Surf's Up

Is this one of those old Movie reviews that people put down at their blogs when they have nothing of great interest to share? Well, I got plenty to share, but I got very little time. And this Animation Movie “Surf’s Up” is the Picture of the year for me. I gotta put pen to paper about it, or more precisely, put finger to keyboard about it, don’t I?

It is a behind the scenes look at the annual World Surf Competition, yup, and all the competition is penguins, except for a chicken from Wisconsin! What’s a chicken doing among those cute and cuddly penguins is not a question that you need to ask, when you see how well placed the character is. Now, don’t get confused with Happy Feet. This movie is faster paced, less dramatic (in the sense that it is not slow, it has its own sagacity of light hearted drama with all those twist and turns) and less of a musical. The music is more hip, and man, is it catchy. It’s foot tapping and invigorating. The humor is fresh. The characters voices absolutely well casted. The voice by Shia La Beouf ( I hope I got the spelling right!) for the lead character Cody Maverick is great, it’s deep and provides a lot of life the character.

For some real nice moments, fast paced humor that only animations can offer you, and nice family fun, go watch this movie. And if you are really depressed with your life right now, which you shouldn’t be, and as a cure for that give this movie a shot!