Say Anything - Full Reaction
Added 2021-11-02 05:07:12 +0000 UTCHey guys! I declared this movie "Cassie's popcorn pick of the month", I had just really been wanting to watch it. I really enjoyed it, Lloyd was just so dang likeable and it felt real and quirky and the music was so great. I finally "got" the boombox scene, although it's funny I thought it would be more climactic:) It made me happy ! Thank you all for being here on Patreon <3 Firefly tomorrow!
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Cameron Crowe makes excellent movies, and you're just about guaranteed a terrific soundtrack every time.
SteveW
2025-03-31 01:02:21 +0000 UTCthe brother and sister are actually brother and sister John and Joan Cusack
Ken Hiroshi Clark
2025-02-28 05:12:58 +0000 UTCJeremy Piven was one of the guys drinking behind the Gas 'n Sip in this movie... he was also Johnathan's best friend, Dean, in Serendipity! Love that movie! Ugh, when Johnathan gets the book from Halley and then opens the cover... his reaction to seeing Sarah's name, and then showing it to Dean in the cab... makes me cry every time! Oh, and that was John Cusak's actual sister, Joan Cusak!
fire12wife
2024-03-03 11:37:17 +0000 UTCAbsolutely second this! ESotSM gives you all the feels and is also so brilliant. Can't say enough about it.
Kent Theaker
2022-02-17 06:26:48 +0000 UTCA great movie to watch if you haven't is Return to Me. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend.
Gary Giaimo
2022-02-12 00:54:09 +0000 UTCIf you like romantic movies you should watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ro Bear
2021-11-18 02:25:51 +0000 UTCI couldn't help myself!! :)
Ann Peterson
2021-11-13 19:15:01 +0000 UTCso glad to have you here!!
Ann Peterson
2021-11-13 19:14:46 +0000 UTCso cute!!
Ann Peterson
2021-11-13 19:14:00 +0000 UTCso glad you watched with me!!
Ann Peterson
2021-11-13 19:13:31 +0000 UTCI got on her letterbox and it looks like she has seen Ferris Bueller but not Sixteen Candles or Some Kind of Wonderful
Katie Jackson
2021-11-09 15:27:31 +0000 UTCI want to second "Some Kind of Wonderful", one of the more "secretly great" 80's teen/romance movies.
Christopher B.
2021-11-09 06:58:53 +0000 UTCSome Kind of Wonderful is so chock full of great scenes. It's also right up there with my favorite films. Has she really not seen Ferris Bueller, do you think?
Art of Free Speech
2021-11-08 22:53:27 +0000 UTCAnd he was someone I, as a guy, tried to emulate.
Art of Free Speech
2021-11-08 22:51:55 +0000 UTCWasn't he in Batman Forever?
Michael Jung
2021-11-08 00:07:33 +0000 UTCI actually started to watch you react to this on plain old youtube, but it's one of favorite films of all time, so I broke down and became a patron, just to enjoy this entire movie with you!
Art of Free Speech
2021-11-06 04:19:11 +0000 UTCI loved watching this movie with you... You had me chuckling to myself when you made up the rest of their story at the end. lol
Andrew Rose
2021-11-06 03:05:25 +0000 UTCI loved your reaction. Very refreshing after a month of you being terrified to see you relax and enjoy a movie. I watched your pretty in pink and the breakfast club reactions. There are a few more you should see as Hughes was the genius that invented the smart teen movie. Sixteen Candles is great, it has John Cusack in it although it's a small role I believe it's one of his earliest films. Theirs also Ferris Buellers Day Off. A classic in 80's movies and widely considered one of the best if not the best teen movie ever made. I also think you'd really enjoy Some Kind Of Wonderful. A Hughes classic that tends to get forgotten among his massive hits. A great 80's love story that I think you'd love
Katie Jackson
2021-11-05 21:51:12 +0000 UTCThe Perks Of Being A Wallflower, One of the best teen movies ever made. It came out in 2012 and if you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. It's one of those movies that really surprise you. Not to mention it has a fabulous cast
Katie Jackson
2021-11-05 21:41:21 +0000 UTCEven though I grew up and still live in the US, I learned stick in 2000 in Australia on a 12-passenger van (so I was on the other side of the world, the other side of the car, and on the other side of the road) … haven’t driven stick since … so the theory is in my head and possibly there’s muscle memory left … but I think I’ll keep driving automatic cars all the same. 😀
Ian Forbes
2021-11-05 20:32:10 +0000 UTCwhat a great reaction thanks for watching this.
Slayerette
2021-11-04 01:09:32 +0000 UTCI haven't watched this since seeing it in the theater in 89. So Lloyd basically replaces her father by wanting to take care of her for her adult life? She is cool with that because that's her comfort zone. Deeper meaning than I remember.
Gideon James
2021-11-03 05:44:31 +0000 UTCCameron Crowe wrote and directed, he's actually a very interesting director and person. I think you might also like "Singles" by him, if I remember correctly it's not quite as serious as this but has it's charms, not least of which being it's set in Seattle right in the middle of the Grunge scene, there are even members of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam in it, as well as a short performance by Alice In Chains (my personal favorite Seattle band of that era followed closely by Soundgarden, RIP Layne, Chris, and of course Kurt). He also wrote "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" based on his reporting from an actual Southern California high school in the early 80s, and his movie "Almost Famous" is great and based a lot off of his own experiences as a teenaged writer for Rolling Stone magazine, touring with Led Zeppelin.
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2021-11-03 02:45:15 +0000 UTCYES YES YES watch Serendipity. I LOVE that film. It is my all-time favourite non Star Trek/Star Wars film.
Chris Reise
2021-11-03 01:47:26 +0000 UTCOkay I'm writing this without reading anybody else's comments first. Three things: it is John cue-sack. His sister in the movie is his sister in real life, Joan Cusack. The guy he was sparring with at the end they kicked him in the face is Don "the dragon" Wilson. Famous martial artist and actor.
Michael Lynch
2021-11-03 01:21:54 +0000 UTCNice talk, sugar mouth
Jon Johns
2021-11-03 00:15:06 +0000 UTCAccording to Amazon my Xmas gift was delivered on Oct 30. Please confirm you received it.
Lamar Smith
2021-11-02 22:24:37 +0000 UTCGlad you watched this one I was hoping you'd get to lol
Logan Worrall
2021-11-02 21:45:37 +0000 UTCGreat reaction Cassie, I’ve actually never seen this one before so it was great watch along for the first time as well.
Matt
2021-11-02 21:08:53 +0000 UTCIf you have access to it, I highly recommend watching Say Anything through again with the commentary track featuring Director Cameron Crowe and stars John Cusack and Ione Skye. They recorded it many years later, and John and Ione are of course much more fully adult. But their verbal chemistry and with Cameron Crowe is amazing. And they really get into the philosophy and ideal of the film, quite a bit of which actually came from John’s interpretation of the script and his character. He apparently came up with the notion that Lloyd should symbolize “optimism as a revolutionary act.” I notice new things every time I watch this film. This time what struck me for the first time is how beautiful it is that when Lloyd and DIane have sex in his car, Lloyd is the one who is shaking like a leaf, and DIane is the one who is calm and reassuring to him. But at the same time, it’s not that Lloyd is actually nervous or afraid, and Diane isn’t indifferent. They are both so happy. But she is happy calm and he is kind of shaken in a happy way. It’s one of the best, nicest sex scenes in cinema, I think.
Andrew Pulrang
2021-11-02 20:19:49 +0000 UTC"Great White Buffalo"
Doug Fisher
2021-11-02 20:14:59 +0000 UTCBetter Off Dead is classic! “I want my two dollars!”😀
Krusty “Topher”
2021-11-02 18:22:34 +0000 UTCMy favorite John Cusak movie is Grosse Pointe Blank. Such a funny, quirky movie, Joan Cusak is in it again, but not playing his sister this time. And Dan Ackroyd. Call it a deadly romantic comedy.
MikeLL
2021-11-02 18:16:42 +0000 UTCWasn’t that written by the same guy (Hornsby?) who wrote About a Boy? If so, I’m interested!
Catherine LW
2021-11-02 18:15:08 +0000 UTCThe still remember how shocked I was about the dad, the first time I watched Say Anything. It felt like a real twist at the time, although after re-watching it a bazillion times since then, it tracks pretty logically. Great reaction Cassie, keep watching all the stuff you want, regardless of perceived popularity. There is a reason you are so successful!
Jen Barnes
2021-11-02 17:54:33 +0000 UTCI like thinking Grosse Pointe Blank is an alternate ending of Say Anything. Where he ended up going to the Army after all.
Mike Adams
2021-11-02 15:42:17 +0000 UTCI sent you an early Christmas present. Should arrive today to your PO Box. Please read my Patreon messages for an explanation. Please let me know you received it.
Lamar Smith
2021-11-02 14:51:19 +0000 UTCHere we can see Cassie in her natural habitat.
Noby
2021-11-02 14:09:21 +0000 UTCIf you're looking for another romantic comedy/drama starring John Cusack, I'd really recommend High Fidelity (if you haven't seen it). It's a very 'real' film for a romantic comedy with some great character development, and a good balance of humor and serious moments. Jack Black kills it in a supporting role, and the actress who plays Cusack's love interest is great as well.
Jeff I.
2021-11-02 14:05:23 +0000 UTCPerfect choice! I’ve been wanting to rewatch this!
Ian Forbes
2021-11-02 12:07:34 +0000 UTCEbert said, "Most people go to love stories in order to identify, in one way or another, with the lovers. Usually they are unworthy of our trust, especially in the modern breed of teenage movies that celebrate cynicism, vulgarity and ignorance. ''Say Anything'' is kind of ennobling. I would like to show it to the makers of a film like ''Slackers'' and ask them if they do not feel shamed. ''Say Anything'' exists entirely in a real world, is not a fantasy or a pious parable, has characters who we sort of recognize, and is directed with care for the human feelings involved."
Jon Johns
2021-11-02 11:54:07 +0000 UTCDiane Court: No one thought we'd do this. Nobody thinks this will work Lloyd Dobbler: You just described every great success story.
Aaron Hawkins
2021-11-02 10:52:42 +0000 UTCOkay... Now you need to watch Elizabethtown as your choice for Cassie's Monthly Movie.. Say Anything and Elizabethtown are both Cameron Crowe directed movies.. Elizabethtown was release the year after Say Anything.. Fun Fact 1 - His wife at the time of these two movies and up until 2010 was Nancy Wilson. She and her sister, Ann Wilson were the cornerstones of the rock group Heart.. Nancy Wilson wrote the background music for both movies.. Fun Fact 2 - In this movie, the actress who played John Cusack's sister, was his sister, Joan Cusack.. She played it but was listed in the credits.. you said you recognized the dad.. John Mahoney play Frazier Crane's dad in the TV series Frazier..
Mike McLaughlin
2021-11-02 09:29:45 +0000 UTCI'll leave this here for you Cassie. A funny mashup that might make a certain movie less scary for you 😁https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6tUtDtvFzo
Nismo
2021-11-02 09:18:20 +0000 UTCi like cusack's performance in high fidelity
Wu Sha Ling
2021-11-02 09:00:53 +0000 UTCTwo other great comedies Cusack was in are Grosse Pointe Blank and Better Off Dead.
JayF
2021-11-02 08:47:40 +0000 UTCBetter Off Dead is a must view follow-up.
Guy Gordon
2021-11-02 08:22:06 +0000 UTCThe producers Polly Platt and James L Brooks were great at nurturing up-and-coming filmmakers like Wes Anderson and Cameron Crowe. This movie and Jerry Maguire are two movies where they really helped Crowe develop as a writer-director. James L. Brooks also wrote and directed some very moving dramedys in this similar vein (Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News), which I hope are covered on this channel sometime in the future. (Side-note: Roger Ebert wrote an essay in 2002 about Say Anything for his Great Movies list that's really special and worth a read.)
Alex Villarreal
2021-11-02 08:15:44 +0000 UTCLooking forward to this after work.
Daryl
2021-11-02 08:03:20 +0000 UTCWhat a fun movie. A story of hope and honesty. Once everyone was honest with themselves they were able to discover just how much they had in common. A good lesson. Check out Planes, Trains and Automobles; it has that theme and a terrific introduction to the holiday season. Thank you for an enjoyable evening. John is excellent in Love and Mercy. Based on the life of Brian Wilson, of The Beach Boys. Lots of good music.
Grinznmore
2021-11-02 07:27:33 +0000 UTCYes! I almost forgot about that movie. Very funny and it has a fun story - I think Cassie would like it.
Johnny
2021-11-02 07:26:57 +0000 UTCI think Cassie would love John Cusack's 'The Sure Thing' 1985.
Rich Campbell
2021-11-02 07:14:46 +0000 UTCI haven't seen this movie in decades, and it was better than I remember. I was in love with Ione Skye when I first watched this. I hope you watch 16 Candles sometime..
Johnny
2021-11-02 07:14:24 +0000 UTCCon Air is an offbeat John Cusak action movie!
Michael Jung
2021-11-02 07:09:40 +0000 UTCWow, usually most romantic comedies have the guy doing something galactically stupid and having to do something amazing to win the girl back. It was so refreshing to see that turned on its head (okay, in all fairness, Ione Skye didn't do something stupid - but she did hurt John Cusak, so...). Incidentally, Cassie - with all the 80s classics you're watching, you HAVE to watch Ready Player One - you'll get all the references!
Michael Jung
2021-11-02 07:07:25 +0000 UTCThis is why I wish the rest of your "patrons" would opt for movies like this. I am so happy to have watched it "with" you, you are such a sweetheart. Thanks Cassie for sharing this one with us.
Mike H
2021-11-02 06:59:48 +0000 UTCThat's an interesting point about the seriousness of 80s teen romances. It was a unique time. Thanks to everyone chasing the massive success of Star Wars, the 80s was really the first decade that movies - and just media in general - were centrally aimed at young people. Really that's the key difference between "classic" cinema and the modern blockbuster era: pre-70s was for adults; post-70s is for teens. Usually we think of that in terms of the rise of fantasy or superheroes or tawdry teen sex comedies - frivolous stuff. But you're right, there was a wave, led by John Hughes, of movies that took the teen mandate seriously, and I think tried to provide the challenging romantic dramas adults got in previous generations but built around the lives and problems of young people. I'm not sure why that stopped. It's tempting to blame Clueless. I mean, I adore Clueless, but it did set a template for ironically detached, cooler-than-thou teen romances that the genre has been following ever since. That said, I can't recall any good "serious" teen romances from the early 90s before Clueless. It seems to be a distinctly 80s phenomenon, so something else must have killed it. Maybe just that not many filmmakers were good at it, and they eventually moved on. I suppose there are successors in the mid-2000 indie scene, not so much teen romances but listless 20-something romances. Garden State or 500 Days of Summer, that sort of thing.
Robin T
2021-11-02 06:14:44 +0000 UTCThat's an interesting point about the seriousness of 80s teen romances. It was a unique time. Thanks to everyone chasing the massive success of Star Wars, the 80s was really the first decade that movies - and just media in general - were centrally aimed at young people. Really that's the key difference between "classic" cinema and the modern blockbuster era: pre-70s was for adults; post-70s is for teens. Usually we think of that in terms of the rise of fantasy or superheroes or tawdry teen sex comedies - frivolous stuff. But you're right, there was a wave, led by John Hughes, of movies that took the teen mandate seriously, and I think tried to provide the challenging romantic dramas adults got in previous generations but built around the lives and problems of young people. I'm not sure why that stopped. It's tempting to blame Clueless. I mean, I adore Clueless, but it did set a template for ironically detached, cooler-than-thou teen romances that the genre has been following ever since. That said, I can't recall any good "serious" teen romances from the early 90s before Clueless. It seems to be a distinctly 80s phenomenon, so something else must have killed it. Maybe just that not many filmmakers were good at it, and they eventually moved on. I suppose there are successors in the mid-2000 indie scene, not so much teen romances but listless 20-something romances. Garden State or 500 Days of Summer, that sort of thing.
Robin T
2021-11-02 06:04:26 +0000 UTCThat's an interesting point about the seriousness of 80s teen romances. It was a unique time. Thanks to everyone chasing the massive success of Star Wars, the 80s was really the first decade that movies - and just media in general - were centrally aimed at young people. Really that's the key difference between "classic" cinema and the modern blockbuster era: pre-70s was for adults; post-70s is for teens. Usually we think of that in terms of the rise of fantasy or superheroes or tawdry teen sex comedies - frivolous stuff. But you're right, there was a wave, led by John Hughes, of movies that took the teen mandate seriously, and I think tried to provide the challenging romantic dramas adults got in previous generations but built around the lives and problems of young people. I'm not sure why that stopped. It's tempting to blame Clueless. I mean, I adore Clueless, but it did set a template for ironically detached, cooler-than-thou teen romances that the genre has been following ever since. That said, I can't recall any good "serious" teen romances from the early 90s before Clueless. It seems to be a distinctly 80s phenomenon, so something else must have killed it. Maybe just that not many filmmakers were good at it, and they eventually moved on. I suppose there are successors in the mid-2000 indie scene, not so much teen romances but listless 20-something romances. Garden State or 500 Days of Summer, that sort of thing.
Robin T
2021-11-02 06:03:35 +0000 UTCThat's an interesting point about the seriousness of 80s teen romances. It was a unique time. Thanks to everyone chasing the massive success of Star Wars, the 80s was really the first decade that movies - and just media in general - were centrally aimed at young people. Really that's the key difference between "classic" cinema and the modern blockbuster era: pre-70s was for adults; post-70s is for teens. Usually we think of that in terms of the rise of fantasy or superheroes or tawdry teen sex comedies - frivolous stuff. But you're right, there was a wave, led by John Hughes, of movies that took the teen mandate seriously, and I think tried to provide the challenging romantic dramas adults got in previous generations but built around the lives and problems of young people. I'm not sure why that stopped. It's tempting to blame Clueless. I mean, I adore Clueless, but it did set a template for ironically detached, cooler-than-thou teen romances that the genre has been following ever since. That said, I can't recall any good "serious" teen romances from the early 90s before Clueless. It seems to be a distinctly 80s phenomenon, so something else must have killed it. Maybe just that not many filmmakers were good at it, and they eventually moved on. I suppose there are successors in the mid-2000 indie scene, not so much teen romances but listless 20-something romances. Garden State or 500 Days of Summer, that sort of thing.
Robin T
2021-11-02 05:56:11 +0000 UTCI'm all for it, I love this movie and I'm a big John Cusack fan! And I'd rather be Better Off Dead than miss this reaction, but I will have to wait until I clock out tomorrow lol I'm a... "Working Man" (by legendary Canadian band Rush) 🤓
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2021-11-02 05:21:12 +0000 UTCAmazing film. Ione Skye was my high school crush.
Damien beatty
2021-11-02 05:19:12 +0000 UTCwell, I was going to go to bed....great choice Cassie!
Mike H
2021-11-02 05:12:47 +0000 UTC
