Lords of Dogtown

Rating: 9/10 (23 October 2005)

by Chris Weseman.
The story is about three boys making their way from poor to rich. The story is a true story (with a little Hollywood put in it) and has action, drama, romance, and some comedy. Both parents and kids would enjoy this movie. For the kids there was the action and skateboarding and for the parents and adults there's the soundtrack and the 70's vibe that they can relate to.
Most of the action is the skateboarding, surfing, and fights that happened. The skateboard contests and the training have the most action. An example of the action is when they drain peoples' pools so they can skateboard and they have to run from the police.
There is a lot of drama in the movie. Most of it is just about their lives, going from poor dogs to the "Z-Boys". The main drama is when they all go their separate ways (Tony and Stacy join different skate teams and Jay joins a street gang). I won't give away the ending but I will just say they find out what the boys really want.
There is only a little bit of romance and comedy. The romance would have to be the couples and break ups. Stacy starts to date Tony's little sister, but he doesn't feel comfortable doing stuff with her in front of her brother and things start breaking apart for them. Then someone else comes in and he and Tony's sister start cheating on Stacy.
The one bit of comedy I can think of is was when Tony got "patty-slapped" by Skip at the fast food restaurant.
It was a really good movie and I liked it a lot. I think most people would like it.