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Cameron Crowe's Masterpiece
I don't know if it's just me, but writer/director Cameron Crowe always seems to hit the mark. Whether it be his first effort at writing a Script (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), his second directorial effort (Singles), and the absolutely fabulous Jerry Maguire and this year's sure fire Best Picture, Almost Famous.

Unlike most films, which begin with a screenplay, producer, James L. Brooks asked Cameron Crowe to write the story in prose first. The result was a 90-page novella that became the outline for the film, and from which Crowe wrote the final screenplay.

This movie stars John Cusack (who must have been about 19) as Lloyd Dobler, an eternal optimist who seeks to capture the heart of Diane Court (Ione Skye). He surprises just about everyone-including himself-when she returns the sentiment. But Diane's over possessive, divorced Dad (John Mahoney) doesn't approve and it's going to take more than just the power of love to conquer all.

This is my favourite movie by Cameron Crowe. As with all his movies, the dialogue is true to life and flows. Every aspect of this film borders on unbelievable brilliance. John Cusack is terrific as Lloyd Dobler, the sweetest guy in the whole world. He's one of those guys that girls would love to have, but one of those guys that guys would love to be. The situations are true to life situations teens would absolutely be put in (I love watching Lloyd make his first phone call to Diane -- it reminded me of me) Ione Skye is also great as the object of Lloyd's affection torn between her love for her father and her love for Lloyd.

Besides being Cameron Crowe's best film, this movie also sports the greatest love scene of all time (I won't ruin it for those who haven't seen it), and can give inspiration to any guy who has ever wanted a girl as much as Lloyd. Guaranteed though, after seeing this particular scene, be prepared to fall in love with Peter Gabriel's Song "In Your Eyes".

If you haven't read through all of this (if you got bored, I don't blame you), just read this last paragraph. This is a terrific movie. One that you can watch over and over again without getting tired of it. If you haven't seen it, you are indeed missing out. Roger Ebert declared it one of the best films of the year in 1989.

- "We just don't want to see you get hurt" "I wanna get hurt"

I was forced to watch this.
A friend of my invited me to his house and forced me to watch this because he liked it so much. It was not bad, but not great either. 'Say Anything' was a nice love story, but I got annoyed by John Cusack's girlfriend's bad acting.

Great DVD
I've been waiting for a Special Edition DVD of Say Anything for a long time. I'd been hoping for a commentary track by Cameron Crowe -- but I was extremely excited to learn that the commentary track featured John Cusack, Ione Skye and Cameron Crowe. There are also some deleted scenes, extended scenes and alternate scenes.
It's a great 80's movie with an excellent cast. John Cusack is great as Lloyd, a recent high school graduate with no definite plans for his future. He falls in love with Diane (Ione Skye) who is the stereotypical vision of perfection. She is intelligent, financially stable and beautiful. These two types bring out the best in each other as they fall in love and eventually come to conflict... and back into love at the movie's end. This is one of my favorite performances by Cusack. The amazing honesty and purity of Lloyd is wonderful and easy to identify with.
It's a great DVD. The extra and extended scenes are interesting and while it's pretty obvious why many were left out, some of them would have flushed out the character of Diane's father (John Mahoney) a little better -- but would have also cluttered the movie.
The commentary is in some ways pretty standard. Commentary tracks seem to be either really negative ("Oh man, I can't believe we did this like that!" "Remember that guy? He's so lame!") or extremely congratulatory ("Oh you were wonderful here..." "Oh no, it was YOU who was wonderful!"). This commentary track falls into the latter category. While this sometimes gets kind of annoying, there's very interesting dialogue between these three main players and some of the underlying storyline elements that I'd missed suddenly became clear. There are also some fun little bits of information revealed as well.
Overall, it's one of my favorite movies and the DVD does not disappoint. Highly recommended.

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