Episode #190: Point Break (2015)

Vince, what's your experience with the original Point Break?

Oh, I'm a big fan of the original Point Break, and I think that's a movie a lot of people won't recognize it as a genuinely good, good movie.

Like, a lot of people will, you know, say they like it ironically.

A little less common now, but I feel like that was-

[laughs]

... sort of a bad good movie when, uh, it came out, and now it's more recognized as a genuine classic, and I think it's a genuine classic.

I, I think it is a weird, uh, like, perfect storm of late '80s and early '90s cultural trends that sort of just run into each other.

Like, they were clearly trying to just make a movie that was cool, and, uh, you know, uh, zeitgeisty, and, like, it, it's just, it's very much like a trend-chasing, um, movie of that era.

But, uh, it's just really well done, uh, you know, it has one of the all-time great Patrick Swayze performances, and is just entertaining on just about every level.

I agree.

I didn't think much of it when I first saw it, but in the intervening years I have become a fan of the original Point Break.

I think it has a what, potentially... well, not a potentially, a very conventional setup, which is-

Mm-hmm

... cop goes undercover.

You know, that could've been an episode of any TV show going back to 1950.

But he goes undercover with a group of... well, the, in the original he goes undercover with a group of bank robbers who are into, like, a- adrenaline ru- adrenaline rush type adventures.

And, um, [coughs] I think it did a really good job of putting a new coat of paint on cop goes undercover.

That's it.

It's just a cop goes undercover, but it's a really fun coat of paint.

The cast is great.

Cinematography is great.

The action sequences are fantastic.

And, uh, and it's got Gary Busey, so.

Yeah.

Um-

Vince, what's your experience with the original Point Break?

Oh, I'm a big fan of the original Point Break, and I think that's a movie a lot of people won't recognize it as a genuinely good, good movie.

Like, a lot of people will, you know, say they like it ironically.

A little less common now, but I feel like that was-

[laughs]

... sort of a bad good movie when, uh, it came out, and now it's more recognized as a genuine classic, and I think it's a genuine classic.

I, I think it is a weird, uh, like, perfect storm of late '80s and early '90s cultural trends that sort of just run into each other.

Like, they were clearly trying to just make a movie that was cool, and, uh, you know, uh, zeitgeisty, and, like, it, it's just, it's very much like a trend-chasing, um, movie of that era.

But, uh, it's just really well done, uh, you know, it has one of the all-time great Patrick Swayze performances, and is just entertaining on just about every level.

I agree.

I didn't think much of it when I first saw it, but in the intervening years I have become a fan of the original Point Break.

I think it has a what, potentially... well, not a potentially, a very conventional setup, which is-

Mm-hmm

... cop goes undercover.

You know, that could've been an episode of any TV show going back to 1950.

But he goes undercover with a group of... well, the, in the original he goes undercover with a group of bank robbers who are into, like, a- adrenaline ru- adrenaline rush type adventures.

And, um, [coughs] I think it did a really good job of putting a new coat of paint on cop goes undercover.

That's it.

It's just a cop goes undercover, but it's a really fun coat of paint.

The cast is great.

Cinematography is great.

The action sequences are fantastic.

And, uh, and it's got Gary Busey, so.

Yeah.

Um-