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Originally Posted by luxinterior
I just don't understand how people can still see John Cusack's character as a an individual who deserves any kind of sympathy.
When people say they can relate to him, I have to wonder why.
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I have to admit, I identified with him massively when I watched it.
However, at the time, I was living in the indie snob capitol of the planet and making my living as a dj, completely obsessed with my on-again-off-again lover/ex who in retrospect was a manipulative bitch, and absolutely convinced that superior music knowledge equalled superiority. And I was over 30 too, which is essential for it all to fit. What the movie really is, is kind of a spiritual sequel to Slacker, which I also completely identified with in my twenties.
While I still enjoy both movies as very entertaining representations of some actual types of people I've known well, I think I've pretty well thrown off the shackles of both now. I do still make fun of my wife when she listens to the Cure though...