The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

Lost Highway...eh, not really a fan of Lynch's trippy stuff, not seen it.

Point Break...assuming this is some action flick, no thanks.

I loved Lost Highway the first time I watched it, the second time I noticed that the lead actors aren't very strong and it made me feel a little underwhelmed.
But there's also lots of good stuff in it and I'll probably watch it again.

Never seen Point Break and I'm not in a hurry to fix that.

No kidding? I feel like I hear about it a lot around here. I'm surprised it wasn't way higher.

I've watched it twice in the last six months. I've seen it... hmmm... maybe 15 times?
Everyone I know knows that movie well.

was planning on seeing lost highway on the big screen the night before ballots were due but then my wife and i caught the flu lol. i had seen it once in high school and loved it tho and expect to love it when i do eventually rewatch it. never seen point break but always thought it looked pretty good.

Lost Highway, like The Crow, has an awesome soundtrack.

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90's Redux Seen: 18/34
My List 2/25
#12 The Crow
One Pointer: The Polar Bear King

Point Break is a lot of fun, but I'm not as much in love with it as most people. I have a review written somewhere that I might pull over to MoFo later. Needless to say, it didn't make my list.

I still haven't seen Lost Highway, although I've been meaning to for a while.



SEEN: 11/22
MY BALLOT: 2/25

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I hadn't seen this film since the 1990's, but for some reason, I thought today might be a nice day to revisit it. The only things that were in my memory were bank-robbers with Presidents masks, Gary Busey joke-surfing on top a desk, Angry Keanu shooting to the sky, and the ending.

Point Break indeed follows a group of bank-robbers that use the money to fund their extreme surfing and parachuting escapades. So when the FBI decides to track them, they put a rookie agent with no knowledge of surfing on the job. So he goes out to learn how to surf, and the first beach he goes, he almost drowns; and the first person that rescues him? the ex-girlfriend of the leader of the bank-robbers (Patrick Swayze), who goes on to teach him how to surf while he befriends Swayze and Co.

I could go on and on with all the plot contrivances and ludicrousness of the story, not to mention Keanu Reeves' awful performance... but somehow, it kinda works. Sometimes the dialogue is cringe-worthy, but, Keanu aside, most of the cast goes from serviceable and competent to pretty good (most notably Swayze). IMO, what holds it together is Kathryn Bigelow's direction, who manages to keep the pace brisk.

At the end of the day, Point Break is as uneven and as choppy as the waves these dudes surf in, but it's still a pretty cool ride.

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^That's what I wrote when I last rewatched the film in 2016. Haven't seen it since.

I'm really REALLY liking this list so far with the exceptions of Sleepful in Sea...tt..zzzzz and A Few "Good" Speeches.

Point Break and Lost Highway are both very very solid films and I considered Lost Highway for my list, but did not vote for it.

22 films in and Dead Man is the only one to show so far from my ballot.

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The most I know about Point Break, I learned from Hot Fuzz. I know naught about Lost Highway than it's David Lynch and weird. We're at 22 films, then? I've still only seen 4 of them. I swear I've watched films from the 1990s. I guess I watched obscure ones?

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Sonatine is the only one from my list to make it and that was way back on the first day, but I'm guessing it will be 19 or 20 by the end. I've also seen every movie so far and if I'm not 100/100 when we're done I will eat my shoe.

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It surprised me how much I liked Lost Highway, although it didn't make my list.

Haven't seen Point Break though.

I'm really enjoying the countdown and everyone's comments.
I've seen 11 of the 22 films and liked 7 of them.
Only 1 is from my ballot, What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

This is my feeling/thoughts too. I've even bought a copy, but it didn't have the tape in it (yes it was that long ago), so I took it back but they couldn't find the tape, so I just had a refund. I've recorded it a few times and always ended up deleting it before getting to see it. One day it will happen. I just hope I like it.


It is, becuase I feel the same way about De Palma.

Yeah, but TBF, that's just common sense.

More proof, were it needed, that nobody's perfect.

I literally started listening to a few of their tracks again last week.


A second and third from my list appear. Before Sunrise is the most romantic movie every made. That's just true and it doens't matter what you think. It's so wonderful that I was pretty crushed by the sequel which, well, just wasn't. There's no magic there. I was so disappointed that I've yet to see the final one, though I do own it. One day I'll rewatch Sunset and then watch Midnight, but not anytime soon. I had Before Sunrise at #24 but, as I said before, the last third or so of my list could be in almost any order, including #14, which is where you'll find Point Break on my list. I've seen Point Break many, many times and it always delivers. It's just so damn good and is there anyone who loves that film which doesn't deliver the line "I am an FBI AGENT!" along with Utah?

As for the others which have appeared since my last appearance, I've not seen Lost Highway, but I have owned it for about 25 years. One day, I promise.

I don't care much for comedies as you may know. It's not that I really dislike them, sometimes I like them quite a lot, but I rarely actually find them funny. I don't care for physical/gross out comedy either - so why have I both seen and loved this film? It's the script. That, and it just works. For any older wrestling fans (or fans of 80's wrestling) it's like Randy Savage. He treated Miss Elizabeth terribly and you hated him, but he was just so damn good at what he did and did it so well, you started to 'like' him, but if anyone else had done it, you'd hate them. It's a great comedy, despite being so much of what I hate but that script (when not being gross) is doing a lot of the heavy lifting. The supportiing performances are also very good and it's all played so straight that you have to believe the characters are as they're presented.

I've not seen A Few Good Men since a year or so since it was released, but I've seen it a couple of times and liked it.

I think 6 or 7 from my list won't make it, but of those, there's only one I'd be really surprised to see turn up.

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Yeah I've only seen four of the films and I've enjoyed following the proceedings. I know some people have stated they've seen every film so far, which isn't a surprise. It's pretty impressive though. Do you wonder how many of your ballot will make it?

That is a point for Lost Highway. I think there are many amazing performances in it, but Bill Pullman's wasn't one of them. His performance is so understated he almost seems drugged, especially in the first half. This is likely intentional, given what Lynch has said about the film, but it wouldn't have hurt to put a bit more life into the role.


Balthazar Getty, the second protagonist, is a bit more lively, but (no offense to him) isn't as strong as an actor as Pullman.

Point Break, saw it in the theatre back in the day. Caught it several more times on the TV since then (last time about three years ago). An youth entertaining movie which introduced Keanu Reeves to the world and hardened Patrick Swayze's stardom.
It would probably be in my top 100 (range #80-90) of the 90's.

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European films would be a good one. Mainland Europe.

Still haven't gone through the One Pointers yet...

Strange Days: I don't think I cared for it. It was more of an interesting failure than a bad film...I didn't see the chemistry between Fiennes and Angela Bassett, although she definitely handled her role as a bodyguard pretty well...some interesting things it had to say about the future.

Before Sunrise: Would have made my top 5 for 1995. But it didn't make my list. I thought the romance between Delpy and Ethan Hawke was well done. Linklater had a nice ear for dialogue.

Lost Highway: Haven't seen it.

Point Break: The script may be more than a little illogical at times, but two good performances from Patrick Swayze as the lead robber and Keanu Reeves as a man trying to do his job but at the same time finds himself torn by the guy he's bonded with keep this one from falling off the waves. Bigelow has a good sense for action and the choice of disguise is kind of clever as well.

Seen: 12/22

On List: 25. Hurricane Streets (1 pointer)