My plans for the evening fell through on me sort of at the last minute, so I found myself unattached and without anything to do. There's a different quality to an evening like that; even if having nothing to do is a regular occurance, when it comes out of the blue you have found time.
I took my found time and had a small John Cusack Marathon. I began with Better Off Dead, moved on to Grosse Pointe Blanc, then High Fidelity and I ended with Say Anything.
I can't remember exactly how long it's been since I'd last watched Say Anything. More than a decade, at least. Long enough that the only thing I remembered was the scene with the boombox. I'd forgotten everything important about the movie. Not that the boombox scene isn't great, isn't powerful, but...
There's a scene in the middle of the movie and Lloyd's shaking, shivering. Diane wraps their blanket around him and asks if he's cold. He says no, so she asks why he's shaking. Lloyd says, "I don't know. I think I'm happy."
Yeah.
I like this movie. I like that it's about two people who are just, right from the beginning, stupid for each other. The girl doesn't spend the movie trying to win the guy over, the guy doesn't compete with some other guy for the girl's affections, they don't suddenly realize, at the end, that they're in love; they're crazy for each other from the start. The movie follows from there.
I'm not really sure how I could've forgotten about Say Anything; just in watching it tonight, it may well be my favorite (non-Better Off Dead, obviously) John Cusack movie. I just wish it didn't end with that stupid "ding."