DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,913 Posts
Possibly one of Keanu's best roles.
No no no.
Are you kidding?
Yeah... that might have been a bit much. He doesn't really have[/b] good roles... lol
But I like him in this. He fits well into that kind of movie. (read: cheeesy movies)
Keanu Reeves can't act to save his life. The Bill and Ted movies were enjoyable dumb fun, and so is Point Break to a lesser extent, but I've seen blocks of concrete that were more expressive than Keanu at his best. That said, he must have been pretty relieved when Revenge of the Shit came out, since Hayden Christensen managed to make him look like fucking Brando in that terd. When he shears off Count Dooku's dome, Christensen looks less like a man in the midst of the horrific realisation that he's crossed a moral boundary from which he can never return as he does like a man struggling to remember where he left his house keys.
Does anyone else think that Point Break is kinda gay, though? I don't mean that in a derogatory way at all, but the lingering shots of Keanu looking buff in the shower, and the whole theme of male bonding in an environment where women are pointedly excluded does sort of celebrate homoeroticism/latent homosexuality. Which makes the fact that it was directed by a woman all the more interesting. I dunno whether this qualifies as "appreciation", but I always thought that Point Break was a movie aimed squarely at gay men and women who like to watch gay porn. Maybe that's just me, though.
Does anyone else think that Point Break is kinda gay, though? I don't mean that in a derogatory way at all, but the lingering shots of Keanu looking buff in the shower, and the whole theme of male bonding in an environment where women are pointedly excluded does sort of celebrate homoeroticism/latent homosexuality. Which makes the fact that it was directed by a woman all the more interesting. I dunno whether this qualifies as "appreciation", but I always thought that Point Break was a movie aimed squarely at gay men and women who like to watch gay porn. Maybe that's just me, though.
The director, Kathryn Bigelow, has pretty consistently messed around with gender roles in her films (Blue Steel, Near Dark, Strange Days). She comes from a heavy avant-garde/film theory background, and had acted in Lizzie Borden's 'Born in Flames', which helps contextualize her later work in Hollywood. I tend to think of her career as a director more in terms of throwing out questions and confounding assumptions about gender rather than drawing up a manifesto for gender roles in film or "aiming" at a particular audience. To the contrary, I think she aims her films at as broad an audience as possible precisely to challenge as many viewers as possible.
The director, Kathryn Bigelow, has pretty consistently messed around with gender roles in her films (Blue Steel, Near Dark, Strange Days). She comes from a heavy avant-garde/film theory background, and had acted in Lizzie Borden's 'Born in Flames', which helps contextualize her later work in Hollywood. I tend to think of her career as a director more in terms of throwing out questions and confounding assumptions about gender rather than drawing up a manifesto for gender roles in film or "aiming" at a particular audience. To the contrary, I think she aims her films at as broad an audience as possible precisely to challenge as many viewers as possible.
This movie is not far behind the wonders of Interview With A Vampire in the homoerotic stakes. Swayze, Reeves and some truly terrible scripting make the film impossible to be taken seriously. However I'll happily watch the film for laughs and John C. McGinley's delivery of the squat speech almost single handedly redeems the entire movie.
Does anyone else think that Point Break is kinda gay, though? I don't mean that in a derogatory way at all, but the lingering shots of Keanu looking buff in the shower, and the whole theme of male bonding in an environment where women are pointedly excluded does sort of celebrate homoeroticism/latent homosexuality. Which makes the fact that it was directed by a woman all the more interesting. I dunno whether this qualifies as "appreciation", but I always thought that Point Break was a movie aimed squarely at gay men and women who like to watch gay porn. Maybe that's just me, though.
The director, Kathryn Bigelow, has pretty consistently messed around with gender roles in her films (Blue Steel, Near Dark, Strange Days). She comes from a heavy avant-garde/film theory background, and had acted in Lizzie Borden's 'Born in Flames', which helps contextualize her later work in Hollywood. I tend to think of her career as a director more in terms of throwing out questions and confounding assumptions about gender rather than drawing up a manifesto for gender roles in film or "aiming" at a particular audience. To the contrary, I think she aims her films at as broad an audience as possible precisely to challenge as many viewers as possible.
* They only live to get radical. They don't understand the sea, so they'll never get the spiritual side of it." -Bodhi * "Vaya con Dios." -Johnny Utah * "Everything moves in cycles, so twice a century the ocean lets us know just how small we really are. A storm comes out of Antarctica, tearing up the Pacific, and it sends a huge swell north 2,000 miles. And when it hits Bells Beach it'll turn into the biggest surf this planet has ever seen, and I will be there." -Bodhi * "This was never about money for us. It was about us against the system. That system that kills the human spirit. We stand for something. To those dead souls inching along the freeways in their metal coffins, we show them that the human spirit is still alive." -Bodhi * "Two bricks, comin' up." -Angelo Pappas * "Surfing's the source. It'll change your life...swear to God." -Surf Shop Employee * "That's Bodhi. They call him the Bodhisattva." -Tyler Endicott * "Added to which indignity, l have been saddled with a blue-flame Quantico cat! Some quarterback punk. Johnny Unitas or something." -Angelo Pappas * "No way Bells is bigger than Waimea, bro." -Grommet * "Little hand says its time to rock and roll!" -Bohdi * "Just waitin' for my set." -Bohdi * "If you want the ultimate thrill, you gotta be willing to pay the ultimate price." -Bohdi * "People are dead. The ride is over!" - Johnny Utah * "Why be a servant of the law when you can be its master?" -Bodhi * "Utah! Get me two!" -Angelo (in reference to meatball sandwiches) * "There's cliffs on both sides, I'm not going to paddle to New Zealand" -Bohdi * "Young, dumb and full of cum" -Harp * "Hello, hello, ladies and gentlemen. We are the Ex-Presidents! We need just a few moments of your time. We've been screwing you for years, so a few more seconds shouldn't matter!" -Bodhi * "I am an FBI agent!" "-Johnny Utah" * "This is for little rubber people who don't shave yet" "-Utah to Pappas" * "Life sure has a sick sense of humor, doesn't it?!" - "Bohdi to Utah" * "Speak into the microphone, squid brain!" "-Angelo Pappas" * "We seem to have an asshole shortage around here" Harp to Utah "Not so far" * "You gotta go down. People trusted you and they died." "-Utah to Bohdi"
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Keanu Reeves can't act to save his life. The Bill and Ted movies were enjoyable dumb fun, and so is Point Break to a lesser extent, but I've seen blocks of concrete that were more expressive than Keanu at his best. That said, he must have been pretty relieved when Revenge of the Shit came out, since Hayden Christensen managed to make him look like fucking Brando in that terd. When he shears off Count Dooku's dome, Christensen looks less like a man in the midst of the horrific realisation that he's crossed a moral boundary from which he can never return as he does like a man struggling to remember where he left his house keys.
Does anyone else think that Point Break is kinda gay, though? I don't mean that in a derogatory way at all, but the lingering shots of Keanu looking buff in the shower, and the whole theme of male bonding in an environment where women are pointedly excluded does sort of celebrate homoeroticism/latent homosexuality. Which makes the fact that it was directed by a woman all the more interesting. I dunno whether this qualifies as "appreciation", but I always thought that Point Break was a movie aimed squarely at gay men and women who like to watch gay porn. Maybe that's just me, though.
wow. I was unaware that anyone else realized that's the best line of the whole movie.
"There is sandwich stand around that corner - best meatball sub I ever had - I want you to go and get me two. Two Utah, two."
HAHAHAHAHA
I went to this movie on the day it came out.
smoking bowls in the cinema wearing black tie with boardshorts.
Swayze rules.
The director, Kathryn Bigelow, has pretty consistently messed around with gender roles in her films (Blue Steel, Near Dark, Strange Days). She comes from a heavy avant-garde/film theory background, and had acted in Lizzie Borden's 'Born in Flames', which helps contextualize her later work in Hollywood. I tend to think of her career as a director more in terms of throwing out questions and confounding assumptions about gender rather than drawing up a manifesto for gender roles in film or "aiming" at a particular audience. To the contrary, I think she aims her films at as broad an audience as possible precisely to challenge as many viewers as possible.
However I'll happily watch the film for laughs and John C. McGinley's delivery of the squat speech almost single handedly redeems the entire movie.
* "Vaya con Dios." -Johnny Utah
* "Everything moves in cycles, so twice a century the ocean lets us know just how small we really are. A storm comes out of Antarctica, tearing up the Pacific, and it sends a huge swell north 2,000 miles. And when it hits Bells Beach it'll turn into the biggest surf this planet has ever seen, and I will be there." -Bodhi
* "This was never about money for us. It was about us against the system. That system that kills the human spirit. We stand for something. To those dead souls inching along the freeways in their metal coffins, we show them that the human spirit is still alive." -Bodhi
* "Two bricks, comin' up." -Angelo Pappas
* "Surfing's the source. It'll change your life...swear to God." -Surf Shop Employee
* "That's Bodhi. They call him the Bodhisattva." -Tyler Endicott
* "Added to which indignity, l have been saddled with a blue-flame Quantico cat! Some quarterback punk. Johnny Unitas or something." -Angelo Pappas
* "No way Bells is bigger than Waimea, bro." -Grommet
* "Little hand says its time to rock and roll!" -Bohdi
* "Just waitin' for my set." -Bohdi
* "If you want the ultimate thrill, you gotta be willing to pay the ultimate price." -Bohdi
* "People are dead. The ride is over!" - Johnny Utah
* "Why be a servant of the law when you can be its master?" -Bodhi
* "Utah! Get me two!" -Angelo (in reference to meatball sandwiches)
* "There's cliffs on both sides, I'm not going to paddle to New Zealand" -Bohdi
* "Young, dumb and full of cum" -Harp
* "Hello, hello, ladies and gentlemen. We are the Ex-Presidents! We need just a few moments of your time. We've been screwing you for years, so a few more seconds shouldn't matter!" -Bodhi
* "I am an FBI agent!" "-Johnny Utah"
* "This is for little rubber people who don't shave yet" "-Utah to Pappas"
* "Life sure has a sick sense of humor, doesn't it?!" - "Bohdi to Utah"
* "Speak into the microphone, squid brain!" "-Angelo Pappas"
* "We seem to have an asshole shortage around here" Harp to Utah "Not so far"
* "You gotta go down. People trusted you and they died." "-Utah to Bohdi"
Point break? Please. That's some beginner's shit.
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All the homies still ride for this flick.
I never liked it that much.