Worth seeing as a bit of a curio, although hardly riveting viewing.
Judging by the other comments there's a definite split between surfers and non-surfers in reactions to the film. If you like sitting and watching your friends' home movies about them surfing then you'll probably get more from it than anyone else.
The surfers seem to live for surfing, but are unable to share their enthusiasm for it. And the narration from Greenough is just extraordinarily dry.
Still, some of the photography is splendid, and the soundtrack gives it a certain period charm. The Pink Floyd section, while overlong, is fascinating, and might have worked better as a trippy short film in its own right.
Judging by the other comments there's a definite split between surfers and non-surfers in reactions to the film. If you like sitting and watching your friends' home movies about them surfing then you'll probably get more from it than anyone else.
The surfers seem to live for surfing, but are unable to share their enthusiasm for it. And the narration from Greenough is just extraordinarily dry.
Still, some of the photography is splendid, and the soundtrack gives it a certain period charm. The Pink Floyd section, while overlong, is fascinating, and might have worked better as a trippy short film in its own right.