This movie is a joy to watch, partially because you enter the movie theatre
expecting nothing but cotton candy and sure enough, you get a grand tour of
candyland.
There is a part of all of us that would like to throw everything aside and live
in Hawaii, surfing every day in hopes of becoming the best surfer in the whole
wide world. This is essentially the plot of this poofter - a young woman who is
raising her younger sister (because her mom is living in Vegas with her latest
husband), dreams of winning the Pipeline champion ship while working as a
chambermaid cleaning up other people's vomit and condoms. Funnily enough, even
though she's barely got enough money to buy hoo hoo's for breakfast she manages
to have a bungalow right on the beach. She eventually gets fired from her job
and ends up teaching a pro-football player on vacation how to surf - that
initiates the love story which is fairly bland and provides for some
pseudo-emotional moments which includes some Lesbian undertones conveyed by her
butchy roomate who appears resentful of her relationship with the boy. She
eventually arrives at the Pipeline Championship but she's a little shakey in her
abilities - and who would blame her as she was almost killed three years ago in
an amateur competition.
1) Quality - The acting of the women is not bad. However, the local hawaiian
actors are stiff and the representative from Billabong is just down right
attrocious. The script itself is nothing spectacular and seems to follow the
predictable formula of girl-with-everything-against-her meets boy and overcomes
fear to compete in surfing competition. However, you'd be kidding yourself if
you really expected anything different. That being said, you get a fantasy ride
for an hour and a half of picturing yourself surfing little secluded beaches
during the day and partying with surfer dudes at night.
Rating: 3/5
2) Entertainment - Very entertaining, including the representative from
Billabong whose laboured line delivery we imitated all the way home from the
movie.
Rating: 4/5
3) Comedy - Not much of this. Except for the representative from Billabong. That
was funny.
Rating: 1/5
4) Nudity - the surprise of the evening. I thought there would be some
nakedness, but no. Girls in bikinis and a fat black football player in a red
speedo was all they were showing.
Rating: 0/5
Total rating: 8/20. Not such a good mark but definitely worth a see either on
cheap night or after it's on video.
Brandy
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