Say Anything

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Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar T-shirt!

Yes, I recognize that to some of you it is sacrilege to recast a movie as beloved as Say Anything, but that didn't stop many others from submitting their recast lists! My personal favorites were the actors selected to play Diane's father, James Court. I loved that kateaustin456 kept it in the Frasier family with Kelsey Grammar, and dollymama's pick of David Duchovny is great, as he plays morally ambiguous rather well.

I also liked that many of the James Court ideas were drawn from current TV shows, from Steve Carell (Jean_Metro's pick), to Kyle MacLachlan (leeluvfashion) to Alec Baldwin (pistonsjenny) to Lost's Terry O'Quinn (WhiplashGirlchild).

I found the ideas for Lloyd's sister Constance Dobler to be really thoughtful, like EmPaige's nod to the original with Lily Taylor, and, most especially BellaCalla's idea of Jenna Fischer.

Overall, however, my favorite recast list this week comes from bhilb! To see who bhilb chose along with a new cast photo, read more

Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

I know, I know, I know — Say Anything is perfect and adorable as it is. The characters are classic, the original performances are probably burned into your head for the rest of time. But still, if you could recast this movie now with new actors, who would you pick to play Lloyd Dobler and Diane Court? What about Diane's father James, and Lloyd's sister Constance?

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, November 13, complete with a "new" cast photo.

To see a list of characters to recast and a photo of the BuzzSugar t-shirt, read more

I know you do, judging by how many people got this Name That Movie challenge, and by the responses to my John Cusack poll and this Movie Night post. Well, now you can wear your heart on your... um, ribcage.

Check out this Lloyd Dobler t-shirt available at Chocosho for $30. Plastics. Kickboxing. A pen. "In Your Eyes." What other Say Anything references can we think of while we swoon over this adorable tee?

This week I posted my Top 10 Movie Dads — many of whom are notable for their sweetness or bravery or patience. Now for this week's Movie Night, I'm suggesting three movies in which the dads love their kids and are well-intentioned, but don't always quite cut it.

Say Anything
Before he was the grouchy cane-wielding dad on "Frasier," John Mahoney was Diane's (Ione Skye) crook dad, James, in Say Anything. He and Diane have a very special relationship, in fact, they're kind of each other's whole world. It would be intensely creepy if it weren't so cute. And, of course, we love James just as much as Diane does — up until his true actions are discovered and Diane (along with the audience) feels betrayed and disappointed. Still, even at the very end when James has hurt his daughter enormously, you can still see that he loves her more than anything. He just got a little lost.

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All of the build-up to the Oscars next week has me thinking about movie music, so for last week's Buzzworthy challenge, I asked you guys to bookmark the well-executed soundtracks that have managed to become favorites of your CD collection.

There were so many to choose from I had trouble deciding what to feature, including albums I know and love (like Grosse Pointe Blank) and others I just discovered thanks to you guys (including the Laurel Canyon soundtrack). Here's a look at some of my favorite readers' picks for Buzzworthy soundtracks.

Magnolia, bookmarked by Lindsb, who says "I love this movie, and this soundtrack added to the theme and the mood of the movie. Aimee Mann is a genius."

The Graduate, bookmarked by WhiplashGirlchild, who asks: "You know what's wrong with an entire soundtrack by Simon & Garfunkel? Absolutely nothing."

Say Anything, bookmarked by Yiddidea, who says "Not many movies have been able to immortalize a song in the way Peter Gabriel's 'In Your Eyes' was used in this film."

To see the rest, read more