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Point Break
WHY'D I WATCH IT?
By robbing them. By robbing them? By robbing them.
Why? That doesn't make any sense. How is anyone supposed to glean this message from having a gun pointed at their face and their property stolen? I don't get this. The bad guys motivations don't make any sense.
This is a very "ehhh..." movie, the characters are only slightly interesting, the dialog is only slightly interesting, the acting is only... OKAY (Keanu Reeves) and the story is a bizarre attempt to blend crime drama with surf culture where it seems half-baked in both departments.
It's pretty obvious they got the wrong guys as soon as the first of their suspects is shot near the middle of the movie, there's no way you're cappin' off your antagonist that early and if they can't be the bad guys then as per dramatic conventions, it must logically be some other characters that have already been established because otherwise you restarting the investigation from square one and the audience feels like you wasted half the movie.
So OF COURSE the bad guys turn out to be the surfer friends Reeves made and the rest of the movie's just kinda... I dunno, stilted?
The first half feels like it was infused with a lot of ****in' around at the beach for literally no other payoff than to suggest that Reeves has spent enough time with Free Willy actress, Lori Petty to justify her becoming his damsel in distress, but it's been what? Two weeks? Spare me.
Perhaps one of the dumbest moments of the movie is the house raid they bring against the false suspects. It's a raid consisting of 4 POLICE who intend to arrest 4 ARMED BANK ROBBERS when they're not even alone. Is this not a terrible idea? Do you not want numbers on your side? Do you want a shooting match to the death? Cause that's obviously what happens.
Perhaps the worst part of that whole scenario is that where's just a random woman taking a shower during the scene so you've got a screaming naked woman running around in the background for seemingly no reason but THEM WOMENS!
She at one point grabs a knife and viciously stabs one of the police twice in the back and I'm like, "Oh crap! She's actually dangerous!" but then someone grabs her arm and she resumes screaming like a hysterical child. OH MY GAWD, **** OFF.
The usual stuff shows up as you might expect in the form of Chicken, Pizza, Meatball Sandwiches, but then it goes to a special place... an oh so special place...
Tuna on Meat.
Excuse me waiter, I would like Salad on Vegetables WHATISTHISIDON'TEVENWHY!?
Final Verdict: [Pretty Good]
Point Break
Mystery Crime Drama / English / 1991
WHY'D I WATCH IT?
"We stand for something. To those dead souls inching along the freeways in their metal coffins, we show them the human spirit is still alive."
By robbing them. By robbing them? By robbing them.
Why? That doesn't make any sense. How is anyone supposed to glean this message from having a gun pointed at their face and their property stolen? I don't get this. The bad guys motivations don't make any sense.
This is a very "ehhh..." movie, the characters are only slightly interesting, the dialog is only slightly interesting, the acting is only... OKAY (Keanu Reeves) and the story is a bizarre attempt to blend crime drama with surf culture where it seems half-baked in both departments.
It's pretty obvious they got the wrong guys as soon as the first of their suspects is shot near the middle of the movie, there's no way you're cappin' off your antagonist that early and if they can't be the bad guys then as per dramatic conventions, it must logically be some other characters that have already been established because otherwise you restarting the investigation from square one and the audience feels like you wasted half the movie.
So OF COURSE the bad guys turn out to be the surfer friends Reeves made and the rest of the movie's just kinda... I dunno, stilted?
The first half feels like it was infused with a lot of ****in' around at the beach for literally no other payoff than to suggest that Reeves has spent enough time with Free Willy actress, Lori Petty to justify her becoming his damsel in distress, but it's been what? Two weeks? Spare me.
Perhaps one of the dumbest moments of the movie is the house raid they bring against the false suspects. It's a raid consisting of 4 POLICE who intend to arrest 4 ARMED BANK ROBBERS when they're not even alone. Is this not a terrible idea? Do you not want numbers on your side? Do you want a shooting match to the death? Cause that's obviously what happens.
Perhaps the worst part of that whole scenario is that where's just a random woman taking a shower during the scene so you've got a screaming naked woman running around in the background for seemingly no reason but THEM WOMENS!
She at one point grabs a knife and viciously stabs one of the police twice in the back and I'm like, "Oh crap! She's actually dangerous!" but then someone grabs her arm and she resumes screaming like a hysterical child. OH MY GAWD, **** OFF.
The usual stuff shows up as you might expect in the form of Chicken, Pizza, Meatball Sandwiches, but then it goes to a special place... an oh so special place...
Tuna on Meat.
WHAT!?
Excuse me waiter, I would like Salad on Vegetables WHATISTHISIDON'TEVENWHY!?