I just watched Grosee Point Blank and I think I might throwit up there along with some of my favorite movies ever for a few reasons.
#1- John Cusack is a badA. I love him. Also Joan Cusack is in this too and I always love it when they do movies together. It just warms my heart.
#2- It was a romantic comedy, sure, but it managed to not be a chick flick because there was a lot of shooting, blood, and explosions. In the last scene when my pal John was professing his love and determination to be better to Minne Driver (a scene that I typically hate in all romantic movies) he would take breaks and go shoot people. It made the conversationa little disjointed, but very enjoyable.
#3- The Violent Femmes, The Pixies and The Specials are all on the soundtrack. Thank goodness for ninties movies.
#4- Dan Aykroyd. Enough said.
Because there was a bit of swearing, it was rated R, but a couple weeks ago I watched Watchmen and it was also rated R, only there was much more swearing, much more graphic violence, and a highly uncomfortable sex, nay, intercourse, scene. Not to mention a nude blue man and his junk. There was no sex or nidity or even graphic anythng in Grosse Point Blank. I guess all rated R movies are not created equal.
I love Grosse Point Blank! It's one of the few movies I enjoy watching again and again. I was sad when we got rid of our VHS player and videos only because I now no longer own a copy of GPB. Or Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And Now for Something Completely Different.
ReplyDeleteHave you watched other Cusack films like High Fidelity (with Jack Black)?
Last night I watched To Have and Have Not, the classic with Bogart and Bacall. Love that movie too, but for entirely different reasons.
ReplyDeleteWhile you're here in Utah, you need to watch a copy of Reuben and Ed. It has Crispin Glover in it, and it it beyond bizarre. It has the single grossest, most cringe-inducing scene I have ever experienced. You've got to see it.
Pushing Tin is another Cusack film. It's on hulu now.
ReplyDeleteBut does it get better than Better Off Dead?
Nothing is beter than Better Off Dead.
ReplyDeleteRachel, I'm glad you live in Provo and that we are friends!