Review of Eagle vs Shark (2007) by Brendan P — 08 Nov 2017

Eagle vs Shark is the directorial and writing debut of Taika Waititi, and it stars Jemaine Clement and Loren Horsley in a romantic comedy about an awkward and shy girl that has a crush on a guy who?s really odd, sometimes has anger issues, and wants to have a fight with a bully from high school.

After watching Thor: Ragnarok, I wanted to watch the rest of Taika Waititi?s films that I haven?t watched that?s on Netflix. So while this is the only one that?s on Netflix, I?ll give Boy a watch when I have the time, so for his first feature film, Eagle vs Shark is not nearly as fantastic as his recent films, but I thought it?s at least a decent flick.

The acting is pretty good at acting very weird and kind of quirky. The humor is the type of humor that you see in Napoleon Dynamite, and while it?s refreshing to see a different type of humor, it?s definitely an acquired taste to have for this.

If people doesn?t like Napoleon Dynamite, then it?s possible that you?re not going to like this. For me personally, there a lot of chuckles that I got, and only laughed once, but that?s the highest I can get from the humor as there are also some jokes that really missed the mark, or was awkward for the sake of being weird.

The chemistry between the two leads is kind of sweet, and some of the animation is pretty well done for an indie film, so while Eagle vs Shark isn?t a great film, but I did enjoy what I got out of this movie, and I?m glad that he does improve over time.