鹰与鲨鱼

风格近似《大人物拿破仑》。

更爱尔兰一些。

闷骚，带点幽默，带点温情。

挺喜欢里面男主角的家乡小镇，有山，有海，适合隐居。

1.两个主角都不漂亮，但他们那么对称的痣很可爱。

2.女主角的哥哥很可爱，给他妹妹画漫画，和他妹妹在汽车上玩马的游戏，有趣的电话录音……做他的妹妹很幸福。

3.吃醋的男人很可爱，哪怕他并不帅气。

4.我对那两个苹果很有爱，最后半个坏苹果和苹果核在一起的画面很美。

5.我喜欢看女主角在那个大圆桶里面奔跑，自己也很想试试。

6.那个动物的派对很不错，我最喜欢的是那个马的造型，我觉得是派对上最扎眼的一位。

7.在男主角家乡的那次派对，当天上掉下那么多Lily的小纸片时，意义是如此的不同。

派对之后，女主角一边脱衣服一边奔跑，我也感受到了她的那种快乐。

8.喜欢他们睡在院子里，睡袋里面。

9.男主角他爸爸竟然那么腿脚伶俐的坐在轮椅上，他生气的样子也很可爱。

10.当Lily把心型的石头扔出去后，打中了一只鸟，那时，我放声大笑。

11.男主角做的蜡烛造型真的很cool。

12.那个黑客高手在汽车站前拘谨的邀请女主角，拒绝之后的大声说：你被骗了，我能体会他的尴尬和自我解嘲。

13.其实我和女主角一样，觉得男主角的姐姐和姐夫是很不错的人。

14.里面的几段插曲很不错，我很喜欢。

15.一个女子，可以不漂亮，但要有特点：女主角歪歪翘起的嘴角，是我对她的最爱。

16.最后，我还是很希望有个想女主角哥哥那样的哥哥。

我原来一直梦想着轰轰烈烈地生活，来了这部电影之后才知道简单生活也很美，平凡的人也很可爱。

平凡的快餐店服务员爱上了同样平凡的玩具店店员。

生命开始变得神奇，我觉得这种邂逅本身就是很神奇的。

片中的女主角甘于平凡的生活，并且享受着这份平凡，她是个快乐的人。

而男主角恰恰相反，他渴望当个特别的人，在人群脱颖而出的人，就因为这个还做了很多不着边际的傻事。

因为渴望不凡，他用一堆奇奇怪怪的发明创造来证明自己；因为渴望不凡，他硬要和高中的一个同学决斗，只因为人家高中时候令他难看；因为渴望不凡。。。。。。

其实生活很简单，人人都渴望成就不凡，但是最后又能有几个人，真正做到脱颖而出，平凡的生活并不可怕，可怕的是你的心陷入平凡。

像女主角lily，她用她的爱她的心，点亮了生活，使得原本平淡无奇的生活变得神奇。

我渴望做lily那样快乐的平凡人。

新西兰导演的早期小成本电影，刚开始可能有些不知所云，甚至觉得荒谬，但是可以让人大声笑出来的那种荒谬。

很多人觉得电影在讲爱情的美好，一个自卑的快餐店女店员，爱上了一个大loser。

不如讲是治愈与和解。

男主奇奇怪怪和女主的畏畏缩缩，想看爽剧的朋友大概率是要失望的。

男主从小活在被校园bully的阴影里，兄长光芒过人，家人也不太看得到他。

尤其是他最在意的父亲，哥哥自杀后一蹶不振，干脆坐上了轮椅，连腿脚都懒得用了。

他就是那颗烂苹果，但一直在用看起来完好的外表伪装自己。

所以才会有年少时party过后的乱搞，并生出了一个女儿（小女孩真的是全片最健康也最可爱的）。

所以才会有和Lily交往并带她回家后，不停撒谎她是艺术家音乐家等等等等。

他的目的当然也只有一个，那就是证明自己不是一个loser。

而Lily虽然自卑寡言，看起来低眉顺眼，但其实内心是有自我和原则的。

比如被分手后，在party上放飞自我，她当时给男主那一个丝毫不care的眼神真是惊艳到我了。

这是极易往大女主爽剧上走的。

但我错了，它没有这么劣质。

所以她才会变成了帮助男主自愈的人，通过她小米粥一般的温情。

简直就是天使。

一个小彩蛋：挂在墙上那张全家福里的，死去的大哥，就是导演本人客串的。

好久没有这种感觉了，轻松愉快恋恋不舍。

这是老李年前推荐的片子，在我淘宝的热情终于冷却下来的这个下午被打开。

怎么形容呢，俏皮可爱平淡温馨。

女主角是个再平凡不过的女孩，就连她的名字lily都是普通的不能再普通了。

中长卷发，淡蓝眼珠，嘴巴稍稍有点歪，上嘴唇有颗不能忽略的痣，其貌不扬甚至还有点显老，在早上刷牙的时候会幻想并模拟有人告白的对话，被辞退之前在快餐店打工。

这样一个姑娘，大马路上一抓一大把，任谁擦身而过都不会留下任何印象。

就是这样一个姑娘，暗恋着一个每天十二点过两分准时出现在快餐店点一份超大鸡的小伙子jarrod。

说实话，这个“白马王子”出现的时候我着实吓了一跳。

留着六七十年代乐队歌手很流行的那种类似李小龙的发型，戴着大大的眼睛（开始还以为是太阳镜，后来发现他在ML的时候都不摘眼镜，据此推测是近视镜），走起路来肩膀和腿都很紧（简称很娘），两颗门牙之间有个大缝，而且，不可忽略的是，他在上嘴唇的地方也长了一颗痣。

这样一个小伙子，大马路上还真是少见质量这么差的。

就是这样一个小伙子，不可免俗的看上了快餐店另外一个胸大臀圆的姑娘，邀请其参加动物化妆电玩会未遂，lily着一身鲨鱼装出席。

本着对电玩的天赋（窃以为其他人水平太菜）勇夺亚军。

戴着傻乎乎的老鹰帽子的jarrod如愿卫冕冠军。

显摆了自己制作蜡烛的手艺之后，一问一答你情我愿直接切入正题。

故事发展到这里略显俗套，于是不俗套的出现了。

小伙子念念不忘上学的时候受到一小黑的欺负，多少年如一日的卧薪尝胆苦练功夫外加不停的电话骚扰小黑，决心有朝一日报仇雪恨扬眉吐气。

但手拿双节棍对抗坐在轮椅上的大黑的时候，还是失败告终落荒而逃。

裹着蓝色睡袋在山上“流浪”的时候，总有个红色睡袋不离其左右。

即使是知道了某白痴是一个九岁小女孩的爸爸；即使在浪漫的海边，lily说出“我很冷”换来了某白痴一句“我要跟你分手”；即使是知道了某白痴关于妈妈和弟弟的深情回忆是满嘴瞎话；即使是看到了某白痴和另外一个女人约会并送给她有纪念意义的手蜡烛。

是的，即使是这样，她还是不能对他视而不见。

I'm a loser.Yes.But it doesn't matter.他从小被杰出的弟弟的光芒遮盖着，被同学欺负的阴影笼罩着，被家人的期望重压着，被自己的自卑和畸形的自尊心支配着。

这样的人多不幸，活在一次次的自我打击中，不敢给自己的爱人幸福。

但又多幸运，能遇到这样一个女人，跟他说，这些都没关系。

怎么就是有人不明白呢。

这些都没关系阿，没关系，真的没关系。

结果真的不重要，除了胜利就是失败，拿这个评价人生不是太苍白了么。

也许你我都只是一棵先被虫蛀后被人丢弃的苹果。

你不要独自伤心，不要绝望，我会躲开蚂蚁的袭击，踏着拖鞋漂洋过海来找你，放心，不止是今天的夕阳明天的日出，我还想陪你看细水长流。

所以，小心眼子同学....如果我说没关系，你能不能告诉我你爱我。

Along with the development of society and technology, the New Zealand cinema has its specific style and the way of telling the story. The New Zealand film industry provided a propelling by the founding of the New Zealand Film Commission in 1978, which encourages the local filmmakers to contribute their creations to the local or worldwide easily. There are many of the successful New Zealand directors influenced by this unique cultural and social background, for example, Peter Jackson, Scott Reynolds, Jane Campion, and Maori director Taika Waititi. This blog-like journal article will provide some information to introduce the film ‘Eagle vs Shark’ (2007) by Taika Waititi; introduce this feature film director; illustrate the film presentation; and comparing with other countries’ film industry, the similarities and differences will be discussed. Firstly, some of the information about the film Eagle vs Shark (2007) will be illustrated. The film Eagle vs Shark (2007) is a New Zealand comedy and romantic film released in 2007. The film director is Taika Waititi. He is the screenplay writer as well. This film is the tale about the eccentric young boy and girl trying to find love. Lily, a shy Meaty Boy fast-food cashier who oddly attracted to the Jarrod, the person who has the social-awkward and neurotic-like personalities. In a coincidence, Lily attends to Jarrod’s costume party, which they are fall in love after the party. Then, they start a journey that travels to Jarrod’s hometown. Lily has to deal with the weird family and her romance. This film was not only produced by the New Zealand Film Commission but also contributed by Unison Films and Whenua Films (IMDb, n.d.). They are all the New Zealand local film production companies, which we can regard this film as pure local funded. However, this film received disappointment at the box office. The budge of this film was around 1.8 million New Zealand Dollars (estimates 1.35 million American dollars) (Cubis, 2019), and received only nearly 1.3 million dollars worldwide (Box Office Mojo, n.d.), leaving the film producers with poor returns. I think the reason why it was filmed is because of the money. The director Taika Waititi’s short film Two Cars, One Night (2004) was earned the Best Short Film nomination of Academy Award in 2004, which makes him famous among the film critics. This caused him easier to collect money from individual film production companies and funded by the government (Dawson, 2007). Therefore, he was made the film Eagle vs Shark (2007) quickly. Another reason the film could be released is culture transmission. I am going to discuss this factor in the later section.Secondly, the producers and actors will be introduced in this section. Taika Waititi, I have to say, he is one of the directors I like the most from my film study. He was the feature director who can expertly tell the story in an extraordinary way. He is skillful for makes comedy, romantics, and horror-comedy. He always inserts uncorrelated elements or combines different kinds of things in the film. For example, he uses comic and humorous ways to demonstrates the epic Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Thor: Ragnarok (2017), which provides audiences a fresh view of this tragic and heroic story as a funny and light-hearted fantasy film. He made a film Hunt for Wilder People (2016), he turned this family film into a comic, crazy road adventure film, and received huge positive comments. In addition, he often makes himself the cameo appearance in his own film. For example, he plays the role of Adolf Hitler in his film Jojo Rabbit (2019); he did motion capture and made dub for the character Korg in film Thor: Ragnarok (2017); he also was the protagonist in his television drama What We Do in the Shadows (2014). It is obvious that recently he contributed to the American film industry deeply. According to Mast and Kawin (2011), “The most important filmmakers from New Zealand were from New Zealand and did their major work in England or the United States” (p.552). This way, Taika Waititi as a foreign film director who conveys the New Zealander’s aspects to the western film industry, which brought Hollywood cinema more diverse film contents. When I was watching the film Eagle vs Shark (2007), there is a familiar face appears in the second half part of the film. That is Rachel House, she played Nancy in this film. She also participated in most of Taika Waititi’s films but only played the supporting actor’s roles. For example, the boy’s Aunty in the film Boy (2010), the child welfare service officer in Hunt for Wilder People (2016), and the Grandmaster’s bodyguard in Thor: Ragnarok (2017). Although she was playing a lot of the insignificant roles, she acted perfectly in each minor role. Further, “[Jemaine] Clement has had an equally longstanding partnership with” Taika Waititi (Robinson, 2015, para. 1). He was playing the role of Jarrod in the film Eagle vs Shark (2007). They were worked together for the television drama Wellington Paranormal (2018), and both the television version and the movie What We Do in the Shadows (2014; 2019). Thirdly, the presentation of the film Eagle vs Shark (2007) will be illustrated. Taika Waititi employs the stop motion animation technic to strengthen the main storyline. The two leftover apples are reflecting on their relationship during the film proceed, which is representing well. The rotten apple and the leftover apple are the signifiers, which imply the unsound behaviors and mental defects in their relationship. The stop motion animation has also improved the film in an ornamental and artistic way. In addition, the film contains the indigenous culture in the content which conveying it through audience point of view. Bartlett (2007) in his article argues that Eagle vs Shark (2007) is a film that takes a general view at people’s misfortune through the lens of human ridiculousness with the firm foundation of human emotion. The director Taika Waititi stated the reason he made this film, he says that he created this film is “about giving those who go unnoticed in life a chance to shine on the big screen” (Waititi, 2007). Therefore, we see the New Zealand indigenous film director has the social responsibility to let the audience focus on the vulnerable normal people within the society, which is the way to delivers the local culture to the audience. The New Zealand filmmaker, especially Maori people sees “certain entities as more important and intrinsic to their cultures than others, they occupy different social and economic realities” (Thornley, 2011, p. 116). As the Maori people, Taika Waititi was trying to introduce his Maori culture to the audience through the film implicitly. We can find many Maori signs and Maori Whare as the background in the film. He even created the Maori- European family and showed the Maori family’s daily behaviors and rituals in the film. Further, I found that the use of language or dialogue of Eagle vs Shark is quite interesting. I can see the Taika Waititi inserted many of the classic dialogues from different Western films. For example, Damon talks to Lily through the phone says: ‘Hello, this is Bond, James Bond. Please leave a message, shaken not stirred.’ It is obvious that this dialogue comes from James Bond films around the 1950s to recent years. Jarrod says to Lily, ‘I’ be back’. This is a tagline from the film The Terminator (1984). I was found that the little girl from Eagle vs Shark does Travolta’s dance move from the film Pulp Fiction (1994), which is the famous and symbolic element in Quentin Tarantino’s film Pulp Fiction (1994). Also, I was found the not obvious sitting for this film, which is the A Clockwork Orange (1971) poster hangs on the scene Jarrod welcome Lily to the party at the doorway (I made the screenshot below). I assume all these plots were the Taika Waititi’s greeting to all the senior film directors. It is also the sign of cultural fusion between New Zealand and Western countries. Yet, compared with western films especially American Hollywood cinema, the film Eagle vs Shark (2007), the differences have appeared. First, according to Maltby (2013), “we shall look not only at how movies work formally and aesthetically but also at their culture function as consumable goods in a capitalist economy” (p.7). although Eagle vs Shark (2007) presents vivid New Zealand original and local love story features, as Taika Waititi states ‘indigenous people should be telling their own story’ and ‘making themselves part of the culture and really learning about it, instead of someone else from another culture coming in and telling our stories…’ (Erbland, 2018, para.6), it is lacking the tremendous plot changes. Lily and Jarrod, don’t have outstanding love, they have no proper date or dinner, and they don’t wear beautiful clothes. They even feel luxurious when they are going to the movies. these just remind me that Taika Waititi’s statement of the purpose of making this film, which is just reflecting the normal couple’s life in the audience’s mind. However, this is the opposite theme in Hollywood romantic comedy films. In conclusion, this blog-like journal article analyzed the New Zealand film industry, using the film Eagle vs Shark as an example, illustrates the unique presentation of the film, and comparing it with other countries’ film industry, the similarities, and differences of the romantic comedy films. Overall, the New Zealand film industry is ongoing developing. Their feature film especially film made by Maori-dominant filmmakers are contained their own social and cultural background, which deliver the national identity worldwide. Although the film Eagle vs Shark (2007) made a failure in box office internationally, it was praised by film critics, which earned the reputation for Maori filmmaker Taika Waititi globally. Hence, New Zealand’s lifestyle and cultural background being known by more and more audience from then on. FilmographyA Clockwork Orange. (1971). Stanley Kubrick. (Dir.). 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丑，很丑，非常丑，比《丑女贝蒂》里的贝蒂还要丑；怪，很怪，非常怪，比《天使爱美丽》里的多米尼克•皮诺还要怪（就是那个在艾米莉工作的餐厅的卫生间疯狂做爱搞的外面的灯一闪一闪的男人）。

一个丑女和一个怪男人也可以谈一场童话般的爱情，虽然看起来他们是那么的不和谐，但是这一切美好的就像梦一样。

这个片子我看完很久了，一直找不到一种合适的心情来描述它，今天刚刚好，那就来写写它。

它让我觉得怪异、尴尬，甚至还有点不耐烦——天，这么丑的演员，这么别扭的性格，这么缓慢的剧情，他们的人生简直就是一个难为情跟着另一个难为情，可是他们仍然自得其乐，并且找到了欣赏自己的那个人。

有些小细节非常的可爱，比如那些关于苹果的动画场景，很cute——两只互相倾慕靠近的苹果，一个被抛弃在桥下还被虫子蛀的乱七八糟，另一个只剩下了苹果核，它们自己站起来避开蚂蚁蜜蜂的侵袭，烂苹果和苹果核互相依偎着乘上一只大拖鞋在夕阳的余辉下向着大海驶去，无比温暖而感伤。

莉莉内向、拘谨，在杰罗德工作的地方偷偷看他，而杰罗德永远是那么神经质、怪异，策划着一场酝酿了十年的“神圣复仇”。

在一次“打扮成你最喜欢的动物”的化妆舞会，她把自己弄成了一只贫血的鲨鱼，而他则是一只有着愚蠢脑袋的老鹰。

导演塔基•科昂选择“鹰”和“鲨”来作为男女主角的象征和比喻是因为——“我喜欢这两个物种，是因为它们在各自的领域皆占有统治地位，不同的是一个在天上，一个在海里-——它们本来是无法在现实世界中相见的。

在各自的地界里，它们都是流浪着的孤独者。

也许莉莉和杰罗德并没有意识到这两种生物的特质，只是单纯地借助这些装扮来逃避他们所处的现实，但是我真的喜欢鹰和鲨，就是因为它们从不和别的动物结伴。

”或许莉莉喜欢上了错的人，杰罗德辜负了莉莉的深情，屡次想要从莉莉身边逃走。

如果莉莉喜欢上了一个完美男人，那这个片子应该叫做“灰姑娘”。

可是莉莉就是喜欢他，喜欢这个从小就在学校里被欺负、被嘲笑的人，喜欢他词不达意、别别扭扭的样子，喜欢他开的那些完全没有笑点的玩笑……这个人和她一样敏感脆弱，可是还要装出外表强悍的样子。

他躲在睡袋里，莉莉也抱着睡袋，躺在他的身边，两个人的睡袋在碧绿的草地上浪漫的互相追逐，这一段是动画，也是童话。

谁也不能对别人的爱情指手画脚。

莉莉是失败者，杰罗德也是。

可是当杰罗德说“i'm a loser”时，莉莉说“i know,it doesn't matter。

”要用那种理解、熨帖的语气轻轻柔柔的说出来，那一刻，莉莉是世界上最美丽的女人。

请珍惜每一颗相遇的真心，如果你相信爱情，你一定要看这个片子；如果你不相信爱情，它会帮你找回对爱情的希望。

这部电影让我有个强烈的冲动，即在自己的电影标签中加上“孤独”这个词。

孤独，简直是为这部电影量身打造的词，贯穿始终。

莉莉是快餐店的收银员，她不美，不时髦，拘谨，内向，偶尔弹吉他唱歌，和画漫画的弟弟生活在一起，玩拼图，看国家地理频道，生活波澜不惊。

她声音微细平板，不擅长与人交流，在快餐店经理与风骚的同事洁妮调笑时，她会在一旁发出不合时宜的笑声来附和，于是，她被解雇了，没有人同情她，因为她的存在感实在是太稀薄了。

她爱上了每天中午十二点准时来买一份“超大鸡”套餐的臭脸男人杰罗德，每天在镜子前演练杰罗德对自己的表白。

杰罗德却着迷于洁妮。

莉莉去了杰罗德的化装聚会，扮成一只鲨鱼，在“战斗人争霸”中击败其他挑战者，晋级与卫冕冠军——扮成鲨鱼的杰罗德一对一格斗，心甘情愿地输给他，杰罗德成为了莉莉的男朋友。

莉莉是孤独的，她身板干瘪，不懂取悦，在男人眼里没有魅力，在女人眼里可笑又可怜。

莉莉相依为命的弟弟是孤独的，他温和，不善交际，一把年纪还和姐姐住在同一间屋子里，平时讲话的也只有姐姐莉莉，他画画，在自己的世界里自得其乐。

在杰罗德的化装聚会上他扮成一直狼蛛，一直微笑着。

杰罗德是孤独的。

他有着古怪的人格缺陷，他偏执、暴躁、对周围世界充满强烈的不信任感，对莉莉想要了解他的询问加以斥责；他搜集很多古怪的东西，从心理学上讲便是没有安全感的一种表现；他习惯于说谎和掩饰，向家人吹嘘莉莉是艺术家，向莉莉夸大家人的死因，可以看到他极度的自备与焦虑。

杰罗德的家人是孤独的。

杰罗德的父亲坐着轮椅，由于小儿子的去世变得越来越封闭，经常无故发脾气，看电视的时候专注得仿佛耳朵不存在；杰罗德的姐姐姐夫穿着自己设计却不被大众认可的衣服，自得其乐；杰罗德的朋友梅森则是个讲话前言不搭后语的电脑小子，总是穿着一件写有“bugger”的T恤衫。

这部电影里就是有这样一群怪人，可以想象，他们中的任意一个都是在学校的小孩子中被排挤和嘲笑对象，他们特立独行，喃喃自语，讲的话没有人懂，做的事情不合逻辑，搜集古怪的东西，或者干脆封闭自我世界，在嘲讽和鄙夷中充耳不闻，或者唯唯诺诺，想尽力讨好他人却永远不得其法。

但是，不可否认的是，他们是善良的一群，在他们种种古怪的姿态下，也有一颗追求爱的心灵。

于是，我们看到杰罗德暴躁的发脾气后，在黑暗中说，如果你愿意可以握着我的手；莉莉被杰罗德甩掉了，自己一个人要搭公车回家的车站上，梅森骑着单车过来，磕磕巴巴地讲出你可以和我约会，在莉莉礼貌地拒绝后，他大声喊着“我是开玩笑的”骑车走远，可是他的慌乱和失望是故作镇静的言语无法掩饰的。

如果说“雨人”们的孤独症是先天的，在这部电影中则是一群后天的“雨人”，无论是涉世未深的孩子，渴求爱情的青年人，步调一致的中年夫妇，还是行将就木的老人，被孤独击中的他们无一幸免。

莉莉爱着杰罗德，爱着这样一个并不可爱的怪人，他们的交流并不顺利，但事实，她却有那样一份固执，她的世界里有着自己的一份童真和美丽，却是需要慢慢发掘的。

电影最温馨的便是存在于莉莉周围的一些干净的幻想，苹果，这种美丽多汁有香味有营养的水果，在莉莉周围活起来，有两只互相倾慕靠近的苹果，有被抛弃入桥下的虫蛀苹果，在水面上委屈的挣扎荡漾，还有一只苹果核，自己站起来避开蚂蚁蜜蜂的侵袭，乘上一只拖鞋船向大海驶去。

展现一群古怪人物的生活，所以整部影片的基调算是比较压抑的，而从起始显得那样不起眼的女人莉莉，却在镜头中慢慢呈现出一种近似透明的小清新，让人对这个并不美丽的女孩心生好感，看着她一双大眼从快活的闪动到伤感落泪，看着她紧绷的嘴唇时而泛出小心翼翼的微笑，看着她沿着画着美丽海洋与鲨鱼图案的石墙的背景孤独地走过沙滩，让人感觉她是值得珍惜的。

鹰是天空中孤独的王者，它眼眸犀利，什么都看得到。

鲨鱼是海洋中孤独的王者，它嗅觉敏锐，逐伤者而行。

孤独总是让人心生悲怆。

从什么时候起，交流变得那样困难？

又是从什么时候起，自己的世界再不信任他人的过问？

什么时候，谎言支撑起一切？

又是在什么时候，爱与信任互相拉扯，双失双叹。

这部电影不是给你一个明确的答案，只是展现了一种状态。

孤独是一种病，又有何良药？

也许只是莉莉的苹果，烂苹果和苹果核，即使被世界遗弃以后，也总是会找到合适的彼此。

如果是你拾到它，那么请善待它，就如善待每一颗相遇的心。

感觉不是很好，看起总有一种压抑的感觉，但是又无法表达出来，感觉故事的叙述上不是很好，而且讲的故事很无聊。

看这部片子之前其实需要做好心理准备，要么很“雷”，要么大爱。

我觉得这是我看过的最古怪的电影了，当然论搞怪个性可能这部新西兰独立电影不算什么，但是至今为止它是我唯一一部看过的里面的角色没有一个不是“怪人”的电影。

Lily很古怪，其实长得明明算是漂亮伶俐，但是就透着一份怪异一份呆。

同时叫她“疯女人”，老板耍花招就是要辞退她，但是她不抱怨，只傻笑。

她暗恋那个在音像店打工每天来快餐店吃饭的男孩Jarrod。

两个人在一个动物变装的Party上熟识，恋爱了。

Jarrod其实也很怪异，喜欢做一些奇奇怪怪的DIY，情绪经常不稳定，还有一些诡异的举动，比如说做完爱就躺在床上打恐吓电话啦口口声声说要复仇啦之类的。

后来这种怪异在Lily陪他回到家乡的时候一点一点浮出水面……我很喜欢这个故事。

和里面所有的人物，包括Jarrod的那群稀奇古怪的家人和朋友。

估计最开始谁都不会喜欢Lily这个女孩，总是耷拉着嘴角一脸愁相，哪怕笑的时候你也想扁她。

傻乎乎的，呆呆的，不知道脑子里想些什么，感觉不正常。

唯独在看着自己喜欢的人的时候，那发自内心微笑的眼睛很可爱。

但是后来，你会觉得她很可爱，很温柔，很大度，永远不抱怨，心肠很好，她其实有很多优点，喜欢唱歌，喜欢运动，喜欢交朋友，做很多事都很有天分，很容易接纳身边的人。

你会觉得Jarrod伤她的心实在太不是东西啦！

你会禁不住想Jarrod一定会后悔的，一定！

你会跟Jarrod的家人一样，开始喜欢她，开始和她打成一片。

我就慢慢开始喜欢看她抱着细长的腿坐在那，头发别个可爱的发卡，发呆；喜欢看她光着脚猫着腰起劲的在那个大圆木里奔跑……然后看着她穿着Jarrod姐姐自己做的运动服化着妆去参加小镇的party，喝酒，疯狂的跳舞，弹吉他，在众人的欢呼声中摇着呼拉圈跳舞，然后在欢呼的高潮中直接跑掉，一路跑过树林一边把衣服都甩开最后在灌木丛里睡着……我觉得她好酷。

她真酷。

Jarrod的复仇大计最后变成闹剧，他一个人抓着睡袋跑到山坡上，Lily套在红色的睡袋里亦步亦趋跟着。

她爱他，尽管他很糟糕。

他说“I'm a loser.”她说“I know,it doesn't matter.”她在蓝天下造地上躺在他身边，陪着他，注视着他。

她说，“我有两点要说明。

一、明天早上我会做巴士离开这里。

二、第一点可以改变。

”喜欢她，好像喜欢这部电影一样，慢热型的说说Jarrod。

老实说我觉得他很不好看。

而且傻。

而且呆。

而且有点装二百五。

其实他很自卑，于是喜欢说谎躲避。

这种人我见过，习惯性说谎症，已经是一种交流方式了，条件反射一般的对于所有任何有必要说谎没必要说谎的大事小事都要保留一点真实的元素。

怎么说呢，大概是因为自卑吧，所以觉得自己的事情不被他人掌握才安全。

靠一些无聊的小玩意来维护自己的自尊和面子。

但是Lily爱他。

所以他一定能幸福。

我真喜欢那个场景：第二天一早家人们送Lily去做巴士回城里，他站在写着“kick your ass”的墙边，手里扯着几朵洁白的百合，等着Lily……实在太有爱了。

结尾的CG很有趣，Lily丢掉的苹果核坐在拖鞋上顺流而下漂到一个岛上，遇到了Jarrod当初咬了一口丢掉的烂苹果，一见钟情然后坐在一起看海边的夕阳…………怎么那么可爱啊 其实这就是一个苹果核和烂苹果的爱情故事吧？

或者说，这是一场动物的爱情：一只老鹰和一条鲨鱼么？

他们彼此欣赏着对方的怪异，他们最契合，他们最般配。

爱情对动物来说就是知觉，而老鹰和鲨鱼都是凶猛的动物