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If you thought 'Point Break' was unbelievable...

posted 13 years ago by ForrestHump
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...then forget about watching this drivel. These guys have never skydived a single day in their lives and on their first outing, never mind going the static line / tandem / instructor assisted route, they all do their jumps and parachute deployments completely SOLO!!! That's right, no instructor assistance whatsoever!! Yes, even the guy suffering from Acrophobia.

Crazy! No parachuting organization in the world would've OK'd a jump like this. Even dumber perhaps were all the ridiculous poses they were assuming mid-air en route to the ground. They made the whole skydiving feat appear as trivial as eating pie, which I assure you it most definitely is not!

On an entirely separate matter, do Indians generally use the word "dude" this frequently in normal everyday conversation? I'm an Indian myself, though not directly from the motherland but I work with many and I can't honestly say I've ever heard any of them use the word "dude". "Bhai" maybe, but never "dude".

Also, roaming charges are damn expensive in Europe. If you think you can just pull up anywhere on the side of a road and have a relaxed Skype conversation with your fiance, you're about as naive as the writers of this movie.

[–] Elven6 13 years ago

I agree that the sky diving thing (and to a certain extent the water bit as well) kind of ruined the movie due to it's portray.

You can usually buy phone plans that have special rates for roaming charges in them so it doesn't really have to be all that expensive.

[–] vpat48 12 years ago

You do know Kabir is pretty rich in this movie right? Do you seriously think his character is concerned about data charges?

Based on your posts in this forum it looks like you are trolling just to pick a fight.

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[–] ForrestHump 12 years ago

Ok maybe the roaming thing was a bit of a stretch, but hey if someone has something legitinately negative to say about a movie, don't naturally assume he's trolling. Everyone has a right to express an opinion. If I was trolling I would have made a negative comment without any sensible justification whatsoever.

[–] NightHeroine 12 years ago

Your skydiving argument is wrong. Even though in the movie, it is far-fatched for them to do figures and all, that was

But, I can tell you that your first jump can be SOLO. I live in Paris, and my first jump was solo, I didn't jump in tandem first.

You have a whole day of preparation (just like you see in the movie) before jumping. And when you jump, even though you're on your own, there are two instructors by your side and you have a radio assistance and guidance from the ground to guide you on your descent. So it was totally believable, I did it.

And I can also tell you that you can pay for a whole week of some kind of internship, with 6 jumps (one each day) with higher altitude at each one and daily lessons (how to fold your parachute, security, by the 3rd jump, you learn to do looping and other figures with your instructors, at the last jump, you are on your own without the two instructors by your side). After this week of private (it's just you and your instructor, no other "students" with you) preparation, you are fully qualified to jump on your own in any skydiving organization.

Depending on the organization, the single jump solo costs around 450 euros, and the week formation with 6 jumps is about 1200 euros. And you need to be at least 15 years old and weigh less than 90 kgs. And your doctor has to grant you an authorization, but that's it.

All in all, beside the figures, the fact that they jump solo is totally believable.

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