Chasing Mavericks is the true story of surfing star Jay Moriarity and his rise to fame.\u00a0 Played by relative newcomer Jonny Weston, Jay is a happy kid despite being raised without a father and a mother who’s not around much.\u00a0 He finds a father-figure in his surfing-legend neighbor Frosty Hesson, played by Gerard Butler.\u00a0 Frosty teaches Jay to surf the big waves and also some various life lessons along the way.\u00a0 And Jay teaches Frosty a few life lessons along the way too.\u00a0 It was a bit like the Karate Kid, but with surfing and not as good.<\/p>\n
This was a pretty sad movie to me.\u00a0 There’s a lot of tragedy here, and I guess Jay’s happy-go-lucky attitude can be seen as inspirational.\u00a0 This is the first time I’ve liked Gerard Butler in a movie, but his character isn’t the best dude in my opinion.\u00a0 He seems a lot more interested in surfing and hanging out with Jay then spending time with his own two children.\u00a0 He’s likeable but not at the same time.\u00a0 Elisabeth Shue, who was in the orginal Karate Kid almost 30 years ago, plays Jay’s deadbeat mom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I really enjoyed this movie.\u00a0 It managed to be realistic and inspirational at the same time, a difficult feat to manage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Grade: B<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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