Blue Crush
- Title: Blue Crush
- IMDB: link
Plot line wasn’t as deep as the surf on the beach, but the surfing scenes where awesome. The imagery and shots they caught, as if you where on the board with them, are intense.
Ann Marie (Kate Bosworth, before she became a bobble head) plays a surfer girl who lives in a shack with her 2 friends, Eden (Michelle Rodriguez) and Lena (Sanoe Lake), and her little sister Penny (Mika Boorem). She’s left with the care of her little sister who goes through her rebellious teen days, staying out late and hooking up with really bad surfer guys. Not only does Ann have to worry about her sister, but is always struggling with bills; Ann, Eden and Lena work as maids at a luxury resort trying to make ends meet. She wakes up bright and early in the morning and hits the waves, trying to overcome the tragedy of last year’s Rip Masters surfing contest where she wiped out and almost died. However, there is nothing she wants more than to prove herself as a serious and bodacious surfer chic, but she struggles with the nerve to get out there and do it.
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The story is the best of the three, but the script is extremely poor and requiring the cast to act against a blue screen with X marks the spots or animated creatures; creates bad techniques, unconvincing character relationships and poor acting. “Let your cast act Lucas!” When your cast includes Natalie Portman, who has proven her ability to show compassion and emotion in films like Where the Heart Is and Closer, and Hayden Christensen, who has surpassed many young talent in such films as Life as a House and Shattered Glass, how can you get a complete void of acting abilities from two very talented individuals?
Attack of the Clones is set up 10 years past The Phantom Menace, Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) has now become Senator Padme Amidala and Anakin (Hayden Christensen) has grown up and become a love crazed teenager and an apprentice to Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor). Just like The Phantom Menace there is still a lack of organized storyline and things get a bit blurred within the politics and reasoning, but it’s still interesting to look at and keeps the attention going. Finally, we get to see Yoda kick a little ass and R2D2 and C3PO pair up.
Where did Vader come from? The answers start with The Phantom Menace, but the truth doesn’t come out till Episode IV: A New Hope, right along with the poor acting and bad editing. Lucky for us, and Lucas, there is enough interest in seeing more of what was once so wonderful and plenty of eye candy to keep the audience occupied and blind to character flaws and short comings in the plot.