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Best movie ever!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it. Chasing Mavericks is what i like to call "truly inspiring" cause it really is and both leading men Jonny Weston and Gerard Butler have a great chemistry together and it really feels realistic but it's also touching and threw the heart many times. Jay's relationship with his girlfriend, his mother and his coach all come full circle in the end when he gets to face the big wave and it's just terrific not just as a film but as a story as well it's real and it's not fiction plus it's amazing how sometimes fate can turn on you. Chasing Mavericks is a movie that every movie lover and surfer love should check out and you will definitely enjoy it. (10/10)

This is a cloying, plodding cliché-ridden tale of an adolescent obsessed with surfing. No spoilers there.The curiously orange-faced teen in question is identified as being special by means of having the ability to count the gap between waves. Thus the ageing, hapless beach bum Butler takes him under his wing and soon has him on a tough training regime requiring him to lift plastic chairs, hold his breath under water in the bath and skip school.Unsurprisingly poor young Weston doesn't have much in the way of friends or, it would seem, acting ability. He huffs and puffs in excitement, he huffs and puffs in anticipation and he huffs and puffs with anxiety and the film drones on.When he's mocked by the local yobs he rubs his board more vigorously (not a euphemism) and goes to his mentor for more philosophising.And so it goes on. There are very few redeeming features to this film. There's lots of sea - and some waves.

I am amazed that this movie came and went out of the theater so fast one year ago. Seemed like the critics were not into this one from the get-go which, basically, killed it before it had a chance. It's obvious they look like complete fools, which most happen to be. C'mon, to be able to write a review on a movie you just watched is not rocket science. In fact, it's not even as difficult as my 6th grade Physical Science class. I'm writing one at this moment and most people can.There's one thing that only a baby's handful of people can do: surf the largest and most dangerous wave on the entire planet: MAVERICKS!! This is a very special place to me. I went to college in San Francisco starting in 1991 and lived there for 10 years, but I grew up in Orange County, CA and was a surfer. We always thought the waves in SoCal were the best in California. We sure were ignorant. I didn't surf as much in NorCal because the water is frigid and it gets big and nasty. I lived in an apartment on campus the first semester, and was assigned 3 other roommates, which two of them surfed.Most of the time we went to Ocean Beach in SF because the school was very close. We were only 20 miles from Half Moon Bay which is where Mavericks breaks. I lived there during an El Nino year, 1994, and went to watch. What a sight to see! The surfer has never been given the respect and praise that is due to them. (I'm not saying they're asking for it either) People ought to be able to see that they are the world's greatest athletes by far. They are in the best shape because if they aren't, they will drown. They are also the strongest just from paddling through sets of waves every day. They are the toughest. Try surfing beaches in Santa Cruz if you're not a local and see what happens. They are fearless and very intelligent. They don't care about marketing, bling, cars, etc. All they care about are waves.Like Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) says in Fast Times At Ridgemont High, "...surfing's not a sport, it's a way of life, it's no hobby. It's a way of looking at that wave and saying, 'Hey bud, let's party!" The movie hit it perfectly. The acting was spot on for the type of people you'll meet in Santa Cruz. The writing was excellent and did not get corny like most true stories or sports type movies. It was not over-dramatized which was cool. Of course, the shots of Mavericks when it's huge was gorgeous. My favorite thing about this whole movie were the surfing scenes at Mavericks. I always get goose bumps, and I was even yelling encouragements at the TV. The soundtrack was excellent even though most were released after 1987. I thought it was great that there was a Butthole Surfer's song playing during the scene when the antagonist drops in on another guys wave and pushes him off his board. Very clever.See this movie if you haven't already. It's fantastic. If you don't like it, then you're hopeless like all the smart critics. Get some Kleenex.

Probably one of the best movies I've seen so far. Confused a little bit by the outcome of Gerard Butler's wife in the movie, but other than that, Fantastic representation of Jay Moriarity. Jay died while freediving in the Maldives. I wish they would have hit that in the movie but oh well. The movie runs at a steady pace while maintaining suspense and pressure on the audience. Wonderfully made, this movie highlights the Mavericks and the massive super-sized waves created by el nino. It displays the dangers of surfing a well-known death trap that people seem to love to surf in Half Moon Bay near Pillar Point in Northern California. All in all a very well made, touching movie.