Grind

Now I suppose I am being judgmental. I enjoyed the movie Out Cold like anyone else, and when I saw the previews I was expecting Out Cold on skateboards. I was wrong.

I don't know if anyone else noticed, but in grind, all of the tricks they do are basic at best. I mean, anyone who has been skating for 6 months can kickflip. But oh well maybe i am just being judgmental.

Now as for the jokes, they were lame, Sure, the 13 year olds behind me were having a great time, but yeesh, I thought the jokes were over used and childish, especially the clown part.

And I will admit the pool jump was pretty funny, but I had seen it on the previews many times.

Eh...

OK so maybe this was not an Oscar performance by well, anyone. But really, let's face it, there are worse movies. And, yeah, it entertained me while it lated. So while I can't say that this will be on my top ten favorites by any standards, I guess it wasn't so bad. The cameos of Bam and Tom Green were decent. And any movie with clowns and midgets can't be totally terrible, right? The music didn't totally suck. There was "Gross Humor", which I personally like. The ending was a bit campy. To be honest, it would take a real moron not to follow it totally it was so transparent. On the whole, I say watch it. It is a good there is nothing better on flick. It won't totally bore you because it is fully devoid of anything worth learning.

Take Blue Crush and Road Trip to the asphalt with boys instead of girls. The movie is an entertaining over-the-top story about four friends who decide to make the summer more interesting by trying to live the dream of becoming pro skateboarders. Their path to potential stardom is one full of roadblocks of all shapes and kinds. Don't look for any award winning performances here, but do look for some good laughs and some good and great skateboarding sequences.

Mike Vogel, Vince Vieluf, Adam Brody and Joey Kern provide acceptable performances as stereotype characters sticking to the molds they have been given. Their performances are not bad, nor are they great, which allows the movie to be very watch-able - I don't think you'll be cringing because of poor acting, as you might have in other films. There are a lot of cameos (some good, some bad) in this movie - Randy Quaid, Christopher McDonald, Christine Estabrook, Bob(cat) Goldthwait, and Tom Green are the most recognizable ones.

If you like skateboarding and you're not going to be watching with too critical of an eye you'll enjoy the move even more than most. It's a watch-able, enjoyable movie. Hey, I didn't check my watch once to see if its almost over yet! Enjoy!

I agree with another comment that the critics shouldn't have torn this movie apart like some others! It wasn't all that bad. There were those random parts that you don't think should be in there, but it is a funny movie that you can never get sick of!

The crowd that I believe the film is aiming for are those struggling athletes or skaters. There is supposed to be a little more struggle than what they put in, but it isn't a drama, it's comedy. Mike Vogel played his part well, along with Adam Brody. Most of the skating was stunt men, but there were those little scenes where the actors would actually have to skate! These actors actually took plenty of training to learn how to pull off the skating.

This is a movie that you can watch with your friends over and over again and never get sick of!

i never even heard of this movie until my boyfriend told me about it and made me watch it the other day. i thought i was going to hate it because its a skateboarding movie and i wasn't really into skating that much, but i loved it so much! it was hilarious! but most adults or mature people don't like it because basically it's just not the movie for them. Matt Jensen was the best character, hes so funny! i loved when he said the thing about their vibes being like a heard of elk. that cracked me up! and also the dance they did in the club was so great. if you've never seen this movie and don't really like sophisticated movies but movies when you can just sit down and not really have to think about whats happening, you should definitely watch grind!