Point Break appreciation thread

conorhal · 17-02-2015 10:16AM

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Pat Swayze = bad film.

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

MonkeyTennis · 17-02-2015 10:25AM

Anthony Keidis hair alone make this a classic

newmug · 17-02-2015 10:35AM

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

Stone Deaf 4evr · 17-02-2015 11:16AM

Stealthfins wrote: »

They're thinking of a remake...

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

Arsemageddon · 17-02-2015 01:39PM

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

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

Agent Coulson · 17-02-2015 02:20PM

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Pat Swayze = bad film.

jiltloop · 17-02-2015 02:38PM

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 · 17-02-2015 02:44PM

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 · 17-02-2015 03:21PM

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 · 17-02-2015 03:24PM

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 · 17-02-2015 03:26PM

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 · 17-02-2015 03:40PM

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 · 17-02-2015 04:01PM

One of the best films ever made.

philstar · 18-02-2015 11:19AM

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 · 18-02-2015 11:26AM

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 · 18-02-2015 11:39AM

true, CGI is killing action films

Grayson · 18-02-2015 11:44AM

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 · 18-02-2015 11:52AM

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

unjedilike · 18-02-2015 11:53AM

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

RobertKK · 18-02-2015 11:59AM

The Shining stands the test of time.

Point Break, I have yet to see.

fryup · 18-02-2015 06:49PM

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??

28-05-2015 02:26PM

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 · 28-05-2015 02:35PM

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 · 28-05-2015 02:42PM

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

Duggy747 · 28-05-2015 03:08PM

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 · 28-05-2015 03:12PM

Buzz Meeks · 28-05-2015 03:15PM

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

28-05-2015 03:15PM

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 · 28-05-2015 03:39PM

No just no :mad:

Mam of 4 · 28-05-2015 03:43PM

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

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