Meh, didn't enjoy it until the last 1/3. Kind of different I guess. Still, just a C.

Really, really enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun. I loved the mockumentary style and the animation was beautiful.

A-

this had an awsome Soundtrack

I think this, Hoodwinked and Over the Hedge are the best animated Films since the Inredibles. But wall E will POUND them all

Chicken Joe is Classic.

Awsome Lines from the Movie:

Chicken Joe: I can feel it in my nuggets.

Tank Evans: Tank needs fuel.

A-

Really pretty good. Animation and voice acting shine. I loved the docu style (the short rain scene bringing Cody to the jungle shack is among the best of the year, visually, while the lava-slide through glow worm part, while truly joyous and exciting, took me out because there's no way the "camera crew" could have gotten those shots.)

The animation on the characters themselves sorta felt weird at times (compared to the scenery, anyway), and yes, it's pretty bland on story (it's every sports-comeback, redemption, underdog, coming of age film ever made). But it's got a good script which is quite funny and Shia, Zooey (:inlove: ), Heder and Jeff Bridges really make the characters work, which, along with the aforementioned animation/metafilm style is enough to make it very recommendable and quite memorable as far as non-Pixar animated films in the past few years go.

A

cute,funny and sweet. good job Sony.

Loved it!

A-

Sony has just edged out DW for best Hollywood studio for animation department besides Pixar (Aardman is British, doesn't count)

- in my book

The story doesn't elevate it to A level, and the overuse of Green Day songs (including that weird bit with "Welcome to Paradise") lowers it a bit in my eyes.

But despite the rather straight forward story the directors/writiers/producers found a way to present it in a way that no family aimed animate film has up until this point.

It's not bad.

Its the best non-Pixar movie in quite a while. Its funny and sweet. Loved it.

A

great success

really enjoyed it as did the wifes nephew's.

A-

Arnold is hilarious

i remember seeing this a few months back. it was solid. B

B+


Considering the recent crop of medocre CG animated films (The Wild, Robots, Open Season, Hoodwinked), this stands out as a refreshing change. Surf's Up is a unique film that can stand up to its Pixar competitors. Presenting it as a mockumentary was an interesting idea that was very original and worked well for most of the time. The generic and predictable story was probably intended to be this way anyway.

I also really liked the characters they have created. Chicken Joe was cool, though his schtick got a bit old towards the end. Big Z was great and I loved the little penguins (especially Arnold of course). Even Tank was a funny creation. As far as the humor goes, I thibnk there are more missed opportunities here than I'd have liked, but there are several very funny bits too. What deserves a whole lot of praise is the film's animation which I found to be tremendous, especially during the surfing scenes. The waves looked so realistic most of the time that I sometimes even forgot I was watching an animated film. Truly shows how advances CGI animation has become nowadays.

I had lots of fun watching this in theatre. It reminded me a bit of Ice Age meaning that it didn't really have a great story or an interesting message, but was still a blast to watch thanks to some great characters and funny dialogue.