Dogtown is summer fun

Rating: 8/10 (22 August 2005)

This is a really fun summer movie. Yes, Peralta's documentary "Dogtown and the ZBoys" is the REAL story of the Z Boys. and yes, there are fictionalized stories and people.But Emile Hirsch and Heath Ledger more than make up for any light cheesiness. Both of their characters are over the top, but dead on. Truth IS stranger than fiction folks.The pool skating scenes are awesome. I never was a fan of this sport until I saw this movie. This movie is based on a true story, and it is funny, sad, bold and heartbreaking.Many scenes were painstakingly recreated to take the audience back to the late 1970s. THe DelMar skate competition looked very realistic and captured the rowdiness and talent of the Z Boys. It reminded me of the Dead End Kids, with wheels.