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Point Break appreciation thread

fryup

If there's ever a movie that stands the test of time its Point Break

Its got everything you want in an action movie....

its got Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves in their prime

its got Gary Busey as his bubbling best

its got surfing, its got sky diving, its got car chases, its got a brilliant foot chase between swayze and reeves > the best in movie history imo

its got babes, its got Hendrix's 6 becomes 9

god damn it.. its even got the Red Hot Chilli Peppers doing kung fu, what more do you want??

yes i know its cheesey as hell but its good cheese its stilton blue

i've watched it umpteenth times and i never tire of it,

100% pure adrenaline!

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conorhal

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Pat Swayze = bad film.

I'm gonna take you down to the Roadhouse for that remark.... :mad:

MonkeyTennis

Anthony Keidis hair alone make this a classic

newmug

Why do I keep thinking I've seen this thread before?

Stone Deaf 4evr

Stealthfins wrote: »

They're thinking of a remake...

theyve already done it. its called 'the fast and the furious'

Arsemageddon

I. Am. An. F. B. I. Agent.

-no one else could deliver a line like that as badly as Keanu Reeves did.

Agent Coulson

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Pat Swayze = bad film.

jiltloop

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Yeah its worth a look.

another goodie from the era is heat.

one to avoid is true romance - which makes you think its going to be fvcking awesome with an amazing line up of Christoper Walken, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, but turns out to be a diamond studded unmentionable item.

Have to wholeheartedly disagree with you about True Romance. That's a great film, the scene with Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken where Hopper explains a theory about the lineage of Sicilians is one of my favourite scenes of all time!

I'd also like to add my appreciation of Point Break, absolutely loved that film when I was younger, must watch it again soon.

Snake Plisken

Might I add Tombstone to the classic 90's movies Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer with a great supporting cast and some great 1 liners!

The Diabolical Monocle

jiltloop wrote: »

Have to wholeheartedly disagree with you about True Romance. That's a great film, the scene with Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken where Hopper explains a theory about the lineage of Sicilians is one of my favourite scenes of all time!

I'd also like to add my appreciation of Point Break, absolutely loved that film when I was younger, must watch it again soon.

Yep, that scene is one of the diamonds. If only the rest of the film was 1/10th as good. It ends with

the most ridiculous 3 way shootout and an ohmygod he's dead boo hoo, oh no wait hes not yaaay. everyone else in the room dies of course. awful awful film.

MonkeyTennis

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Might I add Tombstone to the classic 90's movies Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer with a great supporting cast and some great 1 liners!

The great supporting cast being moustaches

kooga

one of the best movies ever, i hadn't seen it in a while and came across it on 5USA last saturday night...............watched it and then watched it again on the +1. Brings me back to the summer of 1991 when i just did my leaving cert! (up there with roadhouse)

jiltloop

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Yep, that scene is one of the diamonds. If only the rest of the film was 1/10th as good. It ends with
the most ridiculous 3 way shootout and an ohmygod he's dead boo hoo, oh no wait hes not yaaay. everyone else in the room dies of course. awful awful film.

Ok I'll concede your point about the ending but I still love the film! Plus Patricia Arquette is damn sexy in it!

Dandy Dandridge

One of the best films ever made.

philstar

i remember going to see Point Break back in the 90s as a teenager

i sat down in the cinema not expecting much thinking this would be another run of the mill action movie, and WoW! i was blown away totally enthralled from start to finish

and the thing is it still looks as good today as back then, never miss it when its on TV

Stone Deaf 4evr

It's an epic film and I reckon the reason it stands the test of time, is mainly because the action for the most part is grounded in reality, the fight scenes felt hard hitting and real - think the bit in the garden where his face is being pushed towards the lawnmower, and the foot chase was frantic and intense.

any remake is going to have something totally over the top, like him jumping out of a plane, standing on a surfboard, with a gun in each hand with dozens of cgi explosions going off around him.
but I suppose thats the kind of stuff the adhd kids love now.

nokia69

true, CGI is killing action films

Grayson

Strangely I was thinking of this film a couple of says ago. I got bored watching it the first time so I just stopped. I watched it all the way through a few years later and it was just as dull as I remembered. There's far better action films out there.

unjedilike

It's definitely being remade. Comes out Christmas day this year.

unjedilike

It's definitely being remade. Comes out Christmas day this year.

RobertKK

The Shining stands the test of time.

Point Break, I have yet to see.

fryup

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

It's an epic film and I reckon the reason it stands the test of time, is mainly because the action for the most part is grounded in reality, the fight scenes felt hard hitting and real - think the bit in the garden where his face is being pushed towards the lawnmower, and the foot chase was frantic and intense.

a forerunner for the bourne movies??

[Deleted User]

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Pat Swayze = bad film.

yeah, like dirty dancing, ghost, roadhouse, all terrible movies yeah???
ppppppppffffffffff. good movies in their own right I think most will agree. they are movies of their time!!

DMcL1971

As a rule, I hate Patrick Swayze but I do love Point Break. I can't remember liking him in anything else, he always struck me as a smarmy git. I did however enjoy his performance in Donnie Darko because his character turns out to be a Paedophile and I though, yeah, I can believe that of Patrick Swayze.

The Backwards Man

He was good in that one where the Ruskies invaded Arizona or somewhere.

Duggy747

Patrick Swayze in RoadHouse is another brilliant slice of action cheese where he plays a kung-fu expert who's a bouncer at a bar.

THall04

Buzz Meeks

Very nostalgic
....Backdraft, Boyz n the Hood, Terminator2

[Deleted User]

DMcL1971 wrote: »

As a rule, I hate Patrick Swayze but I do love Point Break. I can't remember liking him in anything else, he always struck me as a smarmy git. I did however enjoy his performance in Donnie Darko because his character turns out to be a Paedophile and I though, yeah, I can believe that of Patrick Swayze.

I watched a Bio on him and he had a very tough life in ways and was a gentleman. His struggle with de drink killed em in the end but I never would have called him smarmy. His wife and he could not have kids and that had a big affect on him too I believe. sad though seeing him in point break on the wave crest scene and then in his final days.

Mesrine65

No just no :mad:

Mam of 4

Ray Winstone is the only name I recognise in the list of actors. Why did they do a re-make, the original stands the test of time, imo