Surfing Movie of my Nightmare

Okay, I have joked about Hollywood surf flicks in the past. Ya know...the campy fun of Point Break, the utter gut spasms induced by In God's Hands, my unabashed praise of the sentimental awesomeness of North Shore and, of course, how the cartoon characters in Surf's Up are probably Hollywood's most realistic surfers yet. I dug Big Wednesday and savored every cinematic moment of The Endless Summer. I have stacks of surf vids that range from Searching for Tom Curren, The Occumentary, all the old Billabong flicks like Surf into Summer leading all the way to all the Taylor Steele shred fests. Whew! That was a long way to go to establish the fact that I have been exposed to a sea of surf-related cinema in my day. However, Matt McConaughey's new attempt to drop into the Hollywood surf cess pool looks to be a real stank burger. Of course, I am basing this simply on the trailer (and Willie Nelson is in it), so I could always be wrong. But probably not. Check out the clip above of Surfer Dude and judge for yourself. However, this pile of "dude" doo isn't the only major surfing release on the horizon. Kelly Slater is looking to add something more to his already endless wave riding media accomplishments by starring in a 3-D IMAX surf travel explosion entitled the Ultimate Wave.

The question is, of course, which film will pack the house and allow Joe Movie-goer a chance to see the artistc beauty and adventure of the true surfing experience. What do you think?