John Cusack, yes please!!

Source: Googled it.

Honestly, tell me. Who out there likes John Cusack? I do. Not in a creepy stalker way, I just love his acting. I mean, he may not be good at versatile roles, and everyone still sees him in the cheesy 80 movies light. I for one like it. Now, I know what you are thinking...Izzie...why are you going on about John Cusack, of all people?

Lucky for you, reader, I have the answer! Tonight, while staying up beyond what is normal for any human, I had the joy of re-watching Sixteen Candles. Now, I'll admit...I honestly didn't know John Cusack was in this movie, so I googled to make sure. My first thought was...really? How could I miss that?! In my research I found it was his second movie ever. (Via: IMDB) I found myself trying to spot him through the whole movie. I mean, he couldn't have more than five lines through the whole thing. But somehow, he became a star.

He ended up making some major hits, even though most are widely unappreciated. Sure, most of his masterpieces have come to us more recently, but let's face it. Besides Molly Ringwald, he was the face of the eighties. I mean, if I had been, ya know, born before 1975, I probably would have had a huge crush on him. In fact when I was growing up and watching Sixteen Candles with my mom, I thought he was the cutest guy in the movie. I didn't know who he was. I always dubbed him as one of the 'dudes.' So, you can imagine my epiphany of sorts when I actually recognized him now. (ZOMG!! Holy crap!! John Cusack? No way!! >Google<)

The first movie he scored a major role in was Better Off Dead, which happens to be one of my favorite movies. Once again, when I was watching it, I didn't know who John Cusack was. But, I realized, I really liked the movie I was watching. It was endlessly funny, and I loved the romance that transpired between him and Monique. It was a really cheesy 80's movie, but I loved it. He was like the original romantic comedy leading man. I don't really know the point of this blog, but I do know one thing, John Cusack is literally amazing. I was trying to find  couple scenes form his best movies, but the only thing I can find (and like) is this, and when I'm done I'll add maybe a couple more. It's kind of a tribute to his best movie ever. Better off Dead. 

Crappy quality, but still pretty cool. Of course, after this he moved on to bigger, and better things. Like Say Anything. Personally, I think Better Off Dead was still better, but hey. And, I'm no expert on him, so I haven't seen every movie he's made. He was also in America's Sweethearts, co-starring with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts, and Billy Crystal. very good, funny movie. Must Love Dogs, and one of my favorites 1408. A lot of people said they didn't like it, but I thought he was wonderful. To me, to act as if you are seeing what he was seeing...it was just awesome. You have to have real skill to make an audience feel the fear on your face when you aren't really scared at all. So, with that, I think I'll leave this up to discussion. What does everyone think about Mr. Cusack? Good? Bad? You know my opinion, time to share yours.