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 Eagle Vs. Shark (DVD)
Description: Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 2007 / Director: Taika Waititi / Actors: Joel Tobeck, Jemaine Clement ... / DVD ... more  Eagle Vs. Shark (DVD) ... released 21 January, 2008 at Optimum Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: PAL / Eagle vs Shark is the tale of two socially awkward misfits and the strange ways they try to find love; through revenge on high-school bullies, burgers, and video games.Newest Review: ... as your favourite animal’ party he is hosting to pass on to her colleague. This she does but when she sees the invite in the ... more ... bin she decides to take it herself and go wit her brother. She goes as a Shark, Jared is an Eagle, hence the strange title of the film. Her prowess as ‘Fight Man’ (a kind of Mortal Combat rip off computer game) impresses Jared and now he has really noticed her things begin…
EvsS was made in New Zealand, but has the spirit of a great American indie film albeit it with much better locations and scenery. Genre wise it is a romantic comedy, one with a bit of a difference though, and it does follow a lot of the stereot...more |
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Eagle Vs. Shark (DVD): Animal loving humans (784 words)
by Ailran - written on 02.10.07 (Very useful, 151 readings)
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Eagle Vs. Shark has been compared to the American cult sleeper hit Napolean Dynamite. For me this isn’t a good thing as I found Dynamite to be boring and, in the main, crap; Wes Anderson’s exquisite Rushmore having ploughed a similar furrow a number of years beforehand. EvsS does have some similarities to Dynamite, in the sense that the two main are a couple of geeks, fringe of society people who don’t quite fit in with what people consider to be ‘normal’. Eagle Vs. Shark tells the story of Lily, she lives with her brother and works for Meaty Burger. The highlight of her working day is at 12.05 when Jared comes in. He works for and computer game selling shop ...
