Good Documentaries

[Dry then Catch]

I watched Surfwise this weekend
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/surfwise/
and realized there have been a lot of funny documentaries the past decade or so, besides the gimmicky mainstream Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock stuff.

(Surfwise is about a Bohemian surfing family of 10 that later recounts the mixed memories despite all the seeming allure of that lifestyle, forced on them by their doctor father)


I'd say my other favorites were:  Spellbound, King of Kong and Trekkies 1. 

There have been some pretty good ones like Shadow Company (about modern mercenaries, Boys from Baraka (inner city black kids sent to Africa, no its not a white supremacist movie).

what else would people recommend?

[Beefy]

I have Surfwise in from Netflix.

Spellbound is awesome.

I hear WordPlay is good.

Darkon.  Confessions of a Superhero.  Crazy Love.

If you want to go dark, try The Bridge.

I hear Standard Operating Procedure is quite good, but haven't seen it yet.

[dazie]

I have Surfwise in from Netflix.

It's in my queue.  The Paskowitz family is well known in the surfer community, so I figured Ursus would dig it.

I suggest Red Hot Ballroom.

[Dry then Catch]

I have Surfwise in from Netflix.

Spellbound is awesome.

I hear WordPlay is good.

Darkon.  Confessions of a Superhero.  Crazy Love.

If you want to go dark, try The Bridge.

I hear Standard Operating Procedure is quite good, but haven't seen it yet.

All added
I have Darkon on my netflix and I'm not sure why.

I've heard great things about
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116481/
but it seems unavailable on netflix.  yet readily available to purchase on amazon.  what gives

[Dry then Catch]

I have Surfwise in from Netflix.

It's in my queue.  The Paskowitz family is well known in the surfer community, so I figured Ursus would dig it.

I suggest Red Hot Ballroom.

how are they regarded in the community now? 

[Beefy]

I've heard great things about
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116481/
but it seems unavailable on netflix.  yet readily available to purchase on amazon.  what gives

I love that movie.  My VHS of it doesn't work so well anymore.

[Beefy]

Oh, we can't for get about this one.

[Jessie]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152758/

[dazie]

I have Surfwise in from Netflix.

It's in my queue.  The Paskowitz family is well known in the surfer community, so I figured Ursus would dig it.

I suggest Red Hot Ballroom.

how are they regarded in the community now? 

Not sure.  We haven't been around many surfers lately.

[BigDun]

A little older, but a great documentary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096257/

[Alice]

I really enjoyed the King of Kong and Deliver Us from Evil

[Beefy]

Grey Gardens.

[VikingJuice]

I saw a documentary on Surfwise, it looked good, or at least, interesting.

[Dry then Catch]

I saw a documentary on Surfwise, it looked good, or at least, interesting.

you saw a documentary of a documentary?

[Jessie]

I saw a documentary on Surfwise, it looked good, or at least, interesting.

you saw a documentary of a documentary?

[VikingJuice]

I saw a documentary on Surfwise, it looked good, or at least, interesting.

you saw a documentary of a documentary?

Apparently.  I've never seen the movie but I've seen a good bit of footage and know some of the basic story.  Could it have been part of some other film/doc and that's what I'm thinking of?

[Beefy]

Here you go Catchr.  Don't even have to wait for Netflix.

Y'all should watch Darkon.

http://www.snagfilms.com/films

[dazie]

I watched Surfwise this weekend
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/surfwise/
(Surfwise is about a Bohemian surfing family of 10 that later recounts the mixed memories despite all the seeming allure of that lifestyle, forced on them by their doctor father)

Just finished watching it.  Not bad- Ursus reminded me that he's actually surfed with the youngest Paskowitz, back in the day.

Not a lifestyle I'd ever want to actually LIVE (11 people in a 24 ft camper) but it does have allure.

[Dry then Catch]

Here you go Catchr.  Don't even have to wait for Netflix.

Y'all should watch Darkon.

http://www.snagfilms.com/films

wow thanks Beefy!

[Dry then Catch]

I watched Surfwise this weekend
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/surfwise/
(Surfwise is about a Bohemian surfing family of 10 that later recounts the mixed memories despite all the seeming allure of that lifestyle, forced on them by their doctor father)

Just finished watching it.  Not bad- Ursus reminded me that he's actually surfed with the youngest Paskowitz, back in the day.

Not a lifestyle I'd ever want to actually LIVE (11 people in a 24 ft camper) but it does have allure.

does he have any stories about the youngest

[dazie]

Just that the kid (kid- he's about our age) was a great surfer, but had a kind of a chip on his shoulder.  Evidently he was tired of being mistaken for his brother Izzy (Israel) so on his board he had written "I'm not Israel"

[Dry then Catch]

Just that the kid (kid- he's about our age) was a great surfer, but had a kind of a chip on his shoulder.  Evidently he was tired of being mistaken for his brother Izzy (Israel) so on his board he had written "I'm not Israel"

it was pretty evident all of them (except one, I thought it was the youngest) had massive chips on their shoulder.  I guess it goes to show no matter how "cool" your upbringing, values cannot be force fed.

[dazie]

The youngest is the tattooed guy I think.  The one without the chip (if we're thinking about the same guy) is the one that wanted to buy the boat, right?

Another thing Ursus said was that "Monster" whatever band sucked ass.  They used to practice at the joco where he went to school.

All in all it's a pretty effed up family.

[Gamplayerx]

Did Ursus grow up in Hawaii?

[dazie]

No- Southern California.

The Paskowitz family drove around the continental US, but Doc and his wife live in Hawaii now evidently.

[Alice]

I saw a documentary on Surfwise, it looked good, or at least, interesting.

you saw a documentary of a documentary?

Apparently.  I've never seen the movie but I've seen a good bit of footage and know some of the basic story.  Could it have been part of some other film/doc and that's what I'm thinking of?

Surfwise is a documentary. 

I think he was asking if you saw the actual documentary, or if for some reason someone made a documentary about making that documentary.

[VikingJuice]

I saw a documentary on Surfwise, it looked good, or at least, interesting.

you saw a documentary of a documentary?

Apparently.  I've never seen the movie but I've seen a good bit of footage and know some of the basic story.  Could it have been part of some other film/doc and that's what I'm thinking of?

Surfwise is a documentary. 

I think he was asking if you saw the actual documentary, or if for some reason someone made a documentary about making that documentary.

Got that part.  But still, somehow, not having seen the actual doc, I've seen quite a bit of their story on tv in some part.