Re: This is the kind of thing that freaks me out

Cusack gets a lot of slack from me as well.  I discovered him in the Better
off Dead and One Crazy Summer days.  Say anything locked him in as a guy who
excelled at slightly quirky characters.

 

His newer stuff is hit and miss, like some not others.


But I always give him a chance.  

 

Joan too is someone who plays the odd side so well you cannot help love her.

 

 

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Mike Findlay
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 9:12 AM
To: DADL (off topic)
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] This is the kind of thing that freaks me out

 

Cusack was very good in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Being John
Malkovich, and even in Martian Child, (cloying but sweet and Cusack is very
capable at getting you to be empathetic with his character).  Maybe that is
why I like Cusack - no matter what he is in he has a quality that makes him
very human and relate-able.  

I like his sister Joan, too.  She has that same quality.

Mike F.  

 

  _____  

From: pcg <[email protected]>
To: DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, April 7, 2011 9:58:15 AM
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] This is the kind of thing that freaks me out

> (G.K. Chesterton correctly identified such things as a
> spiritual pun.)

Heh. Reflecting on it, I tried to decide that it wasn't *that*
coincidental. Obviously Motley Crue and Poison were planning some kind
of dual revival tour, and the filmmakers integrated them into the film
as part of the marketing package. OR the bands decided to embark on a
tour after they were featured in the film. Either way, it would take
them a year or so to make their way up and down the coasts before
finding their way to Omaha. But still. The fact that I got the email
immediately after watching the movie -- too, too weird.

> (wrt HTTM, I really like John Cusack and Steven Pink, even
> though it's mostly just good will bleeding over from my great
> affection for Grosse Point Blank. If I'd seen War, Inc. or HTTM
> before GPB, I'd like have a much different opinion. As it is, I cut
> Cusack a /lot/ of slack.)

I still haven't seen "War, Inc.," but I tend to cut Cusack a lot of
slack just because I just dig his onscreen persona. (Odd, because he
tends to come off like a bit of a blowhard dickhead in real life.)

He's made his share of crappy movies, but Cusack pretty much earned a
lifetime pass from me for "Say Anything" in the 80's, "Gross Pointe
Blank" in the 90's, and "High Fidelity in the 00's. I think one
masterpiece per decade is a good track record. :)

I was listening to an old episode of Loveline the other, and James
Mangold was the guest. It was around the time that "Identity" was
released, and he mentioned that Cusack has a longstanding policy
regarding big, dumb studio pictures that goes: "Three for me, one for
them." I think it's served him well.

-- 
-pcg
 [email protected]

-- 
dadl-ot mailing list
http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot

-- 
dadl-ot mailing list
http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot