Why Lloyd Dobler's Boom Box Is The Most Romantic Gesture Ever

Most people can identify this scene. For those of you that can't, this is in Say Anything.... It is a movie about a romantic who sets his eye on a smart and beautiful girl, even though everybody thinks that she is out of his league. John Cusack plays Lloyd Dobler, an amateur kick-boxer who doesn't know what he wants to do with his life. He doesn't want to have anything to products of really any kind. But he knows one thing. He knows that he loves Fiona Court, played by Ione Skye. Lloyd and Fiona seem to be doing well, but Fiona's dad is not too keen on Mr. Dobler. So when Lloyd writes this heartfelt letter to Fiona, he is understandable shocked to realize that Fiona gives him merely a pen. As he said, "I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen." And of course, John Cusack was in the rain. But in reconciliation, he did this. They spent their first night together listening to this now classic song "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel. So, as the romantic he is, he played this song on the boom box outside her room. He held this boom box over his head for love. Of course, he ended up with Fiona Court, but this scene is so iconic. It has been reused and repeated, including in a hilarious bit on Modern Family. But this is the most romantic because of multiple reasons. One is that it is one of the most famous romantic gestures in the movies. It was unique for its time because I highly doubt that many other movies thought of that as a romantic gesture. In a different light, it could be construed as borderline creepy. But it worked so perfectly. In comparison, there are some memorable romantic gestures, but none as memorable and noteworthy as Lloyd Dobler's boom box.