Eagle vs Shark
Director: Taika Waititi
Actors: Jemaine Clement, Loren Horsley
Release Date: Thursday 16th August 2007
Genre(s): Factual
Running time: 93 minutes
She's a lesbian. She went to a lesbian party," replies Lily (Horsley) when asked why the hot girl Jarrod (Clement) invited to his fancy dress party didn't turn up. You see, burger joint employee Lily has had a thing for Jarrod for ages and she's gatecrashed his party dressed as a shark to move in for the kill. Jarrod, dressed like an eagle, invites her in and thus the wooing begins. However, Jarrod is too obsessed on exacting revenge on his high school bully to notice Lily's charms, even though she scores highly on his favourite video game.
There's a distinct whiff of Napoleon Dynamite coming from this low budget, offbeat indie comedy and although that's not necessarily a bad thing, word has it that Jared Hess's debut was better and, more importantly, funnier. Director Taika Waititi most certainly has a visual eye, but sometimes tries to hard to be quirky.
