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Join Cody Maverick (Shia LaBeouf) in his ultimate dream to compete in the Big Z Memorial surfing challenge!Cody lives in Shiverpool, Antarctica and travels to the warm island of Pen Gu.While traveling to this new island Cody meets a few new friends on the whale ride over to the island.Another newcomer challenger is Chicken Joe (Jon Heder), who is absolutely hilarious!Once on this new island Cody then spots a beautiful lifeguard penguin Lani (Zooey Deschanel),who he instantly starts to have a crush on.Almost instantly Cody butts heads with Tank Evana (Diedrich Bader)who is a nine times champion.When Tank starts putting down the Big Z, who is Codys hero, Cody challenges Tank to a surf challenge.Cody gets beat by Tank in a humilating challenge round, and bumps his head on the bottom ocean floor.Lani swims to rescue him and still unconscious takes him to a secret place to get him help.There he meets Zeek (Jeff Bridges) an old washed up surfer, who helps him.At first the two dont see eye to eye then slowly get to know one another better and become friends.Zeek teaches Cody how to make a surfboard and gives him some pricesless lessons.Not only does Cody need Zeek, but Zeek also needs Cody to bring him out of his secluded lifestyle.Soon Cody realizes that Zeek is not who he seems to be, and learns of Zeek's secret.This is a very cute movie, with great special effects to make the waves and water look very real!Read full review
Teenage penguin Cody (the too-deep-for-a-young-hero voice of Shia LaBeouf) pursues his life-long goal of becoming a professional surfer. Structured as if a documentary is being made about Cody's experiences, this computer-animated flick also features the voices of Zooey Deschanel, Jeff Bridges, Jon Heder, James Woods and Diedrich Bader. Big question: After last year's "Happy Feet," do we need another penguin movie about following your dreams? "Surf's Up" is too laid-back to really boogie--as if it prefers sipping pina coladas to catching waves--and not funny enough to compensate for merely average animation. There are better ways to entertain kids, like actually spending time outside and learning how to surf. If you want an animated movie with animals who don't sing and dance. You'll be ecstatic when Cody proclaims he can do neither! Some imagination is put into the occasionally amusing documentary approach--a sea urchin's gripes after being stepped on earn a hearty chuckle--and a little creativity goes a long way in today's animated kingdom. But being better than "Meet the Robinsons" and "TMNT" isn't a major accomplishment, and the best thing to say about the disposable but not annoying "Surf's Up" is, well, it's not terrible. Directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck; screenplay by Don Rhymer, Brannon, Buck and Christopher Jenkins; senior animation supervision by David Schaub; edited by Ivan Bilancio; music by Mychael Danna; produced by Jenkins. A Columbia Pictures release; opens Friday. Running time: 1:25. MPAA rating: PG (for mild language and some rude humor). Cody Maverick - Shia LaBeouf Chicken Joe - Jon Heder Lani Aliikai - Zooey Deschanel Big Z - Jeff Bridges THIS FILM IS A RENTAL FOR SURE!Read full review
Surf's Up is a very cool movie! Total Fun, it's by far our favorite movie! We can't see how anyone could not like this movie! It's not just for kids. We don't even have kids! Rich with humor and brilliance, it's a work of art. But fine art isn't appreciated by everyone. Real Pro Surfers (very cool dudes) helped make the movie to give the waves and water more realisn. They nailed it! And the music is awesome! (Green Day, Drive, Pearl Jam, etc.) It gets better and better as the movie progresses. The animation is incredible, totally lifelike! Like an IMAX movie, Surf's Up actually puts you on the surfboard and inside the curl of the wave as it goes up over your head! Something most people will never get to experience in real life. You can easily feel how surfers get hooked on the sport after watching Surf's Up, especially the last surfing scene of the movie with Big Z and Cody inside the tube. Breathtaking color and animation! Jeff Bridges and Shia LaBeouf are riveting as Big Z and Cody. Don't miss it!Read full review
This is one of the best animated movies ever made! Too bad it followed so many other penguin movies. Our family didn't see it at the theater because we, like many others, just had no desire to see someone else making a cute movie to tell our kids that man is destroying the environment.....Boy were we wrong! This movie has none of that. It takes on the surfing world like a documentary ala STEP INTO LIQUID and nails it! Funny, well written, fantastic animation, and amazing how spot on they did water effects. Get it on Blu-ray and be truely amazed. You will watch this one over & over again --- so will the kids! Rent "Step into Liquid" & buy "Surf's Up", you will be happy you did. Aloha!
My package is still in New York and it's 2 days late for my birthday gift and they were 2 days late on shipping and I'm upset now because I just want this on the perfect birth date for a friend/family member
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