Lloyd Dobler
One of the most powerful images from the 80's has to be this. There will never be a point in my life when I will hear "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel and not picture Lloyd standing there will his radio hoisted over his head. There will also never come a point that Jenny's phone number is not 867-5309, but that's neither here nor there.
The movie Say Anything has a classic storyline where Lloyd, the underacheiver, manages to get the pretty, high school validictorian to fall in love with him. Despite what his friends, her friends and her father have to say about it. It's a great movie because so many people can relate to Lloyd, or know someone one like him. He's the really nice guy that never gets the girl because he's not that smart, or that good looking. He's just a genuinely nice guy.
There are a ton of good quotes from the movie, my favorite being this one. I have a feeling that most readers have seen this movie, but you never know. If you haven't, I highly recommend it for some night that you want to re-live the good ol days of movies. Days when there weren't high quality CGI and big chase scenes, just good writing and acting. Not to mention a load of funny lines--props to Cameron Crowe!
This is my tribute to all the Lloyd's out there......
Daily Fortune Cookie: You will be fortunate in everything you put your hands to.
The movie Say Anything has a classic storyline where Lloyd, the underacheiver, manages to get the pretty, high school validictorian to fall in love with him. Despite what his friends, her friends and her father have to say about it. It's a great movie because so many people can relate to Lloyd, or know someone one like him. He's the really nice guy that never gets the girl because he's not that smart, or that good looking. He's just a genuinely nice guy.
There are a ton of good quotes from the movie, my favorite being this one. I have a feeling that most readers have seen this movie, but you never know. If you haven't, I highly recommend it for some night that you want to re-live the good ol days of movies. Days when there weren't high quality CGI and big chase scenes, just good writing and acting. Not to mention a load of funny lines--props to Cameron Crowe!
This is my tribute to all the Lloyd's out there......
Daily Fortune Cookie: You will be fortunate in everything you put your hands to.
6 Comments:
At 10/12/05 9:05 PM,
Bean said…
And what's really funny is that I am only marginally sure that I have seen the movie in it's entirety. Guess we have another to ad to our netflixq
At 10/13/05 8:47 AM,
TP said…
Just because i want to beat finch to the punch, it's 876-5309.
At 10/13/05 9:23 AM,
Finch said…
I'll beat you to the donkey punch you sexy thing.
At 10/13/05 10:14 AM,
Stef said…
No it's not!!
Ask N8, you know he'll know
...Unless you're refering to an inside joke
At 10/13/05 4:28 PM,
TP said…
dang, you're right stef. i had to sing the song in my head. it just didn't look right at first.
finchJohnson: that's hot!
At 10/28/05 1:59 PM,
SS said…
when i hear that song, i think of will ferrel on weekend update
COLONIAL FOOTSOLDIER!!!!!!!
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