Blue Crush (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Blue Crush (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: A "chick flick" for those of us who hate chick flicks
Summary: 5 Stars
I really like this movie...no it's not super deep, super heavy, or super intelligent with some phenomenal new story line. It's just fun! There is a moderate amount of cussing (mostly the "S" word) which only bothers me if my kids are in the room. There was no drawn-out, overly explicit sex scene which usually accompanies the films of today, especially those aimed at teens, which I'm assuming this was. I love the beach, so this movie was like a mini-vacation for my mind. I think the filmmakers went out of their way to produce something authentic and believable. While this movie is dominated by females, don't expect a bunch of emotionally unstable, constant-nervous-breakdown-having wimps, these girls are tough! The music played throughout the movie was cool too. The only part I found a bit ridiculous was the thought of Matthew Davis playing a quarterback...um, I think maybe they should have cast him as a male model or something.Movie Review: Good surfing and then???
Summary: 2 Stars
Anne Marie only has one enemy in regards to surfing and that is her fear of falling, which was induced by a previous surfing accident where she fell and was sucked down under water by the strong currents. However, she persists and keeps surfing, because of her dynamic friends who encourage her to continue surfing despite what has happened in the past. She has therefore also signed up to compete in the dangerous Pipe Masters surf competition, and during this time she meets a professional quarterback who is on vacation in Hawaii. Their relationship causes friction between Anne Marie and those close to her, which influences her surfing as well. Anne Marie stands in a crossroad of her life and she has to make a choice of what to do. Blue Crush is a rather predictable story, which does not offer much food for the mind. This is due to the overall build up of the story, which comes off flat and monotonous. However, the film offers some awesome surfing shots combined with excellent sound. Nevertheless, the overall story becomes an uninteresting experience.Movie Review: Blue Crush movie
Summary: 3 Stars
I saw the movie after it came out on DVD, and I was surprised by what I watched. The shots of waves and surfing were absolutely beautiful, and the head of photography deserves a pat on the back. The plot was a bit stale, however. I wished that the movie had been about friends, like the trailers made it out to be, instead of a twenty-something having sex with a guy one week after she meets him. Hasn't that been over-done in other movies? What makes this movie different is the obvious research put into it-actual surfers are the characters. While this can make for bad acting, it also has a deeper, much more real undertone. Blue Crush is worth watching.Movie Review: Great father / daughter flick!
Summary: 4 Stars
This rocks. I saw it first while in a S. CA surf shop (Hobie) where a bunch of teenage girls were watching it. I bought it for my 7 yr old surfer gal daughter. OK my 9yr old son likes it too. I love the positive and strong young female roles. Too many movies (all?) have young girls as secondary figures that are not strong or able to operate on their own - NOT this one!. My daugher and I enjoy watching it for the cool waves, the "easy" story and the true fun! Even though she is 7 she totally relates to the decisions the good girls and not so good girls are faced with and it is a great chance to cuddle, have fun and even open the topic of how to make the right choices while being a strong free minded young lady with looks, brains, determination, power and options!Movie Review: great visuals, poor film
Summary: 2 Stars
I admitt upfront that the visuals of this movie were great. Hawii is a gorgeous location for any film, and the underwater camera work with surfers was astounding. There was also an intriguing side plot with Annes younger sister going through a rocky adolescence that was dropped as soon as Anna's new boyfriend enters the picture. Had the movie been about a woman raising her younger sister, paying the bills, and surfing, it would have been 100 times better. But not even the good things can make up for the poor plot and outdated gender messages.The plot is paper thin, and it could be excuseable as mindless fluff if this movie didn't revolve around the premise that Anna needs a man. Annas friends who serve as her surrogate family are supportive, encouraging, and loving. They try to get her to understand how awesome she is, but it isn't enough. It is only though a boyfriend that she has known for a few days that she is able to screw up her courage and surf in the big competition. Message: having a boyfriend makes you complete. There are also some scenes in the begining where you see her ex-boyfriend verbally harass her and she totally plays right into it. Later the same character shoves her around with no regaurd. Message: it's ok for men to treat women like crap. These girls are supposedly athletes but you see no muscles on any of them, just perfect sticks in bikinis. Message: being thin is still the only way to succeed. I'm personally appalled that Amazon calls this "the kind of movie that girls and young women deserve to see more of". I think that girls and boys deserve movies where girls really accomplish things in realistic ways, not where they get all their self esteem from others, put up with abuse, and look like anorexics to win the day.
In the end, Anna surfs the big competition. She doesn't win first prize, but a lucrative endorsement deal that will help her pay the rent. Yippe. It's a victory for all the emotinally dependent anorexic girls out there.