Sexy.... Part Dos

This is the second part of my MMSSIFTBWISAPOTL (did I get all that?). This is kind of a sub-category, however: CHARACTERS I FELL IN LOVE WITH IN MOVIES. In this instance, I may not find the actual person very attractive, but I find the character they played damn sexy. Follow?

1) Duckie (Jon Cryer) in Pretty In Pink

I always HATED this movie. I hated Blane, or Blaine, or whatever preppy name it was. He was so girly, and pale... and wimpy!!! Steff always really annoyed me... he does NOT look like a high school student. Andie's dress is THE ugliest thing I have EVER seen. Truly. Even for the 80s, it was just BAD! Even Andie herself annoyed me.... the way she treated Duckie.... So what's the only reason I continually watch this movie over and over again? DUCKIE, of course! He's the guy ever girl wants for a best friend, but nobody would ever see as a love interest, without realizing that he actually has feelings. Plus, it's just great acting on Jon Cryer's part: Classic, classic.

Best part of the movie, hands down, equals Duckie lip-syncing in the record shop:

It makes my heart smile.

But then....

Ok, if my best guy friend said, "God, I've would've DIED for you!" I think I might dump the prep at the door. Seriously. Blane is so icky.

But I love Duckie, always.

2) Dwayne Hoover (Paul Dano) in Little Miss Sunshine



From the second Dwayne showed up on the screen, I thought to myself, "Oh shit, I'm going to have a major crush on him by the end of the movie." And you know what, I did. The quiet, angry, misunderstood guy......... He's not really that good-looking, but Paul Dano's acting is truly, truly brilliant. Without saying a word, he portrays all of these emotions. It's incredible. I think he should've a least been NOMINATED for Best Supporting Actor. But whatever.

Dwayne's whole being is just very sexy, in a really, really, REALLY weird way!

SPOILER ALERT! (if you haven't seen the movie, don't watch this. Don't say I didn't warn you!!)



PLUS, the movie had Steve Carell, from the BEST SHOW EVER!!!!!


3) Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Titanic


DON'T YELL AT ME. I know how cliche and ultra-teenage girl-y it is to have Jack Dawson on the list, but seriously! What breathing human with two X chromosomes did NOT fall in love with him, at least a LITTLE? That whole artistic, passionate ruffian thing? It's so sexy! Leo really peaked in this movie. Now he looks too grown-up, his face is too filled out and rounded instead of young and slightly hollowed.... or maybe he's just had one too many packs of Ho-Ho's.......

But anyway: Jack Dawson. For MONTHS after I first saw this movie, I went around with this daze of "I want MY own Jack Dawson!" (Give me a break, I was seven.) Jack's weird slight-accent, how he's so unselfish with Rose, and the way he's nice to everybody, it swelled my little seven-year-old heart up, and it still does to this day.



4) Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck) in Roman Holiday

That voice.... it's so deep and manly! And... urm.... yeah, I think his voice was really the clincher.....

5) Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) in Say Anything



That's right, Lloyd! You hold that boombox (God, remember boomboxes) above your head in an act of defiant love! You blast "In Your Eyes"!!! Go, Lloyd!!!

So this list is definitely not in order, because I think Lloyd Dobler is the movie character I fell most in love with. Just the little things that make a difference (if you have not seen the movie, you are going to be very, very lost):

• his Clash t-shirt
• his eagerness and never-giving-up-edness to get Diane to go out with him
• the scene where he leads Diane around the glass- from that moment on, there was no resisiting Lloyd Dobler's charms
• "I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen."
• Diane: "Are you cold?" "No, I think I'm happy." Or something along those lines, cut me some slack, I haven't watched this is a few months!
• How he was the key holder at the party. ("YOU MUST CHILL!")
• the trenchcoat. Gotta love it.
• "I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that."
• When he's talking to the old people at the home
• When poor Lloyd breaks his nose!
• Diane: "Nobody thinks it will work, do they?" Lloyd: "No. You just described every great success story."

OK, this movie is much too quotable. I must stop. Just watch it! The ending is the best movie ending ever. This is not a suggestion. This is a fact.

Diane NEVER seemed worthy of Lloyd. Never ever ever.



So that concludes this sexy installment. Except, wait! I meant to put JAMES FRANCO on my other sexy list, but I somehow forgot. So just know that HE IS ON THE LIST!!!!!!!!


Listen: "Just Like Heaven"- The Cure


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