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Dec 7, 201250Unfortunately, the athlete himself simply isn't much of a presence in this documentary, even as the film aims to celebrate him.
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60Colorful folks and cool stunts abound, but casual viewers may still utter a big "Why?"
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38Director Jacob Rosenberg makes heavy use of family photos and talking heads, but the person we want most to hear from, Way himself, is largely missing. Go figure.
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67The line between fearlessness and idiocy can be a thin one, especially in this sport, and the doc never gets too far under Way's skin. But when he soars -- on a skateboard! -- above the massive structure that kept invading armies at bay for centuries, it's pretty darn cool.
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Dec 6, 201250It's enjoyable enough, but how much you like it will depend on how much you like skateboarding and extreme sports.
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38With Danny Way almost never weighing in directly, the film's attempts to portray his story as an inspirational tale of triumph over adversity scarcely registers.
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40Eventually, though, Waiting For Lightning suffers greatly from the absence of Way himself.
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Dec 7, 201250In this overly sympathetic film he's a superhero without feelings, curiously bloodless except for the moment just before the China jump, when his mother presents him with his stepfather's ashes for inspiration.
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40Director Jacob Rosenberg's approach is heavy with archival footage and interviews, yet oddly features almost nothing from Way himself; his puzzling absence for most of the film turns the project into less of a biography than a one-note hagiography.
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50A slickly produced, unabashedly celebratory picture about professional skateboarder Danny Way.
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Dec 4, 201250Unfortunately, as the extensive footage of kick flips, fakies, and grinders goes from thrilling to routine, we're left waiting - and wanting - for Rosenberg to offer something more substantial than another "big air."
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50There's more waiting than lightning in Waiting for Lightning, a nonetheless watchable-enough documentary about the preparations leading up to professional skateboarder Danny Way's historic 2005 attempt to sail over the Great Wall of China on a skateboard.
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