stuff in the frame my eyes can't keep up, or heavy handed performance pieces... Now granted I can watch the latter any day of the week, but seriously what ever happened to just going in and watching a good solid movie?

That's what a lot of Cusack is for me.  Just solid shit that I really dig.  And I was reminded of that from a quote from one of his greatest movies might I add(thank you Jamie) "Where are all the good men dead? In the heart or in the head?"-Grosse Pointe Blank   If you haven't seen it, child please, go out and watch it as soon as you can.  If you don't like it, well then you're and idiot and I can't help you. KIDDING.  

Then there is the weirdo he plays in Being John Malkovich, seriously you'll hardly recognize him, and it's such a sweet movie. There's High Fidelity which I know so many people have to love because it's solid. Then there is one of my personal favorites, The Sure Thing... I mean it's just totally 80's in the best possible way, and it's a road trip movie so clutch.  

And let us not forget about Lloyd Dobler.  I mean really the eternal optimist that just gets it done in the weirdest of ways. The guy that is more self assured at 18 than most people are there whole lives.  Good I love love Say Anything...  Yeah I know all about the cliche Peter Gabrielle song that everyone  has to know from the movie. But damn it cliches are that for a reason that song and that seen and that movie is just the tits, that's all there is to it.

"What I really want to do with my life - What I want to do for a living - Is I want to be with you daughter. I'm good at it." -Say Anything...

"Don't be a guy, be a man. The world is full of guys." -Say Anything...

Anyway, that's my thing for the night, I guess I'm gonna go polish off John Cusack and then maybe go to bed... Tell me what you think... Who is one of your favorite random actors that you don't think gets enough love?