This movie was not marketed very well. The poster is horrendous and the art is undesirable and wouldn’t light a fire under most people to run to the theater and see the flick. Most of you probably didn’t even hear about it. The only reason we did, was because when we were on vacation in August and passed through Half Moon Bay, (see the travel section of the blog) we were told about the movie that had just wrapped up filming in the area. The locals all were excited about the movie since it was filmed in their town.
We fell in love with Half Moon Bay and waited in anticipation for the film to come out. It was in theaters briefly so we never made it, but of course, rented it last weekend!
The movie was good, it was clean and it was real. I love movies based on a true story, as this one was. It was based on the young life of Jay Moriarty as well as the life of his friend, Frosty Hesson, which is played by Gerard Butler.
I love the way that Jay Moriarty was portrayed by Jonny Weston and we both loved the film, although when we sat down to watch it, we were not sure if we would. It really wasn’t just about surfing, that would be boring! There were life lessons flying around all over the place as the characters all learned life lessons and made mistakes.
It was a nice movie and I was thrilled to finally see something I cared enough to add to my Movie Night collection!
-April 12, 2013
-SDS
