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The animated1 mock documentary "Surf's Up" is a delightfully2 rendered summer diversion in which a tiny Rockhopper penguin3 named Cody Maverick4 aspires5 to be a surfing champion.
Young Cody (voiced by Shia LaBeouf) is discovered in his native Shiverpool by a shrill6, showbiz savvy7 shorebird named Mikey Abromowitz, who whisks him off to the idyllic8 island of Pen Gu to compete in the Big Z Memorial Surf-Off. Once there, Cody is mentored9 reluctantly by a surfing legend, the bigger-than-life but extremely laid-back King Geek (Jeff Bridges).
Directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck10, "Surf's Up" parodies11 sports documentaries and television surf coverage12, instilling13 the movie with an X Games vibe. The surfing action replicates14 and at times surpasses the real thing, and the fabricated "vintage footage" is a wonder to look at. Interviews with Cody and his family conducted by a comically intrusive15 documentary crew lead up to the flightless little bird's inevitable16 showdown with Emperor penguin Tank "the Shredder" Evans, nine-time winner of the Surf-Off.
Visually, the movie benefits from impressively inventive technical animation-from the crystalline waves to the sandy beaches, every detail suggests a parallel reality where penguins17 really do surf.
While many of the riffs in the mock documentary might be lost on the little tykes, everyone should enjoy the film's feel-good message of perseverance18, friendship and finding your own wave.
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documentary (n.) 纪录片
to aspire (v.) 立志;渴望
to whisk someone off to 迅速带走;迅速拿走
idyllic (adj.) 如诗如画的;风景秀丽的
bigger than life 大名鼎鼎的;名声响亮的
to parody (v.) 模彷;窜改
fabricated (adj.) 虚构的;捏造的
crystalline (adj.) 透明的;似水晶的
tyke (n.) 小孩子;顽童
perseverance (n.) 坚持;毅力
1 animated | |
adj.生气勃勃的,活跃的,愉快的 | |
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3 penguin | |
n.企鹅 | |
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4 maverick | |
adj.特立独行的;不遵守传统的;n.持异议者,自行其是者 | |
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v.渴望,追求( aspire的第三人称单数 ) | |
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adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫 | |
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8 idyllic | |
adj.质朴宜人的,田园风光的 | |
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9 mentored | |
v.(无经验之人的)有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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10 buck | |
n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃 | |
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11 parodies | |
n.拙劣的模仿( parody的名词复数 );恶搞;滑稽的模仿诗文;表面上模仿得笨拙但充满了机智用来嘲弄别人作品的作品v.滑稽地模仿,拙劣地模仿( parody的第三人称单数 ) | |
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12 coverage | |
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖 | |
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13 instilling | |
v.逐渐使某人获得(某种可取的品质),逐步灌输( instil的现在分词 );逐渐使某人获得(某种可取的品质),逐步灌输( instill的现在分词 ) | |
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14 replicates | |
复制( replicate的第三人称单数 ); 重复; 再造; 再生 | |
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15 intrusive | |
adj.打搅的;侵扰的 | |
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16 inevitable | |
adj.不可避免的,必然发生的 | |
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17 penguins | |
n.企鹅( penguin的名词复数 ) | |
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18 perseverance | |
n.坚持不懈,不屈不挠 | |
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