Surfer, Dude Reviews

It was yet another movie that I had on dvd for ages so it was really time to watch the damned thing. Recently, Matthew McConaughey has made one of the most impressive come-backs ever and, somehow, he has managed to become one of the most exciting actors at work nowadays. However, it hasn't always been like that for the Texan and for almost 10 years, he had been focusing on some really underwhelming romantic-comedies. A few years before his come-back, he actually tried something else and got involved in this project. While it was indeed something new, it actually managed to be actually even worse than his usual rom-coms which at least made some money at the box-office. Indeed, this flick was obviously some kind of vanity project for the thespian as the guy is well known for doing some surfing in his free time. I mean, many have been critical because he was spending too much time without his shirt in most of his movies, well, in this flick, he is shirtless from the beginning until the very end (and also many female extras as a matter of fact). Anyway, the plot involving some evil producers in real-tv and games and months without waves was terribly weak and uneven and all the characters involved were rather obnoxious and dumb. To conclude, I think I'm being rather generous with my rating here and I don't think it is worth a look whatsoever.

If your looking for a movie that captures the essence of the surf scene, don't buy or watch this movie. I was hoping that I might get to watch some good surf footage with a funny storyline as a backdrop. Wrong, this is not another Blue Crush. I think Surfs Up captures the feel of surfing better than this movie.

Now if you like to watch dudes getting stoned all day and night, than this might be your kind of movie. It also has more than one cute young lady in skimpy bikinis sometimes without the tops. I would say this is not a movie geared towards the female audience.

Most of the movie we get to watch Matthew's charater mope around being depressed (and stoned) because there isn't any waves to be found. (Hence my comment about no surf footage!) He also has a reality TV program wanting him to live in their house with others surfing so that we can vicariously live the life of a surfer. (This is where we get to see the skimpy bikinis without tops.) Between waiting for waves, getting stoned, and trying not to sell out to the man (reality TV), not much else happens in the movie. There are a few funny scenes, but overall I don't think this movie delivered what I was expecting.

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