John Cusack film festival updates and changes

[amanda_marrone]

I'm only two movies into my John Cusack Film Fest and have decided I don't need to see everyone. I was really torn about this, but I just couldn't muster up the enthusiam to watch Conair or 2012. Am I making a grave error? Should I watch them just to see the macho side to John? Unless I hear otherwise I'm giving these two movies a pass.

Comments

[angie_frazier]

John Cusack Film Festival! What a great idea. OK, so I'd add Grosse Point Blank since that's my fave movie with him. SO FUNNY. But I would say Yes to Con-Air--it's your typical action flick but I enjoyed it. 2012 I haven't seen...

[amanda_marrone]

Someone on Facebook thought I was too quick to dismiss Conair. I'm really looking foward to rewatching Grosse Point!

[oneminutemonkey]

I'd watch Con Air, just because it's a strangely entertaining film. And by that, I mean it's both over-the-top and wildly WTF at times.

Mind you, I've never bothered watching Must Love Dogs or Martian Child.

I WILL, if you haven't, suggest you see Hot Pursuit, one of his early films. :>

[amanda_marrone]

Okay, I guess I'll have to go back to 'watch them all' mode. I clicked on your link for Hot Pursuit and I'm pretty sure I did watch that--it sounded vaguely familiar and I'm sure I wouldn't have missed one of his films that year.

I've only seen 1/3 of his films.

[latteya]

Con Air was on yesterday. I've seen it a hundred times but had to watch it again. There's a good one he's in about Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project, can't think of the name... I'd watch either of those over Must Love Dogs. High Fidelity is a must-see, on my top 5 list of Cusack movies.

[amanda_marrone]

You all have convinced me to give Conair a go. Fat Man and Little Boy is the other movie you're thinking of--haven't seen that, but good to hear you liked it as I was thinking "atomic bombs" eep.

[latteya]

Yes, Fat Man and Little Boy. Sad end... I also liked Serendipity a lot, and if you like baseball at all, Eight Men Out is good. Also Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and The Runaway Jury are good. Um yeah... can you tell I love JC?

[latteya]

I'm watching Grace is Gone right now--talk about sad--tissues are at hand. I saw Eight Men Out years ago, so that's not a top five right now, but I am really curious about Midnight...and Jury is on the list!

[timwb]

Screw all of those movies.

The ones to watch are Better Off Dead and Grosse Pointe Blank. I've never seen Say Anything, but apparantly he's brilliant in that too.

[amanda_marrone]

Love Better Off Dead and looking foward to seeing Grosse Pointe again--The Sure Thing is my favorite.