Inaugural Swamp Quarantine Movie Night! - Point Break (1991) 9 pm 3/19

Post by **brian** » 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.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:20 pm

Best scene ever?

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:21 pm

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.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:21 pm

Remember how big car interiors used to be?

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:21 pm

Good old metal on metal. Fuck plastic cars.

Post by **brian** » 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.

Post by **brian** » 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.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:23 pm

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.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:24 pm

The footchase into the LA River basin is even better.

(Than the car chase to be clear.)

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:24 pm

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.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:24 pm

The fact Bigelow pays off the gas station with the explosions after they're gone is A+.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » 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.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:25 pm

He just threw a dog!

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:25 pm

Using a pit bull as a weapon. Also badass. Honestly, Bodhi is fucking awesome.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:25 pm

Wachowskis had this scene in mind at the end of the matrix, right?

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:26 pm

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.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:27 pm

Utah emptying his clip into the air. Awesome way to end the scene.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:27 pm

Throwing a dog at someone is an underrated deterrence tactic.

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:28 pm

Beep ya.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:28 pm

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.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:29 pm

Nathaniel has phenomenal facial hair in a non-facial hair era.

Give respect where it's due.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:30 pm

Really looks like he's the lead singer of Nickelback.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:30 pm

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.

duff · Post by **duff** » 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.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:31 pm

Bodhi is Dalton's evil twin, like two sides of the same philosophical brain.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:31 pm

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.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:33 pm

Utah slyly putting his badge in his back pocket even though he's obviously already been made is nice.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:33 pm

So why would he go back to Lori Petty's when his cover is blown?

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:34 pm

I feel this movie arguably could have won a cinematography Oscar for the next scene alone.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:34 pm

Utah totally losing the dick-measuring contest about parachuting. He's beat and he doesn't even know it.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:34 pm

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.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:35 pm

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).

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:36 pm

I mean there's a lot about it that is ridiculous, but if you can suspend disbelief a little, it's perfection.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:36 pm

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.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:37 pm

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.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » 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.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:38 pm

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.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:38 pm

Crazy that their sunglasses stay on while skydiving.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:38 pm

(Which is obviously impossible.)

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:39 pm

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.