Striving for Respect
"These waves are for the big boys"
My film review is on the movie Blue Crush for my topic "Women competing with the men." The movie is directed by John Stockwell and is written by Lizzy Weiss. The basic for the movie is that the main character Anne Marie is a surfer trying to make it big and become sponsored. She has to earn the respect of her friends, herself and the respect of the men surfers who ride the pipeline. She has to overcome her fears and conquer her own limits.
Anne Marie's goal is to become a big wave surfer and to do that she needs to conquer her fears and overcome the critics who say a girl can't ride the big waves like the boys. Anne Marie has many obstacles to overcome through the movie. First she has to take care of her little sister Penny, second she has to make money to pay rent, and third then she has to work and train for the Pipe Masters surf competition. Besides her obvious goals she has to earn the respect of herself to surf......
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