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Summary: What became of Loyd Dobler?...
Review: I'm just imagining he must be about my age by now. This movie came out when I had just graduated from high school. I just watched it again and suddenly remembered why I loved it so much back then. All those burning post-grad 17 year old questions of "what am I going to become???" get addressed in Say Anything and it's as if post adolescent angst has voice!! Yeah!! To quote Loyd when he is asked by Diane's astute father what he plans on doing with his life "I don't really know what I want to do with my life right now sir, I'm just kinda hangin' out with your daughter"Blame it on the great acting and onscreen chemistry. Blame it on the awesome acting abilities of John Cusack and the directing/writing by Cameron Crowe. Hey, blame is on the rain! Seattle is always a good location for movies. Get out and see this film again. Put all the other teen movies in the recycle bin where they belong. Guys you will recognize yourselves and girls you will fall in love with Loyd and like me will ask...where is Loyd Dobler anyway?
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Summary: BEST TEEN MOVIE EVER MADE!
Review: I fell in love with john cusack after watching this movie years ago and still haven't lost my crush on him. John Cusack plays Loyd, a kickboxing optimist who wants to win the heart of high school valedictorian, Diane Court (Ione Sky). But he surprises everyone, including himself, when he actually succeeds! But Diane's over-bearing and posessive father doesn't approve of their relationship and does what he has to do to break them apart- all while being investigated by the IRS. Made in 1989 it has definitely lived up to the test of time as the best teen movie ever made - American Pie, Clueless, and Fast Times at Ridgemont have nothing on this movie! Watch it!
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Summary: Say Anything...
Review: I just bought this movie on DVD, and I was totally swept away. I hadn't seen this movie in years, but now, I intend to watch it often. Something about the story just leaves me with feelings of hope for happy endings. Also, I've met a few guys like Lloyd. They're great people...not always the best leaders, but they have the best hearts. The world would be better off with more guys like him. When it came down to it, he did have a direction after all.
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Summary: The ULTIMATE John Cusack movie
Review: Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) wants to get hurt...at least that's what he declares to his girlfriends (friends that are girls, you know). He met this really smart, brainy girl at the mall and he wants to ask her out. Everyone tells him it won't work between him and her since they are so different: she is beautiful, genius matierial, and rich...he is awkward with the ladies, doesn't like school, and poor. Yet, he asks her out anyway. The surprising (or not so suprising thing since its Johnny) is that she agrees to go to a party with him. That's when the magic starts. After he pushes the glass out of the way for her at the 711, her heart is gone. The only problem between the match is her mentally deranged, over protective father who treats her more like his possesion than his daughter. He doesn't want a boy, especially Lloyd influencing his daughter. He thinks Lloyd will bring her down, keep her from being "all she can be." Poor Diane Court must choose between satisfying and helping her father who's in trouble with IRS or being Lloyd's girlfriend. There are many twists in this story, and the more you get to know all the characters the more they change for better or for worse in your eyes. The cast is incredible in this film... Jim Court is played by John Mahoney (the dad off of Fraiser) and he does an excellent job of slowing breaking down throughout the film...a very calculated performance. Joan Cusack plays John's sister (big stretch, I know;) and is amazing as always. She's funny, supportive and their onscreen chemistry is always a delight in all the movies they are in together...the first of their eight films together. Lili Taylor (John's friend for a longtime in real life) plays Lloyd's good friend Corey Flood, a musician who plays angry songs about her ex, Joe and is the eptitome of a cool chick. The only thing I couldn't understand about this movie was why Lloyd didn't hook up with Corey...she's way cooler than Diane Court, and she was already his friend for a long time. Oh well...Ione Skye did well as Diane Court, pretty without being distractingly pretty (I think she kind of looks like me, but I could be wrong) She makes you care about her and the main thing is her performance remains real, not a soap opera dramatic performance as seen in so many teen movies of today. And John Cusack as Lloyd Dobler...what can I say. His optimistic outlook on the character was the spirit of the film. The brave thing about Lloyd is not that he's optimistic...its that he chooses to be so conciously since his life is anything but perfect. A perfect example of this attitude is seen in this quote from the movie:
Lloyd: Why can't you be in a good mood? How hard is it to decide to be in a good mood and be in a good mood once in a while?" Plus, could the boombox scene when he tries to win back Diane be any more romantic or touching? *sigh* I still get butterflies everytime I hear "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check the movie out already! The absolute best John Cusack movie ever...period. The first time I viewed this movie, I ran a gaunlet of emotions....laughter, crying, and sighing were the norm throughout the viewing of this film. If you haven't seen this film yet, don't rent it...buy it on DVD. Trust me, its worth it. John and his leading lady Ione Skye and Cameron Crowe, the director (You know, the director of Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire?) all give excellent commentary that is almost as entertaining as the film. And you all have to admit, you wish your boyfriends could be like Lloyd Dobler, come on....he is THE perfect boyfriend and no real men stand a chance against his charm and senstivity.
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Summary: Cameron Crowe's First!
Review: This DVD is among the cheapest (price-wise) that you will find. Unlike those other low cost DVD's, you actually get special features. This DVD has a great commentary track by Cameron Crowe, and was released in it's original theatrical format. (widescreen) The "Say Anything" DVD has 10 deleted scenes, 13 extended scenes & 5 alternate scenes. It also has a 5.1 dolby surround track and subtitles in English and Spanish. A high quality Special Edition DVD for under 10.00 ... Way to go Mr. Crowe and 20th Century Fox. Now we're all waiting for A "Singles" Special Edition... Color, 1989, Approximately 100 minutes in length.
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Summary: A chick flick that guys can enjoy
Review: I usually detest "chick flicks" and all of their ilk. Ergo, I waited 14 years before watching "Say Anything...", Cameron Crowe's 1989 directorial debut. I finally gave in after seeing part of it while staying at a hotel while traveling, and fell in love with this movie. I can now see why people call it a classic. I won't regurgitate the plot, I think you can figure it out for yourself. It's the classic "boy meets girl" sort of love story, except that the dialogue and situations are much more realistic than you find in most love stories produced by the Hollywood movie machine. You really feel the yearning need that Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack, in a brilliant performance) and Diane Court (Ione Skye) have for each other. The chemistry between these two actors is so great that you yearn yourself for these two to get together and live happily ever after. This is no small trick to pull on a cynical moviegoer such as myself. The DVD extras are fairly standard. The deleted and extended scenes only prove how wise the editors were for cutting those scenes in the first place. The featurette is helpful, but not necessary, and the commentary by Crowe, Cusack, and Skye is one big (moderately informative) love fest. It was interesting to learn that Cusack and Skye probably would have hooked up, if either was single in real life at the time of filming, and to watch the famous scene where Lloyd serenades Diane with "In Your Eyes" playing on his boom box with the original music (some sort of dancehall reggae stuff). Anyway, "Say Anything..." is a true classic, and couples should definitely make this a date movie. The only danger will be if women start pestering their boyfriends to act more like Lloyd Dobler (aka: The Sweetest Boyfriend on the Face of the Planet)!
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Summary: Wondefully beautiful!!!
Review: I finally got the chance to see Say Anything, Cameron Crowe's witty and funny teen comedy. It was obviously made during a time when teen comedies were about more than raunchy jokes and sex-related dialogue--it was about the romance, and the romance here is beautiful and poetic. John Cusack plays Lloyd Dobler with such heart wrenching passion, it is difficult not to fall in love with him. The chemistry between Ione Skye and John Cusack is unmistakable and so genuine that it can't be ignored. Cameron Crowe has excelled himself in capturing the feelings and moments that you can so easily identify with to make them just right, and seem so natural. This is a wonderfully written film-- with equally terrific acting--to remind us all of falling in love for the first time without all the hurt, mistrust and disbelief in oneself. There is something old-fashioned and sweet about Say Anything. I think anybody could identify with the conflicts in it: first love, not fitting in, not knowing what to do with your life, etc. The subplot of Diane's dad's white collar crime also gives the film a good meaningful texture and adds complexity to characters who might seem stereotypical. I recommend this film!!!
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Summary: So romantic!
Review: I have adored this movie for a long time now, I was so excited when it came out on DVD. This is the story about Lloyd Dobbler (John Cusack) falling for brainy valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye). The chemistry between the two of them is fantastic, and Lloyd is just such an amazing character. My favorite scene is the cover scene, where Lloyd is broken hearted after Diane dumps him and stands outside her window playing "In Your Eyes" on his boom box. Whenever I hear it on the radio it reminds me of this movie.
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Summary: Not Bad, but Terrible Ending
Review: Altogether, I thought that this was an enjoyable movie. However, I must say that the ending was very disappointing for me. I love romantic comedies as much as the next girl, but at the end I was left thinking "come on!" Of course, the guy gets the girl (big surprise), but you're left thinking that in a few years a breakup is inevitable as they grow and mature into adults. Maybe that's the point.
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Summary: John Cusack's Best Movie
Review: There is a lot that I would like to say about this film. First, this movie is one step above and beyond other really good 80's films like The Breakfast Club, and Sixteen Candles and the others like it that were produced by John Hughes. In those films, the teenagers were the stars of the movie, and were given a depth to their characters that was greater than movies like "Rebel Without A Cause" and "Blackboard Jungle". As I get older, the one thing I see that Cameron Crowe really did an excellent job of doing in this movie was capturing the feelings that teenagers have before, during and after the period of their high school graduation. It is a feeling of intense anxiety. A feeling that at any moment, the roof could collapse and the walls could cave in at any moment. It doesn't matter if you are the class valedictorian with a plan, or if you just don't know what you want to do next after this period in your life. This anxiety is something that all teenagers experience at this time in their lives. It is a period of abrupt change, and of leaving the creature comforts of home behind. It is also a period that most adults completely and totally forget about, but it is evident in this film that Cameron Crowe remembers what it was like to be at this age. The movie is a boy meets girl film, but it is done so well that it does not seem like that kind of film. Lloyd Dobler, played by John Cusack, is not typical of most teenage boys, but he is not portrayed as a geek, a nerd or as just plain antisocial. John Cusack's performance of Lloyd in this film seems like he is just being himself in this movie, which is why he is so good. Diane Court, played by Ione Skye, is the class valedictorian, who says in her graduation speech, "When I look at the future, I am really . . . scared." We realize that she is not without feelings, and most of those are typical of someone just graduating from high school. To Diane, success is really scary. It means that because she won a fellowship to study overseas, she'll have to fly on a plane to England, and she is afraid of flying. It means that she will have to leave her father, who is in trouble with the IRS, and may be sent to prison. Her stable environment is undergoing a very quick and abrupt change, and it is Lloyd, who at that time reassures her. One time when they go out, he tells her, "Don't worry about it, we're just having coffee." The DVD is an excellent presentation of this movie. I liked that the director's commentary, featuring Cameron Crow, John Cusack and Ione Skye has about a 20 minute slide show of pictures from the movie before the movie begins, with Cameron Crowe talking about why he made this movie, and what he did to get started to put the movie together, and so on. There are also deleted scenes and expanded scenes that were cut or edited from the film. These scenes were really not meant to be a part of the movie. There is a deleted scene where a middle aged teacher from the high school tries to hit on Diane Court at the graduation party. This deleted scene looked more like it belonged in Fast Times At Ridgemont High, which Cameron Crowe wrote. However, the deleted scenes do show how a movie like this is made, by showing how many different ideas are written, how dialogue is written, and then how the best ideas are kept, and the dialogue is shortened to quicken the pace. If this movie has one message it is this: When Lloyd is invited to dinner one night by Diane's father, and all the adults are asking Lloyd what he plans to do after graduation, Lloyd finally responds by saying to Diane's father, "I'm not going to figure it all out tonight sir. I'd just like to hang with your daughter."
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