Underwhelming is the main opinion I have of this film. The concept works perfectly, a young skateboarders life begins to fall apart after he accidently kills a security guard, and there are some great moments in the film, but the cinematography never really did it for me.
Gus Van Sant the director previously directed Good Will Hunting, a film I loved, partly because he did nothing dramatic with the camerawork, editing and effects, he just let the story flow. This time the flow seemed slow and stilted, the camerawork veering between docu-style and amateurish, and half of the film where nothing happened.
The good moments when they did happen were truly great, and save the film from being a complete dud. The moment the security guard is sliced in half is brilliantly shot and without being gruesome had a great effect on me, and the final scene when Macy tells him to write everything down completes the catharsis of the film brilliantly, and sets up the first person narrative convincingly.
Verdict: concept great, storyline good, execution poor. An average film, with the potential to have been so much more.
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