the first half is pretty much what you would expect, kind of like the bones brigade documentary remade only about tony. rodney being corny and “deep”. peralta talking more than anyone else, by a lot. lots of touchy feely stuff brushed in with 80s competitions to ‘rise above’ or ‘kids of the black hole’. duane spitting on him and interviews with him being “punk” and tacky. same old shit. then as it obviously develops into vert dying/his career struggling and then into 900 talk just as you would assume, it actually does get better. it’s cool to hear neil be interviewed and included so much more than i expected, though i don’t recall any unseen footage unfortunately other than him talking at a contest very briefly. there’s actually a surprisingly emotional duane moment that can jerk a tear about a moment with tony after his son passed away. it doesn’t necessarily touch on him cheating on his wife but, it does hint at it. riley is interviewed and they talk about him being raised in a strange environment of different parents/co parents and the other kids having a separate mother so, it just kind of leaves it open for interpretation. it also talks about his relationship/romance problems and how he had to go get treatment for them. all in all it’s obviously got it’s corniness, it’s always hard for me to watch skateboarders i look up to displayed in documentaries with the soundtrack from “pay it forward” mixed in with adolescents, joy division, black flag, buzzcocks e.t.c. but, it’s hbo. it wasn’t terrible. its cool to see how many relationship/personality problems he overcame while still being one of the greatest skateboarders ever, if not the. obviously the first true skateboard celebrity juggling that with children and a wild career. he does have an interesting story, i would honestly say as many gnarly stories/injuries as danny way has, he isn’t skating anywhere near the level tony still has been for quite some time while overcoming those types of injuries/issues into his 40s/50s. lance says something bittersweet in the end about how they will probably end up dying doing what they love and they have to accept that, then it’s just kind of over. it leaves you wanting more just because it gets a lot more real towards the end and honest. all in all, the film really shows how he is the most determined skateboarder of all time (in my eyes) thus far. i would say it is worth a watch if you are a skateboard nerd like me.
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