Point Break: A Beautiful Film

arf. cinematic history was made with this theory.
possilby.

"takes it off with his shoe.."

What?

i have somehow never seen this all the way through until tonight

"i would eat these out of a rhinosaurus's ass"

"I..am an F-B-I AGENT"

once again:

http://www.365halloween.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/ex-presidents1.jpg

;_P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Expresidents.jpg

:-)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Expresidents.jpg

wow never noticed that patrick's roadhouse thing.

this is my favorite keanu movie, and that's saying a lot

also best gary busey movie

no wai... that's Lethal Weapon

rhinosaurus?

Bodhi also sports one of coolest mullets in the history of cinema

He may sport the only cool mullet in cinema history.

Keanu is so good. But nothing will touch his role as a French Canadian goalie in Youngblood. Nothing. What's that line? "He's like fucking an animal" or something?

rhinosaurus?

-- gabbneb, Friday, August 10, 2007 3:23 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

busey seems to pronouce it like that

plus iwas too lazy to google the correct spelling

I'd never seen this until last night, when I specifically rented it because I was so ashamed at this missing link in my knowledge of the world. And it did not disappoint. When I saw John McGinley and James LeGros in the opening credits I knew I was in good hands. Thumbs up to all the aforementioned lines, the smart casting of Lori Petty as Love Interest, hott bromance. And maybe I've just been ruined by today's editing, but I found all the action sequences really coherent and exciting, esp. the foot chase where teh Swayze just runs through peoples' houses all Ferris-style, picking up dogs and throwing them at Keanu, leaping fences, whatever it takes.

wow never noticed that patrick's roadhouse thing.

-- pisces, Friday, 10 August 2007 16:11 (11 months ago) Bookmark Link

seen point break 700 times and roadhouse like twice but still O_O

I will endeavour to share this fact with everybody I meet in future.

p.s Gonna watch this tonight.

This movie used to be on TV at least once a month back in the 90s, kind-of like Zoolander. Thank god for Fuse, I almost forgot it existed.

"Cliffs on both sides! I'm not gonna PADDLE to New ZEALAND!!"

Anthony Kiedis being shot in the foot is my favourite moment in this film. Presumably where he found the inspiration to hop around on stage like a cunt for the past 20 years.

i saw this for the first time recently and was pretty much amazed

the smart casting of Lori Petty as Love Interest

haaaaaaa

NO ONES BIN OUT AND NO ONES GOIN OUT, DEATH ON A STICK OUT THERE MATE

is my fave line

"you can't just call time out and stroll back to the beach when things aren't going your way"

my fucking pb memory: i returned from work in like 1992 to find my roommate again planted on the couch watching this rental for the nth time. we were at the "i hate you on sight- go ahead say something" stage of roommate-dom. bag and coat in hand, i looked at the tv, looked at him, rolled my eyes and blurted "o god. that patrick swayze, he's soooo dreamy."

boom! he vaulted from semi supine clear over the back of that couch in a nano second and was in my face with the "what the fuck you wanna go blah blah blah."

good times, good times. but, he has better taste in movies than me.

haha that's a funny story

100% Pure Adrenaline, bro. you can hardly blame him.

well, the homophobia underlying the event grates on me as i think about it-- i may as well have said "omg you are such a fag about patrick swayze"! but the story is offered as to pure spiteful button-pushing, and its object is clearly not to cover either of us in glory.

i'm sure this film has perpetrated lots of homoerotic tension btwn roomies

Time for a revive.

I have never forced even the most skeptical person to watch this movie who didn't freakin' love it.

Kem Nunn ought to be namechecked somewhere in this thread. They ruined his book, but in a totally awesome way.

the curse of co-starring in a 1991 film w/ Keanu strikes again.

My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Point Break (1991)

will Alex Winter be next?

love this movie so much

Never saw this (and don't need to) but a cousin did upon its release, and described it, and the ending sounds like the coolest ending ever

No, you need to. You really need to.

for all the exxxtreme-to-the-maxxxx action on display in this trailer i bet there's nothing as exciting as the sequence in the original where keanu chases swayze on foot over fences and thru alleys and houses, which remains fucking amazing

also this luke bracey guy does an amazing job of sucking the life from the screen every time he appears on it

i think my first mobile phone was an ericsson core btw

swayze at one point throws a pit bull at keanu, which almost makes up for zero dark

he does! at 1:53 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=113&v=kmvXdUaUqgA

ha! i forgot about the projectile pit bull.

as i recall that chase just goes on forever and it's great.

watched this tonight, man I forgot how stupid the second half is. it's about on par with a 70s doctor who episode in terms of plot.

that was a first-rate chase

and yes it is deeply stupid, but not pernicious

(unless yer a Buddhist perhaps)

some of the dialogue is kind of pernicious. it's pretty much an exercise in exuberance and style, and everything else is just wasted motion.

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/dude-what-is-to-blame-for-the-new-point-break/

scheduled to be released on December 25

this remake looks like shit but 20 y.o. me would have loved spending Christmas watching the original

is going to the cinema on Christmas Day a thing in the US? i think they're maybe closed for the day in the UK

read today that the rock wants to star in a remake of big trouble in little china, confirming my suspicions that hollywood is attempting to fuck with all the movies i loved as a 15-year-old

Christmas is still a massive movie-going day in the US, as is Thanksgiving. A great way to pass a couple hours with family; nobody is allowed to talk.

Release date: 30 years ago today

First movie I ever saw when I was high. Freaked out inside when Utah almost got his head shoved in the lawnmower.

I just googled when it was released on VHS and one of the questions google suggested was, "is Point Break based on a true story?"

I just caught the second half of this last night. Loling at the part where the Ex-Presidents are so radical that when it comes time to make a bonfire, they don't open the container of lighter fluid, but stick a butterfly knife in it. Seems like a terrible bonfire/great way to set yourself on fire.

That's how you know they mean it.

such beautiful, boldly chosen nonsense

Lori Petty's character is as underwritten as any in film tho

point breeeaak forevverrr