Went last night with my girlfriend.
It was weird walking into a theatre and fully expecting to see skaters from my town there, like I was walking into a local skate premiere. Sure enough when I was leaving I saw some kid I recognized walking out with his mom. He ironically has a weird nickname we gave him when he was younger.
I cannot ever imagine seeing this with a parent, it would be so uncomfortable. I suppose it depends on how you were raised, but if I went with my dad who never fully excepted or understood me skating, it would suck. We actually sat next to an older couple without kids. Right after the party hookup scene they got up and left the theatre, the lady whispered to us awkwardly, "We can't take this anymore."
The aspect ratio didn't bug me at all, I got used to it after a few minutes. I guess it's cool the whole thing was shot on film, but it wouldn't have made a difference to me if it was shot 16:9 in HD.
A few scenes seemed super drawn out, the intro seemed drawn out. The cops kicking everyone out of courthouse seemed exaggerated.
Nak killed it with the acting, it was cool seeing Donovan in there and Harmony's cameo. I think I recognized the "pro filmer" that walks up and daps up the two pros as Cody Green that films with FA, Vans, etc?
The no character building really bugged me. They pegged the older brother as having issues but never really revealed more into that or anything, kinda just left you guessing. Also when Stevie steals the $80 and takes that hair brush to his leg? I still have no idea what that was about.
Being a vintage nerd, loved seeing all the old clothing and boards. Thought it was cool they even kept the shop boards shape specific to the time period. You can see how awkward and flat the shape of the shop decks were when he's gripping Stevie's free board.
The overuse of the cussing kinda killed me, maybe it's specific to certain crews of that time period, but it really felt like they laid it on too thick. I'm not even overly PC but hearing it non-stop just felt uncomfortable.
Ending sucked, I hated it. Least favorite part of the movie. I think the ending should have been after Nak gave Stevie the pep up talk and they skated off into the distance. The fight scene and drunk driving scene was just so extra and seemed forced to me. Almost felt like they couldn't come up with an ending or ran out of budget.
The cameos and seeing old gear was the highlight for me. Whole movie gets a 5/10.