Monday, September 18, 2006

Two Great Terrible Tastes That Taste Terrible Together

Help! Being recently booted off the island called Work, I'm not used to being at home at this early hour and don't know what the hell to do with myself. What's on television at 7:30 pm? According to my now unaffordable Time Warner Cable Package (soon must cancel this luxury feature due to lack of funds)? Must Love Dogs, on HBO. Add that to my heartburn, and you're talking about a painful evening at Chez Altman!

What on earth happened to John Cusack? I was so so so so so so in love with him in Better Off Dead and other flicks from our youth...and now, well, let's put it this way: he doesn't look like a crystal meth addict, but he doesn't look good. It's probably LA and that taste in terrible broads that's done him in over the years.

7 comments:

Fargrave said...

I still have hope for him. High Fidelity wasn't that long ago, and he looked fine in that. Great movie by the way. I think a few hours in the sun, a week or two of fruits and vegetables and he'll be as good as new!

Sharon Shiner said...

I want my 2 dollars...

newbluebaby said...

730, Channel 11, Everybody Loves Raymond.

As for Must Love Dogs, no. Also starring Diane Lane, who Bon Jovi wrote the song "You Give Love A Bad Name" about.

High Fidelity, not bad, but the ending was the worst.

Lauren K said...

If and when you start watching Days of Our Lives, please keep me posted.

anne altman said...

i did like high fidelity, enough to buy the soundtrack, but i must admit i forget the ending. he has to reorganize his albums again or meets a broad who loves music or some shit? include me as one of those people who also loves Raymond. unfortunately i've seen them all--like roseanne, another one i've loved too much. .

Elizabeth said...

high fidelity, ending and all, was wonderful. let's also not forget his mid-90s gem: grosse point blank. fabulous!

ditto on days.

wonderturtle said...

The sad fact is that John Cusack is the same. He is playing the same roles and speaking with the same weirdly rushed awkward inflections. The problem is that he is no longer skinny and vulnerable; he's now paunchy and bloated.

This is why most of us don't end up with our first high school boyfriends.