How many of those trashing talking actually went to see it?

I saw it. It is not very good. True, the stunts are very, very good, and the cinematography (huge waves, sweeping mountain vistas) is pretty breathtaking. However the main problem is that it takes itself WAY too seriously for what amounts to a pretty hokey plot. There is also very little, to any, character development or insight into the minds and emotions of the actors (case in point: the female love interest).

I loved the original even though it had many flaws. I figured this remake would suck but started thinking that maybe it would translate well into a modern story.

Wrong. Saw it. It was wretched. Completely devoid of the soul the original had. I gave it a 3/10 only because the surfing scenes were great, the cinematography was good, and I enjoyed the deaths.

The whole "healing the Earth" thing was its vapid attempt to appeal to the modern low-information-voter. This is what it substituted for character depth.

The cherry on top is the way that there was an instant MTV dance party suddenly at very remote locations. We laughed out loud at how bad this movie was.

I enjoyed watching it, but it had some serious flaws. They tried to put a new twist on the original plot, but they branched out too far and the plot became a mangled mess.

But, I thought that the action scenes and settings were awesome. It was fun to watch, even if it didnt make much sense.

You need to watch better action movies.

Yeah. This is what you have these days, an audience out there that's ready to trash every movie. They watch movies ONLY to look for plot holes, nitpicks, and irrelevant inconsistencies. They're the, "Oh, look at me rip this movie to shred because I'm a fan of _____" crowd.

Every movie has that group.


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When we're thinking about our own brain, would that be a mental paradox??

But then I went to see it - in 3D - and it was one of the most amazing action movies I've ever seen. A visual master piece.

You sure you didn't accidently watched the original again?

This film was one of the worst action films I've ever seen and looked horrible with it's murky blue filters.

The plot made no sense and lifted stuff from other 90's film (the tragic beginning from Cliffhanger, the barechested underground fight scenes from Fight Club, post bank heist shoot-out from Heat)

There was no sense of fun, everything was overly serious and pretentious.

There's no chemistry what so ever between any characters. Also there wasn't one likeable character in the film.

You could start a fun drinking game any time Bracey yells "Bodhi" in his whiny voice.

Teresa Palmer's character added nothing to the plot, whereas Lori Petty's was important in the original.

There was no sense of excitement or awe during the extreme sports scenes. Compare those to sky diving scene in the original, that one is still exciting.

Bradey is Hemsworth wannabe, looks likes Chris but has the charisma of Liam (maybe even less)

One of the most iconic scenes in the original is laughable bad in this one.

I've never seen so many ugly tattoo's in a film.

And I could go on for awhile.



no retreat baby, no surrender

I'm not what you call a fan of the original Point Break but at least the original had its entertaining moments and was a well made yet hokey and cheesy film that had a spark of life to it that you would pop in on a rainy day and have a fun time.
I can see why Hot Fuzz referenced it.

The difference between the original and the remake is night and day.

The fun of the original was drained out along with most of the colors,
the pacing was poor, the plotline didn't hold up and the tone was way too serious.

The 3D, the action scenes and digital cinematography did manage to salvage the whole movie but the movie was just flat out terrible.

There was someone on this board who loved it and thinks this remake is actually a well made, good movie.

I'm not interested, but I'll check it out, just for the scenes in Canaima. Maybe it surprises me.

"A thing is a thing, not what is said of that thing"