|
Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
|
Reviews
Artist: Loren Horsley
Manufacturer: Optimum Home Releasing
Manufacturer: Optimum Home Releasing
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I, personally, loved this film. Its sweet and awkward, and it warmed my heart. Like i say though, its hard to put a finger on, but you have to have a certain sense of Humor to really appreciate it. If it were a series it'd be along the lines of flight of the conchords/ The office. Theres no goofy, slap-dash 'running into lampost' moments, they leave it up to you to do the laughing, and i personally laughed a lot.
If you liked Napoleon Dymnamite, youll like this, If you enjoy Flight of the conchords, you'll enjoy this, If you Love quaint, cute and Maladjusted comdey, youll love this.
If you liked Napoleon Dymnamite, youll like this, If you enjoy Flight of the conchords, you'll enjoy this, If you Love quaint, cute and Maladjusted comdey, youll love this.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Quite simply the funniest film of recent times. Loren Horsley as Lily is a revelation. Tender, timid, wide-eyed, childlike, beautiful in so many ways... this is an astonishing and mesmerizing performance that ranks alongside that of Sally Hawkins as Poppy in Mike Leigh's masterwork Happy-Go-Lucky. It's frustrating that most female roles are so yawnsomely underwritten or resort to stock types. By contrast, Lily is an entirely original character with oodles of charm and heartrending vulnerability. My greatest frustration with the film is her incomprehensible infatuation with Jarrod. He is a manipulative, egomaniacal, deeply unattractive boor. Although Jemaine Clement portrays him well, the character is utterly unlikeable. Nevertheless, the film had me transfixed from the first to the last frame. I literally spent the entire duration either emitting hearty belly-laughs or grinning inanely. Oh, and in a film chock-full of great supporting players and interesting relationships, the most moving onscreen interaction of them all is that of Lily with her brother Damon. I can't think of many (any?) sibling relationships on film that express such unconditional, innocent love.
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
i'm careful when it comes to recommending low-key films cos to know too much about them usually equals missing the point but i really think this film needs to be seen by as many people as possible.i can't get this film out of my head and that's pretty rare,even more so being that it's a romantic comedy,one of the least favoured genres for being thought about post cinema.most reviews i've looked at since seeing the film make a big deal of two things,a)it's similarity to napoleon dynamite and b)the main characters being either unsympathetic or just plain pathetic.they're both justified but i think both work in the films favour.i love napoleon dynamite,yet it's an out and out comedy.where eagle vs shark has the edge is that it's not afraid to get a little dark at times.they're stylistically very similar yet at no point did i feel this film was ripping dynamite off.and b),to me makes the film that little more realistic cos upon first meeting them,the protagonists seem(though a little eccentric)straight-forward enough yet by the end of the film are anything but(this fact is even referenced by a comic line spoken by jared,the film's main protagonist,halfway through the film).i think that sums pretty much all of us out there up,doesn't it?!!this film isn't afraid to venture into grey areas yet doesn't make a big deal of it when it does.at times you'll want to either slap certain characters or go rescue them but at no point will you stop caring.loren horsely's performance alone is worth seeing the film for,at turns hilarious and heart-breaking(if you haven't fallen in love with her character lily by the end of the film,then you might wanna think about checking your pulse!)and the film features the best use of a stone roses tune i can imagine being put to film.AND a cover of bowie's let's dance,which sounds pretty touching in context here.anyway,so much for being careful...my favourite film of 2007,eagle vs.shark is hilarious,hopeful and hypnotical,a must-see.like some of the characters,strange but worth taking a chance on...
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Dismal
Being a Conchord's fan I'd been looking forward to watching this, but the film is dismal. I could give you a list of the things wrong with it but the main issue is the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by SJJones
do not buy absolutly crap
I put the dvd on and I watched it and I did not get it. The jokes wern't funny I think that its a cheap unfunny budget movie it was absolutly crap do not buy it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by cezco
No, really not an NZ Napoleon Dynamite!
Like many others my interest in this film only came about as a result of Flight of the Conchords - it is a small independent film from NZ and I do not go to the cinema more than... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Flora Cake
Lets Dance!
Eagle vs Shark is an enjoyable character driven film that surprises you and is charming throughout. The film is laugh out loud in places and you chuckle and smile the whole way... Read more
Published 11 months ago by j.r
Sooo funny
This was bought as a gift for my boyfriend. We both love the Flight of the conchords series and I saw this advertised as the main actor is one from the flight of the conchords so... Read more
Published 14 months ago by i4colour
A quirky awkward love story.
Lily is a cashier at the Meaty Boy burger bar and longs for midday when local videogame nerd Jarrod comes in for his regular lunchtime meal. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Ernie
Oddball? Yep. Quirky? Oh yes. Brilliant? You better believe it.
This is a film for those of us who are bored of Hollywood's sickly sweet stories and obvious ideas. It's a film that absorbs you and envelopes you in a beauteous array of great... Read more
Published 23 months ago by boz
Worth a watch
I bought this mainly because the guy from Flight of the concords was in it!
It's funny at times but the plot never really gets going.
It's funny at times but the plot never really gets going.
Published 23 months ago by Louis
quirky, fun, interesting
I enjoyed watching the film and recommend it to those who like ken loach with a crazy new zealand twist. the acting is fine and the dialogue is entertaining and convincing.
Published on 25 April 2010 by Eva Bagge Olsen
Underdeveloped
Taika Cohen's lo-fi love/hate story resembles Napoleon Dynamite not just in terms of its bad 80s sportswear, unmanageable hair, and blank-faced brand of humour, but also in its... Read more
Published on 18 April 2010 by R. J. Harvey
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
