Blue Crush

Blue Crush is a 2002 published American surf movie. The main character is the young underprivileged surfer Anne Marie Chadwick (played by Kate Bosworth), which has the ability to make the breakthrough to professional surfing at a surf competition. Nevertheless, it should overcome her from a surfing accident herrührendes trauma.

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Anne Marie Chadwick (Kate Bosworth ) lives in humble circumstances in Hawaii. She must herself and her younger sister Penny (Mika Boorem ) provide, as the mother of the two has disappeared recently to Las Vegas. Anne Marie is intelligent, has their education but the benefit of their passion, surfing, neglected. She lives with her ​​two like-minded friends Eden ( Michelle Rodriguez ) and Lena ( Sanoe Lake ). The three work as a maid in a large hotel.

A surfing competition at the infamous North Shore is on, in which Anne Marie can hope because of their talent to attract enough attention to make the leap into the professional surfing. However, the competition takes place in an area with difficult conditions in which Anne Marie had a surfing accident three years earlier. She was pressed by the waves and the flow against the rocky seabed, hit his head and almost drowned. Since then it has operated surfing only in private.

In her work as a maid, the three friends must clean an extremely filthy room some professional football players who make Hawaii in a small group holidays. Anne Marie confronts these because of the filthy room and is then released by the hotel management. However, their behavior has attracted the attention of the quarterback Matt Tollman ( Matthew Davis). This is much more serious than his uninhibited teammates. After he has seen surfing, he speaks Annemarie on private surfing lessons. Due to the very good remuneration Annemarie assumes the private surf lessons come the two closer and eventually start a romance. Anne Marie is now torn between its ambitions, their fear of another accident and the possibility of a longer term relationship with the rich Matt.

First wins her fear upper hand, she wants to escape into the romance. Quick, however, she realizes that she would make it through a romance eventually completely by Matt goodwill and financial support dependent. She runs away, but is tracked down by Matt. It comes to the debate, in which Anne Marie first decides for their independence and participation in the surf competition.

The day of the surf contest is coming. Surfed in duels in which the adversaries paddle a piece far into the sea, and finally choose from the incoming waves themselves, which they want to use for surfing. The subsequent ' surfing ' is graded by judges. Anne Marie surfs with a female professional and is initially frightened, leaves out several promising waves. Finally, it is encouraged by her opponent. In the first experiment it is a repetition of their traumatic surfing accident near dangerous. Anne Marie fought her fear, she succeeds in the next experiment a ' perfect ride '.

Although she lost the duel because of the assessment criteria, but insufficient attention is attracted to be addressed by sponsors. Matt has followed the race as a spectator and congratulates - a lasting relationship does not seem impossible.

Comments

  • The film was inspired by an article about female surfers on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
  • However, he plays on O'ahu 's North Shore.
  • In the film, several professional surfers guest appearances, including Keala Kennelly and Tom Carroll.
  • Although the actresses of the film have turned some surf scenes themselves, the more demanding scenes were filmed with athletes and then the faces of the actors digitally incorporated.
  • Writer-director John Stockwell has also worked as an actor. His most famous role is that of Dennis Guilder in the Stephen King adaptation Christine ( 1983) by John Carpenter.
  • As a set location of the hotel, the Ko Olina Resort & Marina was: JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa uses.
  • 2011, with Blue Crush 2 - No Limits produced a sequel just for the DVD market.

Reviews

  • " Is there for a surfer movie amazingly consistent, credible and entertaining. Summer. " - Bayern 3
  • " No question, a positive surprise." - www.michineko.de
  • " " Blue Crush " is friendly, harmless and even if completely irrelevant. Nothing about this movie is really bad, but there is not a scene, a single moment that would be really memorable. " - www.filmszene.de
2002 in film John Stockwell (actor) Screenplay Brian Grazer Film score Paul Haslinger American Football Christine (1983 film) Metacritic Cheaters (film) Turistas Middle of Nowhere (2008 film) Cat Run
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