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Clerks (1994)
One of the best movies ever.
Clerks is the first Kevin Smith movie that falls into the Viewaskew universe and is the best one. Aside from the humorous dirty jokes, the dialog between Randall and Dante is the real star of the movie. Kevin Smith really has talent. You get the feel of two guys stuck in a hole they can't get out of that is highlighted by the movie being black and white. The banter about star wars is a favorite of mine, as well as relief of Jay and silent bob when you get sick of Dantes look on life.The movie is a success at what it does. Its a got a fun side but also brings across a message of what life can be life. Clerks is a cult classic that made Kevin Smith the man and hopefully Clerks II follows up with a little growth but enough of what we loved from the first one.
Step Into Liquid (2003)
Great surf documentary
I personally thought this movie was breathtaking. The scenes of big waves are breathtaking. This movie has everything for people who are interested in surfing. Scenes like the brothers in Ireland and the surfers in Wisconsin showed that surfing doesn't have to take place in California, Hawiaii, or a exotic location. The scenes of mavericks and jaws will get any adrenaline junkie pumped. This movie focused on the essence of surfing and not one specific thing which is good and bad. I really thought this was a awesome surf movie. I compared this to riding giants(stacy peralta) and I actually like liquid better. I really love the big wave surfing so I figured riding giants would have given me more of a "stoke". I was wrong as the big waves just didn't jump out at me like in liquid. Liquid has some of the most amazing scenes in surfing.
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Unrated much better than theatrical
First and foremost this movie is much better while watching the unrated version rather than the theatrical version. The main cast includes, Heath Ledger(Skip), Emil Hersch(Jay), Viktor Rasuk(Tony) ,and John Robinson(Stacy). Cathrine Hardwicke directed lords and it Stacy Peralta(original Z boy and director) wrote the screenplay. This is a story version of some of the forefathers of modern skating. The z-boys revolutionized skateboarding with there aggressive style and attitude. Cathrine Hardwicke does a great job of taking maybe 10 years and combining them into 2 or 3. The unrated version of lords shows all the stuff that woulda help make it the movie it should have been. The dialogue is better to say the least. A couple of the major flaws in Lords is the fact that many years had to be crammed into a short few. You aren't able to delve as deep into some of the characters stories as you might like. In my case some of the other z boys stories. Stacy, Jay, and Tony are clearly the best and most exciting but it would be nice to know more about the others. The Stars of this movie were the killer soundtrack, Heath ledger, and Emil Hersch. The soundtrack had the sound of Venice California in the 70's and was a integral part of the movie. Heath was absolutely amazing as skip. His feeling as a drunk surfer with more things on his plate than he knew what to do with was perfect. He did enough to cement himself in the industry for at least another decade or two. Emil Hersch portrayed Jay Adams as most people could have wanted him to. You got more emotion and feeling from his eyes than from his dialect in some instances. He is a rising actor that will be a great actor of the future. Lords of Dogtown did enough to satisfy the skate crowd and the masses. The acting and soundtrack does enough to keep people watching.