The Lords of Dogtown: The Return of the Z-Boys

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2005)

I never had known of the Z-Boys, and this movie was a perfect explanation to see... Now all I need is DogTown and the Z-Boys and I'll be a happy girl.
It had everything someone like me could want - music and skating, plus of course all the basic, obvious things that was going to show up... sex, violence... But it did not just have that, you could see the emotional side to the characters.
Stacy Peralta (John Robinson) was probably the most well-behaved of the bunch, and even if many will argue that the real Stacy wrote himself like this purposely, it gives the story a commonly gentle character. I especially loved the way Stacy would act when he learned he was not a part of the team, so some great acting was done by John Robinson, but not only him. Emile did a great Jay Adams and Tony Alva turned out stunningly like the real Alva, with great emotion and such.
Sid, even if it is said that he never really existed, was such a sweet soft character who just wanted to be like them, and bringing the three main Z-Boys together in the end had to be one of my favorite parts - even if some would say it never happened. I was upset that Sid died, even if he was just a character, so more and more emotion appears.
The movie is, overall, a great movie. I know I will buy it on DVD to go with my other favorites. This movie has everything I think it needs: skating, music, some violence/swearing but also plenty emotion and action. The only thing you'd have to be able to stand is all the teens that go to visit it - I know I wasn't the only teenager there when I went.