On seeing the trailer I thought this was going to be a well visually documented account of the cruising culture I grew up hearing so much about. Unfortunately I was greatly let down.
The idea of having guys recount their experience of cruising is good, but the makers of this film have killed the documentary by only sticking to this format. It would have been a better idea to have the interviewees recount their cruising experiences while actors play the part of what the narrative voice is describing. This was not the case and because of that by 25 minutes into the film you begin to wonder what is the point to all of this. Without re- enactments of the various cruising experiences, all the account seem like one story keeps repeating itself.
The title of the film is The End Of Cruising; however, the film fails to look at what has replaced cruising or look at the factors which led to the end of cruising. This film has so much potential, but probably the makers did not have the budget and so end up producing an unsatisfactory film.
I really hope someone with more creativity and resources will make a proper documentary film about the glory days of the cruising culture.
