{"id":13249,"date":"2012-03-09T14:13:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T14:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=13249"},"modified":"2012-02-20T02:10:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T02:10:06","slug":"john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cusack: The Best and Worst of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2012\/03\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of.html\/john-cusack-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13253\" title=\"John Cusack\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/John-Cusack-550x389.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/John-Cusack-550x389.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/John-Cusack-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/John-Cusack.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Cusack. He\u2019s a funny creature isn\u2019t he?\u00a0He began his trade as a quirky guy with a pretty, almost feminine face and an uncanny way of speaking, shared with his sister Joan. (I love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=biVhjChbSzU\">when they team up<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s dropped the speech variables for the most part and been content with his likeability as an everyman. And it works for me.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Check out his five best films here, and then his five worst below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Pushing Tin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2012\/03\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of.html\/pushing-tin\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13254\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13254\" title=\"Pushing Tin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pushing-Tin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pushing-Tin.jpg 536w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pushing-Tin-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pushing Tin doesn\u2019t always get the love that I feel for it.\u00a0This is how I see it:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It\u2019s got air traffic controllers. That\u2019s cool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It\u2019s got John Cusack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It\u2019s got Billy Bob Thornton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It\u2019s got Angelina Jolie\u2019s nipples. (Admittedly, I first saw it at quite a transitional time in my life\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>Ok, maybe not my proudest moment in film criticism, but I actually do like the film. Cusack\u2019s dangerously edgy demeanour fits with the job description and is perfectly offset by Thornton\u2019s statue fa\u00e7ade. And Jolie is a fine fit for Thornton\u2019s wife (his then-wife in real life) to complete the love triangle.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the characters (or actors) are too off-kilter and edgy for some people\u2019s liking, but I think it\u2019s a nice piece about things getting the better of you in a stress-filled world.\u00a0And, if all else fails, he gets to sleep with Angelina Jolie. Good for you, man, good for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Hot Tub Time Machine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2012\/03\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of.html\/hot-tub-time-machine\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13257\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13257\" title=\"Hot Tub Time Machine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hot-Tub-Time-Machine-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hot-Tub-Time-Machine-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hot-Tub-Time-Machine-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hot-Tub-Time-Machine.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did not expect to see Cusack in a film like this. His comedies are rarely buddy comedies, he\u2019s usually our guy to follow. But in this case we see him team with three friends &#8211; borderline delinquents in their own way &#8211; and discover time travel through a hot tub. The title wasn\u2019t lying.<\/p>\n<p>Cusack is once again the normal, loveable guy who is called on to hold his manic posse together.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gvZ-YnuNkDM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Being John Malkovich<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2012\/03\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of.html\/being-john-malkovich\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13258\" title=\"Being John Malkovich\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Being-John-Malkovich-550x349.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Being-John-Malkovich-550x349.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Being-John-Malkovich-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Being-John-Malkovich.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me started on the writings of Charlie Kaufman, as we could be here forever. Instead let\u2019s focus on the performance of John Cusack in his 1999 mind-bender, or mind-enterer if you will, Being John Malkovich.<\/p>\n<p>Cusack fits the bill of puppeteer Craig so perfectly; the stooped, emasculated person that seeks credibility and love so much that he is desperate to enter another man\u2019s mind to find it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oMx6C31dCeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cusack is the perfectly cast nervous wreck that desperately wants to be (or be with) anyone his polar opposite. It\u2019s funny, charming, well-written, well-acted. It\u2019s Charlie Kaufman handled by Spike Jonze.\u00a0What could be better?<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. High Fidelity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2012\/03\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of.html\/high-fidelity\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13259\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13259\" title=\"High Fidelity\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/High-Fidelity-550x363.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/High-Fidelity-550x363.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/High-Fidelity-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/High-Fidelity.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>High Fidelity isn\u2019t number one!? What the hell?\u00a0Well, no it\u2019s not my number one, but it\u2019s a wonderful film. Adapted from the Nick Hornby book, High Fidelity is a great introduction into rock snobbery, into second-guessing lost love, and a love letter to the city of Chicago, in particular the Wicker Park area.<\/p>\n<p>Just look at the skyline here. It could only be Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i8q5wiMYojo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Most people will remember the film for breaking Jack Black into the everyday hemisphere, and it\u2019s a great turn from him too, but it\u2019s Cusack\u2019s Rob Gordon that keeps us coming back.<\/p>\n<p>The (Compulsory) List Of Top Five Things I Love About High Fidelity:<\/p>\n<p>5. Let\u2019s face it, we all consider what could have been, but few of us have the guts to actually confront those ex-girlfriends\/ boyfriends\/ other friends\u2026<\/p>\n<p>4. The music.<\/p>\n<p>3. <a title=\"Top 5 Jack Black Movies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2011\/12\/top-5-jack-black-movies.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Black<\/a>. His best ever role?<\/p>\n<p>2. All of the lists. (I use a lot of lists. List Tip #1: Start every list with \u201cMake a List\u201d, that way you\u2019re always off to a good start.)<\/p>\n<p>1. Rob Gordon. A loveable Chicago guy. He\u2019s always meaning well if not always succeeding. Quite eloquent, tasteful, a forgivable level of pretentious, and a normal guy. I\u2019d hang with him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Grosse Point Blank<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2012\/03\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of.html\/grosse-point-blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13260\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13260\" title=\"Grosse Point Blank\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Grosse-Point-Blank-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Grosse-Point-Blank-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Grosse-Point-Blank-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Grosse-Point-Blank.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This film really is a barrel of laughs. A nice character piece, a nice plot line, and superbly cast. It\u2019s clearly a love story that happens to feature an assassin, and not an assassin that happens to be in love &#8211; which I would have preferred. But once we get past the fact that Cusack looks nothing like a professional killer &#8211; let\u2019s not even get into how unlike a mercenary Dan Aykroyd looks &#8211; we settle into the story and it\u2019s thoroughly enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>The two genuinely spark off each other and the dialogue is smart and cutting enough to make Tarantino jealous.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-4GDodf5eT0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The main thrills come from the chemistry between Cusack and Minnie Driver. There are two wonderful scenes, first in a radio booth being transmitted live and a second in Minnie\u2019s bedroom, and they capture the strange rhythms that Cusack masters, and Driver\u2019s not too far behind. Glib and coming thick and fast, it\u2019s a memorable relationship, managing to avoid the many clich\u00e9s that could have come along.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-N3-AVJNueY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A truly great film. Just look at the cast list: Cusack and Driver; Alan Arkin as a shrink; Dan Ackroyd as Cusack\u2019s rival killer; Jeremy Piven as his old friend; Hank Azaria as an NSA agent; and all are on top form. Brilliant all around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now for the Five Worst Films to Feature John Cusack:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stop it, John!<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. America\u2019s Sweethearts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2012\/03\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of.html\/americas-sweethearts\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13263\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13263\" title=\"America's Sweethearts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Americas-Sweethearts-550x376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Americas-Sweethearts-550x376.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Americas-Sweethearts-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Americas-Sweethearts.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cusack pairs up with Catherine Zeta-Jones in this lacklustre and utterly forgettable romcom. Although co-written by Crystal and with an impressive and a long list of impressive cast members &#8211; Alan Arkin and Seth Green are ninth and tenth in the cast list, while Rainn Wilson makes an appearance in thirteenth place &#8211; the film is dull and flat. Unsympathetic characters, lack of humour, and just an out and out bad decision for Cusack.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tsImmQmPGGc<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I get it. She means penis. Ha, ha, ha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. The Jack Bull<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2012\/03\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of.html\/the-jack-bull\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13264\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13264\" title=\"The Jack Bull\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/The-Jack-Bull-550x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/The-Jack-Bull-550x390.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/The-Jack-Bull-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/The-Jack-Bull.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the casting of a film is all that is needed to make or break it. When you think of a man named Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader with principles that never quit; a man whose word is his honour and it is never broken; a man who treats his Native American peasants as equals and passes on life-learned wisdom to his loving son; when we think of this man we definitely do not think of John Cusack.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, it was so in the straight-to-TV The Jack Bull. A weak film, but all the weaker since it had Cusack in the lead role. A shocking choice for Cusack and the good people over at HBO (talk about a tarnished record\u2026)<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/edkVWAOZZbY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hey, it\u2019s that Doctor from Scrubs too!<\/p>\n<p>What could have been a wholly likeable film about an underdog who must get justice against all odds is instead a weak and unbelievable film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. 1408<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2012\/03\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of.html\/1408-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13265\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13265\" title=\"1408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/1408-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/1408-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/1408-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/1408.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Usually Stephen King has some great adapted films. Kubrick\u2019s The Shining was a masterpiece of suspense.\u00a0The Shawshank Redemption is one of the most-loved films of all time. The Green Mile was great. The Mist was bleak but surprisingly great. And what about Stand By Me? Carrie? Misery? Just brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>But unfortunately there\u2019s also been Hearts of Atlantis and there\u2019s been Apt Pupil.\u00a0And, in the latter group of dud adaptations sit\u2019s the horrid hotel thriller, 1408.<\/p>\n<p>Cusack and Samuel L. (whose career just keeps plummeting\u2026) can\u2019t save the idea of a room that can melt your mind. The potential is pretty high from the beginning, but everything unravels out of control and there\u2019s no boundaries for the director. There needs to be more than just a weird room.<\/p>\n<p>His mint has disappeared? Spooky\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZZkuJhnH3M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Take that, minibar!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2012\/03\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of.html\/2012-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13266\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13266\" title=\"2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012-550x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012-550x394.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t like Roland Emmerich. I don\u2019t like Roland Emmerich at all. His films are all the same;\u00a0repetitive disaster films that fall down in the character department while trying to make up for it with special effects; Just follow the guy who stands in the middle and talks the most.<\/p>\n<p>Cusack has no character. He\u2019s just a guy with kids in a plane talking to Woody Harrelson in costumes. It\u2019s shockingly awful.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NzMHl4EZw-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Serendipity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2012\/03\/john-cusack-the-best-and-worst-of.html\/serendipity\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13267\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13267\" title=\"Serendipity\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Serendipity-550x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Serendipity-550x356.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Serendipity-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Serendipity.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, John, what were you thinking?\u00a0Many men fall into the trap of wanting to be seen as desirable to women. It happens. We all want screaming teenaged girls, John, but what you don\u2019t understand is that you had the female fans without STOOPING TO THE LEVEL OF SERENDIPITY!<\/p>\n<p>Ahem, apologies.<\/p>\n<p>This is sorry, soppy nonsense and Cusack is better than it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill fate bring us together?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s love, should we let it leave and see if it returns?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think that true love is writing your name in a book and hoping that it\u2019ll returned by your soul-mate?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, yes, apparently.\u00a0Pure drivel.\u00a0Christ, that wasn\u2019t easy. You might want to scroll back up to the top\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t hold it against him though, he\u2019s our everyman who keeps us seeing ourselves in the movies. Who else are we going to relate to? Brad Pitt? Unlikely\u2026<\/p>\n<p>No, I think it\u2019s time to watch some more High Fidelity clips.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yVv5sIY57TA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By Conor O&#8217;Hagen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Cusack. He\u2019s a funny creature isn\u2019t he?\u00a0He began his trade as a quirky guy with a pretty, almost feminine face and an uncanny way of speaking, shared with his sister Joan. (I love when they team up.) 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