View from a Blue Moon

Completely left in awe as to all the difficulty in attaining the footage that they got. And even more in awe as to how they could've made such a great film out of it. The film isn't just a "surf film" though, it functions at a much higher level than that. There's such a poetry to its images, and it really captures footage from such different locations and assembles it into a cohesive story without much of a narrative or, well, "story" by the usual definition. Heart, passion, and genuine creativity burst from this film from the get-go. Its editing, in both its film scenes and sound, is brilliaaaaant. And the music it uses just fits so perfectly. Every single second of this film was carefully structured. Quite frankly, it's just fantastic and easily one of my favorites of the year. It's such a wholly immersive experience, of the kind that no visual effects in Hollywood could achieve.

And did I mention that it may very well have the best opening title sequence of all time? Definitely the most beautiful.

I like movies and I like surf movies, but this was neither. If someone wants to waste 59 minutes on decent landscape footage then this is for you. Otherwise, I'd save my money and time. No point to the movie. No character development. Not even any drama or even some dumb surfers talking. Anything would've added to this movie. How about adding someone pulling into a wave eating spam musubi. A dolphin downing a porkchop when surfing a wave. Even some turtle licking his toe would've been better than this movie. Seriously, even if the whole movie was about a turtle popsicling his little toe would've been more entertaining than watching this toehead do the same trick over and over and over and over and over again. Anyhow, no spoilage alert here since there's nothing to spoil.

One of the best surfing movies, many great photos and clips of the surf. More in depth compared to other movies.

This movie is probably one of my favorite surf films to watch and be in awe the whole time. This film is beautiful in nature and should be taken as art more then a film like what other people are seeming to look for. If you love to watch surfing and enjoy nature watch this.

I think this movie is poetic in a ways that shows how John loves surfing and the sea through his eyes. It doesn't really need character development or consistent narrative because the movie doesn't serve the purpose of it being story to tell. The movie told the untold beauty of what most surfer sees, the wave and the sea.