John Cusack Movies, and I Can’t Tell Disney Stars Apart
From Kurt…
It’s a 1980s Dream -
Yes, this is Tiffany…fighting…Debbie Gibson…in a movie called “Mega-Python v. Gatoroid”. All that can be said is “wow”.
Most importantly…this means that 25 years from now…we can all enjoy Britney Spears v. Christina Aguilera in “Mega-Skunk v. Aardvark-oid”
Hot Tub Time Machine -
It’s out on Redbox now…go watch it…and love it. It’s hilarious. Oh, it stars John Cusack…time for a list…
John Cusack Movies -
Now, I’m on the fence with John Cusack…his acting background is vast, with lots of great movies, but some really bizarre ones…and some ones that I feel are vastly overrated.
The Best Cusack Movies -
10. Road to Wellville - Really? A movie based on bowel cleansing? Ridiculous, but hilarious. I don’t remember John really being in the movie. I remember Matthew Broderick and Sir Anthony Hopkins more.
9 . Say Anything - Many of you will be upset that this isn’t higher on the list…but to be honest, besides the “In Your Eyes” blaring from his radio outside the window, I don’t remember a thing about this movie.
8. Runaway Jury - Good, suspenseful crime/courtroom drama. I bought into it…John Cusack was excellent.
7. Sixteen Candles - Again, many of you will argue that this should be higher on the list. I just never got into this movie….and again, I only remember Dong and his “auto-mo-bile!”
6. Grosse Point Blank - A ridiculous concept of a hitman going to his high school reunion…but he and Dan Akyroyd (are there to “y”s in his name? I forget) made it work.
5. Serendipity - Points because it was good little flick…but mostly bigger points because it had Jeremy Piven…but mostest mostest biggest points for introducing us to Kate Beckinsale.
4. Hot Tub Time Machine - Hilarity at its hot tubbie finest!
3. Better Off Dead - I’m not much of a skiier, but when I catch re-runs of this movie, it makes me want to re-learn how.
2. Con Air - It was like “The Rock, Part 2: Up in the Air”. The cast was great…the action was great…Steve Buscemi is the world’s most dangerous criminal? Of course he is. Even Nicolas Cage and his ridiculous mane of hair didn’t annoy me.
1. One Crazy Summer - Cusack’s finest work…and one of the best movies ever. I remember as a kid laughing so hard when after the graduation ceremony, everyone is getting new cars, and he gets the street washer. Hilarious…oh, and by the way, this was also Bobcat Goldthwait’s finest work. If you need evidence of this, go watch him as Godzilla…plus, when he tells the story of the “little fat kid that everyone picked on”. “Were you that little fat kid?” “(crying) What? Me? No…I used to pick on him, and yell, why are you so fat, why are you so fat?!”
Bad John Cusack Movies -
Oh, and there are bad ones …
1408 - This should have been on my most confusing movies list ever…and the ending sucked.
2012 - The graphics were great…but how long of a movie is this? Seriously, get on the ark, and get movin’. The ending…sucked. You’re telling me that a gigantic ark that can hold 250,000 people gets broken down because a small piece of machinery gets stuck in one of the wheels? Dumb.
High Fidelity - I know people who LOVE this movie. I never understood that. It’s kind of boring…and besides Jack Black’s character, there’s nothing memorable about this movie. I had high hopes when I saw it…and it bored me to tears.
Being John Malkovich - Boring…confusing as all get out…and critically acclaimed. Critically acclaimed might be one of my red flag warnings that I won’t like the movie. If the critics liked it, I probably won’t.
The Sure Thing - I may have watched this when I was too young to understand it. All I remember is that Princess Vespa from Spaceballs is in it…and again, I remember being bored.
The Ice Harvest - Another “critically acclaimed” movie. I tried to buy into it…but couldn’t. It was sort of blah…or sort of Hanh!
Movies I’m Not Sure About -
Eight Men Out - Good baseball movie…but it’s about the White Sox…and they stink.
Thin Red Line - I need to re-watch this movie. It might be better the second time around. It was just too artsy of a war movie for me at times.
I Don’t Know Who’s Who
You line up Miranda Cosgrove….Demi Levato…and Selena Gomez…and I don’t know who is who. I thought Selena and Demi were the same person…ala Hannah Montana is really Miley Cyrus. I thought Demi was Selena’s stage name. Miranda is ICarly, right? She was the little know-it-all in the movie School of Rock, right? Which one dated the Jonas Brother? Did they all? The same Jonas Brother? Different Brother? Darn it Disney, you’ve caused my head to hurt again.
Steve Carrell Leaving “The Office”
So, it’s confirmed, this will be the last season for Steve Carrell as Michael Scott on “The Office”. They should just end the show when he leaves…who are they going to get to replace him? Jim? Dwight? Pam? Andy? That won’t nearly be as much fun. We’ve seen Jim as a manager…and he lost his funny. This used to be one of the funniest shows on TV, but last season was a major disappointment. Hopefully they can find a way to make Carrell’s final season the best ever. Maybe Daryl could be the new manager? Naw…he’s better in the warehouse. They messed too much with a good thing already.
Itunes Day -
Yesterday, there was only one song that was purchased -
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream - It’s a dream of a song. It’s possibly more catchy than California Gurls. It brinks on AWESOMEness!
AWESOME is as AWESOME does!
July 28th, 2010 at 11:00 am
Cusack doesn’t make a bad movie however I’m shocked why you think Con Air was #2? Bad film all together. By the way, Jeremy Piven is in One Crazy Summer as well. He is one of Teddy’s buddies who use Cusack as a basketball hoop. High Fidelity, 2012 and Say Anything are outstanding. The part I always remember about Say Anything is when Lloyd (Cusack) is making fun of old people because they chew their food weird. Then his girlfriend in the movie yells at him because she says maybe their mouths don’t work so well anymore because they are old. One movie you missed was The Jack Bull which was HBO created. If you like John Cusack you’ll love this movie. Long story short, he’s a rancher who’s fighting for his land and gets hanged in the end.