Instead of surfers who moonlight as criminals, you had street racers who moonlight as criminals. In a way, the original "Point Break" paved the way for the "Fast and Furious" series.
Not to be ageist, but it's another item for the "cons list."Ĩ. Swayze (RIP) was 38 when he made "Point Break." Butler is already 44, is starting to grey, and will be a shade or two older by the time cameras start rolling on the remake. And isn't Butler a little old for the part? Hey, so, uh, maybe you'll change your mind on "Break"?ħ. Also, Gerry, don't forget about that time you nearly died while making "Mavericks." We don't want you to die. Do what you love, right? And especially if there's a couple million bucks in it for you, right? Thing is, "Mavericks" didn't work out so well, earning less-than-favorable reviews and earning a measly $6 million at the box office. In 2012 he co-starred in "Chasing Mavericks," which portrayed the true story of surfing phenom Jay Moriarty. 'Chasing Mavericks' didn't work out so well.īutler is clearly into riding waves. He should hold out for better options than a "Point Break" retread.Ħ. He hit the big-time in 2006 rocking a loincloth and swinging swords in Zack Snyder's stylish epic "300." Butler has gotten plenty of roles since, but few have connected with audiences (and too many were baaaaad rom-coms), aside from his voice work in "How to Train Your Dragon" and last year's sleeper hit "Olympus Has Fallen" (both with sequels due, by the way). Gerard Butler is a good man, and a good actor. Gerard Butler should have stronger options. Are they crazy enough to this this remake could possibly attach a stronger director than Bigelow?ĥ. One of the most enjoyable side effects to seeing Kathryn Bigelow become the toast of the town with "The Hurt Locker" over 2009-2010 was the public re-realization was that she was in fact the visionary behind the action-packed "Break." (Fervent fans of "Point Break" could even suggest her Oscar for "Hurt Locker" was really owed to her for "Break." That might qualify them as insane though.) Suddenly it all made sense. Can't they wait until we're all dead, or at least until we're all too senile to realize what's going on?
#Olympus viewer 3 albums wrong years movie
"Starship Troopers" and "The Crow" are in the works again, and there's another "Godzilla" movie coming out soon (not based on the 1998 version, but still), and "Naked Gun" is back with Ed Helms (the first one came out in '88, but still). See recent reboots of "Total Recall" and "Judge Dredd" (note to producers: both were box-office busts). It's not any less offensive than remaking "Dirty Dancing," "Ghost" or "Road House." (Telling you right now, anyone touches "Road House" and they're getting a roundhouse kick to the face.)Īfter watching dozens of '80s favorites get the re-rub treatment over the past decade, it appears Hollywood is now on to the '90s. "Point Break" is definitively Swayze, and one of our very favorite movies to remember him by. But that remake hardly make a blip, so it was easy to ignore. We already had to take cover when Hollywood regurgitated a new-school take on the late actor's 1984 film "Red Dawn," finally released to little fanfare in 2012 after long delays. It's kinda disrespectful to the memory of Swayze, guys. To fans, this feels wrong for so many reasons. But "Break" is a piece of beloved pure-'90s camp that's only grown in viewer's-eyes virtue in recent years. Swayze and Reeves were never mistaken for Brando and Olivier. No, "Point Break" is not "Citizen Kane" (the "Citizen Kane" of cat-and-mouse surfer dude movies? Yes).
Hear that hissing? It's the sound of hordes of movie fans bemoaning today's news that Gerard Butler is stepping aboard a planned remake of the 1991 surf thriller "Point Break."īutler is reportedly assuming the role of Bodhi, the enigmatic, fearless surfer criminal dude played by the late Patrick Swayze (Keanu Reeves' surfer agent dude Johnny Utah part has yet to be cast).
0 kommentar(er)
