Page 7 of 10
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:20 pm
by brian
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:20 pm
Two meatball subs, a tuna sandwich, and two lemonades for $7.84. Most fictitious thing in this movie.
Even in 1991, yes.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:20 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Best scene ever?
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:21 pm
by DSafetyGuy
brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:20 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:20 pm
Two meatball subs, a tuna sandwich, and two lemonades for $7.84. Most fictitious thing in this movie.
Even in 1991, yes.
Arguably the germination of an idea about five years old that paid pff tonight.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:21 pm
by govmentchedda
Remember how big car interiors used to be?
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:21 pm
by rass
Good old metal on metal. Fuck plastic cars.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:21 pm
by brian
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:20 pm
Best scene ever?
I'm gonna say the next action sequence, but this one is great.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:23 pm
by brian
The car chase seems kind of de rigueur to me, though it's well done. Using a gas pump as a flamethrower is undoubtedly badass.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:23 pm
by govmentchedda
brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:21 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:20 pm
Best scene ever?
I'm gonna say the next action sequence, but this one is great.
Heat gunfight is best action scene ever.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:24 pm
by brian
The footchase into the LA River basin is even better.
(Than the car chase to be clear.)
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:24 pm
by Giff
brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:23 pm
The car chase seems kind of de rigueur to me, though it's well done. Using a gas pump as a flamethrower is undoubtedly badass.
Yeah, that was fucking great.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:24 pm
by DSafetyGuy
The fact Bigelow pays off the gas station with the explosions after they're gone is A+.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:25 pm
by DSafetyGuy
brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:24 pm
The footchase into the LA River basin is even better.
(Than the car chase to be clear.)
I count from the time meatball sub is ruined until the LA River as one scene. It is all one chase.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:25 pm
by Giff
He just threw a dog!
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:25 pm
by brian
Using a pit bull as a weapon. Also badass. Honestly, Bodhi is fucking awesome.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:25 pm
by rass
Wachowskis had this scene in mind at the end of the matrix, right?
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:26 pm
by brian
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:25 pm
brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:24 pm
The footchase into the LA River basin is even better.
(Than the car chase to be clear.)
I count from the time meatball sub is ruined until the LA River as one scene. It is all one chase.
Correct. But it still pales in comparison to the next one to me.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:27 pm
by brian
Utah emptying his clip into the air. Awesome way to end the scene.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:27 pm
by Johnny Carwash
Throwing a dog at someone is an underrated deterrence tactic.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:28 pm
by duff
Beep ya.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:28 pm
by DSafetyGuy
brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:27 pm
Utah emptying his clip into the air. Awesome way to end the scene.
Sexual frustration about not being able to get his man.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:29 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Nathaniel has phenomenal facial hair in a non-facial hair era.
Give respect where it's due.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:30 pm
by govmentchedda
Really looks like he's the lead singer of Nickelback.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:30 pm
by brian
I feel like there's a lot of tactical mistakes made by both Utah and Bodhi in their personal faceoff over the remainder of the movie, but it mostly works. I think Bigelow was trying to show they were two sides of the same coin and got caught up in their own personal battle.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:30 pm
by duff
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:30 pm
Really looks like he's the lead singer of Nickelback.
Shit! That is spot on.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:31 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Bodhi is Dalton's evil twin, like two sides of the same philosophical brain.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:31 pm
by DSafetyGuy
duff wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:30 pm
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:30 pm
Really looks like he's the lead singer of Nickelback.
Shit! That is spot on.
Why do you even know that? Now it is I who hates you.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:33 pm
by brian
Utah slyly putting his badge in his back pocket even though he's obviously already been made is nice.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:33 pm
by Giff
So why would he go back to Lori Petty's when his cover is blown?
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:34 pm
by brian
I feel this movie arguably could have won a cinematography Oscar for the next scene alone.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:34 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Utah totally losing the dick-measuring contest about parachuting. He's beat and he doesn't even know it.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:34 pm
by brian
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:33 pm
So why would he go back to Lori Petty's when his cover is blown?
She's not part of Bodhi's crew and he really does love her.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:35 pm
by brian
The only thing that bothers me about this scene is that it very obviously takes place over Lake Mead, which is nowhere near LA (even by plane).
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:36 pm
by brian
I mean there's a lot about it that is ridiculous, but if you can suspend disbelief a little, it's perfection.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:36 pm
by govmentchedda
brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:34 pm
I feel this movie arguably could have won a cinematography Oscar for the next scene alone.
It is really nice, and well scored.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:37 pm
by brian
Having never skydived (and as someone who almost certainly never will) I don't know how realistic it is for Utah to be able to navigate through the air like a pro.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:37 pm
by Giff
My wife is having a shower margarita right now in case you're wondering who else will be well scored after this movie is over.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:38 pm
by brian
Also I've done the math on the length of this scene and using a terminal velocity of 162 feet per second, I estimate that they jumped from an altitude of approximately 90,000 feet.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:38 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Crazy that their sunglasses stay on while skydiving.
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:38 pm
by brian
(Which is obviously impossible.)
Re: Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm TONIGHT!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:39 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:37 pm
My wife is having a shower margarita right now in case you're wondering who else will be well scored after this movie is over.
NIce work, if you can get it.
Seriously, hope she's hanging in there as well as she can.