Luscious scenery, Poor plot...

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 2003)

I first caught the tail end of Blue Crush after a long night of work, with the surf crashing down, the competition heating up and...no real chance to judge anything other than what I immediately saw, which I liked.
Well it made me want to see more and so later when I had the opportunity, I checked it out. *** possible spoilers ***
This could have been a much better movie. The lush women and scenery, and for the gals, a few good men, as well as the comedic relief of Faizon Love and company...did make the movie enjoyable for me.
I just could not deal realistically with the plot point that Kate Bosworth and this Pro Football player could hook up in the period of a short week, hey let's give them two, and for their relationship to find such levels. The depth of this relationship was too much too fast when they hardly knew each other. In the real world we might call it immaturity, infatuation, whatever. It just seemed unrealistic.
Now don't get me wrong, Kate Bosworth might make any man fall in love, definitely lust, and if you're battin' for the other side, well, her body is rockin' and......but c'mon now.
The point is this was not meant to be fantasy. We were meant to buy this and maybe in Hollywood or under the age of 15 this is how people act, but I just buy it in the real world short of stalkers and pure psychos.
All in all, I did like this movie. Even with the absence of some of the sub-plots being expanded upon, it could have worked. It's just that once you start playing with what is real and it is not meant to be the newest fantastic story, it invariably screws things up and hurts credibility for many viewers.
One last note. I'm not sure how much is CG and I heard that Bosworth's head was placed on some real surfer girls in some spots, but regardless, the Surfing is very cool. For anyone who is a fan, check out "In God's Hands" for some really decent, real surfing. No great plot there either if I remember, but not as much of a stretch.