- Set your top up on its launcher, pull the ripcord and send it spinning into action
- Sharpen your skills on your own/battle it out with your friends in any Beystadium arena
- Top includes Face Bolt, Energy Ring: Pisces, Fusion Wheel: Thermal, Spin Track: T125 and Performance Tip: ES pieces
- This 5-piece top lets you customize it to create just the right combination for attack, defense and battle stamina
- Battle it out in any Beystadium arena (sold separately)
Miramax Films presents the wickedly offbeat love story, Eagle vs Shark, a funny, fractured romance between two total misfits woven into an all-consuming quest for revenge and shot through with the strange, sweet hilarity of the human condition. When Lily (Horsley), a lonely, oddball fast-food waitress and hopeless romantic, and Jarrod (Clement), another lonely oddball and video game clerk who has spent the last ! decade plotting revenge against a bully from high school, connect at a dress as your favorite animal party, it s a match seemingly made in outcast Heaven. But when Lily decides to risk everything for love, her hopes are nearly dashed as, after a brief fling, Jarrod dumps her because he s too busy training for his all-important payback mission. But neither of them can anticipate the grit the steadfastly optimistic Lily will show in her heartbreak. As Jarrod's day of reckoning arrives and everything hits the fan, Jarrod and Lily will find something that goes beyond romantic fantasies and revenge faith in who they are.Since the 1980s, the nerd has triumphed in comedies from
Weird Science to
Napoleon Dynamite, but what about the female of the species? In
Eagle vs. Shark, New Zealand's Taika Waititi presents his offbeat romance from the perspective of the likeably quirky Lily (co-writer Loren Horsley). The Meaty Boy cashier fantasizes about the sensitive yet! boorish Jarrod (Jemaine Clement from HBO's
Flight of the C! onchords ). Sporting the worst on-screen hairdo since Javier Bardem's pageboy in
No Country for Old Men, the video-game wiz visits Lily's fast-food emporium daily, oblivious to the slouchy brunette with the shy smile. Except for her cartoonist brother, Damon (Joel Tobeck), nobody else notices Lily either. When she crashes Jarrod's costume party--dressed as a shark to his eagle--her fortunes begin to change, but there's a catch: Much like Adam Sandler's tightly-wound salesman in P.T. Anderson's
Punch-Drunk Love, Jarrod has a dark side. Not only is he a habitual liar, but he intends to kill his high school nemesis, Eric (David Fane). At first, Lily supports Jarrod's homicidal plan, but their relationship hits a snag when they travel to his hometown for the big face-off (Waititi plays Jarrod’s brother in flashbacks). Suffice to say, no murders take place during the course of
Eagle vs. Shark. Stop-motion sequences (revolving around irregular apples), the Phoeni! x Foundation's electro-pop score, deleted scenes, outtakes, and audio commentary all contribute to the weird charm of Waititi's first feature.
--Kathleen C. FennessySince the 1980s, the nerd has triumphed in comedies from
Weird Science to
Napoleon Dynamite, but what about the female of the species? In
Eagle vs. Shark, New Zealand's Taika Waititi presents his offbeat romance from the perspective of the likeably quirky Lily (co-writer Loren Horsley). The Meaty Boy cashier fantasizes about the sensitive yet boorish Jarrod (Jemaine Clement from HBO's
Flight of the Conchords). Sporting the worst on-screen hairdo since Javier Bardem's pageboy in
No Country for Old Men, the video-game wiz visits Lily's fast-food emporium daily, oblivious to the slouchy brunette with the shy smile. Except for her cartoonist brother, Damon (Joel Tobeck), nobody else notices Lily either. When she crashes Jarrod's costume party--dressed as a shark to his eagle! --her fortunes begin to change, but there's a catch: Much like! Adam Sa ndler's tightly-wound salesman in P.T. Anderson's
Punch-Drunk Love, Jarrod has a dark side. Not only is he a habitual liar, but he intends to kill his high school nemesis, Eric (David Fane). At first, Lily supports Jarrod's homicidal plan, but their relationship hits a snag when they travel to his hometown for the big face-off (Waititi plays Jarrod’s brother in flashbacks). Suffice to say, no murders take place during the course of
Eagle vs. Shark. Stop-motion sequences (revolving around irregular apples), the Phoenix Foundation's electro-pop score, deleted scenes, outtakes, and audio commentary all contribute to the weird charm of Waititi's first feature.
--Kathleen C. FennessyGolden Globe(r) winner* John Travolta leads an all-star cast in the hysterical comedy thatTime calls "smart, shrewdly crafted [and] hilarious!" Loan shark Chili Palmer (Travolta) is bored with the business. So when he arrives in LA to collect a debt from down-and-out filmmaker ! Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), Chili talks tough...and then pitches Harry a script idea. Immediately, Chili is swept into the Hollywood scene: He schmoozes film star Martin Weir (Danny DeVito), romances B-movie queen Karen Flores (Rene Russo) and even gets reservations at the hottest restaurants intown. In fact, all would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it weren't for the drug smugglersand the angry mobster who won't leave him alone! *1996: Actor (Comedy)Get ShortyHailed by many critics as one of the best films of 1995, this finely tuned black comedy sparked a renewed interest in movies based on books by prolific crime novelist Elmore Leonard, whose trademark combination of tight plotting and sharp humor is perfectly captured here. After the success of
Pulp Fiction, John Travolta continued his meteoric comeback as Chili Palmer, a Mob "mechanic" whose latest assignment takes him to Los Angeles, where his fascination with the movie business turns into a new caree! r as a would-be movie producer. He pitches ideas with a sleazy! produce r (Gene Hackman) and a major star (Danny DeVito), and also finds time to deal with a vengeful Mobster (Dennis Farina) and assorted Hollywood types (including Renee Russo and Delroy Lindo) who all want their piece of a tempting show-biz pie. The plot unfolds with enticing precision, but it's really Elmore's snappy dialogue--and the performances that bring it to life--that make this one of the best comedies of the 1990s.
--Jeff ShannonSoundtrack to the acclaimed film starring Jermaine Clement (one half of Flight Of The Conchords) and written and directed by Oscar-nominated New Zealander Taika Waititi. The album features an original score written by Wellington band The Phoenix Foundation, who contributed seven songs (including 'Hitchcock' and 'Seaworld' from their second album Pegasus), three score pieces, as well as two songs from Phoenix Foundation member Luke Buda's solo albums. Also included are tracks from prominent New Zealand artists Age Pryor, The Reduction Agent! s and Tessa Rain as well as international acts The Stone Roses and M. Ward. Hollywood Records.
Turn up the excitement with this awesome customizable top. Choose among the top's five pieces and use the assembly tool to engineer just the right performance. Want a sustaining vortex spin? Add the Spin Track: T125 piece. Need to maximize your top's stamina? Be sure to include the Performance Tip: ES piece. Then, set your top up on its launcher, pull the ripcord and send it spinning into action. Sharpen your skills on your own or battle it out with your friends in any Beystadium arena - they'll be up against some serious competition with you and your Thermal Pisces top.
- Product Dimensions (inches): 0.7 (L) x 0.9 (W) x 0.9 (H)
- Age: 8 years and up
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