good movie

Rating: 8/10 (4 December 2005)

Lords of Dogtown is about 3 young skateboarders who grew up into professional skaters who have taken the sport to a whole new level. It is a movie that touches a lot on the history of Jay, Stacy, and Tony and also the experience and the thick and thin that those 3 youngsters faced during their walk to fame. A beautiful thing about the movie is that it shows how friendship transcends fame and fortune. The movie also stressed on their achievement and contribution to the sport, for instance, the maneuvers created by the boys (especially Jay Adams) and how they turned swimming pools into skateboarding rings. Besides that, the movie also showed how Skip, the owner of Zephyr skateboards signed the skaters and how Jay, Stacy and Tony first got notice by other companies and also how he failed in his business subsequently which he ended up producing surf boards for his rival. The movie had a rather sad and touching ending where the boys' childhood friend eventually died of brain cancer.
The music immaculately fits the movie and the actors gave a stellar performance despite the fact that they are still new to the scene. Heath Ledger did give a good performance but too bad he did not appear in most of the scenes. It was hard to identify him at first due to his shades and his character in the movie (Lol!). The information given about the what happened to the boys later after the ending was useful and very informative (to help prevent curiosity to viewers who don't know much about these skaters). This movie succeeds in thoroughly explaining every vivid events in the lives of these 3 skaters. I would give this movie a rating of 8 out of 10