tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post8138352836678610377..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Screws fall out all the time, the world's an imperfect placeKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-17736750320500990512010-03-16T15:32:05.455-04:002010-03-16T15:32:05.455-04:00I have to admit, I've only seen "Say Anyt...I have to admit, I've only seen "Say Anything" once - and I was firmly in this generation (graduated in 90)<br /><br />This is a book I *need* though! I'm sure.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645484704486562810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-58643352733326519912010-03-16T01:08:20.913-04:002010-03-16T01:08:20.913-04:00Sounds like a good read -- I'll have to look t...Sounds like a good read -- I'll have to look this one up.<br /><br />Couple of thoughts: I seem to have had almost exactly the opposite experience with these movies than you, and I wonder if it isn't because I'm just a shade older (I graduated high school in '87). The common trope that the John Hughes cycle "defined my generation" works for me, because <i>Sixteen Candles</i>, <i>The Breakfast Club</i>, and <i>Ferris Bueller</i> all seemed to closely mirror <i>my</i> teen experiences (well, in the case of <i>Ferris</i>, my teen daydreams, but still...), whereas the later Hughes films -- <i>Pretty in Pink</i> and <i>Some Kind of Wonderful</i> -- have always struck me as just retreading the ground covered in the earlier films. Also, I saw them when they actually came out instead of picking them up when I was older, which no doubt made a difference, too.<br /><br />On the other hand, the intense affection so many hold for <i>Say Anything</i> has always mystified me. Not because it isn't a good movie -- it is -- but it just didn't make much of an impact on me. To tell the truth, I really don't remember much about it all, aside from the iconic "In Your Eyes" bit and a couple of random gags (like the thing about the guys who are full of advice being dateless and sitting behind the Kwik-E-Mart "by choice"). And this despite seeing it several times over the years -- it just doesn't stick with me for some reason. <i>Better Off Dead</i>, another highly regarded Cusack movie, is the same way -- I know I've seen it, but it's like that disc sector of my brain is dead. Possibly because I was in college and busy with my own first major romance at that point? I don't know... but I find it interesting...Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11001416935247782462noreply@blogger.com