Lords was great!!!

Rating: 7/10 (2 November 2005)

I saw the documentary back in 2002 and that it was a very well made piece of work...it really answered a lot of questions for me about the early stages of how skating as we know it today came about. When I found out about Lords of Dogtown coming out this summer...I knew it was going to be the same story told on a more personal level. Anyone who thought that this movie sucked because it didn't go into detail like the documentary and left a lot of stuff out TOTALLY MISSED THE POINT. I can see why they focused on these 3 skaters(Alva,Peralta,Adams)the way they did...ALva succeeded on his own terms...Peralta created his own legendary Skateboard Company that made a new generation of skaters famous...Tony Hawk being one of them...and the trials and tribulations of Adams...This movie made you care about these skaters where the Documentary focused on the sport itself. But I loved them both...one piece of advice..see the documentary first to get a background.