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Summary: Those were the days....
Review: Watching this movie reminds me of my days of innocence. Two high school grads embarking on different paths fell for each other. It worked on 1. Cameron Crowe's intelligent scrip, and 2. the terrific casting of Cusack (both brother and sister), Skye, Mahoney, and Taylor.Mr. Cusack's Dobler is hands down one of his most memorable characters. He WILL forever be remembered as Dobler. I bet most guys can relate to his character's inner and outer workings of pursuing the love interest. Miss Skye was perfect for being a beauty but not too perfect physically to seem too unreal. If there ever was an intriguing father-daughter encounter, you'd find it in this movie when Miss Skye told her dad (Mr. Mahoney) about her first sexual encounter. Just one question to Mr. Crowe: how would you envision the transformation of Lloyd and Diane's relationship, as they grow older in age and more developed in personality? How the genuine love between these two withstands the test of time and changing environment/mindset? It'd take a certain maturity from Diane to support and respect a 'slacker' like Lloyd who doesn't 'fit in' her path. It'd take a great deal of courage for Lloyd to pursue what he believes (in kickboxing) and in the same time accepts Diane's intelligence and possible career success without loosing his own self-esteem. Makes you think, huh.......................
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Summary: Wonderful love story
Review: This movie is for all ages about two very differnt high school students who meet and fall in love for the first time. With lots of colorful characters mixed into the storyline, and one controlling father, this story will tug at your heart strings. With the new DVD out, a new generation can enjoy the movie. The features are outstanding! There are deleted, extended, and alternate scenes for the true Say Anything fan and plenty of trailers and tv spots to choose from. But most enjoyable was the reunion of Cameron Crowe, John Cusack, and Ione Skye, together again for the first time to record the voice over for the commentary of the movie. I would recommend this movie, just for the boom box scene alone....it's a classic!
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Summary: I would give it 6 stars if I could...
Review: What can you say about "Say Anything..."? It's a movie about honesty and guts and the fact that flawed people are still valuable and genuine. It's one of the sweetest movies ever made. John Cusak inhabits his role so completely that he will ever after be remembered as Lloyd Dobbler. I can't count how many times I have watched this and it never grows old for me.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This DVD is worth it just for the Commentary alone!On the commentary setting Cameron Crowe,Ione Skye and John Cusack give really great commentary through-out the entire movie.If you like this movie and it's characters ,you will LOVE them after you know the inner workings of the script and how it evolved into this classic film.Buy it!:-)
p.s. the deleted scene section is a great addition also!
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Summary: Great DVD of a great movie!
Review: For all those fans of Say Anything... whose cassette copies are showing wear like mine, your wait is over for the DVD. The wait was worth it: alternate scenes, deleted scenes, extended scenes, excellent commentary with Crowe, Skye and Cusack. Plus, its the first time you will have seen it in all its widescreen glory since it came out. It was awesome, all kinds of cool information that I have never heard before about the movie came out in the commentary. Must buy for any Cusack/Crowe/Mahoney/Skye fan.
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Summary: Crowe's Directorial Debut
Review: Cameron Crowe had written two screenplays, the brilliant Fast Times At Ridgemont High and the uneven, but enjoyable The Wild Life, but Say Anything marked his debut behind the camera. The movie centers around the unlikely relationship between the brainy, but beautiful Diane (Ione Skye) and the goofy, but loyal Lloyd (John Cusack). Diane is a brain who has gotten a scholarship to attend school in England, while Lloyd is entering the sport of the future, kickboxing. Diane lives a sheltered life, spending most of her time with her father (a pre-Fraiser John Mahoney) and Lloyd is her chance to experience life outside the bubble. Of course Mr. Court disapproves of their relationship, but he has bigger problems awaiting. Ms. Skye and Mr. Cusack are absolutely terrific together and their is real chemistry between them. Mr. Cusack in particular shines in the film. He is extremely funny , but shows a real human side. You really feel for him when Diane breaks off the relationship with him. Mr. Crowe, as usual, has written a sharp, witty and inciteful script and he uses music to perfection. Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" perfectly captures the films signature moment when Lloyd stands heartbroken outside Mr. Court's nursing home with a boom box blaring the song to Diane inside. On the surface, Say Anything looks to be another 80's teen movie, but dig a little deeper and you'll find one of the better crafted films of the decade.
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Summary: Say Anything....
Review: Few weeks ago, i had this strange attack of the 80's. If you're one of those people went through high school and college through mid-late 80's you know what i mean. Well, on that whim, i bought a bunch of DVD's that day. i usually only buy "keeper's" on DVD, something i can watch over and over. Some of the movies i hadn't seen in over a decade, but they were equally good now, bringing the pleasant memories of the careless days. Except for Say Anything. All the other movies i bought that day ended up being great choices - ...i don't really know why this movie would be in top 50. Though a decent flick of teenage love, not deserving to be that high on the top selling list. Oh well, i bought one, i guess i'm guilty for it being that high...
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Summary: A Great Movie
Review: This unheralded 1989 teenage romance did little business at the box office, but is now seen in retrospect as one of the eighties' best films. The key is John Cusack's pitch perfect performance as Lloyd Dobler, a teenager who falls in love in the summer after senior year in high school and doesn't know what he wants to do with his life except take care of Diane, the wonderful young woman he's fallen in love with. But the rest of the cast is equally up to the task, with Ione Skye, Lili Taylor, John Mahoney, Joan Cusack and the young Glenn Walker Harris Jr. all contributing to a movie filled with great characters and great moments. Cameron Crowe's script is full of unforgettable dialogue, and the soundtrack is equally memorable. The DVD edition finally gives this movie the fine treatment it deserves. The laserdisc edition, which I have watched repeatedly over the last decade, is easily surpassed by a wide margin.
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Summary: FABULOUS COMMENTARY TRACK WORTH THE PRICE
Review: What makes this charming romantic "dramady" worth seeing again is the wonderful commentary track with Crowe and stars John Cusack and Ione Skye, who had not seen each other in the intervening 12 years since completing the movie. Youthful desire fully realized in a timeless tale of blind love rewarded.
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Summary: Lloyd Dobler: will you marry me?
Review: Okay, I'm a married woman, but boy when I was a teen, this movie sure made me want to love someone like Cusack's unlikely romantic lead. He is odd, he is awkward, he drives a big clunky car. All of those things girls are conditioned to think of as "cool" Lloyd is not. Ione Skye as the woman I wanted to be is luminous-- she literally seems to glow. And what does he love about her? How Smart She Is!! If you didn't see this movie already, see it. Share it with the teens in your life who have missed it. It is definitly a bit of an 80's movie, but it's not *just* that.
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