Amazing photography

Rating: Null/10 (27 July 2003)

I channel surfed (sorry) into the beginning of this movie and thought I'd turn it off after a few minutes, but I couldn't. It wasn't an amazing plot (standard with few surprises) nor outstanding acting (everyone was fine, but that's all) -- it was primarily the amazing, mind-blowing, knock-your-socks-off photography of water and surfing that kept me coming back after I'd stepped into the kitchen to heat up some dinner and that prevented me from moving from my chair once I was seated again with my plate and fork. (Minor note: the view of life in Hawaii from the non-tourist side was also fascinating.) I am old enough to be the mother of most of the characters in the movie, and I don't even know the name of the genre for the music which provides the soundtrack. (Is that hiphop?) I am not at all athletic, and I wasn't into beach/surfing movies even when I was the same age as the main characters in "Blue Crush". That having been said, I really liked this movie. It didn't fall down irretrievably on any front, and that awe-inspiring photography pushed it over the line from harmless to watch-it-again. It shocks me to recommend this, but I do.