AOTC= Attack Of The Crappy-ass-dvd

I'm no professional MX video critic or anything, but lets face it, everyone pretends to be so I might as well try to fit in.

Now, I guess I am a little biased in making this review. There's kids in it that I grew up riding with, and I've met the kids making the thing and they are certainly stand up guys. However, I'll do my best not do talk this shit up in spite of it all. So, without further rambling, here it is.

This video sucks. No lie. Like I said I'm no professional, but I definitely know the components of solid video these days. To start things of I didn’t see nearly enough scenery footage. No one was standing in a field or riding aimlessly down a side street or a bridge. I think there was only one shot of the Boston skyline, and lets be real, there are way prettier things to film than the Prudential building. What the fuck guys?
Moving on to the music choice, I was shocked when the video ended and I could only recall hearing one single rap song. Not to mention most of the other crap that the sections were edited too was some up-beat shit my parents would listen to.
Anyways, with the music choice being so boring I was hoping the filming and editing would maybe help cover it up. No such luck. It almost brought me to tears how rare it was for the camera to follow a dude down an entire city block to finish up a line, or how most of the filming was done in the daytime from a respectable distance. If you’re not zooming in on some weird shit like a flower or some bricks and them BAM you zoom out to a dude shredding a handrail, you are not up on your filming game. Bottom line is get your shit together AOTC, I’ll be surprised if this DVD sells a single copy.
All this complaining and I haven’t even touched on the riding yet. So without giving away any of the mediocre maneuvers that kids produced, I’ll fill you in on the good shit that you won’t see in this video.
There was a total lack of 1 ft. tall ledge footy which basically destroyed the movie right then and there. When I got halfway through and realized that wasn’t the style of this crew I almost puked and shut it off. Powering through my bout with nausea, I also came to notice how curbs were being almost entirely ignored. Why bother filming anything if it’s not going to end with a 180 off a curb?
With all this intense disgust going on in my head I was insanely relieved when it got to Chris Saunders and CB Combs split part once I realized there would be some freecoaster action about to happen. Oh how wrong I was. Everyone knows the reason the freecoaster was invented, and that is for long ass sliders. Down streets, hills, nice smooth skate park floors, whatever. Clearly these kids didn’t get the message and it more or less ruined their part.
I was excited to see my friends Jake Frost and Dave Deltoro’s part so I could make sure I was totally better than them. To my amazement, they both kicked ass. This pissed me off so much I fast-fowarded to the next section so I can’t even comment on them.
The mix sections actually looked like kids put in work (both editing and riding wise). This was unusual so I ignored them entirely and skipped on to the “real” sections. Unfortunately due to the lack of all the vital stuff I mentioned earlier I had to turn off DVD and watch some web videos on BMXboard to calm myself down. So, I didn’t get a chance to see Chris Zepieri and Craig Pasero’s parts. From what I hear though, after a an entire part of filler clips their last couple bangers might be worth buying the DVD alone.
So, I would definitely suggest buying this video. Not for the riding, fliming, editing or overall feel, but because it makes a really cool looking coaster for your coffee table.

So go check out the AOTC blog and tell them how much their video sucks.