I know that this is, traditionally, Bossy's turf.  I will try to do this topic justice.



We need to talk about John Cusack.  Specifically, the movie High Fidelity.  Which might be one of my favorite 5 movies of all time.  Get it? Top 5?  If not, see the movie.

It was on cable the other night. 

My list:

Who the hell is the woman who played Laura?  Has she ever been in anything else?  Her accent is weird, but she's good.  She should be punished for those bangs.  Bad bangs!

Jack Black's finest work.  Prototypical.  Everything else he's ever done, including School of Rock, is derived from this character.  

John Cusack is adorable.

Don't you get the sense that Catherine Zeta-Jones IS the character she plays.  All about herself?  Vain?  Insipid?  Self-impressed?

I love Dick.  Dick is fantastic.  I can't get enough of Dick.

John Cusack is adorable.

Joan Cusack makes me wish that I were a Cusack so I could have dinner with her and John.

The Top 5 thing is so appealing.  How I love a good list.  Almost as much as I love Dick.

The song at the end, Stevie Wonder's "I Believe" is amazing and sweet and romantic.

The entire soundtrack makes me wish I listened to more music.

Laugh out loud funny.  Especially when Dick slams Ray in the face with a telephone.

John Cusack is adorable. 

Universal Truth:  Love isn't always fireworks.  Real Love is the love about which you can say, "It's just good."



Top 5 movies starring John Cusack:

High Fidelity:  "Songs at my funeral: "Many Rivers to Cross" by Jimmy Cliff, "Angel" by Aretha Franklin, and I've always had this fantasy that some beautiful, tearful woman would insist on "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" by Gladys Knight. But who would that woman be?" Rob Gordon


Say Anything (How I loathe that Ione Skye and her weird underbite):  "I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that."  Lloyd Dobler

Grosse Pointe Blank:  "I was sitting there alone on prom night, in a goddamn rented tuxedo, and my whole life flashed before my eyes. And I realized finally, and for the first time, that I wanted to kill somebody. So I figured since I loved you so much, it'd be a good idea if I didn't see you anymore. " Marty Blank

Being John Malkovich:  "I've fallen in love, and this is what people who've fallen in love look like."  Craig Schwartz

Runaway Jury - AND Rachel Weisz AND Jeremy Piven AND Gene Hackman

Bonus:  The Sure Thing
Second Bonus:  The Grifters