Lords of Dogtown (2005)

Venice Beach, 1975, is the locale credited with the beginnings of 'modern' skateboarding. It's then that a group of youths, later known as the Z-Boys, got their hands on some urethane wheels for the first time. Their reckless attitude, and general asshole-ness towards anyone and anything that they didn't like, imbued the practice with a punk edge that took it to the next level.
Written by Stacy Peralta, one of the aforementioned, the LoD film tells that story in a direct manner that lacks spark. The skating scenes, especially the pools, are as good as the real thing, but a lack of passion in many of the cast drags the experience down, which the powerful ending highlights more so.

2½ backyard pool boyz out of 5