Big Wednesday....LOVED IT!

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Big Wednesday....LOVED IT!

Postby Z mann R2 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:22 am

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OK so I just came across this film by scowering Netflix instant streaming movies for anything surf related. I didn't think much of it just added it to my queue and got around to watching it a week later (today)

I was BLOWN AWAY by this movie! Why didn't anyone tell me? I called my dad up whos a surfer too and he said he remembers going to see it in theaters in '78. I was pissed he never told me about it and it took me this long to discover. Mind you I'm only 29 and this movie came out 4 years before I was born. The acting, the emotional connection you get from watching these three friends growing up and dealing with things like alcoholism and the draft and growing old to the younger more flashy short boarders like Gerry Lopez on his radical new Lightning Bolt boards. And of course Gary Busey is just as crazy as he always is!

Man I even teared up a few times. And you can tell its made by real surfers not some hoakie hollywood slap in the face cheap movie either. If you haven't seen this movie (which I'm sure most of you have damnit!) then find it on netflix instant streaming or on amazon or somewhere and check it out.....GREAT MOVIE!!!

Endless Summer 1 & 2 and Point Break (ya ya whatever I'll always like point break) were always my favs growing up but I gotta say this is my new favorite movie that's an actual movie involving surfing....
-Tim
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Re: Big Wednesday....LOVED IT!

Postby kitesurfer » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:23 am

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Big weds is the best surf movie of all time but there are some more out there so seeing as your dad didn't tell you about them.

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Re: Big Wednesday....LOVED IT!

Postby surf patrol » Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:13 am

I am a fan of Big Wednesday also.
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Re: Big Wednesday....LOVED IT!

Postby Roy Stewart » Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:58 am

In my opinion it's a cheesy teen movie, but has some funny scenes. The director said that it's about 'mateship' being the central experience in surfing. It isn't for me.
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Re: Big Wednesday....LOVED IT!

Postby kitesurfer » Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:58 am

I guess that the boards in it arn't long enough for you either Roy?

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Re: Big Wednesday....LOVED IT!

Postby Roy Stewart » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:07 am

It's a celebration of alcoholism and dysfunctional malibu shapes, but appraently Gary Busey is like that in real life so there's some authenticity right there.

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Re: Big Wednesday....LOVED IT!

Postby Z mann R2 » Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:56 pm

Well I thought it has good soul to it.....and deals with many issues of the day....including the emergance of shortboarders and how the longboarders of the days passed were thought of
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Re: Big Wednesday....LOVED IT!

Postby esonscar » Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:51 pm

Big Wednesday does mirror my life in many ways . . . . I too did not piss in the steam iron !
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Re: Big Wednesday....LOVED IT!

Postby Liquid Peace » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:04 pm

I thought it was awful.
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Re: Big Wednesday....LOVED IT!

Postby Bub » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:31 am

I just discovered Big Wednesday about 2 years ago and also loved it (also streamed it on Netflix).

From the opening scene of watching Jan Michael Vincent trying to paddle out in the morning completely hungover (or still drunk from night before?) was great. Gary Busey basting himself with butter and jumping in the oven at the house party...you know that was ad-hoc Busey and not scripted in. He's insane!!!

Awesome flix and loved how the incorporated Jerry Lopez into the story.
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