Gleaming the Cube
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Movie Reviews of Gleaming the Cube
Movie Review: Best of the Feature Skater films
Summary: 5 Stars
Anyone who wishes to dis this film should remember some things:RAD, RAD and damn, yeah,... RAD. I am not propping this film with the absolute fact that the other skate-boarding films were an insulting waste of time, NOOOO. This film was no Bergman, but the combination of average to better than average elements such as plot, stunts, FX, and music elevate this film to just shy of cult status. We now have Tony Hawk Playstation games and Thrasher best of videos, but they exist in their own media and genre. This was a FEATURE film.
Christian Slater is not Laurence Olivier, but he was great in his catagory, the teen-angst poster-boy. His positions in Heathers and True Romance bear this out. This film was a launching pad. Anyway, onto the meat. The final chase scene rivals the big-budget SPEED (1994) just by sheer inventiveness, not to mention the fact that after all the stunts performed, we end up with a nice dose of reality; A shredded skateboard, and C.S. in the hospital. His Concrete barrier velocity ramp off through the air, smack the gun out of the bad guys hand final move gets a Come ONNNN rating of 2 out of 10. Which is good. Highly unlikely, but cinematically well done. And he goes to the hospital. The balance warrants the rating. I love Tony Hawk, but he should have had a little time and a real speaking part. Not the Gratuitous head on shot in the pizza truck. Otherwise, this film has a special place in my stolen milk crate. Via con Dios, Amigos. The Basher
Movie Review: Great quality, great fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this film about five years ago. It was about two o'clock in the morning and I thought "cool Christian Slater, I'll check this out". So I sat down and chilled out, letting the story just draw me in until, suddenly, I realised what a great film it was. It's got lots of character and action and the skate choreography is the best I've ever seen.Unfortunately it was unavailable on video at the time and it gradually erased itself from my memory. That is, until I was talking to a skate buddy of mine who asked me if I had ever seen this film. Regenerating my interest, I began searching for the film on DVD sites, but I was beginning to lose hope. But then I found it and I must say this is one of the best films I have the honour of owning and is a big hit with my friends. It definately benefits from being on DVD - the picture is really smooth and detailed, the sound is fantastic and it'll never wear out.Not to mention, unlike other companies who release old films as they are, this DVD has special features: not only the trailer and bios but interviews with the skaters, a documentary and some interesting facts about the film.
All in all, not only is this a great demonstration of what DVD can do by giving life to an old film, but a fantastic film which, to me and my friends, will never be forgotten.
Movie Review: give it a break
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok, so this movie is utter crap...who cares? When I was 9 years old, Christian Slater was quite possibly the coolest person on the planet. Every bit of that coolness came from this movie. When you go back and watch it again you remember how much of a dork you really were with half of your head shaved and the other half covered with partly bleached hair that completely obscured the vision of one eye. God it was great. So complain if you will about the movie lacking plot or any number of other qualities that are so desirable in classic and modern cinema, but this was the 80's preteen guide to all that was cool. If all this wasn't enough, the skaters in THIS movie actually skated...you know...what skaters do sometimes in between destroying cars and jumping off the roof into bushes in the new skate videos.Movie Review: old school fun time!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
i am the only girl i know of that loves this movie.... i cant find anyone who loves this movie as i do! i first saw this movie in 1991 or so, my brother rented it or something, anyhow i love skaters and skating, its just unfortunate that i have no skating abilities whatsoever. this movie is so freakin rad i cant explain it, you have to go and see it for yourself, ... plus there are a couple hidden documentaries on the dvd as well, just click on the eyes of the skateboard and press an arrow key, also click on the skateboard and then an arrow key to get another documentary. ... im glad others enjoy this movie as much as i do.... bad wigs and all... see you later!
jeannette
Movie Review: Still as wonderful as the first time!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie! As a kid I used to watch this over and over and be in absolute awe of these skateboarders. Okay, I admit having a crush on Christian Slater as well... But, I am assuming it was more than that because I watched it 5 billion & 1 times or so it seemed. I had no clue they had brought out the DVD until it was too late. I had to buy it at a higher cost used. (Although it looked brand new.) It was well worth it, but now everyone wants to know how I got it. I wish the company would re-release this DVD again so that more people can buy it. C'mon! You get to see Tony Hawke when he was this gangly young teenager!!