Whether or not it is the ACTUAL story, it's still a great story...

Rating: 8/10 (8 April 2007)

I saw this movie by mistake, I was looking for Añpha Dog and ended up with this one instead but it was a very pleasant surprise.
I learned, through my many film-maniac years, that if a movie is "based on a true story" it means the names of actual people have been included in a very incredible -and I mean this literally- story, loosely based on their actual lives (or periods of it). They try the put the most important facts into one quick concocted story, no paying attention to the connecting items of the story. 'Lord of Dogtown' differs immensely from that, I cannot but praise it. Most movies need a narrator to express the feelings you can see in this story and through the boys' acting. The story is understood in its whole sense; from the boys desire to have fun to the actual need to accomplish something.
This movie can be recommended above all because of the story itself, whether or not it's the ACTUAL story.