{"id":6177,"date":"2011-12-14T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=6177"},"modified":"2017-04-22T20:17:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T19:17:23","slug":"all-time-top-10-films-no-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=6177","title":{"rendered":"All-Time Top 10 Films (No 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third film in this very personal list of my All-Time Top 10 Films is the awesomely outstanding &#8216;<strong>Grosse Pointe Blank<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ipzqdOgpHWU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The premise\u00a0(we don&#8217;t see this but it&#8217;s critical to the plot):<\/p>\n<p>High-school student Martin Blank (John Cusack) has a crisis of confidence on Prom night. He runs away, and joins the US Army, leaving his girlfriend Debi Newberry Minnie Driver), at home in her Prom dress.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward ten years and Martin is now a freelance hitman. Through a series of incidents Martin finds himself back in his home town &#8211; Grosse Pointe, Michigan &#8211; tracking down friends and family. Things happen. Dark things, comedic things.<\/p>\n<p>It is very easy to draw parallels\u00a0between certain aspects of this film, and my own life. I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s the main reason why I rate it as highly as Number Three, but it is undoubtedly a factor.<\/p>\n<p>That and the fact that I want to be John Cusack when I grow up.<\/p>\n<p>I honestly don&#8217;t know how many times I&#8217;ve seen this film.\u00a0I have the DVD &#8211; I bought it when I lived in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>The cast is an interesting blend of styles;\u00a0Minnie Driver looks cute and sexy and doesn&#8217;t make the palm of my hand itch.\u00a0John Cusack is just too fucking cool for school.<\/p>\n<p>The plot is ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>The film is funny.<\/p>\n<p>The soundtrack is, like Mr Cusack, too fucking cool for school.<\/p>\n<p>To show you what I mean about the soundtrack, here are just some of the tracks featured in the film.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8YdQBkxf4kU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Erfi8N4AMK8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8JjVPiDLdH4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cntvEDbagAw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZgMa_OGHXOo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/djV11Xbc914\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third film in this very personal list of my All-Time Top 10 Films is the awesomely outstanding &#8216;Grosse Pointe Blank&#8216;. 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