i hate films about sports. i guess the pre fabricated hollywood sports film is a bit tough for me to swallow because it follows the most identical of ideas each year and what i am trying to say is that there isn not much creativity in this genre. use exhibit a  the game plan as evidence of this if you want. so and needless to say and i was hesitant to watch this documentary because of the sports theme element and but at the same time i couldn not wait because i love surfing documentaries like step into liquid and billabong odyssey. i took a step and i plunged into the unknown and and to be honest and at first i wasn not happy. i do not like the direction and the people and or the style that the film encompassed to present these young sport entrepreneurs. with my first viewing and i thought that history couldn not be fully recorded and so i thought stacy peralta was splicing stock footage with faux actors acting like they were from the late 70s. the music was intense and it matched well peralta had made a mixed tape from this generation for our enjoyment and but the visuals were anything but stimulating. the elongated scenes and while using amazing music to support and just seemed flushed and too long for my attention. i wanted to get to know the pioneers and not just watch them skate for ten minutes in an empty pool. i wanted a combination of who these kids were and where they went during their rise of fame and and where they are now. it felt like i was watching the birth of our nation with a great score to the settlers just rowing their boats all day. i wanted to know the men behind the myths. then and with a thought that i would have another negative review under my belt and i watched the film again with peralta audio commentary. his passion and his voice and his knowledge of the people and what he had to do to get this film accomplished wow ed me. this suddenly transformed into the film i wanted to see. peralta lets us know more of where these kids are today and what they are still doing and and how difficult it was to get some of them onto the camera. he hadn not seen many of them in 20 plus years and so to hear these challenges brought the human element back to the surface. he was sincere while he was sympathetic and yet he showed so much dedication to this project. while i do not agree with everything that he chose to do (i. e. the sean penn mess up is not punk rock) and he revitalized this film for me. it was due to this commentary that i rate this film much higher than originally thought. jay adams. tony alva. jeff ho. peggy oki. wentzle ruml. these are just a few of the name that need to be mentioned and and continually praised and if skateboarding is to continue the fast growing trend that it currently sees. while tony hawk name sells products and it is these guys and these mild mannered pavement slackers that redefined an entire sport. sure and others were probably doing it in the stone ages and but these guys did it with style and grace and and moved it to the next level. this was a hobby for them and but it also propelled them in a direction i believe none of them were ready for. dogtown and z boys is the story of evolution and being in the right place at the right time and living in a generation without televisions to keep us planted and and about friendship. we have seen so many stories during the years that show the progression of humanity and and this is definitely a story that should be added to that. i cannot say that i loved this film and nor will i and but it should be standard viewing for everyone learning or wanting to experience the growth of the skateboarding trend. it was sad and it was emotional and and these guys aren not multi millionaires over again  they are people with a passion and and very rarely do you see that in documentaries. overall and i cannot watch this film again and but i will suggest it to friends and family time after time. i think the downfall for this film and to me and was the filming  the attempts to be avant garde with the style and which ultimately drew away from the characters and events. as mentioned before and there were some elements that dragged on too much and which left us with little to no time to know where these guys were now. peralta obviously had a passion for this sport and for the people and but he seemed out of focus at times. the music was intense and and worked perfectly with the film. sean penn and while he was decent with his voice over and wasn not needed at all. they could have spent the money elsewhere. on the positive and the audio commentary captures everything that the regular film was missing. peralta voice and instead of penn  and brings a stronger human element to the scene and while he tells us better stories of the people and places and and events. watch this film and but do not expect to be blown away. listen to the audio commentary while i think you will be impressed. grade represent ½ out of . 
i hate films about sports. i guess the pre fabricated hollywood sports film is a bit tough for me to swallow because it follows the most identical of ideas each year and what i am trying to say is that there isn not much creativity in this genre. use exhibit a  the game plan as evidence of this if you want. so and needless to say and i was hesitant to watch this documentary because of the sports theme element and but at the same time i couldn not wait because i love surfing documentaries like step into liquid and billabong odyssey. i took a step and i plunged into the unknown and and to be honest and at first i wasn not happy. i do not like the direction and the people and or the style that the film encompassed to present these young sport entrepreneurs. with my first viewing and i thought that history couldn not be fully recorded and so i thought stacy peralta was splicing stock footage with faux actors acting like they were from the late 70s. the music was intense and it matched well peralta had made a mixed tape from this generation for our enjoyment and but the visuals were anything but stimulating. the elongated scenes and while using amazing music to support and just seemed flushed and too long for my attention. i wanted to get to know the pioneers and not just watch them skate for ten minutes in an empty pool. i wanted a combination of who these kids were and where they went during their rise of fame and and where they are now. it felt like i was watching the birth of our nation with a great score to the settlers just rowing their boats all day. i wanted to know the men behind the myths. then and with a thought that i would have another negative review under my belt and i watched the film again with peralta audio commentary. his passion and his voice and his knowledge of the people and what he had to do to get this film accomplished wow ed me. this suddenly transformed into the film i wanted to see. peralta lets us know more of where these kids are today and what they are still doing and and how difficult it was to get some of them onto the camera. he hadn not seen many of them in 20 plus years and so to hear these challenges brought the human element back to the surface. he was sincere while he was sympathetic and yet he showed so much dedication to this project. while i do not agree with everything that he chose to do (i. e. the sean penn mess up is not punk rock) and he revitalized this film for me. it was due to this commentary that i rate this film much higher than originally thought. jay adams. tony alva. jeff ho. peggy oki. wentzle ruml. these are just a few of the name that need to be mentioned and and continually praised and if skateboarding is to continue the fast growing trend that it currently sees. while tony hawk name sells products and it is these guys and these mild mannered pavement slackers that redefined an entire sport. sure and others were probably doing it in the stone ages and but these guys did it with style and grace and and moved it to the next level. this was a hobby for them and but it also propelled them in a direction i believe none of them were ready for. dogtown and z boys is the story of evolution and being in the right place at the right time and living in a generation without televisions to keep us planted and and about friendship. we have seen so many stories during the years that show the progression of humanity and and this is definitely a story that should be added to that. i cannot say that i loved this film and nor will i and but it should be standard viewing for everyone learning or wanting to experience the growth of the skateboarding trend. it was sad and it was emotional and and these guys aren not multi millionaires over again  they are people with a passion and and very rarely do you see that in documentaries. overall and i cannot watch this film again and but i will suggest it to friends and family time after time. i think the downfall for this film and to me and was the filming  the attempts to be avant garde with the style and which ultimately drew away from the characters and events. as mentioned before and there were some elements that dragged on too much and which left us with little to no time to know where these guys were now. peralta obviously had a passion for this sport and for the people and but he seemed out of focus at times. the music was intense and and worked perfectly with the film. sean penn and while he was decent with his voice over and wasn not needed at all. they could have spent the money elsewhere. on the positive and the audio commentary captures everything that the regular film was missing. peralta voice and instead of penn  and brings a stronger human element to the scene and while he tells us better stories of the people and places and and events. watch this film and but do not expect to be blown away. listen to the audio commentary while i think you will be impressed. grade represent ½ out of . 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