Some of you might think that '8' is too high of a rating for this film. Of coarse, you haven't watched it yet, so your opinion is moot. Or, you have watched it as a white-male skateboarder of 30+ years, and you hate it, because it features young girls "appropriating your culture" (if so, stop reading now, and go eat your skateboard).
Girls on skateboards have been overlooked and marginalized since the advent of skateboarding - until now. Someday soon, girls will be riding skateboards in the Olympic games. And, in the near future, HBO will begin advertising a show (featuring these girls) about skateboarding.
So, an '8' may seem high now, but... In the future, society may look back at this film and call it culturally significant.
Even if female skateboarding never gets any more popular than it is right now, these ladies made a great film and they deserve proper credit.
RealReview Posting Scoring Criteria: Acting: 1/1; Casting: 1/1; Directing: 1/1; Story: 1/1; Writing/Screenplay: 1/1;
Total Base Score = 5
Modifiers (+ or -): Originality: +1 (Girl skateboarding film - enough said.);
Authentic Location Shooting: +1 (If your name isn't 'Woody Allen', it can be difficult for a low budget film to get access to great shooting locations in New York City. However, skateboarders know how to make great clips, so they worked it out. Kudos.);
Technical Effects/Make Up: +0.5 (They can skate. It deserves at least half of a point - it's 'technical');
Importance To Genre: +0.5 (This film attempts to bring female skateboarding to mainstream culture. As a result, they got an HBO show. Success.);
Total RealReview Rating: 8
Girls on skateboards have been overlooked and marginalized since the advent of skateboarding - until now. Someday soon, girls will be riding skateboards in the Olympic games. And, in the near future, HBO will begin advertising a show (featuring these girls) about skateboarding.
So, an '8' may seem high now, but... In the future, society may look back at this film and call it culturally significant.
Even if female skateboarding never gets any more popular than it is right now, these ladies made a great film and they deserve proper credit.
RealReview Posting Scoring Criteria: Acting: 1/1; Casting: 1/1; Directing: 1/1; Story: 1/1; Writing/Screenplay: 1/1;
Total Base Score = 5
Modifiers (+ or -): Originality: +1 (Girl skateboarding film - enough said.);
Authentic Location Shooting: +1 (If your name isn't 'Woody Allen', it can be difficult for a low budget film to get access to great shooting locations in New York City. However, skateboarders know how to make great clips, so they worked it out. Kudos.);
Technical Effects/Make Up: +0.5 (They can skate. It deserves at least half of a point - it's 'technical');
Importance To Genre: +0.5 (This film attempts to bring female skateboarding to mainstream culture. As a result, they got an HBO show. Success.);
Total RealReview Rating: 8