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Summary: Like father, like son
Review: Nice DVD presentation with plenty of extras. Hey, there's even some instructional stuff with Wingnut nonetheless. I really am impressed with everything they piled on to the first disc. But man, they must have guessed that all surfers are computer geeks because you need to be on the NASA matrix grid in order to make that second disc work in your computer. There's a ton of features on the second disc, but I'll have to find someone who's got a totally juiced up box in order to see it. Sorry, I've got a decent computer but nothing near the requirements necessary to view the DVD-ROM disc provided in Step Into Liquid. As far as the movie goes, this is NOT, I repeat NOT the best surf film ever made. It's good but once again the Brown Family can take some great footage and turn it into somewhat of an annoying experience with the drone of corny jokes and cliche writing. Dana Brown, like father Bruce [the Endless Summer Collection of which Dana assisted on some], simply and plainly should not be narrating this thing. The narration comes way too close to the obnoxious and annoying words of Warren Miller and his tedious and bourgeois narration on skiing and snowboarding films. And I swear to God, I hope I never hear the word "stoke" repeated so often in such a short time frame as spoken in Step Into Liquid. I know Dana Brown was attempting to break down many surfing stereotypes, but his repeated and mindboggling use and reuse of the word "stoke" in this film drives me up the wall. Quite honestly, some of the special features were easier to take than the film because they were devoid of the stiff and starchy narration. Still, Step Into Liquid is quality film making here and should be in the quiver of films of all surfers.
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Summary: Fun overview of surfing
Review: Not being a surfer myself (though my father-in-law has tried to teach me with varying low levels of success), I still appreciated this documentary on surfing. It is more than just the giants of the sport (though it does feature a few of them) - it goes beyond that to kids, characters, legends, locations and more. I found the surfing in Texas and Wisconsin particularly amusing. I have not watched too many surf movies (2?) but I found that this one was very good and worth my time.
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Summary: you'll never go back...
Review: possibly one of the finest films to hit the silver screen, Step Into Liquid is more extreme than the extreme surf videos, more zen than the zen films, and more fun than the fun. it is perhaps the greatest compilation of surf footage, and it captures the spirit of a sport that has mesmerized athletes, travelers, and searchers for generations. be warned, this film might lead you to beautiful places; your responsibilities and conventional obligations might not make the trip.
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Summary: Nice movie - second disk system hungry
Review: Some nice location photography, some big, big waves, and Pipeline. What can be better? Tanker-wave surfers in Texas! Meet the guy that has surfed every day for 25 years. Watch surfing on the Great Lakes, or in Ireland.Bummer that my computer apparently is not hyped enough to play disk 2. Installed WMP 9 (will do it for you), but I don't have a 2.4 gig P4 (recommended), and only 32mb video card (needs 64), so my system crashes and I have to reboot. Harsh my mellow, dude!
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Summary: A fun ride, even for a non-surfer
Review: Step Into Liquid is a really fun documentary on the surfer sub-culture. The story takes you round the world to the greatest surf locations with the greatest surfers. The cinematography is excellent, although the image quality is a bit grainy - this was definitely a 16mm production.
The WMV-HD bonus disk is what compelled me to buy this movie - I have all the High Definition (HD) titles (IMAX movies, Muffin Man, T2, etc) as I'm a big fan of the HD-DVD's. Some of the water scenes, and the overall graininess of the film, pushed the limits of the encoding, but it still looked great overall.
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Summary: Step into liquid.... gladly
Review: Step into liquid is an amazing movie, that in my opinion... everyone should see. It is just a feel good movie about the joys of the surfing world. If you don't surf, no worries... you ought to still enjoy it.
Living in Hawaii, the struggle for surf gets difficult with some of the more experienced riders... as it gets competetive. But this movie shows the exact opposite approach. It shows that no matter who you are (living on the Great lakes), you can have the time of your life just being out in the water, regardless if you catch a wave or not. Its all about soul energy and if you don't know what I mean.... go surf.
Its a great movie... so check it out. As for the dude thats been surfing for every day of the past 25 years, you are my hero!!!! and keep on going till you physically can't. Enjoy
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Summary: a good movie for teenagers in nebraska...
Review: Step Into Liquid tries too hard to accomplish something spectacular. Like so many surf movies before it, it tries to "capture the essence" of surfing. Dana Brown tries to capture what it means to be a surfer by demonstrating surfers from all walks of life. Other than this, the movie has no cohesiveness; it's just a bunch of random people talking about something they happened to love to do- surfing. Dana Brown's tiring narration sounds like the equivalent of a sports announcer who dropped out of high school. Sadly, the script and production of this movie work against the very thing it sets out to do-- kill the stereotype of the slacker surfer beach bum duuuuuude. Here's an idea, Dana: when you come home after an inspiring session, instead of turning on your TV, pick up your notepad and write down what it feels like to watch the erratic rocks and fish and life underneath you while you glide on a wave with the heat of the mid-august sun crystalizing the salt in your hair. All grievances aside, this movie does have a few good scenes (the kids in ireland surfing together, jesse billauer surfing, etc.). But despite its moments, most of it really only amounts to big-money production and terrible writing. Lots of expensive helicopter shots, big names, high quality fancy-butt video, big waves, you know the drill. In the realm of art, this movie does nothing to capture what it feels like to ride waves.
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Summary: Step into Liquid
Review: Terrific follow-up to a legendary classic. Timely, with a very positive message about life, family and friends and helping others become globally aware. Very inspiring.
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Summary: Step Into Liquid
Review: The film to date that captures the essence of why we give up pursuits of fame and fortune and forsake the rat race to become soul surfers whatever our skill level is or evolves to be. "Step" offers up the best statements to date explaining the religous nature of surfing and why it becomes us and we become it. This greatest of all surf films even tops the two Endless Summer films by "dad." It is unfortunate for stressed-out middle class middle America that, unlike Endless Summer I, it will not play to sold-out crowds in most cities in most states. (Endless I had waiting lines in Kansas City.) It is an epic travel/surf flick like its most famous predecessor, Summer I, but will not have the same across the board appeal due to the fact that we are all jet-setters and that the Discovery and Travel Channels have made the travelogue portion ho-hum. The accompanying monologue deserves a nomination. The segment on bringing the kids of Northern and Southern Ireland together through surfing is a tear-jerker to anyone with a heart and puts this timeless epic into a class all by itself in the genre of "Get Up and Go" surf movies.
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Summary: high def in here
Review: The great thing about watching DVDs on your PC is that due to software encoding high definition DVDs are possible with current DVD players on PCs. Of course non-computer DVD players can't play the new Windows WMVHD format because the decoding is built in and can't be changed. What does this mean? You don't have to wait for the new high definition DVD players that will hit the market soon because higher end PCs are already capable of decoding high definition in both 720 and 1080 formats with current DVD technology.
The result is truly breathtaking high defintion picture. Step into Liquid looks amazing in 720p resolution. If you have the computer, Step Into Liquid is a great high definition DVD to add to your collection. Check out the 1080 version of Terminator2 as well.
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