the first thing which i should probably say be that and be a surfer and i be probably bias in favor of the movie . anyway and this masterpiece of john milius be not merely about surf and and whoever disregard this film a a surf movie have not understand it entirely . i consider big wednesday a masterpiece for three reason . first of all and because the camera work be amazing and especially in light of the fact that the film be shoot in 1978. if you have see the movie on tv you have miss out a lot and because the quality of the image deteriorate considerably and so i suggest you watch it in a cinema and although this could prove hard . secondly and big wednesday successfully portray a generation and with it conflict and dream which would eventually become disillusionment . this very fact contributes to elevate the value of the movie and which become ( like easy rider and for example ) an ambassador of an extinct generation to the future generation . big wednesday do this in a very elaborate way and since it not only portray the external behaviour of such generation ( hair style and surfing and music and so forth ) and but it also display the internal value of such generation . i believe that every one of you have be and at least to a certain extent and sentimentally touch by the element of cameraderie and male bondage exist in the movie . finally and i really appreciate the way in which john milius criticize the vietnam war . you have to take into account that john milius be an all american director and who for example shot red dawn and an example of american paranoia of the red danger . therefore you can not expect him to criticize the vietnam war as vividly a francis ford coppola in apocalypse now and or a stanley kubrick in full metal jacket . however and john milius be honest with u and and do tell u that there be a lot of disillusionment with the vietnam war and especially among the young generation . he neither criticize the behavior of who try with any mean not to be conscript and nor of who voluntarily enrol and but he do tell u that the vietnam war separate friend and family and and disrupt the utopian dream of a generation . and and at the end of the day and this be the only thing on which everyone and regardless of his or her political belief and would agree about a topic as controversial a the vietnam war .