The Surfer

Dr. Doom vs. The 'Golden' Surfer. I watchlist every Nic Cage film, not just for the performance but for the guaranteed originality, and not only in the story but in the filming too. Techniques on techniques, from spiralling, dreamlike cinematography to nightmarishly phantasmagoric editing, all topping off an extremely emotionally infuriating story. The longer it went on, the more convoluted and impatient I got, which is the only reason I'm not rating it higher. A nightmare fuelled by visual and metaphorical allegories on belonging, exploitation, exploration, traumas, value, time, masculinity, society, loss, healing, and a whole lot more.

nice visuals and the lighting was great, but the plot was just a mess, lots of jumping around and an unreliable narrator so i just didn’t really enjoy how it didn’t give much context for anything by the end

10/06/25

Would’ve been 10x cooler if he was actually the madman all along!

not enough surfing

Nick Cage movies are always weird

weird as hell. i like it.