Oh dear. I have just been reading about the sequel to POINT BREAK. Please don't do it! The original is an absolute classic and goldmine of one liners and waves starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in some of their finest roles (i use the term loosely - but they are easy to love in this one!!)
Bodhi's zen like one liners are gold and I'm sure we can all take something from them!!!
Bodhi: If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love.
and
UTAH. Bodhi, this is your wake up call, man -- I am an FBI agent!
BODHI. Wild, ain't it? See, we exist on a higher plane, you and I. We make our own rules. Why be a servant of the law Johnny U... when you can be it's master?
And at the start of the closing sequence of the movie, we see wipers sweeping over the windscreen of Utah's car as he drives into the shopping centre of Bell's Beach, Victoria (which, by the way, bears no resemblance to shopping centre of Bell's Beach, Victoria) while on the radio, a weatherman with an unbelievably broad Australian accent is telling residents to be prepared for evacuation. Utah starts to walk down to the beach. He stops a surfer going the other way, and the following exchange occurs:
UTAH. Anybody been out there?
SURFER. No one's been out. No one's going out. You've got to be fucking crazy, man. Death on a stick out there, mate.
The 'surfer' in this exchange is none other than my Phelpsy! Brilliant
And then:
Australian cop at the end of the movie: We'll get him when he comes back in!
Johnny Utah: He's not coming back.
Do you think he came back??? Johnny Utah is probably still sitting at Bells with a chiko roll in hand...waiting......
Well, sadly I doubt that he will be back in the sequel. Casting for the sequel is still in its early stages, but it seems another aussie will get a shot. None other than Damian Walshe-Howling of Blue Heelers and Underbelly fame (again I use the term loosely)
Anyway, I leave you with this, the original trailer from 1991. Enjoy!
4 comments:
Oh Patrick - don't leave us yet!
I'd forgotton what a great film this was. Wasn't Phelpsy wearing a drizabone as well? Can anyone say cliche!
Sacrilege! How great does Swayze look?
Funny enough the scene's filmed at 'Bells Beach' were really filmed at Cannon Beach, Oregon. It is the same beach that is in the movie 'Twilight'.
The only reason why I know is I grew up a couple of miles from that beach and always got a kick out of Point Break calling it Bells. Especially now that I live here.
what night should we watch that?
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