JOHN CUSACK Y

oh god this is difficult.

i put a smiley face next to con air to help people

I don't trust this guy, the ladies love him too much.

that's because he is adorable

he's done some crap lately

Yeah but Con Air has Nic Cage = ultimate frowny face.

Whenever he's in movies now he looks like he's wearing a bunch of mascara.

If I were to vote, I'd vote CON AIR

Malkovich malkovich.

you look like you're wearing a bunch of mascara!!

also runaway jury is not crap it also has gene hackman in it and he is a very talented gentleman and i will not have you call any of gene hackman's movies crap in my presence.

unless you meant serendipity, in which case 8080

I am not wearing any mascara.

"I SAID PUT THE BUNNY DOWN." Okay ConAir is shite but Cusack in white linen suit as fancy smarty pants city guy who is SMRT is awesome.

I MADE A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION

I am going Grosse Pointe Blank 'cause he is hottt and shoots things in that movie.

But fuck all u I am voting for Natty Gann b/c it has A WOLF and a plucky heroine. Also I was at v impressionable tuff-girl age when it came out.

i voted for the obvious choice because i am pathetic and lame

IDENTITY was so bad i almost threw up in the movie theater; i had a visceral reaction to how awful it was. i wanted to die.

oh my god the end of that movie is like completely batshit insane

LIKE I SAID, CONTROVERSIAL CHOICE

i voted for better off dead because it is HILARIOUS

the cast of that movie is amazing though. i mean ray liotta? alfred molina? waht?

That movie is one of the greatest things ever filmed.

ugh im getting queasy just thinking about that fucking movie

WHORES DON'T GET A SECOND CHANCE

lololol dan you did not seriously vote for identity

why is there no "murder john cusack" option?

u jealous

Say Anything is my favourite ever film. Of all time ever since I was born. With that confessed, I am now going to run away.

http://www.cinecultist.com/archives/sayanything1.jpg

hahaha i have controversial opinions re that movie

i'm in ur yard
ruining cinema

"I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen."

Okay now I run away.

con air is awesome but this guy is mad suspect as hoe-bait w/o being an actual bro like paul rudd

ballsack more like

con air 4 life

oh man paul rudd

i love that guy

seriously if paul rudd called me right now and said "hey i'm moving to, i dunno, south africa and you should come with" i'd be like "yes you are correct" and none of you would ever see me again. same if john cusack did that actually but i think i'd prefer to live in maybe argentina in that instance.

yeah do a paul rudd poll

id let my chick do paul rudd, but not john cusack

No Sure Thing no credibility.

grosse pointe blanke fore life

"i'd let my chick"

actually serendipity is rendered vaguely classic by Walken showing up out of nowhere with boxes of reels at the end

of course I was just kind of desperate for anything not totally lame to happen at that point so prob. biased

oh paul rudd you are like a younger so therefore more attractive jon cusack

what are you implying jess, that i dont have complete control over my nonexistent girlfriend??

can i watch?

id let my chick do paul rudd, but not john cusack

-- max, Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:59 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

yeah this is essentially how it breaks down

paul rudd OR john cusack couldn't even DO your chick, do you people even know how fish work

ok guys let's not lose the plot of this poll, ok.

actually serendipity is rendered vaguely classic by Walken showing up out of nowhere with boxes of reels at the end

-- TOMBOT, Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:01 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

isn't that 'america's sweethearts'?

good point! belay that.

I'm nearly a Cusack completist, but have never seen Identity, Con Air, or America's Sweethearts (notably dissed by schef). Don't you ppl fucking read reviews first?

High Fidelity will be snubbed, too close for comfort for Men of ILX.

I think of Sure Thing/Say Anything/Grosse Pte/Hi Fid as the JC ManBoy Coming of Age Tetralogy.

that's nice.

also v v gross.

i mean, "manboy," ugh.

what are you trying to do to me?

w/o being an actual bro like paul rudd

This is an excellent point. I think Cusack is probably a lot like his High Fidelity character, all being an asshole to his friends except when he's single for a few days.

WHY DON'T YOU BOYS JUST START YOUR OWN "PAUL RUDD V JOHN CUSACK" POLL IF YOU ALL FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THIS

wouldn't you be an asshole to your friends if your friends were jack black and moby, tho?

oh ain't seen Natty Gann either.

Serendipity is about as bad as I ever wanna see from him.

There is a diff meaning of man-boy as a NOUN, you doity-minded girl. You know a 28-year-old who acts 15 (again, ILX).

jack black and moby are kind of like the only friends I have that I'm NOT an asshole to

OMG WHERE IS ONE CRAZY SUMMER ARRRRHH ALLY WTF

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Serendipity (fyi this is the worst movie ever made)"

OTM OTM

REDO POLL

Nevermind about Paul Rudd (although I wish we hung out weekly), I'm just talking about Cusack sketchiness.

hahaha i'm not being dirty, morbius. i just don't like a word like "manboy." i also don't like it when kenan says "vagina." i'm picky.

really the best part of high fidelity is the fantasy scene where they beat the crap out of tim robbins.

yes

Hated book, refuse to see movie.

wait someone start tim robbins poll

otm xposts

(about robbins-beating)

the movie is like a million times more tolerable than the book actually (NB this is not true if you can't stand jack black)

POLL: WOULD YOU FUCK TIM ROBBINS?

Y
N
ONLY IF SUSAN SARANDON WATCHED

i voted TTRL

High Fidelity will be snubbed, too close for comfort for Men of ILX

wau

can i just fuck susan sarandon instead y/n

srsly

also i cannot stand jack black at all but can tolerate high fidelity the movie.

jack black is actually my least favorite person ever, possibly.

wouldn't you be an asshole to your friends if your friends were jack black and moby, tho?

Also Teh Piv.

Hated book, refuse to see movie.

The film is a million times better than the book.

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/8633/lolsayanythingxo8.jpg

btw Cusack ripped Robbins a new a-hole in press for supporting Nader in 2000. So yes, he's probably a jerk.

Hated book, refuse to see movie.

HiFid Film is different ... but probably not different enough.

Actually, nice ILX guys remind me of Todd Louiso (the shrinking, recessive clerk in HiFid).

jimmy teh mod brings up an intersting point.

science.jpg

nice ILX guys

who is this? tuomas?

High Fidelity is sort of gross but I do always watch it when it's on TV

I voted Tapeheads not just because it is my favorite movie ever dreamed up but also because that one part he reaches out the window (driver side!) of a moving vehicle and grabs a beer. Also because he dances more in that movie than in any other. That I've seen.

jesus stop xposting you assholes

i'm not sure i find jack black more unwatchable or nick hornby more unreadable

am i the only one who sees john cusack and sometimes thinks 'fourth Beastie'? is it the hair and sunken cheeks? the Ione connection?

wait, where is City Hall?

Beastie Goy

and what of that classic, The Jack Bull?

THIS IS MY VLOG NOW

(ban gabbneb)

yes otm ban gabbneb he is ruining this thread

I voted Bullets Over Broadway, because I like to be alone.

If I thought of him as a 4th Beastie it would be because of that movie he did a cameo in that starred John Doe and Ad Rock that I always mistakenly think is called The Road To El Dorado because the most memorable moment is Ad Rock shouting IS THIS THE ROAD TO EL DORADOdododo? all Beastie style from motorcycle back.

i saw that in the theater w/my dad that was a long time ago

i probably still love 'say anything' but no wait really it's just worn thin for me and i just love its memory, which is fine

'bullets over broadway' b/c of the don't speak don't speak part and jc being a sham writer

"I'M A WHORE!"

xpost you are not alone in the universe kenansan

:)

Best film in that list may be Thin Red Line.

oh, def

Ivan: Anybody else who'd save Pablo Casales - perhaps the greatest cellist in the world with the possible exception of Yo-Yo Ma - from a fiery car wreck on Sunset Boulevard would be bragging about it, but not Josh. He didn't want to spoil the 11 o'clock news for you.
Norton: Don't bullshit me. I'm a big cello fan! Casales died years ago!

nicka otm except that i recently re-saw it and it wasn't as good as it was back when i saw it five times in the theater and bought the soundtrack

http://www.chadwickfamily.org/ebay/aboutMe/BetterOffDead1.jpg

better off dead is so classic

yeah that is completely 100% true

Tough call since he's been there for me at crucial moments...
Better off Dead: adolescent angst + comedy + Van Halen + claymation
Say Anything: Teenage Torture - comedy + Ione Skye
Grosse Point Blank: coming to terms with adulthood angst + comedy + bloody murder
=
Grosse Point Blank is the winner here.

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OMG WHERE IS ONE CRAZY SUMMER ARRRRHH ALLY WTF

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- jhøshea, Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:12 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

OTM

(not really)

killing Dan Aykroyd w/ a TV set has to be worth something

the commercials for the new thing he's in where he's looking for his dead daughter in a ghost hotel room where samuel l jackson is the concierge are just like god man what's going on with you

he is playing an Iraq-war widower in a Sundance weeper later this year. so, SERIOUS.

I really like him and enjoy a ton of this stuff but the best actual film is easily Bullets Over Broadway

too obv a "Woody wants to kill Mia" movie

Wherefore art Sure Thing, the movie where my stupid, not-nearly-ready-for-fatherhood, 20 year old dad got the idea to name me Nick.

YES, MY CHRISTIAN NAME COMES FROM SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF JOHN CUSACK'S MOUTH IN A ROADTRIP FILM.

ALL ANSWERS THAT ARE NOT "BETTER OFF DEAD" DISQUALIFIED

it's not your poll.

enn eye see kay you shd puke in yr dads car to show him a thing or 2

In response, I'd like to point out that "Better Off Dead" has a CLAYMATION HAMBURGER. Singing a VAN HALEN SONG. And the fat kid from "Head of the Class." Game, set, match.

<i>OMG WHERE IS ONE CRAZY SUMMER ARRRRHH ALLY WTF

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- jhøshea, Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:12 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

OTM

-- sunny successor, Thursday, 14 June 2007 16:17 (28 minutes ago) Link</i>

GODDAMN! I KNEW THERE WAS ONE MISSING!!! I love that movie.

In response, I'd like to point out that "Better Off Dead" has a CLAYMATION HAMBURGER. Singing a VAN HALEN SONG. And the fat kid from "Head of the Class." Game, set, match.

-- Phil D., Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:46 PM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

also, Booger

i voted for the obvious choice because i am pathetic and lame

Me too.

You knew I would.

we are v sad ladies

also neglected in poll: that "My Pal Hitler" flick in which Cusack is woefully miscast

We are, but I don't care. I love it.

Grosse Point Blank is awesome for the reference to Better Off Dead

I voted based on CST (Cusack Screen Time). Hence, my vote went to Stand By Me.

(16 Candles could've got my vote, too, but the CST is negated by the AMHST.)

your pathetic attempts at subtly manipulating every poll result are really starting to grate on me.

i voted GPB because the idea of Cusack as this hardened hitman guy is so ludicrous/genius.

Guys Pushing Tin is worse than Serendipity.

Guys "Identity" is awesome.

your pathetic attempts at subtly manipulating every poll result are really starting to grate on me.

-- deeznuts, Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:50 PM (Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:50 PM) Bookmark Link

You have my word that I'll stay the fuck away from the Sexiest Disney Guy poll.

You have my word that I'll stay the fuck away from the Sexiest Disney Guy poll.

I'm holding out until I see that new movie where he gets the DTs in a hotel room. Sweaty, bloated fun!

Guys "Identity" is awesome.

-- HI DERE, Thursday, June 14, 2007 5:54 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

what are you talking about, it's like the second or third worst movie mentioned on this thread!

I am talking truth in a sea of nonsense, is what I'm talking about!

"Identity" is a lump of crap if I've ever seen one, Dan.

SOMEONE GOT KILLED BY A DRYER IN "IDENTITY"; A++

Runaway Jury at least makes sense in the end. "It was all in his head" should be punishable by law.

"Identity" makes sense in the end, too! It's basically "The Cell" done right.

(At any rate, if you pay attention you figure out what's going on way befire the big reveal.)

It's basically "The Cell" done right.

oh, well in that case, i'll run right out and get it.

i guessed the "twist" of Identity from the trailer.

but i'm gonna stop dissing movies for the time being. my hatorade reserves are low.

Better Off Dead for me, too.

Went for GPB. I fucking love that movie.

I've never gotten the GPB love - is Cusack supposed to be believable as a hitman...?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

It doesnt matter that he isnt! I just find the film really fun and funny. Esp the dialogue between Cusack and his shrink.

I mean it's hardly Heat or some shit.

Grosse Pointe Blank for that scene with Jeremy Piven, when he learns that a classmate's now working at a Pizza Hut: "Mm. Let's not go there."

"Lloyd Dobbler... all right"

the awesomest part of gpb=the part where akroyd is chasing cusack in the cars and cusack starts rambling something about how he can't go through with the whole thing because he is in love and it is a life-changing experience and then it cuts to akroyd saying the exact same line.

one person has mentioned being john malkovitch, ONE FUCKING PERSON. there's either a pernicious backlash at work here or I am a CORNY INDIE FUXX. thing is, the movie is so unrelentingly awesome that i'm perfectly happy to accept the latter.

I wish the hell that the poll poster would actually list ALL the movies. I'd vote for Better Off Dead or for his brief five minutes in Roadside Prophets.

However, The Grifters wins for me.

Hey I love Being John Malkoitch Louis, but sorry, Grosse Point Blank will never ever lose my vote.

Also where is JOAN CUSACK poll k thx

Best line in GPB is by Joan Cusack!

Describing HER high school reunion: "It was as if everyone had suddenly swelled."

I will stick up for "Say Anything..." against a sea of haters but I voted for "Better Off Dead" because it might be the most realistic teen movie of all time. Especially the fact the French girl is obsessed with the LA Dodgers, and the other fact that Cusack wins the ski race against ROY FUCKING STALIN.

That hamburger dancing conjured my teenhood with excellent verisimilitude.

Describing HER high school reunion: "It was as if everyone had suddenly swelled."

Hahaha YES I LOVE THAT LINE. And how she says it too, she has a quirky talk-out-of-one-side-of-mouth thing going on.

ALso, her "ALL RIIIIIIGHT" at the end when she is smashing up the office.

And when John calls her "Sergeant Pepper". God I love that movie.

TAPEHEADS

I love some of Jim Thompson's books, so I have to vote for The Grifters.

cusack on letterman in about five minutes -- WILL YOU BE WATCHING

Ok you want to know that damn truth about why I don't like John Cusack? It's because I have a cat named Dobbler. As in, Lloyd, yes. I did not name this cat, my girlfriend and her hen house named this cat... I had no say. As many times as I explained that this is a girl kitten, they insisted that no, these little tufts of hair clearly indicate a boy. I tried to fight. I tried to say, "You city bitches, I have seen more cat genitalia than you can dream of -- we had tomcats in the barn and kittens squeezed out on the back steps." Nevermind that. It was VERY IMPORTANT to name this cat after a John Cusack character.

So now I have a cat that I cannot rename, that is of course a girl, that is named fucking "Dobbler."

I'm not bitter.

Kenan, once again your logic is peccable.

fuck you, faggot.

am i correct in my belief that cusack and piven are feuding? pretty sure this is a point in cusack's favor if true

Fuck man, I am gonna go home tonight and watch GPB again.

Nice comeback, tumbleweed. You kiss boys in Texas with that mouth?

JOEKS, kids all joeks. Sorry.

But yes.

haha I know! </jaymc>
seriously though stop using the word faggot, what are you, five or in college or something?

but you don't understand... some of my friends are GAY!!!

i'm going to bed

i saw the sure thing recently for the first time in at least 15 years. holds up nicely. i hear cusack IRL is a superdouche.

Dobbler is a fine name for a girl

it actually kind works, yeah. She a great cat, ask anyone who's met her, she's a sweetie. I guess I'm just mad because she's my cat now, and stuck with a name I did not pick.

I wanted name her "Quizno"

so wtf do I know

It reminds me girls named Greer or MacKenzie or some other random (usually) surname. Plus it's a cat so who gives a shit. Surely not the cat.

xpost

That or "Huxtable"

COME ON! These are great unisex pet names.

Plus it's a cat so who gives a shit.

I have grown to understand this.

BUT STILL. HOW CAN YOU NOT SEX A KITTEN?!

true hero

no. I failed. :(

CON AIR YOU FUCKS.

Also, if "Ice Harvest" gets any votes, I will continue to hate on all y'all.

I have seen more cat genitalia than you can dream of

this should be your comeback for every argument

I had to leave the room and collect myself after reading the words "You city bitches, I have seen more cat genitalia than you can dream of."

i'm just going to presume that kenan was planning on naming the kitten princess sparklepants, since he's so hung up on how "dobbler" is not a "girl name"

or he was just going to call it vagina

It's Dobler w/ one B, and you could pretend it's named after Conrad.

Shakey, the GPB hitman thing is a metaphor for a morally indefensible job, like the ones most of us have.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

you're all crazy

maybe kenan's scared that his girl cat's turned all faggot on him

motherfuck a gay cat. ferreal.

As many times as I explained that this is a girl kitten, they insisted that no, these little tufts of hair clearly indicate a boy.

There's a million-dollar movie pitch in this.

"It's Boys Don't Cry meets Say Anything."

Gal-passing-as-guy stands outside with a boom box, studies kickboxing, etc.

Seconded or thirded or whatever on the love for the inexplicably not-included The Sure Thing. I somehow appear to never have seen Say Anything, which seems wrong given my deep love for both teen films and John Cusack. He even made Serendipity nearly not horrible, FFS.

actually, his puppeteer character is the most ILX one.

It's a shame True Colors wasn't in this poll. Spader AND Cusack doing some intense politico screen-sharing (and Spader's actually the good guy).

I didn't read this thread before, but GPB is my favorite too, and I didn't know so many other people agreed. Hooray!

When you're stalked by a Leatherman

I have mild hopes for War Inc.

I had to leave the room and collect myself after reading the words "You city bitches, I have seen more cat genitalia than you can dream of."

-- Alex in Baltimore, Friday, June 15, 2007 11:52 AM (9 months ago) Bookmark Link

^^^ this may happen again today

When did they start illustrating newspaper articles with oil portraits?

I think she has a wicked case of Rosacea.
Among other obvious problems.

just saw new Say Anything DVD -- it's his iconic performance: Essence of Cusack. The "nervous talking thing."

Also forgot the name is DOBB-ler bot DOH-bler.

a sure thing? all my life I never had sure thing.

How many times a pivotal scene in a John Cusack film involve him sitting or standing in the rain at night? I can only think of Say Anything and High Fidelity, but it seems like it happens more often than that.

One of the most iconic ‘80s movie moments by one of the most iconic ’80s movie stars is in 1989’s Say Anything. John Cusack’s Lloyd Dobler, in a last-ditch attempt at wooing the girl of his dreams, hoists a boombox over his head blasting Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes.” Even people who haven’t seen the movie likely know the scene.

In a surprise appearance over the weekend, Cusack made a cameo at the Hollywood Bowl for Peter Gabriel’s concert commemorating the 25th anniversary of his breakout album, So. During the portion of the concert where Gabriel revisited the seminal classic, Cusack handed the boombox to Gabriel who launched into song as he held it over his own head. Say Anything director Cameron Crowe was also in attendance and received a shout-out later in the show.

http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/petergabriel-john-cusack-l.jpg

i bet Cusack still wishes he could've been onstage with Fishbone handing them a boombox before they play "Bonin' In The Boneyard"

still w/ the "radical chic"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3310664/Edward-Snowden-meets-secret-John-Cusack-Arundhati-Roy-Daniel-Ellsberg.html

his performance in love and mercy is amazing. for someone who looks and sounds nothing like brian wilson, he somehow became brian wilson.

haha yes I thought that too, and he didn't even seem to be trying too hard it was just this odd situation where his personal tics matched up with Brian Wilson's with a minimum of tweaking.

idgaf about the rest of the movie tbh

http://68.media.tumblr.com/3943b076f57a91110a4fa537f6f77fea/tumblr_opvf69RkZI1qzeo2zo1_1280.jpg

should I go see JC and maybe chewbacca mom next weekend

I am told John usually leaves his hat and sunglasses on for photo ops

same

so sad! does he have a ton of gambling debts or something? heavy alimony? what the hell?

2010 Shanghai Paul Soames Independent film
2012 The Raven Edgar Allan Poe
2012 The Paperboy Hillary Van Wetter Independent film
2012 The Factory Mike Fletcher Direct-to-video
2013 The Numbers Station Emerson Kent Direct-to-video
2013 The Frozen Ground Robert Hansen Direct-to-video
2013 The Butler Richard Nixon
2013 Grand Piano Clem Independent film
2013 Adult World Rat Billings Direct-to-video
2014 The Bag Man Jack Direct-to-video
2014 Maps to the Stars Stafford Weiss Independent film
2014 Drive Hard Simon Keller Direct-to-video
2014 The Prince Sam Direct-to-video
2014 Love & Mercy Brian Wilson
2014 Reclaim Benjamin Direct-to-video
2015 Dragon Blade Lucius Chinese production
2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Adam Yates Cameo (uncredited); unrated extended cut only[citation needed]
2015 Chi-Raq Fr. Mike Corridan Independent film
2016 Cell Clayton Riddell Direct-to-video
2017 Arsenal Sal Direct-to-video
2017 Blood Money Miller Direct-to-video
2017 Singularity Elias van Dorne Independent film

why couldn't he find some cool HBO show for himself?

this guy is probably one of the few actors who i thought was pretty cool and just did a complete 180 and went to shit

he seems to have some interesting ideas but they don't transfer over to his actual work/characters

i feel like he doesn't have a place in nu-Hollywood. He should do the TV show route or show up in a Marvel movie, i guess those are the remaining two options for any actor now.

he looks like he plays a lot of poker in vegas or something. he's not THAT old.

I loved him as Nixon in The Butler, would happily watch an John-Cusack-as-Nixon mini-series on HBO.

he's great in The Paperboy as well, I think he's best when playing creeps, weirdos and/or perverts

all his photos in recent years he even looks like a poker player. lots of baseball caps. i think maybe he partied vv hard after the Cubs won the Series.

Grand Piano was a fun little genre throwaway

his doppelganger is on irish youtube channel "facts"

(I forgot that the same guy did one of my favorite obscure genre movies of the last couple decades.)

Dylan Moran? xp

I remember I liked Maps to the Stars a lot, I wonder if there will be more or fewer of these Hollywood's-dark-underbelly type films in the post-Weinstein scandal world or if they'll take a different approach

xp

i actually don't even know his name

but it's this fella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBPkPr9izAY

just did a complete 180 and went to shit

There's an old Hollywood maxim that you can only play what you're offered. And when he was a medium-wattage movie star, when it came to producing his own stuff it eventually ended with the very underwhelming War, Inc.

Anyway the guy had a p decent run for 20 years beginning in '85. I didn't like the films that Cronenberg and Spike Lee cast him in, but as long as he's on the radar of guys like that he should be OK for character parts.

Obama describes Lula in his new memoir as "having the scruples of a Tammany Hall boss."

— Benjamin Fogel (@BenjaminFogel) November 18, 2020

Just like a neoliberal - the arrogance is staggering.
What kind of scruples does a man have who authorized a drone assassination policy have ?- u say due process ?
Nah -Just have to use a magic word ‘Terror ‘ & you can have assassination Tuesday’s at White House -

— John Cusack (@johncusack) November 19, 2020