Thrashin'

Kyle Arthur and Emily hosted a screening of Thrashin' last night. So great. The premise is a battle between The Daggers and the blonde kids (led by Josh Brolin, not sure if they had a crew name). I sincerely want to be Velvet (lead Dagger girl) for Halloween but Emily and I may have to rock-paper-scissors for it. So much good fashion, horrible dialogue, amazing music, and extreme skating (Tony Alva was skate choreographer and Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi, and Steve Caballero were amongst the stuntmen/actors).

Here is the synopsis: "Corey Webster, a young skateboarding champion, comes to Los Angeles for the breath-taking, classic downhill race, "The Massacre". He is forced to contend with a rival gang of punk skateboarders led by Hook, a tough rival, who breaks Corey's arm in a skateboarding joust. Despite his injury, Corey is determined to win the grueling race and must overcome Hook's deliberate attempts to run him off the road as the skaters tackle the steep mountain course. Only the finishing line then stands between Corey and the greatest challenge of THRASHIN'..."

I found these stills on the internet. Amazing.

These are the Daggers at their headquarters. They have no respect for breakdancing, cars, or small blond children.

Velvet applies Hook's warpaint prior to the joust. She is his lover. At one point she makes him an earring out of her hair. There may or may not be an Flowers in the Attic thing going on with Hook and his sister (Josh Brolin's love interest).

This is Josh Brolin's training montage. There are a lot of random, unsuccessful powerslides to show how difficult skating is. What this photo doesn't show is how inept he is at tearing duct tape.

The next movie night is going down at 834. It's going to be Purple Rain.