Dogtown and Z-Boys

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Summary: Oh Boy...
Review: How to begin this interview without sounding like a 30 plus wishing that he was 18 again...Forget it, I have to gush.
I wasn't sure about what could come of this when I first heard that the documentary was being made, but once I saw Stacy's name as th director, I felt reassured that it would be the right thing. Once the film started rolling I was transported back in time to my Junior High years 1975-77.
Every picture flashed on the screen that was culled from Friedman's awesome footage made me laugh, made me cry and most of all made me want to run out and skate again. Everything from the editing, music, and interviews told the story as well as it could be told. Sure, it's self congratulatory, what do you expect from these boys? did you think that it was going to be a Hallmark greeting card?
This Film flat out rules. No one is going to be completely satisfied with what they did or didn't get from the production, but thanks god it's out there. BTW, Good to see Henry Hester is still out there, give it up for the slalom king of San Diego. (I am frightened to see that Fred Durst, of the most god awful band to ever record, Limp Bizkit, is directing the fictional version of this awesome piece of So Cal cultural history.) Anyway, this is a must buy if you have not made the choice.

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Summary: ...zzz
Review: ...zzz, see I'm still asleep after watching the first 30 minutes of this movie. THIS MOVIE SUCKS! I was bored out of my mind. This wasn't even interesting. I was expecting alot more from this movie. Maybe I should be quiet because I'm not a skater. I do play the games and bought the soundtrack to THPS3. Unless you're a hardcore skater, I don't recommend this movie to anybody. Another negative is that the DVD doesn't even contain a widescreen presentation, its in full frame with 5.0 surround not 5.1 which would have made it better. I have to admit the 2 stars is for Sean Penn's narration, I tried so hard to stay up through it to see what he brought to this and it was quite a bit. The DVD case and disc artwork is cool. The case is a see through blue and the disc is a red wheel with the title and logos. Watch this movie ONLY if you're a skater or surfer (the first 15-20 minutes is about surfing).

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Summary: Dogtown
Review: I liked the footage of POP and the music was excellent but I think it's wrong to praise a group of rowdy guys who took over Bay Street and POP Pier then wouldn't let anyone else surf there.
It was also interesting to see that most of this bunch failed to capitalize on their brush with fame.

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Summary: dogtown take me home
Review: I was soo glad I saw this movie...I'm from SoCal and I live in FL. It made me want to hop a plane and go home! Whether you have an apriciation for skating or are a hardcore skater, this movie is a must see! The soundtrack kicks. I wanna go hoooome!! *sniffle*

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Summary: Coulda been real good!!!
Review: Too bad Peralta didn't tell the story of what was really happening at the beach. It could have been great...Parelta gave the yuppie kook memory of it...The best part of this movie is the P.O.P. parts . . . and the music...

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Summary: These guys are the ...
Review: This is the most passionate & inspiring film I've ever seen. Should be required viewing for any kid looking for a focus on life. Beautifully filmed/edited... perfect balance of old, rough, scrappy footage interspliced with the modern. The music couldn't be better. Put on your Vans & watch it. Then rewind & watch it again.

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Summary: Henry Hester
Review: Although it's been out for a number of months, it took me way too long to get to a theater to see it. I can't tell you how important this film is. As this ground breaking documentary starts to unfold, Stacy and Craig give you a bird's eye view of their 70's concrete playground, complete with historical reasoning for why Dogtown ever existed (and where, exactly, it existed). The editing style is incredible. At one point, Sean Penn makes a verbal mistake yet keeps on going through his description. Any other editor would have cut it and retaped the audio but keeping it in made the whole thing way more real, like Sean was talking to YOU. In addition some of the skaters, in their interviews are "Fast Forwaded" on screen. Very slick way of clipping the bull and getting to the meat.

This movie is a cultural document that should be played in schools, design studios, city halls and to every youngster who ever thought he knew everything about skating, the X games, Bob Burnquist and Tony hawk. Thank God someone caught as much 70s "film" as they did and thank God these guys got this important era of our American culture on DVD. Buy it. Show it to your kids. Make them watch it. Then... take them out, loosen their trucks and make them do berts until they get it down.

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Summary: A Hit in Santa Cruz
Review: Went to see Dogtown last week in the newly refurbished Del Mar Theater in downtown Santa Cruz CA. This movie moves you, makes you think and is flat out entertaining with its realism. A sure bet for those that want some insight into the origins of today's skateboarding world. Amazing vintage footage from the 60's & 70's, plus great narration and interviews. The crowd at the theater gave it a standing ovation at the end of the movie. Joe Bob says check it out!

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Summary: Dogtown and Z-Boys
Review: This movie is told by the main players...and it comes off a little on the self congratitulatory side. It however,is a worthwhile way to spend a couple of hours...the sound track is righteous and the editing punchy.If you are at all interested in skateboarding or seventies culture..it is a must see.
If you are a skate "grommet"...GO NOW and learn the history.
If you are an "ex skater" SHAME ON YOU....but go see the movie...and buy some old school skate gear on [local store]..and drive the prices up for everyone else who never quit.

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Summary: Good
Review: WAY too self-congratulatory a movie. I mean, these guys are SKATEBOARDERS. The narration and interviews give the impression they discovered the theory of relativity.

Having said that, I did enjoy the movie a lot. For one thing I was a So. Cal. grom when urethane Cadillac wheels hit the scene and changed skate boarding, and all my friends and I raced down to the surf shops and bought them. How weird and wonderful to see Cadillac wheels on a movies screen all these years later.

And Tony Alva used to scare me when I'd read interviews with him when he was the #1 skate star. Nice to see he's matured into a soft spoken, mature individual.

This was a trip down nostalgia lane I never thought I'd experience. I thought those guys and that time were long forgotten. I felt like calling up all my friends from when I was 12 to reminisce...but I don't know where the hell they are now. I hope they see this movie, too, and remember those times. We had some fun.

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