Red Mosquito

BurtReynolds wrote:Watched It Follows. It was alright. Thought it was more silly than scary. too long.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:To the surprise of no one, I thought the Point Break remake was a lot better than the original. The relationship between Utah and Bohdi carried a lot more weight and significance, and the clearly shot-on-location set-pieces were quite staggering. They cross the line from being merely impressive to being movingly expressive. The huge amount of passion Ericson Core poured into this project is palpable; it has such a boots-on-the-ground earnestness, similar to the films of John Stockwell. It's only real issue is some wonky editing/pacing (mostly in the first 20 minutes), but overall I found it very beautiful.

BurtReynolds wrote:Heh, "better than Point Break" doesn't strike me as a glowing endorsement.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:We've reached a place I simply can't understand if we're going to extol the values of "empty-headedness."

Rangi Guy wrote:Was there surfing in it though? That's the whole reason the last one was called Point Break - they were robbing banks to fund their endless summer surfing. If not - then why was it called Point Break?

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:Was there surfing in it though? That's the whole reason the last one was called Point Break - they were robbing banks to fund their endless summer surfing. If not - then why was it called Point Break?

Yes, there is surfing. And they discuss what "point break" means in the movie.

Rangi Guy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:Was there surfing in it though? That's the whole reason the last one was called Point Break - they were robbing banks to fund their endless summer surfing. If not - then why was it called Point Break?

Yes, there is surfing. And they discuss what "point break" means in the movie.

It better not be the whole 'What's you're breaking point?' like the slogan on the posters

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:Was there surfing in it though? That's the whole reason the last one was called Point Break - they were robbing banks to fund their endless summer surfing. If not - then why was it called Point Break?

Yes, there is surfing. And they discuss what "point break" means in the movie.

It better not be the whole 'What's you're breaking point?' like the slogan on the posters

It kinda is.

stip wrote:since they are leaving netflix I'm rewatching the first two Mission Impossible and Bourne movies, which I had seen but barely remembered. It's amazing how much the action quota in these movies has ramped up in the last 15 years.

stip wrote:I'm not gonna see this, so for all I know LV is correct. But reading his posts here gives me a lot of insight into how I must be perceived in PJ chat discussing anything post 2006.