Just watch the movie!

Rating: 10/10 (17 October 2005)

I really liked this movie a lot! Having already watched the documentary, for a long time I felt there was no point in watching the movie, but I was wrong. I waited for it to come out on DVD to watch it, and enjoyed it so much I watched it three days in a row, including ALL the special features. Which brings me to the point of why I'm commenting in the first place. I read quite a few of the other comments left on this movie, and found it interesting that there were so many negative comments & people stating that the documentary was so much better and the story was wrong, etc. These people must not have watched the DVD Special Features, or looked very much into the movie at all. Almost EVERY SINGLE member of the Z-Boys made cameos in the movie, and helped Director Catherine Hardwicke with details. Not only that, Tony Alva was one of the main people who taught the Actors in the movie how to skate! There were Z-Boys on set almost every day while filming. There is also footage of Jay Adams himself stating that he felt the documentary was not exactly a true depiction of him, and that Actor Emile Hirsch portrayed him very well in this movie. Not to mention the fact that Z-Boy Stacy Peralta was credited for writing the film. Maybe these are some things to think about. Just watch the movie, it's great!!