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Surf's Up 2: WaveMania
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FilmPG2007
Surf's Up
Directed by Ash Brannon, Chris Buck
With a documentary crew in tow, Cody Maverick—a young surfer from Antarctica—travels to the pacific for his first professional competition. Determined to earn respect and live up to his idol, Big Z, Cody pushes himself to the limit. But all that changes when an encounter with a laid-back local forces him to rethink his values. From TMDB
106 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 3, 2026 · How this works
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Surf's Up is a 2007 animation comedy family film, directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck, starring Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges and Zooey Deschanel.
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60 of 106 · most liked firstdrawing knives from my surfs up/surfer au 🌊vash and nico are lifeguards & nico also teaches kids how to surf, the twins are competitive surfers too & its set on Pen Gu Island from Surf's Up 2007 😂 (which is the surfing capital of the world for those who havent seen the movie🐧
neutral · AI labelView post →Random thing but if Splatoon ever gets a movie or anime I want it to be a slice of life framed as a documentary. Like imagine Surf's Up but with the Splatoon promokids or smth. Or a couple of OVAs adapting the storymode campaigns by Studio Trigger. Or both in a perfect world.
neutral · AI labelView post →Surf's Up! Hang 20 Joe and Jake 😻 @film-authority.bsky.social #PlunderCatsBP
neutral · AI labelView post →God I love this movie AND Big Z. There is no other animated movie with the tone and style of Surf's Up. There may never be again.
positive · AI labelView post →Surf's Up! is my favorite watersports movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Storks is very cute, and very fuckin WEIRD. And Junior is extremely hot for the entire movie oh my goddddd. Good Bird Movie. Next on up on the bird movie marathon is Surf's Up, which I have seen several times now. The best part is that Cody never goes home and never sees his awful family again!
positive · AI labelView post →🌈 WEEK 5/12 - 5/18 SCHEDULE !! 🌈 💖🧡💛💚💙💜 🦊 WED: REPO - my 1st time.... W/ @pajamatoad.bsky.social + @netsters.bsky.social + BEEVS!! 🦊🐸🧝🐀 - 1PM 🦊 FRI: SPOOKY reading/media 🔪🩸 - 10PM 🎞️ SAT: movie night!! SURF'S UP 🌊🐧 - 6PM 💖🧡💛💚💙💜 wee wooo.... 🚨 wee wooo... 🚨 i'm scared #vtuber #decora #vsky
neutral · AI labelView post →I forgot how damn good of a movie the original Surf's Up is, still looks great too. I feel like I just came back from the Cineplex in 2007
positive · AI labelView post →Got baked and watched a movie called Surf's Up (2007) for the first time. It was really good. - The penguins were fat - The characters were good. - The female penguin looked really...u know ;) - loverly story about surfing and famliy (parental figures?) i think. - im still baked rn - i love penguins
positive · AI labelView post →Surf's Up 2: Wavemania is an embarrassment for Sony Animation and definitely an excuse to make a sequel no one asked for. Its basically the same movie as the original only have the main character idolize a group of surfers who are voiced by various wrestling celebrities. A weak attempt for a sequel
negative · AI labelView post →Well, Pete's not wrong. Happy Feet and Surf's Up came around the same decade, and there are a lot of movies that focus on penguins (or at least have them in comedic side parts). Having beavers be in the limelight makes the film more unique.
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember my first time watching Surf's Up 2: WaveMania. I got to the "fish milking" scene, and everything went kinda blank after that. I think my soul left my body for the rest of the movie, and came back once it was over, because I can't remember anything else.
negative · AI labelView post →Share a movie soundtrack you love. Hands down, Surf's Up! Or maybe Shrek? Now I can't choose 😆
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't disagree but I want to point out Surf's Up used a filming technique the CG Lion King used years later and pretended they invented. The movie isn't meritless. youtu.be/eq_6aZWMFlE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →A penguin inspired by the movie "Surf's Up" because I loved all the penguins markings. Unironically one of my favorite movie ever. #art #bird #doodle
positive · AI labelView post →Surf's Up is low-key an anti-capitalist movie
neutral · AI labelView post →The Sony animated movie Surf's Up is on YouTube Movies for free. I bring this up because it inspired a certain gag in this thumbnail I drew.
neutral · AI labelView post →Review of Surf's Up 2 and, I lack the ability to make this up, a review of The Handmaiden that was plagiarized from some Letterboxd review of the Chip And Dale movie, I commented on his Space Jam review joking that he'd make great friends with James Somerton and he got furiously angry at me (2/?)
neutral · AI labelView post →Ever had a movie meet you at the perfect time? As a teen, I was trying to figure out how to just have fun, and Surf's Up landed in my lap like a message from the universe. It was formative! What movie or book felt like it was written for you when you needed it? #movies #storytelling #nostalgia
positive · AI labelView post →#JulyMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky Day 22 - Penguin in a Movie Surf's Up --Brilliant comedy masquerading as a kid's flick.
positive · AI labelView post →The Smurfs, Surf's Up 2, the goddamn Emoji Movie... Of course they've had missteps. Not the "first one" by any means.
neutral · AI labelView post →The first time I got severe tendonitis and couldn't walk I spent all day watching bird cartoon movies. I should find some more to watch today once my new resume is finished and I've sent it to a dozen job listings. It's tradition! For the record, I think the best bird movie is Surf's Up.
positive · AI labelView post →have nothing else to do so I'm gonna watch Surf's Up because it's free on YouTube and I haven't seen the movie yet. I had the Happy Meal toys though
neutral · AI labelView post →I love when people discover that Surf's Up is like a fucking fantastic sports movie
positive · AI labelView post →and said that I was angry at him for criticizing a sacred cow such as (checks notes) Space Jam 1 when no, I was joking about him writing a review of that movie that was literally Schafrillas' review of Surf's Up 2 and finding the idea of ANOTHER gay Canadian with filmmaking aspirations (3/?)
neutral · AI labelView post →After a nice busy weekend, what better way to kick back and relax than by finishing up my article on the genius storytelling that is present in the movie Surf's Up, about surfing penguins... naturally! open.substack.com/pub/graemesa... #MovieAnalysis #Storytelling #Storycraft
neutral · AI labelView post →Catch some killer waves with NECA's #SDCC exclusive #ChildsPlay3 #Chucky "Ultimate Surf's Up" figure, inspired by a never-used concept poster for the film: sdccblog.com/2025/06/neca...
neutral · AI labelView post →Surf's Up is the only movie that I've ever watched where I saw it and immediately stood in line for another ticket.
positive · AI labelView post →hear me out but I would rather watch Cars 2, Turning Red, and Elio any day over Sony Pictures Animation's worst movies like The Emoji Movie, the live-action Smurfs movies, and Surf's Up 2, since they at least offer something interesting, Turning Red was about trying to deal with puberty.
neutral · AI labelView post →80th Oscars: Bill Nighy - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Jeff Bridges - Surf's Up Julie Kavner - The Simpsons Movie Patton Oswalt - Ratatouille Peter Cullen - Transformers Winner: Julie Kavner
neutral · AI labelView post →1/4/25 Surf's Up (rewatch) Is it not enough for a movie to just fill me with joy #winonermedia
positive · AI labelView post →This happened again and again and again with the From Hell movie, the LXG movie, the V for Vendetta movie (and new TV series), the Watchmen TV show, prequel, Doomsday Clock integration, movie, figures, motion comic, animation, audio drama, Watchmen Babies in Surf's Up, etc.
neutral · AI labelView post →#YoinkPage 06. I can NEVER give one answer to this so I'm just gonna say a lot: Fav games are Jet Set Radio, Space Channel 5 P2, Don't Starve, ARMS, Hi-Fi Rush, SA2, Kid Icarus Uprising, Spelunky. Fav movie would probably be Surf's Up. I watch way more TV than movies.
positive · AI labelView post →I just learned that Lauryn Hill wrote an original song for the 2007 movie Surf's Up. How the fuck did that happen?
neutral · AI labelView post →10 comfort movies 1. A Knight's Tale 2. Jurassic Park 3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 4. Surf's Up 5. Lilo and Stitch 6. How to Train Your Dragon 7. 10 Things I Hate About You 8. Treasure Planet 9. Road to El Dorado 10. The Princess Bride Repost with your top 10! #filmsky #moviesky #film
neutral · AI labelView post →I've told this story on stream, but one of my Aunts works in production and she helped produce Surf's Up (the penguin surfing movie if you couldn't remember) and James Woods, who was in the movie, one day on set decided to say some utterly deplorable, depraved things to her.
neutral · AI labelView post →13 movies to get to know me UglyDolls Dog man Hoppers All dogs go to heaven Zootopia Over the hedge Rio The Angry Birds Movie Migration (2023) Surf's Up Russian Ark superbad Pineapple Express
neutral · AI labelView post →Ten non-horror movies to get to know me: UglyDolls Dog man Hoppers All dogs go to heaven Zootopia Over the hedge Rio The Angry Birds Movie Migration (2023) Surf's Up
neutral · AI labelView post →Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli. I could have also gone with Surf's Up, but Baby Driver is such a good movie and more people should watch it.
neutral · AI labelView post →The age regression scene Digimon the Movie is a core memory. But Surf's Up final answer!
neutral · AI labelView post →every day of 2026, I'll post an animated film. 1️⃣7️⃣8️⃣ SURF'S UP (2007) dir. Ash Brannon, Chris Buck In this parody of surfing documentaries, a penguin from Antarctica enters a surfing competition.
neutral · AI labelView post →#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge Day 21 - Surfing in a Movie Surf's Up --I heart this movie!
positive · AI labelView post →Ah man i really enjoyed "the GOAT", a lot like my current movie obsession Surf's Up where the lead protag reinspires their heros who are different kinds of jaded. And,,, there are similarly witnessed levels of intimate subtext between them... Omnomnom.... Also!!! Love that it's not a "crazy stakes"-
positive · AI labelView post →However, I can definitely say it and Surf's Up (the original, A.K.A. the good one) are my two personal favorites from the studio outside of those film series.
positive · AI labelView post →Theres no other movie like Surf's Up.
positive · AI labelView post →Surf's Up: Idk why I watched this, but this movie is incredibly nostalgic to me. It's pretty mid in its writing and the pacing is kind of too fast, but for some reason it simply sparks joy in the deadened furnaces of my heart The final shot is so pretty I can't help but fixate on it 7/10
neutral · AI labelView post →(1/13/25) Surf's Up FUN!!! I ALMOST CRIED!!! legit a good movie
positive · AI labelView post →Mornin y'all! So we do a movie night every week and this week's movie was Surf's Up. Was no one gonna tell me that Surf's Up was actually a legitimately fun and silly movie? I thought it was just a Happy Feet clone but it really is a great movie.
positive · AI labelView post →why can't he ever just acknowledge that his precious Sony Pictures Animation also made garbage movies as well like The Emoji Movie, Surf's Up 2, The Open Season sequels, Hotel Translyvania 4: Transformania and Fixed which are all horrible as heck.
neutral · AI labelView post →Surf's Up (2007) Watched this with my nephews while babysitting. I'm surprised how well this aged for a movie about surfing penguins. Got a good message, and the animation still looks great 19 years later. Despite the weird tiki stuff, this was a pretty good movie
positive · AI labelView post →Surf's Up (2007) Yeah I got in the mood to watch one more animated penguin movie lol. I have another nostalgia bias for this too, cliche story but the documentary style and the penguins make it unique. Also the sea urchin is still the best character in the movie. 4.25/5
positive · AI labelView post →I get excited watching Open Season and Surf's Up, do you really think I give a fuck about getting into arguments to defend my reason for enjoying a movie? lmao
positive · AI labelView post →Surf's Up? That movie is amazing lol. It's so underrated.
positive · AI labelView post →Surf's Up is a good movie You should watch it
positive · AI labelView post →Surf's Up has crept into my top 10 films as I've gotten older. I think I wanna live by the ocean now... Anyway here's like, the best sequence in the film
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Surf's Up.
neutral · AI labelView post →i know they weren't specifically referring to the actual movie Surf's Up but for the record it DOES have a pretty wack b-plot with a tribe of body-painted cannibal penguins who speak gibberish and keep trying to cook/eat the chicken guy, which i frequently forget about when thinking about that movie
neutral · AI labelView post →I REMBER.. Weather: stormy/windy (but not when it makes everything staticky) Bird: secretary bird :) Cake: crepe cake Holiday: Christmas or Valentine's ... Movie: normal abt Surf's Up (2007, Sony Pictures Animation, dir. Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
neutral · AI labelView post →2007 Best Animated Feature recap Persepolis: A+ Ratatouille (winner): S Surf's Up: B+ Did the best picture win?: Yes Snubs: Meet the Robinsons. TMNT. Bee Movie for the meme.
neutral · AI labelView post →August 54/100 Aug01st: Joe James / The Ends, Never Ends Aug02nd: Burial / Untrue Aug02nd: Beach Boys / Surf's Up Aug06th: Loyle Carner / Not Waving, But Drowning Aug10th: Cobrah / Succubus Aug11th: Charli xcx / Music, Fashion, Film Aug12th: The Walker Brothers / The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
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