Beauty Day

Hilarious and moving
Fantastic character-driven documentary about Canadian cable access personality Ralph Zavadil. Even if you haven't heard of him before (I hadn't), you must check this out. Beautifully shot, very funny, and quite powerful at times. Inspirational in a similar vein as AMERICAN MOVIE.

enjoyable documentary
I really liked the movie. If you need more info read the other longer review or just watch the trailor. At the end of the day did the movie keep me interested? yes. Make me laugh? yes. Make me say jesus that dude is fing crazy? oh yea a few times. What else to say 4 bucks well spent.

A fantastic documentary
Before Youtube and before Johnny Knoxville and his crew there was Ralph Zavadil, aka Cap'n Video. A local access cable show in St. Catharines, Ontario, Cap'n Video existed in obscurity until Zavadil's alter ego attempted one too many dangerous stunts. And it is that stunt, a botched plunge into a covered pool off a shaky ladder, which opens the documentary Beauty Day.

Not being a fan of watching people put themselves through bizarre, dangerous and often times disgusting stunts, I was hesitant to watch a documentary about one of the early pioneers of the genre that now dominates the web and fills far too many TV channels. Much to my surprise, Beauty Day is far more than a story about Cap'n Video. It is a well told story of a character you wouldn't believe existed in real life, proving the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction.

Zavadil nearly loses his life after the pool plunge stunt. Had it not been for a neighbor hearing the crash, Cap'n Video would have...

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