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Lords of Dogtown (2005)
In Venice, California in the mid '70's, the sport of surfing brought together a group of teenagers from a rough neighborhood. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean Park pier, a graveyard of a former amusement park, the boys from "Dogtown" joined the Zephyr skate team (or Z-boys). Known for their aggressive style, awe-inspiring moves and hard street attitude, the Z-Boys spent mornings and afternoons skateboarding. Taking the death-defying moves of surfing and applying them to skateboarding, the Z-Boys became overnight sensations - local legends - and revolutionized the art of skateboarding, transforming youth culture forever. (read more)
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Lords of Dogtown Movie Review by Zara  (1/24/2007) |
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I'm an old school skater chick. I used to roll with the boys, grinding up the steps in front of the abandoned Pt Mugu Theater, eating sidewalk and wandering around in search of the next stretch of steps or ridiculously long handrail to conquer.
Watching LORDS OF DOGTOWN, I swear there were moments when I broke out in...
(complete Lords of Dogtown review by Zara)
| Lords of Dogtown Movie Review by Seth C (10/19/2006) |
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Lords Of Dogtown is actually probably a better film then I'm giving it credit for, however I won't know for sure until I view it again.
The film starts off rather slow and the script seems somewhat weak and jumbled until at least thirty minutes into the film when we finally realize which three of these 'z-boys' were going...
(complete Lords of Dogtown review by Seth C)
| Lords of Dogtown Movie Review by Matthew (6/6/2005) |
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The many times I watched the trailer for “The Lords of Dogtown”, I cringed at the sight of Heath Ledger. The images of him as a drugged out former hippy recruiting a bunch of kids to ride skateboards caused me to start grinding my teeth. The images hinted at one over the top performance, and not in a good way.
“The Lords...
(complete Lords of Dogtown review by Matthew)
This is the (pretty much) true story of the birth of skateboarding culture in America. Anyone who have ever read anything about those days in Dogtown have most certainly heard the names Stacy Peralta, Jay Adams and Tony Alva. Personally, I had read a lot about Peralta, being that he is a filmmaker now, and I knew that he...
(complete Lords of Dogtown review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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