I was sure Simone was gonna catch Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in this movie. I base this solely on her shirt choices over the past 3-4 years.
I still remember the Hot Fuzz reaction where Simone is just screaming because Nick Frost's character is about to spoil the plot of Point Break lol. Now you guys are reacting to Point Break, time flies.
No one delivers, “I am an FBI agent!” like Keanu. This movie is so over the top that it’s no wonder that Hot Fuzz used it as inspiration. But it is a classic of 90’s cinema and I love it.
I feel like 90s action movies in general got pretty zany, even though 80s action flicks get all the flack. Hopefully it won’t be long before they get to the crown jewel: Face Off.
@@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield Face Off is pretty zany, but I think The Last Boy Scout gets pretty out there-what with guns on the field during a football game, stuffed animal murder, and an ex-football player solving crimes.
You look it up in the video, but the skydiving scenes were achieved through a combination of two techniques: real skydiving sequences, and then scenes that used a giant air fan (akin to modern indoor skydiving facilities) so they could shoot close-ups showing the actors. If you look at the movie closely, you'll see that any shot where you see Reeves' face has the camera on the ground pointed up so you can't see the fan rig, and the shots with the ground visible so you can see they're really skydiving are naturally pointed down from above. Kathryn Bigelow understood the sex appeal of Reeves and Swayze in a way that some male directors might have ignored. I believe she had to fight a little for Reeves in particular, but she could tell he had "it." If I remember, she was the one who came up with the denim in the rain stuff to accentuate that. If you two get to A League of Their Own, you'll see Lori Petty again.
@@shanewillis316 I actually had Lori Petty sign my copy of Tank Girl a couple of months ago! I only went with League because it's hard to say how a cult oddity like Tank Girl would go over.
And Swayze actually did fall backward out of the plane and parachute to the ground. He had to fight for permission to do the actual jump out of the plane that appears in the film.
@@shanewillis316 Tank Girl is a blast and Lori Petty kinda kills it in the role. I got a feeling both George and Simone will love it but for totally different reasons. Especially if they get a little altered first.
If you're familiar with JJ's Trek, you might know those 'skydiving' scenes were shot upside down while they stood on a mirror with wind blowing down on them. Neat trick but still a trick.
I feel like Lori Petty should have been more of a household name in the early 90s given all the good movies she was in. You guys should watch "Tank Girl".
Drugs... She got heavy into drugs after this movie, (even on the Tank Girl set) and became unworkable. (Both couldn't work and nobody wanted to hire her.) After a while she got clean. I think Orange Is The New Black was her first acting gig clean.
My wife and I were in Costa Rica years ago, sitting on the beach watching the surfers - making sarcastic comments about their rides "ho ho short ride, that guy sucks" etc. The next day we went for our first surf lesson and GOT WIPED OUT. I managed to stand for about 3 seconds and we agreed it was an achievement. After that our whole attitude changed, whenever we saw someone have a good ride or a bad one, we always cheered them on !
This was directed by Katherine Bigelow, the ex wife of James Cameron, she went on to direct Hurt Locker and become the first female director to win the academy award
@@kevinmatthew1050 It super is! ...if you were in the intelligence community. The army guys who thought Hurt Locker was the peak of her career snoozed through Zero Dark Thirty, and well, I thought Hurt Locker was about as thrilling as warm goat cheese on cold flatbread. (still a good movie, just harder to relate to the characters)
@@jaredragland4707 as someone who spent 12 years in that community (98G/35P, C-IED and "other stuff" later), I have to agree! They're both Hollywood versions of reality for a number of obvious and practical reasons, but ZDT is much closer to the intel/ops world than Hurt Locker is to EOD. I spent a year working at "Rocket City" a few miles down the road from Camp Chapman (then called FOB Chapman) when we got the big boom in June 2012. I was still there when ZDT came out in December and less than a week later, on Christmas Day, there was another SVBIED attack at Chapman. Of course I didn't get see the film until I got back to the states but it was kind of a surreal experience after having some direct IRL context.
The fact that Patrick Swayze was really doing those jumps is awesome, his moves during that first skydiving scene are always cool to me. Also, Keanu Reeves is probably the most humanitarian celebrity to exist. He's such a nice guy. He once met a family at an airport that was stranded because their connecting flight had been cancelled, so he rented a car and drove them home.
And you know he does that because he genuinely wants to help too. If he wanted to do it for the PR value, he'd simply throw money at them instead. Lets just say, if he's faking the humanitarian thing, he hasn't dropped the mask for *decades*.
@@neil2444 These days, If he was doing it for PR like most celebrities or most people for that matter, he would be pulling out his phone and recording the whole thing.
When Octavia Spencer first moved to LA, her car broke down in the middle of an intersection. A hundred ppl drive by, but Keanu pulled over & pushed it out of the road. 🥰
This movie was the inspiration for Fast and Furious 1, the story is practically the same, but in different environments, where Paul Walker would be Keanu Reeves and Vin Diesel would play the role of Patrick Swayze. So we owe the Fast and Furious saga to Point Break.
Rob Cohen makes no bones about how this is the exact inspiration for Fast and Furious I'm just glad I didn't make 10 sequels that got progressively worse after 5:00
Gary Busey was a great actor before his motorcycle accident... I love him in Silver Bullet and he was nominated for best actor at the academy awards for The Buddy Holly Story!!!
Two things about when Johnny jumped without a parachute; You can clearly see that there is a backpack underneath his shirt. Bodi was casually descending with arms and legs spread to control his speed, while Johnny was in a diving position to catch up
As an ex surfer the worst part is getting out when it's big waves, paddling out my first time when it was big and choppy by the time I made it past the break my arms had no strength left and when I sat down on my board to rest and wait for my wave my calf muscle cramped up. So embarrassing but surfers are a cool group and laughed at me and asked if I was OK. I sucked at surfing but the lifestyle and the surfer crowd are cool
I had an uncle that was a surfer. He was riding a wave in off the California coast, and he could see people on the beach pointing at him. He thought it was because he was hot shit. All the pretty girls looking at him. As he got closer, he could hear screams, and more people were pointing and jumping up and down. He finally glanced over his shoulder to see a whale riding the wave next to him. 🐳 It was the late '70s early '80s, so they probably thought it was a shark. 🤣
The scene where Utah recognizes Bodhi and starts shooting at the sky in frustration was referenced in Hot Fuzz. Nick Frost's character asked Simon Pegg's character if he'd ever done that in real life in the scene where he's asking him about his crazy experiences as a cop in London, then later they watched "Point Break" and that clip was shown on the TV, and finally Nick Frost did it himself when he couldn't shoot his dad after finding out he was one of the bad guys.
One of the very first Keanu Reeves movies I saw growing up! RIP Patrick Swayze. He's surfing with God now. Originally Ridley Scott was going to direct this movie, but turned it down to film Thelma And Louise instead. Kathryn Bigelow was picked to make the project after producers were impressed by her action film Blue Steel starring Jamie Lee Curtis. Bigelow would be the first female director to win both Best Picture and Best Director for the action war epic The Hurt Locker.
FINALLY you guys got around to POINT BREAK (1991) its an amazing film always go back to this film. Also known fact Patrick Swayze was a well trained skydiver he did about 55 takes when doing the scene when he jumped out the plane. The studio didn’t want him doing it cause their thought he would get hurt but he did it anyways.
Something to note about the end, when Johnny lets Bodhi go surf at the end, Johnny tells him "Vaya con dios" which is Spanish for "Go with God" Johnny knew he was sending Bodhi off to die. I love the ending, Bodhi did change Johnny in the end, considering Johnny proceeds to toss his badge into the water, and continues to surf everyday.
For me, the core of this movie is the surfing Zen thing. Utah found a deeper, more spiritual element to his life while Bodhi had that element as his focus to begin with, but he only really felt it in the adrenaline high.
Yeah, that's what they want you to come away from that movie feeling. Realistically however, this is a movie about a law enforcement officer giving into his baser instincts, getting his partner killed, and releasing a bank robbing murderer.
Unloading the gun in the air at 20:43 is from this movie, but it was referenced in Hot Fuzz twice. Them watching the movie at home and when Danny had a chance to shoot his father in the back as he ran away, but he instead fired the gun up into the air in frustration.
3 times. First is when Danny asks if Angel ever saw it, and if he ever fired his gun in the air and gone argh. Then they watch the movie with that scene. Then Danny does it himself when his dad is running from him at the end.
My mom growing up in the 60s in HI used to surf for gym in High School. Her board was called "The Green Pickle" - it was a 6 foot board, and my mom is a little under 5 feet tall.
To George: I am afraid of heights too. Yet I have 1000+ skydives under my belt. Fear of heights never entered my mind in those moments (except once when jumping from a balloon at relative low height and having to climb the basket to jump). It really is too high for it to matter. There is also no real fear of falling which is pretty much what fear of heights is... I'd highly recommend you see it through and try a skydive (tandem is easiest). Also recommend you take Simone to a wind tunnel and do some freefall there (and document it for our entertainment).
My fear of heights doesn’t kick in until the ground rush at 50’ or so but it’s not that bad as at that point I’m concentrating on aiming for my landing point and form so I don’t hurt myself.
I'm the same. I hate going up ladders, metal stairs that you can see through but I love really high rollercoasters and loved the one time I was in a low flying helicopter with the doors open. I'd also love to jump out of a plane!
@@Matt_Mosley1983 Doubt all you want, but it's the truth, really up to you if you don't wish to believe it. And I got those 1000+ jumps in a period of about 6 years, mostly weekends indeed. No need for an average of just 50 jumps a year for 20 years, that would be jumping at a very leisurely pace.
@@Matt_Mosley1983 I dunno dude, if i'm 10ft up a ladder my legs wobble and I can feel the very top of my sphincter squirm but a helicopter flying at 150ft in a hard turn off the ground didn't bother me bother me in the slightest. Even the tallest rollercoaster in the UK didn't bother me.
I'm afraid of heights yet I use to go cliff diving... I don't like being on ladders or in high buildings but on a 50' high cliff, jumping, had no problems
Not even 20 minutes into the movie and i feel like George has already had a couple of therapy sessions! Between the "learning to swim" story and "the gym shaming"...George needs a hug! 😥😥
I drowned in a river as a kid and later had a severe panic attack when swimming and didn't swim for a long time. I think it's worth taking a lesson again, especially as an adult when you know how to express your boundaries and such. Swimming feels so liberating!
same. swimming lessons actually got me over my fear of water. It's a comfort to know that unless I get dropped into the middle of a squall in the ocean, I'll be fine. And the squall thing just seems unlikely.
Aside from the myriad other elements of this movie that I love, John C. McGinley delivers one of my all time favourite lines early on. And y'all almost included it. "You know nothing. In fact, you know less than nothing. If you even knew you knew nothing, that'd be something, but you don't." 🤣
I think this ranks fourth on the list of "100% American" Patrick Swayze movies, behind _Uncommon Valor_ (1983), the original _Red Dawn_ (1984), and _Road House_ (1989). _Hot Fuzz_ was the other movie with that scene, when Reeves fires his pistol into the air rather than shoot Swayze's character.
@@Marco-vw3mv I thought about that one. It's an entirely American movie, but more in the way America _is_ (or was) vs. our global stereotypes. Great movie regardless.
This is my favourite film. Ever. I never get tired of watching it, I'm so happy to see some reactors finally checking this film out. Thankyou so much. 😊
Roach is played by actor James Le Gros. He was in one of the best horror movies ever, Phantasm 2. That and the first Phantasm are well worth watching. Also, the naked chick that kicked Utah’s ass in the house bust was super sexy stunt woman Julie Michael’s. She’s an accomplished actress, stunt woman and producer. She played the end boss’ main girl in the Swayze movie “Roadhouse”. Her strip tease in that movie is OMG. She also helped kill Jason Vorhess is “Jason Goes to Hell”.
If I'm not mistaken, Mythbusters had a chapter about this movie, it was for the scene in which Keanu jumps from the plane without a parachute and catches the other guy. It was perfectly possible because based on your body's "position" you are more aerodynamic (I assume), so you "fall faster".
As many others have noted, P. Swayze was an avid sky diver. Keanu stated in interviews for the film that Patrick gathered the other actors playing the “Dead Presidents” for sky diving trips during their downtime from shooting, to the degree that the studio had to step in and stop him. And the shot of Swayze doing the epic acrobatics was real and filmed after completion of principal photography because Katherine Bigelow knew she had a star and that it would look great for the film. I guess that’s why she has an Oscar and I have a margarita.
If I remember correctly, Travis Pastrana jumped out of a plane years ago without a parachute and attached to another skydiver with one like in the movie. Luke Aikins did the same but flew into a huge net on the ground that caught him. Not sure when these happened.
Actually, myth busters proved that the whole Utah jumping out a plane and catching up to Patrick swayze is actually possible. Oh yeah, the stunt guy was wearing an e chute underneath his shirt.
Skydiver Luke Aikins, made history, when he jumped from 25,000 feet out of an airplane without a parachute, landing safely in a net, setting a world record.
I had a nice greeting by the sea when I started surfing. I tried to catch a wave, fell off the baord which hit me on the side of my head and then I got draged under water, behind the wave and I only saw light/dark for an eternety and then got spit out on the beach. That day, every beer tasted wonderful and the next days went smooth. Rough start, but never regret it. xD
This was the second film Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze were in together. Their first was the 1986 film Youngblood where they played Ice Hockey players on a minor league Canada Ice Hockey team. Rob Lowe was the lead in the film(Keanu was only in it as a kinda extra with a few lines). Oh and I think part of the the reason Gary Busey was cast was due to 2 things: 1) Predator 2 had come out the previous year so he was kinda name at this point. 2) Big Wednesday(1976)! This would be a good future film to react to for Cinebinge! It stars Gary Busey, William Katt(The Greatest American Hero) & Jan-Michael Vincent(Airwolf) as 3 Surf boarders who end up getting drafted in Vietnam and follows their individual stories... KInda a decent drama.
Where I lived in South West Australia there were a large number of the kids at my school would go surfing before and after school. They all had surfing brand pencil cases etc. and there were surfing posters on the walls in the classrooms. A number of the teachers surfed too. Apparently most of them couldn't fit in time for a shower, so whenever they moved their head, sand would fall onto the desk. I remember everyone got further excited when this movie came out. I feel like interest in the sport in terms of competition etc. was at a peak in the early 90's and that's when everyone was wearing surf brand gear like Quicksilver, Billabong, Rip Curl etc. Apparently these brands lost a lot of popularity lately with kids because those same kids have grown up and are now dads, and kids don't tend to think that things their dads are wearing are cool anymore. Any locals who went professional seemed to be somewhat treated as royalty.
Lol. I grew up in Southern California and we would surf before school sometimes. Yep, no time to shower. Back then in the eighties it was the surfers that wore Uggs after surfing, before they became a trendy chic boot.
20:50 The movie you're thinking of is Hot Fuzz. If you recall Danny's character in the movie had his own version of that towards the end when he couldn't shoot his own dad trying to escape.
Spent a couple years surfing off the coast of New Hampshire (yes they have a coastline) when I was younger. In 2001 (7th grade) I went out with a friend and his family right before a Nor'Easter was about to hit. 30 degrees F outside, snow on the beach, rode the wave correctly for the first time and it was about 5 feet which was taller than me at the time; core memory for sure. Scariest story, I got separated from a friend and ended up in a riptide. Didn't know how to get out and was paddling going nowhere for about 20 minutes straight, exhausted, and no one in sight. I swear, out of nowhere a dude on a long board paddle up about 20 feet away and told me to paddle sideways to get out. I was free in about 10 seconds, rode in, and nearly passed out on the beach. I would've been a goner if it weren't for that stranger, never saw him again. Edit: I've tried the beer and cherrios. Beerios. Excuse; I lived in the barracks while in the Army.
My dad was also scared of heights. He went skydiving once just to prove to himself he could do it. Never wanted to go again but he was glad he did it. I've been a few times and absolutely love it. I'd go every day if I could. Biggest adrenaline rush I've ever had other than getting shot at. Another great skydiving movie is Drop Zone with Wesley Snipes.
25:30 I was a small-town cop for about 20 years. When I went to the academy, back in '94, they actually showed us this scene, and then talked about how, if we ever found ourselves in something similar, our best course of action was to be cool, and to be a good witness! Unless and until it seemed imminent that someone was going to get hurt, or worse, and then we had to make a judgement call.
28:54 Is it possible to catch someone that has jumped out of a plane? Yes; skydivers do it all the time, but you need altitude to do it. You have an easier time catching up to someone if you leave very close to when they do (like touching them close) but people can get pretty separated if there is a delay. There was a significant delay between Roach and Bhodi, so that would have taken extra time to catch up. Same thing with Johnny. All that being said, if I heard it right, Bhodi told the pilot to climb to 4000’ (I assume above ground level) to get to a “safe” jump altitude. 4000’ is not high enough for anyone to catch-up to anyone in free fall like they did. Some drop zones jump at 10,000’ while others will go up to 14’500, which may give you 45 seconds to a minute of free fall respectively, which is likely what they jumped from in the exterior shots. 4000’ AGL is a safe altitude for what is called a “hop ‘n pop” where you jump out of the plane and free fall long enough to clear the aircraft, then immediately deploy your parachute. For reference most new skydivers and tandems in the US pull their chutes at 6000’ to give time to respond properly to malfunctions, and very experienced skydivers may pull as low as 2500’.
Laughing at people learning stuff (and specially the gym example George used) is definitely more frowned upon these days than when the movie was released. It is not perfect but as a kid of the nineties I can safely say things feel better now than those days.
Ah great pick. You got Keanu Reeves first action role, Gary Busy playing a fairly normal character, and Patrick Swayze playing a pretty solid heavy:) Good times:)
While some of the surfer violence/territoriality seems comical, it does happen and was prevalent for a while on the west coast (and other areas of the world). Surf gangs were a real thing and at times pretty dangerous to non-locals. Luckily, I surfed on the third coast in Texas, lol. But there were still rules and a loose structure of where you could/should surf based on your skill. We had places called The Octagon (for a weird domed house) and The Flagship (named after the hotel that was on the pier) where the seasoned surfers would hang out.
Can't wait for the monthly recap to hear how you forgot about Hot Fuzz while watching this. 🙂Simone, at least nine Bond films have great skydiving stunt work, including a jump of the Eiffel Tower in "A View To A Kill".
Last time I heard of a bank robbery on the news was 2 weeks ago. When it comes to navigating while skydiving, try to think of the air around you at that speed as more of a liquid than a gas, and each limb you extend outward acts as a rudder. That's how you adjust your direction of travel and how you rotate or pivot.
The real skydiving shots are even crazier - the production team didn't want Swayze to do it for real, so he got some camera men and other divers to go out early one day and get the shots without the knowledge of those in charge - the dude really likes skydiving lol
22:51 this was filmed right after the movie shot. Swayze got so into skydiving that Kathryn Bigelow wouldn’t let him skydive whist they were filming incase he died. They put this scene in post production
While it is indeed fun to imagine Swayze skydiving on the studio's dime, I'd guess that the previous skydiving scene could also be there partly to show that Johnny now knows how to work a parachute, since he hadn't jumped before. I mean, it's a stretch but that might be a plausible enough reason to have it in the story.
I grew up in Oceanside Ca and I used to surf when I was younger 12 or so, was in the YMCA as summer daycare to the beach. Scariest thing is another kid was bit by a shark, it was a small one but did cut him up. Also also, the bank near my house was recently robbed. Not at all with this level of expertise. They were caught quick.
If this and Blue Crush are the same movie because someone's learning to surf, then really they're both just new versions of Gidget. 😊 I love this movie, really especially the vibes between Keanu and Patrick, Lori, and Busey.
The „girl“ that looks like Courtney Cox is Lori Petty, she played the role of Lolly Whitehill in Orange is the new black and she was in the 1992 A League of their Own and the 1995 Tank Girl. Can recommend all of them
Scary Surf Moment: I grew up surfing New Smyrna Beach in Florida, which is the shark bite capitol of the world. Once when I was out waiting for the break, I kicked a shark. I knew immediately as my foot ran across the leathery skin what it was, and it was big. Definitely an eye-opener.
I grew up in northern Ontario on the shores of lake Superior But I was lucky enough to meet some people who taught me about wind surfing. I know it doesn't compare to real wave surfing but it is still amazing. It will change your life. Love you guys.
I think windsurfing is where you go to train for surfing. I love the idea of windsurfing, but I don't have the upper body strength to keep the sail up for that long, but man it was fun. Took up cayaking after, joy..... ::) Pure joy :)
*TRIVIA*: Patrick Swayze - a licensed & accomplished skydiver - did all his own skydives for this film, AND was skydiving so often during breaks in filming that the insurance company threatened to cancel the movies' completion bond. Swayze promised to limit his non-filming skydives .. then promptly kept skydiving anyhow.
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A local theater troupe in my area put on a version of Point Break where every production they choose an audience member to play Keanu Reeves's character since his acting in the 80's, 90's was summed up in a word as 'whoa'.
I'm VERY much into fitness now because of this movie. I always watched it growing up in the midwest, moved to the coast and almost drowned surfing so decided to start running. Was terrifying it was SUPER hard for me. Definitely going to try surfing again.
Every time they show them on their boards from underwater, my mind automatically plays the Jaws dum-dum, dum-dum. While in the Army I was a HALO (High-Altitude, Low-Opening) freefall parachutist. Doing day proficiency jumps, we'd say if your altimeter is questionable just look around below you. When you can recognize what things are, then open. And yes, you can maneuver somewhat to someone below. If the bottom one is flying FDH (fat, dumb and happy) in a stable or even tumble, that's about 120 mph. If above you can fold to a Delta with legs straightened and arms down by your waist and increase to about 180-220 mph. The U.S. Army military freefall school has moved from my old days training at Fort Bragg to now at Yuma, AZ where they have a fan unit to learn the basics. We learned how to get stable by getting out at 15,000' and practicing on the way down with an instructor flying beside us. That's incentive to get it right the first time. You both should find a school with a fan, and then go on a tandem to see if it's something to pursue.
@ 15:26 Her name is Lori Petty. She's had many roles, but is maybe? most famous for playing Kit in "A League of Their Own", which doesn't seem to be something you've watched. You should check it out. Geena Davis, Madonna, Tom Hanks, Rosie O'Donnell. @ 16:15 They're called "Beerio's" and are allegedly a hangover cure.
I did my Chefs apprenticeship just around the corner from Torquay (That was not it, Bells is an offshore break too so way further out from the shore) around the same time as this movie came out. The territorial aspect of this was pretty accurate and I've seen glassings on the beach, knives pulled and people (generally out of towners) get the absolute shit beaten out of them for not following the unwritten rules that locals make up as they go along. Lots of bronze whaler sharks around that tried to get friendly every other day too. I had a wonderful time after I'd lived there long enough and I genuinely miss some of the people I became friends with down there but some gorillas that probably still live there I wouldnt piss on if their teeth were on fire.
The best movie of Patrick Swayze, i like this more than ghost. And because of this movie i want to try a skydiving. The "adios amigo" jump is no stunt or cgi, he really made it. Rest in peace dude
Saw this movie a few times when it first came out. Up to this point, Keanu was generally thought of as Ted. Like people assumed that's just how he was in real life. When we saw trailers for this movie, we laughed at the idea of Ted in an action movie. But he pulled it off, and this was the movie that proved he could be a leading man and an action star. Without Point Break, Keanu may have not been in Speed, The Matrix, or John Wick.
Some great lines, and some terrible lines. Bad: "My name is Johnny Utahhh" and "Ill learn to surf or break my neck". FYI: A Point Break is basically the perfect wave where you get the longest ride on your board. Some good cameo's in this movie: Tom Sizemore (Heat, Blackhawk Down): The undercover DEA Agent, John McGinley (Offiice Space, Platoon): FBI director at the beginning of the movie, Anthony Kedos (Red Hot Chili Peppers singer) guy who says "That would be a waste of time" and gets shot in the foot I believe. Good review guys.
The surfer with the braids in his hair His name is Anthony Kiedis! He’s The Lead Singer of the pop/punk band The Red Hot Chili Peppers and that lady surfer 🏄♂️! The Lady Surfer Is Actress Lori Petty!!! MINDS BLOWN!!!
When I was younger I tried my hand at surfing , it 's definitely harder that it looks . However , once you get up on the board you feel like you're on top of the world . The scariest times for me was getting pitched off the nose of my board ( pearl diving ) and having to hug the bottom till I felt the whole wave pass me by . That was so I didn't get hit by my loose board . I knew a guy that happened to he ended up in the hospital . This was back in the days when you weren't strapped to your board . Busey did a surfing movie years ago called " Big Wednesday " . Lastly " cowabunga " was a surfing term back in the 60's .
Reeves and Swayze were in a movie together 5 years before this. It was a hockey movie called “Youngblood” that starred Rob Lowe and Cynthia Gibb. Keanu’s part was fairly small. He was the teams goalie and just had a few lines. Great flick though.
Im not surfer myself but I grew up in a beach with a lot of surfers and windsurfers. You can look up in google the video of the biggest wave ever riden by Sebastian Steudtner, it is impressive and anxiety inducing how big it is, so it is not necessarily the size (although the video in question is a unique situation achieved by an exceptional individual) but how chaotic are the conditions like for example direction and speed of the wind, the chopiness of the surface, the depth of the beach and so on. Each beach is unique and what is a good or dangerous size in one beach can mean different things in another.
I only got out to surf twice, since the waves in FL are on the opposite coast of me (except for when a Tropical Storm was in the gulf. Which we had very choppy waves to play with). The most unexpected thing for me was underestimating how much strength and endurance in the upper body is needed. It takes a lot to get out to where the waves are breaking, line up, stay ready, and then paddle like crazy as fast as you can to meet the speed of the wave in time and at the right space to catch ut. THEN getting up. That pop up on the board. After that it felt like skating when it came to the balance. But controlling the board....yeah, weird. Hard to explain. Like I said, I only got out twice. But even after that first time, I understood why some would live their whole lives, spending as much time as they could surfing. Even traveling far to surf.
Most people remember Patrick swayze from dirty dancing. I discovered him from a little movie called Roadhouse. As a kid I watched that movie every time it aired on cable TV. It's so underrated, it's strange to not see anybody reacting to it.
I grew up in the town Buggs Bunny is always trying to get to, Pismo Ca... The best California beach town to visit. The only place in Ca you can drive and camp right on the beach.
Johnny Utah (Reeves) jumping out of the plane with out a parachute is one of my favorite action scenes of all time. Was even 10 times more badass watching it in the theater when I was 15.
Patrick Swazye also did all his own surfing for the movie. Travis Pastrana jumped from a plane without a parachute and hooked up with a Navy SEAL midair. When you skydive it feels like you are not moving. It feels like you jump out and the plane goes up. It will also cure your fear of flying and heights. If you do skydive. Make sure you have a drink afterwards because your adrenaline will be really high. So high you will get cotton mouth and maybe nauseous. And it takes a few hours to come down from the adrenaline rush
Travis Pastrana reinaxted the skydive scene jumping out of a plane with no parachute and connecting with someone that did have one to get to the ground safely. Wild seeing someone skydiving with nothing on their back
I grew up in Southern California, and surfed Oceanside as a kid. Never did good enough to tackle the big waves, but I spent almost every weekend at the beach. The beach scenes remind me of my childhood. Sucks to get old.
32:52 - it's possible to jump without a chute and have someone grab you and you land together. BUT, you both need to have a special harnesses that attach to each other, for that moment when the chute is opened.
Not sure if anyone has already mentioned this, but the line in the beginning where Pappas (Busey) says "it's either you or me" about the surfing is extra funny if you have seen "The Big Wednesday" from 1978. It's an awesome surfing movie with Busey as one of the three leads. Recommended!
Hot Fuzz references this movie quite a lot, primarily when Danny has a chance to shoot his dad, but does the Keanu shoot the air and scream move
"No I have not fired my gun up in the air and gone 'argh'"
@@ManlyStump Ever fired a gun whilst flying through the air?
I also find it kind of funny how George mentioned the paperwork when it was a similar comment that Sgt. Angel (Angle) said about it.
They're literally watching Point Break in Hot Fuzz. lol
@@777NnyI know- they either totally spoiled Hot Fuzz or described the obvious to anyone who’s seen it. Either way… what a fucking dope
I was sure Simone was gonna catch Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in this movie. I base this solely on her shirt choices over the past 3-4 years.
Seriously
You expect too much from younger generations
Very few people recognise Flea in The Big Lebowski either...
I was expecting it too
@@listershator the Back to the Future trilogy
I still remember the Hot Fuzz reaction where Simone is just screaming because Nick Frost's character is about to spoil the plot of Point Break lol. Now you guys are reacting to Point Break, time flies.
No one delivers, “I am an FBI agent!” like Keanu. This movie is so over the top that it’s no wonder that Hot Fuzz used it as inspiration. But it is a classic of 90’s cinema and I love it.
"I am an F! B! I! AGENT!"
I feel like 90s action movies in general got pretty zany, even though 80s action flicks get all the flack.
Hopefully it won’t be long before they get to the crown jewel: Face Off.
@@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield Face Off is pretty zany, but I think The Last Boy Scout gets pretty out there-what with guns on the field during a football game, stuffed animal murder, and an ex-football player solving crimes.
@@todd8398 Best use of emphasis and pacing in the entire film. Lol
This has good and bad aspects. Like so bad its good
You look it up in the video, but the skydiving scenes were achieved through a combination of two techniques: real skydiving sequences, and then scenes that used a giant air fan (akin to modern indoor skydiving facilities) so they could shoot close-ups showing the actors. If you look at the movie closely, you'll see that any shot where you see Reeves' face has the camera on the ground pointed up so you can't see the fan rig, and the shots with the ground visible so you can see they're really skydiving are naturally pointed down from above.
Kathryn Bigelow understood the sex appeal of Reeves and Swayze in a way that some male directors might have ignored. I believe she had to fight a little for Reeves in particular, but she could tell he had "it." If I remember, she was the one who came up with the denim in the rain stuff to accentuate that.
If you two get to A League of Their Own, you'll see Lori Petty again.
And Tank Girl. It's based on a comic book series. Odd, but a good movie.
@@shanewillis316 I actually had Lori Petty sign my copy of Tank Girl a couple of months ago! I only went with League because it's hard to say how a cult oddity like Tank Girl would go over.
And Swayze actually did fall backward out of the plane and parachute to the ground. He had to fight for permission to do the actual jump out of the plane that appears in the film.
@@shanewillis316 Tank Girl is a blast and Lori Petty kinda kills it in the role. I got a feeling both George and Simone will love it but for totally different reasons. Especially if they get a little altered first.
If you're familiar with JJ's Trek, you might know those 'skydiving' scenes were shot upside down while they stood on a mirror with wind blowing down on them. Neat trick but still a trick.
I remember watching the first Fast and Furious movie and thinking that movie was just Point Break with cars instead of surfing
I had the exact same thought!
Agreed... An FBI agent infiltrating a squad of robbers who are into extreme sports...
I feel like Lori Petty should have been more of a household name in the early 90s given all the good movies she was in.
You guys should watch "Tank Girl".
Drugs... She got heavy into drugs after this movie, (even on the Tank Girl set) and became unworkable. (Both couldn't work and nobody wanted to hire her.) After a while she got clean. I think Orange Is The New Black was her first acting gig clean.
A league of their own is classic, but she was overshadowed by Gena Davis - kind of appropriate though
She kinda was.
Tank Girl is part of the reason she isn't, that movie bombed hard.
Also, the girl who opened the door at the raid, she’s been bouncing around in my head for about 30 years lol.
My wife and I were in Costa Rica years ago, sitting on the beach watching the surfers - making sarcastic comments about their rides "ho ho short ride, that guy sucks" etc. The next day we went for our first surf lesson and GOT WIPED OUT. I managed to stand for about 3 seconds and we agreed it was an achievement. After that our whole attitude changed, whenever we saw someone have a good ride or a bad one, we always cheered them on !
Good on you! Glad you tried and now realize it's not as easy as it looks
"I AM AN F...B...I... AGENT!!!" Greatest delivery ever!
Damn right.
This was directed by Katherine Bigelow, the ex wife of James Cameron, she went on to direct Hurt Locker and become the first female director to win the academy award
I also like Bigelow´s Blue Steel although the villain is so over the top^^
She also did zero dark thirty which is a great movie
@@kevinmatthew1050 It super is! ...if you were in the intelligence community. The army guys who thought Hurt Locker was the peak of her career snoozed through Zero Dark Thirty, and well, I thought Hurt Locker was about as thrilling as warm goat cheese on cold flatbread. (still a good movie, just harder to relate to the characters)
@@jaredragland4707 as someone who spent 12 years in that community (98G/35P, C-IED and "other stuff" later), I have to agree! They're both Hollywood versions of reality for a number of obvious and practical reasons, but ZDT is much closer to the intel/ops world than Hurt Locker is to EOD. I spent a year working at "Rocket City" a few miles down the road from Camp Chapman (then called FOB Chapman) when we got the big boom in June 2012. I was still there when ZDT came out in December and less than a week later, on Christmas Day, there was another SVBIED attack at Chapman. Of course I didn't get see the film until I got back to the states but it was kind of a surreal experience after having some direct IRL context.
Strange Days, too. A must.
The fact that Patrick Swayze was really doing those jumps is awesome, his moves during that first skydiving scene are always cool to me.
Also, Keanu Reeves is probably the most humanitarian celebrity to exist. He's such a nice guy. He once met a family at an airport that was stranded because their connecting flight had been cancelled, so he rented a car and drove them home.
And you know he does that because he genuinely wants to help too. If he wanted to do it for the PR value, he'd simply throw money at them instead. Lets just say, if he's faking the humanitarian thing, he hasn't dropped the mask for *decades*.
@@neil2444 These days, If he was doing it for PR like most celebrities or most people for that matter, he would be pulling out his phone and recording the whole thing.
When Octavia Spencer first moved to LA, her car broke down in the middle of an intersection. A hundred ppl drive by, but Keanu pulled over & pushed it out of the road. 🥰
This movie was the inspiration for Fast and Furious 1, the story is practically the same, but in different environments, where Paul Walker would be Keanu Reeves and Vin Diesel would play the role of Patrick Swayze. So we owe the Fast and Furious saga to Point Break.
Remember the movie XXX (2001) with Vin Diesel? (Point Break + X Games + Bond) x Red Bull = XXX
Every time I see this movie it reminds me how Fast and Furious is just Point Break with cars.
except Keanu is awesome and paul was a child groomer
Rob Cohen makes no bones about how this is the exact inspiration for Fast and Furious I'm just glad I didn't make 10 sequels that got progressively worse after 5:00
Right down to the tuna on wheat
Gary Busey was a great actor before his motorcycle accident... I love him in Silver Bullet and he was nominated for best actor at the academy awards for The Buddy Holly Story!!!
his story in Surviving the Game was amazing
Two things about when Johnny jumped without a parachute;
You can clearly see that there is a backpack underneath his shirt.
Bodi was casually descending with arms and legs spread to control his speed, while Johnny was in a diving position to catch up
I think you cracked the code, batman!
Now, the next question is:
NO SHIT.
As an ex surfer the worst part is getting out when it's big waves, paddling out my first time when it was big and choppy by the time I made it past the break my arms had no strength left and when I sat down on my board to rest and wait for my wave my calf muscle cramped up. So embarrassing but surfers are a cool group and laughed at me and asked if I was OK.
I sucked at surfing but the lifestyle and the surfer crowd are cool
Oh yeah, I remember the cramps. I'd eat a banana every morning before surfing. For those that don't know, bananas help with cramps.
Hot Fuzz is the film that showed that clip from Point Break, which it later referenced. Are you going to watch Bad Boys II next?
Good call. I was going to make a comment about it
"Have you ever fired your gun into the air and gone AAAHHHH!" PC Danny Butterman 😊
Beat me to it 👍
You haven't watched Bad Boys II?!
I had an uncle that was a surfer. He was riding a wave in off the California coast, and he could see people on the beach pointing at him. He thought it was because he was hot shit. All the pretty girls looking at him. As he got closer, he could hear screams, and more people were pointing and jumping up and down. He finally glanced over his shoulder to see a whale riding the wave next to him. 🐳
It was the late '70s early '80s, so they probably thought it was a shark. 🤣
I figure a whale would realistically be more capable of killing a guy than the average shark. Still, that must've been pretty awesome.
Sounds like a cool uncle telling stories.
The scene where Utah recognizes Bodhi and starts shooting at the sky in frustration was referenced in Hot Fuzz. Nick Frost's character asked Simon Pegg's character if he'd ever done that in real life in the scene where he's asking him about his crazy experiences as a cop in London, then later they watched "Point Break" and that clip was shown on the TV, and finally Nick Frost did it himself when he couldn't shoot his dad after finding out he was one of the bad guys.
One of the very first Keanu Reeves movies I saw growing up!
RIP Patrick Swayze. He's surfing with God now.
Originally Ridley Scott was going to direct this movie, but turned it down to film Thelma And Louise instead.
Kathryn Bigelow was picked to make the project after producers were impressed by her action film Blue Steel starring Jamie Lee Curtis.
Bigelow would be the first female director to win both Best Picture and Best Director for the action war epic The Hurt Locker.
Most likely, dancing too.
FINALLY you guys got around to POINT BREAK (1991) its an amazing film always go back to this film.
Also known fact Patrick Swayze was a well trained skydiver he did about 55 takes when doing the scene when he jumped out the plane. The studio didn’t want him doing it cause their thought he would get hurt but he did it anyways.
Something to note about the end, when Johnny lets Bodhi go surf at the end, Johnny tells him "Vaya con dios" which is Spanish for "Go with God" Johnny knew he was sending Bodhi off to die.
I love the ending, Bodhi did change Johnny in the end, considering Johnny proceeds to toss his badge into the water, and continues to surf everyday.
For me, the core of this movie is the surfing Zen thing. Utah found a deeper, more spiritual element to his life while Bodhi had that element as his focus to begin with, but he only really felt it in the adrenaline high.
Yeah, that's what they want you to come away from that movie feeling. Realistically however, this is a movie about a law enforcement officer giving into his baser instincts, getting his partner killed, and releasing a bank robbing murderer.
Unloading the gun in the air at 20:43 is from this movie, but it was referenced in Hot Fuzz twice. Them watching the movie at home and when Danny had a chance to shoot his father in the back as he ran away, but he instead fired the gun up into the air in frustration.
3 times. First is when Danny asks if Angel ever saw it, and if he ever fired his gun in the air and gone argh. Then they watch the movie with that scene. Then Danny does it himself when his dad is running from him at the end.
My mom growing up in the 60s in HI used to surf for gym in High School. Her board was called "The Green Pickle" - it was a 6 foot board, and my mom is a little under 5 feet tall.
To George: I am afraid of heights too. Yet I have 1000+ skydives under my belt. Fear of heights never entered my mind in those moments (except once when jumping from a balloon at relative low height and having to climb the basket to jump). It really is too high for it to matter. There is also no real fear of falling which is pretty much what fear of heights is...
I'd highly recommend you see it through and try a skydive (tandem is easiest). Also recommend you take Simone to a wind tunnel and do some freefall there (and document it for our entertainment).
My fear of heights doesn’t kick in until the ground rush at 50’ or so but it’s not that bad as at that point I’m concentrating on aiming for my landing point and form so I don’t hurt myself.
I'm the same. I hate going up ladders, metal stairs that you can see through but I love really high rollercoasters and loved the one time I was in a low flying helicopter with the doors open. I'd also love to jump out of a plane!
@@Matt_Mosley1983 Doubt all you want, but it's the truth, really up to you if you don't wish to believe it.
And I got those 1000+ jumps in a period of about 6 years, mostly weekends indeed. No need for an average of just 50 jumps a year for 20 years, that would be jumping at a very leisurely pace.
@@Matt_Mosley1983 I dunno dude, if i'm 10ft up a ladder my legs wobble and I can feel the very top of my sphincter squirm but a helicopter flying at 150ft in a hard turn off the ground didn't bother me bother me in the slightest. Even the tallest rollercoaster in the UK didn't bother me.
I'm afraid of heights yet I use to go cliff diving... I don't like being on ladders or in high buildings but on a 50' high cliff, jumping, had no problems
Not even 20 minutes into the movie and i feel like George has already had a couple of therapy sessions!
Between the "learning to swim" story and "the gym shaming"...George needs a hug! 😥😥
I drowned in a river as a kid and later had a severe panic attack when swimming and didn't swim for a long time. I think it's worth taking a lesson again, especially as an adult when you know how to express your boundaries and such. Swimming feels so liberating!
w8,if you drowned in a river then your a ghost...you die when you drown...
@@danielpersson7483 Pretty sure he meant to say that he almost drowned, but i thought the same thing when i first read it.
@@danielpersson7483 Yeah, all those people that are rescued after drowning are a conspiracy. RCP it's just alien and flat earth gaslighting...
same. swimming lessons actually got me over my fear of water. It's a comfort to know that unless I get dropped into the middle of a squall in the ocean, I'll be fine. And the squall thing just seems unlikely.
Well, you didn’t drown
Aside from the myriad other elements of this movie that I love, John C. McGinley delivers one of my all time favourite lines early on. And y'all almost included it.
"You know nothing. In fact, you know less than nothing. If you even knew you knew nothing, that'd be something, but you don't." 🤣
I think this ranks fourth on the list of "100% American" Patrick Swayze movies, behind _Uncommon Valor_ (1983), the original _Red Dawn_ (1984), and _Road House_ (1989).
_Hot Fuzz_ was the other movie with that scene, when Reeves fires his pistol into the air rather than shoot Swayze's character.
For me, there is only one Red Dawn
@@Marco-vw3mv I thought about that one. It's an entirely American movie, but more in the way America _is_ (or was) vs. our global stereotypes. Great movie regardless.
Red dawn is amazing!
This is my favourite film. Ever.
I never get tired of watching it, I'm so happy to see some reactors finally checking this film out.
Thankyou so much. 😊
Roach is played by actor James Le Gros. He was in one of the best horror movies ever, Phantasm 2. That and the first Phantasm are well worth watching.
Also, the naked chick that kicked Utah’s ass in the house bust was super sexy stunt woman Julie Michael’s. She’s an accomplished actress, stunt woman and producer. She played the end boss’ main girl in the Swayze movie “Roadhouse”. Her strip tease in that movie is OMG. She also helped kill Jason Vorhess is “Jason Goes to Hell”.
Never knew that was her in this one. Thanks!
If I'm not mistaken, Mythbusters had a chapter about this movie, it was for the scene in which Keanu jumps from the plane without a parachute and catches the other guy. It was perfectly possible because based on your body's "position" you are more aerodynamic (I assume), so you "fall faster".
As many others have noted, P. Swayze was an avid sky diver. Keanu stated in interviews for the film that Patrick gathered the other actors playing the “Dead Presidents” for sky diving trips during their downtime from shooting, to the degree that the studio had to step in and stop him. And the shot of Swayze doing the epic acrobatics was real and filmed after completion of principal photography because Katherine Bigelow knew she had a star and that it would look great for the film. I guess that’s why she has an Oscar and I have a margarita.
If I remember correctly, Travis Pastrana jumped out of a plane years ago without a parachute and attached to another skydiver with one like in the movie. Luke Aikins did the same but flew into a huge net on the ground that caught him. Not sure when these happened.
You are correct
Yep, best video ever. Dude is nuts and awesome.
Actually, myth busters proved that the whole Utah jumping out a plane and catching up to Patrick swayze is actually possible. Oh yeah, the stunt guy was wearing an e chute underneath his shirt.
Skydiver Luke Aikins, made history, when he jumped from 25,000 feet out of an airplane without a parachute, landing safely in a net, setting a world record.
This is such a good movie… they sure knew how to make great action movies in the 90’s
Yup. Another great female action movie director Mimi Leder. I hope they watch The Peacemaker. Such a ride.
I had a nice greeting by the sea when I started surfing. I tried to catch a wave, fell off the baord which hit me on the side of my head and then I got draged under water, behind the wave and I only saw light/dark for an eternety and then got spit out on the beach. That day, every beer tasted wonderful and the next days went smooth. Rough start, but never regret it. xD
“Have you ever fired your gun in the air while going ‘Aaaaaaaa’?” The scene is referenced in Hot Fuzz.
This was the second film Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze were in together. Their first was the 1986 film Youngblood where they played Ice Hockey players on a minor league Canada Ice Hockey team. Rob Lowe was the lead in the film(Keanu was only in it as a kinda extra with a few lines). Oh and I think part of the the reason Gary Busey was cast was due to 2 things: 1) Predator 2 had come out the previous year so he was kinda name at this point. 2) Big Wednesday(1976)! This would be a good future film to react to for Cinebinge! It stars Gary Busey, William Katt(The Greatest American Hero) & Jan-Michael Vincent(Airwolf) as 3 Surf boarders who end up getting drafted in Vietnam and follows their individual stories... KInda a decent drama.
One of the hockey movie greats! Keanu played a great French Canadian goalie and I believe he actually played in the film
Where I lived in South West Australia there were a large number of the kids at my school would go surfing before and after school. They all had surfing brand pencil cases etc. and there were surfing posters on the walls in the classrooms. A number of the teachers surfed too. Apparently most of them couldn't fit in time for a shower, so whenever they moved their head, sand would fall onto the desk. I remember everyone got further excited when this movie came out. I feel like interest in the sport in terms of competition etc. was at a peak in the early 90's and that's when everyone was wearing surf brand gear like Quicksilver, Billabong, Rip Curl etc. Apparently these brands lost a lot of popularity lately with kids because those same kids have grown up and are now dads, and kids don't tend to think that things their dads are wearing are cool anymore. Any locals who went professional seemed to be somewhat treated as royalty.
Lol. I grew up in Southern California and we would surf before school sometimes. Yep, no time to shower. Back then in the eighties it was the surfers that wore Uggs after surfing, before they became a trendy chic boot.
20:50 The movie you're thinking of is Hot Fuzz. If you recall Danny's character in the movie had his own version of that towards the end when he couldn't shoot his own dad trying to escape.
Spent a couple years surfing off the coast of New Hampshire (yes they have a coastline) when I was younger. In 2001 (7th grade) I went out with a friend and his family right before a Nor'Easter was about to hit. 30 degrees F outside, snow on the beach, rode the wave correctly for the first time and it was about 5 feet which was taller than me at the time; core memory for sure. Scariest story, I got separated from a friend and ended up in a riptide. Didn't know how to get out and was paddling going nowhere for about 20 minutes straight, exhausted, and no one in sight. I swear, out of nowhere a dude on a long board paddle up about 20 feet away and told me to paddle sideways to get out. I was free in about 10 seconds, rode in, and nearly passed out on the beach. I would've been a goner if it weren't for that stranger, never saw him again.
Edit: I've tried the beer and cherrios. Beerios. Excuse; I lived in the barracks while in the Army.
I love this movie, and I love your reaction :)))
Keanu and Patrick look great.
Thank you, Simone & George!
My dad was also scared of heights. He went skydiving once just to prove to himself he could do it. Never wanted to go again but he was glad he did it. I've been a few times and absolutely love it. I'd go every day if I could. Biggest adrenaline rush I've ever had other than getting shot at. Another great skydiving movie is Drop Zone with Wesley Snipes.
25:30 I was a small-town cop for about 20 years. When I went to the academy, back in '94, they actually showed us this scene, and then talked about how, if we ever found ourselves in something similar, our best course of action was to be cool, and to be a good witness! Unless and until it seemed imminent that someone was going to get hurt, or worse, and then we had to make a judgement call.
28:54 Is it possible to catch someone that has jumped out of a plane? Yes; skydivers do it all the time, but you need altitude to do it. You have an easier time catching up to someone if you leave very close to when they do (like touching them close) but people can get pretty separated if there is a delay. There was a significant delay between Roach and Bhodi, so that would have taken extra time to catch up. Same thing with Johnny.
All that being said, if I heard it right, Bhodi told the pilot to climb to 4000’ (I assume above ground level) to get to a “safe” jump altitude. 4000’ is not high enough for anyone to catch-up to anyone in free fall like they did. Some drop zones jump at 10,000’ while others will go up to 14’500, which may give you 45 seconds to a minute of free fall respectively, which is likely what they jumped from in the exterior shots. 4000’ AGL is a safe altitude for what is called a “hop ‘n pop” where you jump out of the plane and free fall long enough to clear the aircraft, then immediately deploy your parachute. For reference most new skydivers and tandems in the US pull their chutes at 6000’ to give time to respond properly to malfunctions, and very experienced skydivers may pull as low as 2500’.
Laughing at people learning stuff (and specially the gym example George used) is definitely more frowned upon these days than when the movie was released. It is not perfect but as a kid of the nineties I can safely say things feel better now than those days.
Hot Fuzz did the shooting in the air scene as a homage to Point Break. Hilarious.
Ah great pick. You got Keanu Reeves first action role, Gary Busy playing a fairly normal character, and Patrick Swayze playing a pretty solid heavy:) Good times:)
While some of the surfer violence/territoriality seems comical, it does happen and was prevalent for a while on the west coast (and other areas of the world). Surf gangs were a real thing and at times pretty dangerous to non-locals. Luckily, I surfed on the third coast in Texas, lol. But there were still rules and a loose structure of where you could/should surf based on your skill. We had places called The Octagon (for a weird domed house) and The Flagship (named after the hotel that was on the pier) where the seasoned surfers would hang out.
Can't wait for the monthly recap to hear how you forgot about Hot Fuzz while watching this. 🙂Simone, at least nine Bond films have great skydiving stunt work, including a jump of the Eiffel Tower in "A View To A Kill".
Last time I heard of a bank robbery on the news was 2 weeks ago.
When it comes to navigating while skydiving, try to think of the air around you at that speed as more of a liquid than a gas, and each limb you extend outward acts as a rudder.
That's how you adjust your direction of travel and how you rotate or pivot.
The real skydiving shots are even crazier - the production team didn't want Swayze to do it for real, so he got some camera men and other divers to go out early one day and get the shots without the knowledge of those in charge - the dude really likes skydiving lol
Simone keeps talking about how similar this is the Blue Crush, when clearly it’s The Fast and the Furious
I hope the Patreons have gotten "Near Dark" on their watchlist from the same Director. It's up there as one of the best Vampire movies after all.
Nobody reacts to that movie but it is a fine film and maybe one of the best vampire films out there
22:51 this was filmed right after the movie shot. Swayze got so into skydiving that Kathryn Bigelow wouldn’t let him skydive whist they were filming incase he died. They put this scene in post production
While it is indeed fun to imagine Swayze skydiving on the studio's dime, I'd guess that the previous skydiving scene could also be there partly to show that Johnny now knows how to work a parachute, since he hadn't jumped before. I mean, it's a stretch but that might be a plausible enough reason to have it in the story.
If you guys enjoyed this you should really give strange days a try, a massively under rated Katherine Bigalow movie.
Strange Days is amazing.
To George: The movie you watched with the firing the gun up in the air scene was 'Hot Fuzz'
The scene you were thinking of with the shooting in the air was shown in Hot Fuzz.
I grew up in Oceanside Ca and I used to surf when I was younger 12 or so, was in the YMCA as summer daycare to the beach. Scariest thing is another kid was bit by a shark, it was a small one but did cut him up. Also also, the bank near my house was recently robbed. Not at all with this level of expertise. They were caught quick.
If this and Blue Crush are the same movie because someone's learning to surf, then really they're both just new versions of Gidget. 😊 I love this movie, really especially the vibes between Keanu and Patrick, Lori, and Busey.
The „girl“ that looks like Courtney Cox is Lori Petty, she played the role of Lolly Whitehill in Orange is the new black and she was in the 1992 A League of their Own and the 1995 Tank Girl. Can recommend all of them
Scary Surf Moment: I grew up surfing New Smyrna Beach in Florida, which is the shark bite capitol of the world. Once when I was out waiting for the break, I kicked a shark. I knew immediately as my foot ran across the leathery skin what it was, and it was big. Definitely an eye-opener.
I grew up in northern Ontario on the shores of lake Superior But I was lucky enough to meet some people who taught me about wind surfing. I know it doesn't compare to real wave surfing but it is still amazing. It will change your life. Love you guys.
I think windsurfing is where you go to train for surfing. I love the idea of windsurfing, but I don't have the upper body strength to keep the sail up for that long, but man it was fun. Took up cayaking after, joy..... ::) Pure joy :)
@@TheMsLourdes My son and I have just started Kayaking and we love it
*TRIVIA*: Patrick Swayze - a licensed & accomplished skydiver - did all his own skydives for this film, AND was skydiving so often during breaks in filming that the insurance company threatened to cancel the movies' completion bond. Swayze promised to limit his non-filming skydives .. then promptly kept skydiving anyhow.
Russian soup is called "okroshka". It contains meat, cucumbers, radish, kvas (non or very low alcoholic bread-based beverage) and sour-cream. Sometimes onions, and always some green stuff (like green onion). And it is great during summer heat! Also the most effective meal to counter hangover)
A local theater troupe in my area put on a version of Point Break where every production they choose an audience member to play Keanu Reeves's character since his acting in the 80's, 90's was summed up in a word as 'whoa'.
Yes! Been looking forward to this since your Hot Fuzz reaction.
Have you ever fired your gun up in the air and gone 'aaahh'?
@@Jim-yn9rm Ever fired a gun whilst flying through the air?
I'm VERY much into fitness now because of this movie. I always watched it growing up in the midwest, moved to the coast and almost drowned surfing so decided to start running. Was terrifying it was SUPER hard for me. Definitely going to try surfing again.
Every time they show them on their boards from underwater, my mind automatically plays the Jaws dum-dum, dum-dum. While in the Army I was a HALO (High-Altitude, Low-Opening) freefall parachutist. Doing day proficiency jumps, we'd say if your altimeter is questionable just look around below you. When you can recognize what things are, then open. And yes, you can maneuver somewhat to someone below. If the bottom one is flying FDH (fat, dumb and happy) in a stable or even tumble, that's about 120 mph. If above you can fold to a Delta with legs straightened and arms down by your waist and increase to about 180-220 mph. The U.S. Army military freefall school has moved from my old days training at Fort Bragg to now at Yuma, AZ where they have a fan unit to learn the basics. We learned how to get stable by getting out at 15,000' and practicing on the way down with an instructor flying beside us. That's incentive to get it right the first time. You both should find a school with a fan, and then go on a tandem to see if it's something to pursue.
@ 15:26 Her name is Lori Petty. She's had many roles, but is maybe? most famous for playing Kit in "A League of Their Own", which doesn't seem to be something you've watched. You should check it out. Geena Davis, Madonna, Tom Hanks, Rosie O'Donnell.
@ 16:15 They're called "Beerio's" and are allegedly a hangover cure.
I did my Chefs apprenticeship just around the corner from Torquay (That was not it, Bells is an offshore break too so way further out from the shore) around the same time as this movie came out. The territorial aspect of this was pretty accurate and I've seen glassings on the beach, knives pulled and people (generally out of towners) get the absolute shit beaten out of them for not following the unwritten rules that locals make up as they go along.
Lots of bronze whaler sharks around that tried to get friendly every other day too. I had a wonderful time after I'd lived there long enough and I genuinely miss some of the people I became friends with down there but some gorillas that probably still live there I wouldnt piss on if their teeth were on fire.
Simone hyping Blue Crush is everything 😆
The best movie of Patrick Swayze, i like this more than ghost. And because of this movie i want to try a skydiving. The "adios amigo" jump is no stunt or cgi, he really made it. Rest in peace dude
Somehow forgot Lori Petty was in this, but, now reminded: you should watch "Tank Girl" from 1995. Just because it's a weird trip
and a cool soundtrack! I wish I knew who plays the cool guitar when Tank Girl outfit gets the make over!
Saw this movie a few times when it first came out. Up to this point, Keanu was generally thought of as Ted. Like people assumed that's just how he was in real life. When we saw trailers for this movie, we laughed at the idea of Ted in an action movie. But he pulled it off, and this was the movie that proved he could be a leading man and an action star. Without Point Break, Keanu may have not been in Speed, The Matrix, or John Wick.
Some great lines, and some terrible lines. Bad: "My name is Johnny Utahhh" and "Ill learn to surf or break my neck". FYI: A Point Break is basically the perfect wave where you get the longest ride on your board. Some good cameo's in this movie: Tom Sizemore (Heat, Blackhawk Down): The undercover DEA Agent, John McGinley (Offiice Space, Platoon): FBI director at the beginning of the movie, Anthony Kedos (Red Hot Chili Peppers singer) guy who says "That would be a waste of time" and gets shot in the foot I believe. Good review guys.
I've heard of alcoholics in the UK having cider with cereal as breakfast, but not beer lol
And the movie that parodied that scene was Hot Fuzz
The surfer with the braids in his hair His name is Anthony Kiedis! He’s The Lead Singer of the pop/punk band The Red Hot Chili Peppers and that lady surfer 🏄♂️! The Lady Surfer Is Actress Lori Petty!!! MINDS BLOWN!!!
When I was younger I tried my hand at surfing , it 's definitely harder that it looks . However , once you get up on the board you feel like you're on top of the world . The scariest times for me was getting pitched off the nose of my board ( pearl diving ) and having to hug the bottom till I felt the whole wave pass me by . That was so I didn't get hit by my loose board . I knew a guy that happened to he ended up in the hospital . This was back in the days when you weren't strapped to your board . Busey did a surfing movie years ago called " Big Wednesday " . Lastly " cowabunga " was a surfing term back in the 60's .
Reeves and Swayze were in a movie together 5 years before this. It was a hockey movie called “Youngblood” that starred Rob Lowe and Cynthia Gibb. Keanu’s part was fairly small. He was the teams goalie and just had a few lines. Great flick though.
Im not surfer myself but I grew up in a beach with a lot of surfers and windsurfers. You can look up in google the video of the biggest wave ever riden by Sebastian Steudtner, it is impressive and anxiety inducing how big it is, so it is not necessarily the size (although the video in question is a unique situation achieved by an exceptional individual) but how chaotic are the conditions like for example direction and speed of the wind, the chopiness of the surface, the depth of the beach and so on. Each beach is unique and what is a good or dangerous size in one beach can mean different things in another.
I only got out to surf twice, since the waves in FL are on the opposite coast of me (except for when a Tropical Storm was in the gulf. Which we had very choppy waves to play with).
The most unexpected thing for me was underestimating how much strength and endurance in the upper body is needed.
It takes a lot to get out to where the waves are breaking, line up, stay ready, and then paddle like crazy as fast as you can to meet the speed of the wave in time and at the right space to catch ut.
THEN getting up. That pop up on the board.
After that it felt like skating when it came to the balance. But controlling the board....yeah, weird. Hard to explain. Like I said, I only got out twice.
But even after that first time, I understood why some would live their whole lives, spending as much time as they could surfing. Even traveling far to surf.
The first skydiving scene is filmed at Lake Powell, Utah. One of the best places in the the world to do it.
Whats scary is that the biggest wave ever surfed looks bigger than the wave in this movie.
Most people remember Patrick swayze from dirty dancing. I discovered him from a little movie called Roadhouse. As a kid I watched that movie every time it aired on cable TV. It's so underrated, it's strange to not see anybody reacting to it.
I used to bodyboard, not surf. I live in Hawaii. It was so freeing, a feeling of being one with the water/ocean!!!👍👍👍
I grew up in the town Buggs Bunny is always trying to get to, Pismo Ca... The best California beach town to visit. The only place in Ca you can drive and camp right on the beach.
Johnny Utah (Reeves) jumping out of the plane with out a parachute is one of my favorite action scenes of all time. Was even 10 times more badass watching it in the theater when I was 15.
Patrick Swazye also did all his own surfing for the movie. Travis Pastrana jumped from a plane without a parachute and hooked up with a Navy SEAL midair. When you skydive it feels like you are not moving. It feels like you jump out and the plane goes up. It will also cure your fear of flying and heights. If you do skydive. Make sure you have a drink afterwards because your adrenaline will be really high. So high you will get cotton mouth and maybe nauseous. And it takes a few hours to come down from the adrenaline rush
Travis Pastrana reinaxted the skydive scene jumping out of a plane with no parachute and connecting with someone that did have one to get to the ground safely. Wild seeing someone skydiving with nothing on their back
Yup. Tried surfing in Tofino one year. Lots of fun, but a story around it.
Also, love that this movie also has Tank Girl--Lori Petty.
Lori Petty played Tank Girl-- One of my favourite movies ever! :)
I grew up in Southern California, and surfed Oceanside as a kid. Never did good enough to tackle the big waves, but I spent almost every weekend at the beach. The beach scenes remind me of my childhood. Sucks to get old.
32:52 - it's possible to jump without a chute and have someone grab you and you land together. BUT, you both need to have a special harnesses that attach to each other, for that moment when the chute is opened.
The word bird for a woman actually stems from the Norse word burde that means young maiden, English has quite a few words derived from Norse
It was Hot Fuzz. Hot Fuzz references this movie several times and shows the shooting scene.
PMSL "loving you" George you brilliant bastard, you just made my Thursday.
Not sure if anyone has already mentioned this, but the line in the beginning where Pappas (Busey) says "it's either you or me" about the surfing is extra funny if you have seen "The Big Wednesday" from 1978. It's an awesome surfing movie with Busey as one of the three leads. Recommended!