i think that the potential for jake/maggie to be better than john/joan is there. although i don't think jake has made anywhere near enough good movies to shoot par. i do, however, think that maggie's character in secretary is good enough to top joan and slap her like a bitch, much like maggie's character in that movie asked to be spanked, but joan would be slapped without the erotic undertones or the sexual discovery. but again, i would like to turn attention to the spanking parts of secretary and the kind-of-david-lynch(ish)-but-not-so-fucking-freaky-all-the-time-due-to-an-absence-of-midgets-or-other-people-with-physical-deformities atmosphere that the movie has. as it stands, as long as jake never does a piece of shit like john cusack's america's sweethearts with that talent-less julia roberts then jakey'll be all right. again, though, the spanking.
When I came up with this idea, I was thinking because Jake and Maggie always seem to be in movies together (Donnie Darko, Home Grown and I'm sure there is more that I'm not thinking) ala John and Joan. I love Jake but I'm not sure anyone can compare to John. But also, Maggie seems to linger in the shadows of her brother just like Joan. It seems neither has/have gotten the acknowledgement like each respective brother.
there does seem to be a parallel with the sexism of the fame in the two sets of siblings. although, to my memory, joan cusack has never been spanked in a movie. so i think it's clear where my vote lays. also, joan cusack has always seemed to play second fiddle, or second violin to be proper, but the most important idiosyncracy between the two sets is that jake/maggie have come up in a definitively 'indie' body of work, whereas john/joan have slanted to much more commercialist-oriented projects. since jake hasn't been in enough movies, i think, to build up the sort of oeuvre that john has, likewise i feel his popularity is built on little more than what amounts to a cult following. john cusack has done some good movies, but since he was in a movie with julia roberts he has slipped down several notches on the doesn't-suck-o-meter. i think that the only thing that could redeem him in my eyes is if he took a role in a movie where he spanks two young ladies at a fetish party...
I saw Secretary. It was great! The scene in the wedding dress where she's sitting in the chair was... unique... LoL
As for America's Sweethearts, I liked it for the way it poked fun at Hollywood and celebrities & stuff. John Cusask did a gret job with what was a bad role tho.
again, though, the spanking.
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since jake hasn't been in enough movies, i think, to build up the sort of oeuvre that john has, likewise i feel his popularity is built on little more than what amounts to a cult following. john cusack has done some good movies, but since he was in a movie with julia roberts he has slipped down several notches on the doesn't-suck-o-meter. i think that the only thing that could redeem him in my eyes is if he took a role in a movie where he spanks two young ladies at a fetish party...
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As for America's Sweethearts, I liked it for the way it poked fun at Hollywood and celebrities & stuff. John Cusask did a gret job with what was a bad role tho.
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