Archive for Point Break

‘The Men Who Came Too Late and Stayed Too Long.’

Posted in Film, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2023 by Jarrod Boyle

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Surgery is a major life event. I had a hip replacement, which means full derailment; it’s a paradigm shift quite unlike any other. And most of the time, paradigm shifts find you stranded in a world that’s changed and requires that you develop new skills in order to cope. In my case, I return to the world with a certain ability that I had lost, namely, the ability to walk and stand square and strong, without pain.

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Point Break: Redux

Posted in Film, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 18, 2023 by Jarrod Boyle

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Once he discovers his newfound friends and mentor are actually the ex-presidents, Johnny draws his line. During a botched stakeout shortly after, Utah reveals his identity when he pursues them in an attempt to capture.

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Point Break: Redux

Posted in Film, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , on February 3, 2023 by Jarrod Boyle

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I had very little memory of the film when I switched it on to pass a recent Saturday evening, and was concerned that watching an ‘old’ film from my teenaged years had become a recreational activity worthy of my time.

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