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Grosse Pointe Blank: Bona-fide classic or Hall of Very Good?
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:38 pm
Funny but not really a classic comedy
Well done action scenes but not really an action movie
Nails the beginning, nails the middle, fumbles the end a little
Killer soundtrack
It's such an offbeat movie and decidedly early 90s but still holds up well on rewatch.
Well done action scenes but not really an action movie
Nails the beginning, nails the middle, fumbles the end a little
Killer soundtrack
It's such an offbeat movie and decidedly early 90s but still holds up well on rewatch.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:39 pm to Muthsera
Watch it every time it's on.
Aykroyd is great.
Aykroyd is great.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:41 pm to Muthsera
It was probably my favorite film from the 90s, but I'd say Hall of Very Good.
It mostly struck a chord with me because I went to high school in the 80s...and it was a really entertaining movie with an equally good soundtrack.
It mostly struck a chord with me because I went to high school in the 80s...and it was a really entertaining movie with an equally good soundtrack.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:16 pm to vilma4prez
Boudreaux's coming for ya! POPCORN!
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:46 pm to Muthsera
always watch when its on
someone wants us to blow up a Greenpeace boat its in French
someone wants us to blow up a Greenpeace boat its in French
Posted on 2/13/21 at 10:24 pm to Muthsera
Top 5
This post was edited on 2/13/21 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 2/13/21 at 10:26 pm to Muthsera
Mr. Newberry: What have you been doing with your life?
Marty: Uh... professional killer.
Mr. Newberry: Oh! Good for you, it's a... growth industry.
Marty: Uh... professional killer.
Mr. Newberry: Oh! Good for you, it's a... growth industry.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 10:35 pm to Muthsera
One of my favorite movies.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 10:42 pm to Muthsera
Nothin with John Cusack is good
Posted on 2/13/21 at 11:35 pm to rondo
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Nothin with John Cusack is good

Posted on 2/13/21 at 11:42 pm to Floating Change Up
Any time my wife bitches about some insignificant amount of money i always give her the "I want my two dollars" line
This post was edited on 2/13/21 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 2/13/21 at 11:48 pm to Muthsera
It's a classic because the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Driver was off-the-charts good for her. Alan Arkin with a brilliant small role. Joan was better than John. Piven hit a homerun. Akroyd in a rare villain role. Tons of small performances (Azaria and K. Todd Freeman were great together as the government spooks, Michael Cudlitz, Steve Pink, Barbara Harris). The soundtrack was fantastic. The pacing was right.
The movie didn't miss a single beat.
The movie didn't miss a single beat.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 11:52 pm to Ace Midnight
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It's a classic because the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Driver was off-the-charts good for her. Alan Arkin with a brilliant small role. Joan was better than John. Piven hit a homerun. Akroyd in a rare villain role. Tons of small performances (Azaria and K. Todd Freeman were great together as the government spooks, Michael Cudlitz, Steve Pink, Barbara Harris). The soundtrack was fantastic. The pacing was right.
The movie didn't miss a single beat.
Yeah, it was more of a painting sets a mood of an ocean sunset versus a photograph gives the crisp details.
Even the most mediocre artist can paint some incredible sunsets.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 12:08 am to Floating Change Up
Its phenomenal!! The soundtrack is incredible
Posted on 2/14/21 at 8:50 am to Muthsera
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It's such an offbeat movie and decidedly early 90s but still holds up well on rewatch
It came out in 97


That was the start of a great adult career for Cusack after struggling for nearly a decade after outgrowing the teen movies he did in the 80s ending with Say Anything in 89.
After GPB he did Con Air, High Fidelity, Pushing Tin, Being John Malkovich, in the next few years. Of course he followed those up with a lot of other more mediocre fare as well, the dude just wants to work constantly it seems and doesn’t seem to care about good scripts unfortunately. But he did have some good ones in there.
With his star power and Piven’s rise with Entourage it really is annoying that they never pushed hard enough to make the sequel to GPB happen that they still talk about to this day.
Would have loved to revisit the Pointe for their 25 year reunion


This post was edited on 2/14/21 at 8:54 am
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:22 am to Muthsera
Hall of Very Good, but first-ballot Hall of Very Good.
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