Eagle vs. Shark
by Taika Waititi
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Actor: Brian Sergent, Craig Hall, Joel Tobeck, Loren Horsley, Taika WaititiDirector: Taika Waititi
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Cinematographer: Adam Clark
Composer: Phoenix Foundation
Editor: Jonno Woodford-Robinson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-08
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MIRAMAX
DVD Reviews of Eagle vs. Shark
DVD Review: Very Refreshing Movie! Makes You Want to visit New Zealand!
Summary: 5 Stars
PROS: > Nice break from the recent rash of Hollywood based "Napolean Dynomite-like faux indie rip offs" (Juno and Lil' Miss Sunshine excluded). This one is will remind you of Napolean Dynomite, but it still has a very original feel to it. In fact, in regard to the theme and content it is more of a grown up, euro version of Napolean Dynomite.
> Cinematography is beautiful! I wanted to buy plane tickets to New Zealand immediately after seeing this move.
> Funny bits.
CONS:
> The main plot is predictable, because you seen it all before a billion times since 1983 "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" introduced the "nerd/bully revenge theme". The romance bits and drama about life and family and growing up is where this movie excels!
> Some parts drag on a bit. And the humor gets muddled at times but I think its one of those movies that you can watch again and will definately laugh at parts you missed! Which is good for the DVD collectors.
DVD Review: You've got it girl
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely love this movie. It's one of those that has you laughing so hard you're crying but also makes you feel something. I've always had trouble in relationships, and I can't relate to the majority of people I see in movies but I related to Lily and Jarrod. That is how love really is-awkward and never what you expect it to be. Watch it, you'll be glad you did. DVD Review: Lovely Kiwi Film
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great (and typical) Kiwi comedy. The scene with the 'hacker' is priceless! One of the best comedy's to come out of New Zealand in a while.DVD Review: Interesting movie
Summary: 3 Stars
i'm not sure if i liked or disliked this movie. it had some good funny moments and then it had some moments when you were embarressed. I bought it for my husband and he didn't like it at all. I'll keep it but i'm not sure if i'd reccommend it to anyone for more than a rental.DVD Review: If you liked Napoleon Dynamite, you'll like this
Summary: 5 Stars
Eagle vs. Shark had a very Napoleon Dynamite feel to it. If you liked the dry humour and slower pacing of Napoleon Dynamite this will also appeal to you.
E vs. S is a sweet, but unusual love story between two social outcasts. It takes a few unexpected turns, but ends on a happy note as all good romantic comedies do.
Description of Eagle vs. Shark
Since the 1980s, the nerd has triumphed in comedies from Weird Science to Napoleon Dynamite, but what about the female of the species? In Eagle vs. Shark, New Zealand's Taika Waititi presents his offbeat romance from the perspective of the likeably quirky Lily (co-writer Loren Horsley). The Meaty Boy cashier fantasizes about the sensitive yet boorish Jarrod (Jemaine Clement from HBO's Flight of the Conchords). Sporting the worst on-screen hairdo since Javier Bardem's pageboy in No Country for Old Men, the video-game wiz visits Lily's fast-food emporium daily, oblivious to the slouchy brunette with the shy smile. Except for her cartoonist brother, Damon (Joel Tobeck), nobody else notices Lily either. When she crashes Jarrod's costume party--dressed as a shark to his eagle--her fortunes begin to change, but there's a catch: Much like Adam Sandler's tightly-wound salesman in P.T. Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love, Jarrod has a dark side. Not only is he a habitual liar, but he intends to kill his high school nemesis, Eric (David Fane). At first, Lily supports Jarrod's homicidal plan, but their relationship hits a snag when they travel to his hometown for the big face-off (Waititi plays Jarrod's brother in flashbacks). Suffice to say, no murders take place during the course of Eagle vs. Shark. Stop-motion sequences (revolving around irregular apples), the Phoenix Foundation's electro-pop score, deleted scenes, outtakes, and audio commentary all contribute to the weird charm of Waititi's first feature. --Kathleen C. FennessyMiramax Films presents the wickedly offbeat love story EAGLE VS. SHARK a funny fractured romance between two total misfits woven into an all-consuming quest for revenge and shot through with the strange sweet hilarity of the human condition. When Lily (Horsley) a lonely oddball fast-food waitress and hopeless romantic and Jarrod (Clement) another lonely oddball and video game clerk who has spent the last decade plotting revenge against a bully from high school connect at a "dress as your favorite animal" party it's a match seemingly made in outcast Heaven. But when Lily decides to risk everything for love her hopes are nearly dashed as after a brief fling Jarrod dumps her because he's too busy "training" for his all-important payback mission. But neither of them can anticipate the grit the steadfastly optimistic Lily will show in her heartbreak. As Jarrod's day of reckoning arrives and everything hits the fan Jarrod and Lily will find something that goes beyond romantic fantasies and revenge -- faith in who they really are.System Requirements:Running Time: 88 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/ROMANTIC COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 786936741117 Manufacturer No: 05513900
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