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I loved Strange Days. I don't understand people seriously saying Point Break was good. It was many things, one of which can include enjoyable, but good?
I didn't say it was good, I said it was awesome, but that's only because my love for Keanu knows no bounds. I can't speak for P-C.
So worth seeing even for just the foot-chase scene. I mean, he lobs a not-small DOG at Keanu!
That was so great. Also that time Keanu got punched out by a naked woman.
I don't understand people seriously saying Point Break was good. It was many things, one of which can include enjoyable, but good?
I have looser standards than some people. I also refer to The Fast and the Furious as "good," for instance.
I think Point Break is pretty good until about halfway through the movie. When it gets to the point that Hot Fuzz satirizes, the movie is no longer good, IMO. It is a very entertaining movie, but the logic and believability burns.
That's the point where I started liking it MORE.
It was many things, one of which can include enjoyable, but good?
Point (BREAK!) taken. Megan's right, though - it is awesome, but my Bigelow love knows almost no bounds (couldn't be bothered to see K-19). I even love Blue Steel, despite Captain Logic never having seen the boat. That's partly my Jamie Lee Curtis love talking too, though.
P-C, you crack me UP.
I'm not sure that's a good thing in this instance.
I'm not sure that's a good thing in this instance.
It's probably good like Point Break is good.
For those of you watching at home, today is Katherine Hepburn day on TCM. Lots of less frequently seen movies like Mary of Scotland, Sea of Grass, Quality STreet, Keeper of the Flame.
Tomorrow is Paul Newman day on TCM. Showing lots of good stuff. Among the lesser known ones that I've seen I can recommend Until They Sail (a big dramatic sweeping romantic WWII epic set in New Zealand. Paul is paired off very nicely with Jean Simmons), and The Prize which is one of my favorite faux-Hitchcocks, featuring Elke Sommer (with whom Paul has excellent chemistry) and megan walker's doppelganger, Diane Baker.
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman, who also wrote North By Northwest and it's very much of that vibe.
I haven't seen it but I'll probably also grab Paris Blues (Paul, Joanne Woodward, Sydney Poitier, jazz in Paris - woo!)