Product Details

• Actors: Loose Change
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Redline Ent
• VHS Release Date: October 23, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005PJ7X
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,217 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
This attempt to fuse action footage of expert surfers with a comedic material is uneven, but deserves some credit for effort. Skits purporting to show what some dudes would be if they weren't great surfers are interspersed with segments showing some phenomenal surfboard prowess. The comedic bits aren't terribly inventive, and if the acting is pretty bad, at least it's obvious that no one was taking it too seriously. In fairness, some of the action is weird enough to generate laughter: seeing skinny surfers in a barroom brawl is like watching a stampede of poodles. When it comes to the surfing footage, however, things are entirely professional, as the camera follows acrobatics on the waves to spectacular effect. The DVD menu allows viewers to watch the skits without the surfing, and after initial curiosity wanes, most will likely choose the option to watch the surfing without the skits. -- Robert J. McNamara

Product Description
Remarkable surfing footage shot in Sumatra, France, Mexico, South Africa, Bali and Austrailia. Loose Change is an adventure comedy that also uncovers the scary philosophical truth about where these guys would be if they were not surfing. Benji Weatherly, Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Shane Dorian - Director: Taylor Steele.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Taylor Steele standard surf film, March 8, 2007

By	Lazerize (Neptune) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loose Change: Surfing (DVD)

If you are familiar with Taylor Steele's films then you already know what this film is about. Punk Rock, Action footage of his friends mixed in with (sometimes) funny skits in between. Nothing more nothing less. Basically the same surfers that have been in the last six or so of his films. (Momentum 1 and 2, Focus, Goodtimes, and The Show). What makes this video different is that the quality of the video is better and the soundtrack is more evolved. It is pretty long with alot of action. You see one of the first backflips on film by none other than Kelly Slater. Taylor Steele whether you like him or not, basically pioneered the modern day surf action film starting with Momentum in 1992. A more modern day version of his efforts is the film CAMPAIGN 2 which continues to showcase better and better surfing. If you want to see New School surfing from 1999, featuring Dorian, Machado, Slater, The Malloys, Ross Williams then buy this film.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very fun movie, November 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Loose Change: Surfing (DVD)

This movie is every thing it was supposed to be, Good surfing, great music, with a few breaks with comic relief. The one thing I like about the Taylor Steele Movies is that there is never nudity or profanity. I watch these with my two young Groms, in fact they watch this movie more than I.
I recomend this movie for the surfing, the skits, and the music. Other films to look at are Hit and Run and Shelter. If you like the comedy part, check out Drive Thru. It is hilarious.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than most..., December 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Loose Change: Surfing (DVD)

This DVD is far better than most, with an actual plot and storyline that most "surfers" will find entertaining. Who knows, an independent-thinking non-surfer might actually sit through this one, much like the Endless Summer films. Quality of picture and sound is high and this is a worthwhile addition to a collection. When you are tired of the "plot," you can select surfing only.

One-quarter or so of this video is action in wetsuit conditions that year-round warm weather surfers may not find engaging or intriguing. More power to the guys that can make small surf look fun, either in the water or on film. Not in wetsuit conditions, Bruce Irons and Slater are exceptional, I wonder why their segments are not longer.

The footage is well mixed and uses a variety of cinematic techniques to keep it interesting even after repeated viewings. [That's why we buy these things, after all, to watch them over and over when we can't surf, isn't it?] Camera work appears to favor the perspective from straight-on, with fewer shots from an angle or showing the surfer from the side. In some of the barrel sequences, some of the surfers' incredible ability to adjust to the barrel is highlighted by this angle. Thankfully, the overused whitewash-on-the-beach & underwater shots are absent. Although a different work, I prefer this DVD to Hit And Run.

If you are looking for "beach life" footage (bikini, etc.), monster wave survival-type sequences, a road map to exotic locations, or commentary on life on the tour (sometimes confused with surfing itself), it is not here.