Talk:Blue Crush

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The plot summary says (of Anna) that 'her acceptance of a "haole" causes friction'. Now the article says that haole is the opposite of local, and local means and 'non-white' raised in Hawaii. That means that Anna herself is a haole (nobody thinks Kate Bosworth is a non-white). The word is not used, as far as I remember, in the movie, so I'm going to replace it. If I'm wrong feel free to revert. DJ Clayworth 20:44, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

stunt doubles

I read a user's comment at the IMDB that "Rochelle Ballard does the BIG surfing, but Kate did a lot of her own scenes" (in this discussion thread. Oh, and there's this one too). Yet the official IMDB data does not reflect that, it is a bit vague as concerns the stunt doubles. Can anyone enrich the article ?
--Jerome Potts (talk) 19:58, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Blue Crush" Based on "Ride The Wild Surf"

"Blue Crush" is just a re-make of "Ride The Wild Surf" (1964) with Fabian, Peter Brown and Tab Hunter, only this time around its three girls rather than three guys at the big surf contest in Hawaii. How much of the movie actually derives from the magazine article about surf girls is anybody's guess--it may be just a ruse to cover-up the fact that "Blue Crush" is just a rip-off of "Ride The Wild Surf". Hollywood steals scripts all the time because there's no copyright protection in this country. They should of just kept the original title. I think an addition to the article stating "The movie bears a remarkable resemblance to 'Ride The Wild Surf'" should suffice for surfing fans and add historical continuity for the genre. 69.104.55.38 (talk) 19:23, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The films are both about three surfers in Hawaii, but that's about it. In "Wild Surf" they are visitors, in "Crush" they are residents and/or natives, and the stories in both films (romance, big contest, yadda yadda) are typical Hollywood formulas that could apply to several hundred films. In addition, scripts, as well as films, do have copyright protection. Universal (the makers of "Blue Crush") wouldn't be able to use a specific title like "Ride the Wild Surf" because its copyright is held by Columbia Pictures. The films are undeniably similar, and I think you make a point regarding historical continuity of the genre. I have added a "See also" section that includes the film on the page of the other. When it comes to film, television and books, this is usually a good place to add works that are very similar but not neccessarily remakes.--Dutchmonkey9000 (talk) 21:21, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think your "See also" section is a good idea. But the two films are so similar that "Blue Crush" could only be based on "Ride The Wild Surf"--there's the last two surfers at the end of the film left before the big wave, the triumphal last ride, having to prove something, the bully scenario, the broken surfboard, etc., etc. About the only thing that Kate Bosworth didn't do was shoot a pineapple off someone's head. In the surfing world, I think this similarity would be a notable cultural topic. (I wouldn't say "Blue Crush" was based on "Gidget" for instance.) On a larger note, script theft in Hollywood goes back a hundred years; up until 1947 the studios could put anybody's name they wanted on a screenplay credit, so for thousands of films, we really don't know who wrote them. And the FBI hasn't been given a budget to go after script thieves so the practice is widespread. Against such a culture of script hijacking it seems obvious that "Blue Crush" was ripped off from "Ride The Wild Surf". I think a film festival where the two films are shown together would be great! Then people could compare notes after the films. (It could become an event like "Rocky Horror Picture Show" but for surfers! Yeah!) For further info on script theft in Hollywood, see "Wild Realm film reviews, Hollywood Plagiarism" on the Internet. You'd be surprised at the list of films that have recently been stolen in Hollywood. Hang ten! 66.122.184.111 (talk) 22:03, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Influence

The section labeled Influence says "It was not until March 2005 that there was a women's competition at the Banzai Pipeline." Is there any evidence that Blue Crush led to the creation of said competition? If so, this should be stated, rather than just implied. If not, the section shouldn't be labeled Influence. --Max Nanasy (talk) 06:40, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I came to the talk page to pose this same question. Anyone? There online source only uses the film's title in a section header, and does not connect the film to the policy change. Anyone have access to the cited MIT source? Lacking some more emphatic substantiation, this section should be removed. --EEMIV (talk) 03:20, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like this has been long unaddressed; I'm going to remove this section. --EEMIV (talk) 21:15, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent film

This is one where the critics deserve the bad reviews and not the film.2602:306:BDA0:97A0:466D:57FF:FE90:AC45 (talk) 03:00, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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