I saw a pre-screening of Eagle vs Shark last week with a coworker. (Thanks for the free passes coworker!)
At first glance, it appears to be Napoleon Dynamite as an adult but since this movie was not made by MTV, it has depth that your mom could only dream of (at college).
After the movie, there was a Q&A session with the director and female lead, both adorable kiwis. (People from New Zealand are called kiwis right?) They talked about the difference between how the film is viewed in New Zealand vs U.S. Here, we’re like “Oohh pretty, Mordor!” but the director wanted the town to look as plain as possible. Hard to do when you’re surrounded by mountains and ocean. The accents were hard to get over, too. Everytime the lead female says “yees” you want to smile. I’m sure there were local references in the movie that completely went past me. I think there are just small differences in movies when the director isn’t making the movie for the entire world. He said he was happy it is being released in the U.S. but it didn’t sound like his intentions were world-wide release when he made the movie.
It is good and it opens next week. Go see it.