I ONLY MADE IT 10 MINUTES. . .
before i had to turn this crap off. it would have been great if it were a zoolander type spoof of a surfer movie.
but seriously, 10 minutes.
Last Movie Seen, "Appaloosa" 8/10
Don't comment or rate on a movie if you can't watch it all
7/10 - it captured the Surfer nicely
Ha! That's too funny, I made it to the scene where McConaghey tried the virtual reality system. It is extremely rare for me to not finish a movie, but this was just ridiculous.
It was very disappointing in that I surf, I like McC and Harrelson, and I enjoy stoner flicks. This made a mockery out of surfers AND stoners. I've spent time on every beach from the Silver Strand in S.D. to Waddell and I have never come in contact with tools that remotely resemble the douchebags in this movie. Yeah, Yeah it's a movie, I know, but the fact that Hollywood makes this s--t really lets you know what they think of the general public.
P.S. - XTRADER, you obviously have never met an actual surfer or waterman in your life.
0/10
Oh yeah, if anyone ever showed up at my beach dropping as many "bra's" and "dudes" as the guys in this flick, they would be banned from ever getting in the water. They were surfing Malibu, not the North Shore. I have many a buddy who have moved to the islands for the wind and sea, NOT ONE of them speaks this way. Complete joke.
shareFINALLY!!! Someone who agrees with me! You would not believe how much trash people said about me because I hated this film. Bravo brother, couldn't have said it better myself.
PS-Waddell is the s--t!
"This made a mockery out of surfers AND stoners."
Veteran stoner here, I was toking while watching this movie and I completely disagree, I found the film hilarious and McConaghey imbued his character with enough memes, apathetic stoner-style humor and a laid back mindset.
I was so convinced by his acting that by the time I saw McConaghey's laugh when he smoked in the rolling credits (the shot with the smoke billowing out of his mouth) I was convinced this actor tokes in real life.
In short I found it makes for a great social stoner movie, I don't see the issue you guys are having - I can't vouch for surfers but for stoners it was right on the money.
If you want to talk about inconsistencies, you'd be better off picking on the business elements in this movie - though that's nothing new and perfectly understandable given the mainstream audience.
As for the droves of self-righteous surfers who feel this movie doesn't do justice to their complex and fascinating personal lives: this is a comedy, not a documentary on you.
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@ MxSchizo
"McConaghey imbued his character with enough memes, apathetic stoner-style humor and a laid back mindset. "
memes? how is that remotely relative to his character? you do realize that a meme pertains to things just a liiittle bigger than old Mcconaghey..
secondly, with regards do this being the perfect stoner movie. i disagree. it was clear to me that they just put all the potsmoking in the movie to portray surfers as guys who always smoke up and are super chilled. My best friends entire family are all surfers, vegans, waterlovers etc.. where is the pot? ya it was cool that he smoked pot, but not a stoner movie. . just boring.. haha
I was also smoking spliff when i watched this and i didnt really feel connected to him (regardless of the fact that he DEFINATELY smokes weed himself).
Pineapple Express = true stoner movie.
this movie... was just rubbish. it was as much a stoner movie as Adventureland, if you get my point..
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Naked bongos, dude… Of course he's a stoner! (or, he was at one time, anyway… )
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