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Summary: This Summer's Only Blockbuster
Review: Shrek is the surprisingly clever new computer-animated film from Dreamworks SKG. The story takes place in a land inhabited by classic fairy-tale creatures, who attempt to live by the rules set forth in their respective stories, without being bound by any set plotline. The result is inspired lunacy at it's comedic, and sometimes just plain weird, best. The bad guy is Lord Farquaad, voiced by John Lithgow. He want's to be a king, but to do that, he must marry a princess. Luckily, the land is loaded with eligible wives. For example, there's that one with the mean stepsisters, and then there's that chick who hangs out with those seven little men. Whom shall he choose? Ah, Princess Fiona, voiced by Cameron Diaz, would make a simply beautiful, status enriching bride! Using the most fairy-tale-incorrect methods available, Lord Farquaad then goes about acquiring his lovely throne. As you may have guessed, this is not your typical kiddie film. Shrek has a satirical edge that sets it apart from most other films of it's kind. Lest I forget to mention, the hero of this film is an ogre named Shrek, voiced by Mike Myers, who must pose as a knight to rescue the fair Fiona. Along for the ride is his trusty steed, er, talking donkey, voiced by Eddie Murphy. To top off the surprises, Eddie Murphy has the best character, and his many sarcastic comments of comic relief from silly situations are the biggest laughs in the film. So, in the end, Shrek proves that fairy tales aren't just for kids, and that there's more than one way to live happily ever after.
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Summary: Dreamworks beat Disney at their own game!
Review: In this film the title character Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) is a big, green, ugly ogre who lives alone in a swamp. When Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) overruns his swamp with famous fairy tale characters he goes off on a quest with a wisecracking donkey (Eddie Murphy) to rescue the kidnapped Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from a fire-breathing dragon, and (you guessed it) falls in love with her on the way home.The plot of this film is like a normal fairy tale turned upside-down - as well as being quite sweet it contains some very funny jokes (there are some digs at the Disney studio, and a great sequence which spoofs "The Matrix"). A special mention must also go to the computer animation, which looks phenomenal. Despite what some people may say, this is not just a movie for young children, as a number of the references to other movies and some of the humor (which can be rather lewd) will fly right over their heads. This film will entertain both adults and children though, as it works on two levels - the charming story is in its` own way a fairy tale, while also being a parody of more traditional fairy tale movies, poking fun at established characters. (There is a surprising twist at the end, but I won`t spoil it for you). Overall, I think this is an excellent movie - a cute plot combined with some great humor proves that cartoons aren`t only for kids. Superb.
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Summary: Great movie
Review: I love this movie. 1 of my top 10! My only complaint is that the games don't work on our computer (Windows XP). I rate the DVD 3 and the movie itself 5.
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Summary: Literally true: Fun for children of all ages.
Review: The voices assigned to the main characters in Shrek are especially well-matched with their personalities, notably, Myers (Shrek), Murphy (Donkey), Diaz (Princess Fiona), and Lithgow (Lord Farquaad). The basic plot involves a green ogre (Shrek) who agrees to rescue the beautiful princess Fiona and deliver her to Lord Farquaad inorder to save his home as well as those of familiar fairy tale characters which include Robin Hood, the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and Three Blind Mice. The rescue is complicated by the fact that Princess Fiona is protected by a female dragon. Unlike Finding Nemo whose creators take a traditional approach when developing the plot, this film is "hip" (at times anachronistic) largely because of dialogue entrusted to Murphy's Donkey and the generous use of popular tunes. At one point, also, Fiona displays martial arts skills worthy of Bruce Lee. But like Finding Nemo, this film offers great entertainment value to all age groups. Our grandchildren (ranging in age from three to 13) enjoy it as much as their parents and grandparents do but (obviously) for somewhat difference reasons. Co-directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, adapted from a story by William Steig, Shrek's quality of animation is outstanding, earning for it an Academy Award as best animation feature. Sometimes the humor is off the proverbial wall. Sometimes the plot seems unnecessarily complicated (e.g. the brief appearance by Monsieur Hood), if not frantic. Children probably enjoy the mayhem more than their elders do. Their elders probably appreciate the witty repartee more than they do. However, the film retains its appeal to those in all age groups even after repeated viewings. That is quite an admirable achievement. I also appreciate the wealth of special features which accompany this DVD version.
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Summary: A screaming Ogre of a classic!
Review: I was totally blown away when I finished seeing this awesome animated movie at the big screen. I thought that the "Toy Story" movies could not be topped but "Shrek" proved me wrong. "Shrek" surpassed Pixar's previous movies and today, it is already a much-beloved classic. I don't know how they do but Pixar have managed to create a truly original story every time they make a movie. Not only that , their movies have had the fun and welcoming atmosphere to appeal to younger audiences yet also have enough sophistication and dialog to win over the adult audience and "Shrek" is one of the shining examples of such movies. On this round of animated Disney fun, the typical fairy tale storyline is severely warped into a charmingly funny adventure starring a modestly unfriendly green Ogre named Shrek played by Mike Myers, a loquacious donkey played by none other than than the eccentric comedian actor Eddie Murphy, whose role in this rejuvenated his career which was going through a stagnant stage with turkey after turkey ("I Spy" anyone?), and a princess named Fione played by Cameron Diaz. The story begins with a huge solitary Ogre named Shrek who has enjoyed most of his life in peace alone on his swamp/home. However, the harmony of isolation is completely destroyed when one night, all of the Disney characters such as Cinderella, Snow White and her Seven Dwarfs, Tinkerbelle, and Pinocchio, are banished from their homelands and to Shrek's utter horror and dismay, to his very own swamp, which he hates sharing with others thanks to a tyrannical royal kind names Lord Farquaad. Back at his dungeon-like castle, Farquaad seeks to become king but his ambitions have hit a brick wall time and time again because he has to marry a princess in order to do so. Back at the swamp, Shrek tries to drive the cartoon exiles off his swamp but eventually gives in, and decides to confront Farquaad to return the 'cartoon exiles' back to their homes. Along the way, Shrek meets a loquacious, eccentric donkey along the way whose talkative ways get on Shrek's nerves but in the end a strong friendship forms between the two as they go up against numerous forces to return the exiles back to their homes. During that time, Shrek has to rescue a princess named Fione from a horrible dungeonlike castle that is guarded by an extremely 'dangerous' dragon that breaths fire in order to 'regain' his swamp back from the exiled beings. But from there, the so called fairytale is completely warped into a comedic adventure full of fun, laughs, and excellent storylines. But not only those make this movie great, it also has a highly important message about what true love really is about that personality is far more important than physical appearance and I tell you, it is for this reason taht "Shrek" is in fact, not only a great and fun movie, but also an important must-have for the ages. I tell you, even if it buts heads against "Monsters Inc." or "Finding Nemo" as my favorite animated movie, there is no denying that "Shrek" ushered in a new golden age in animated moviemaking. Please buy this awesome movie. It's absolutely worth every rusted penny!
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Summary: One of the best movies in recent memory.
Review: Set in a strange, colorful land populated by fairy tale characters, SHREK is a hilarious comedy that will win over audiences of children and adults alike. Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) is a fearsome green ogre living in isolation in his own cozy little swamp. He is not receptive to visitors, and fends off the occasional party of torch-wielding villagers with ease. But when the power-hungry Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) turns Shrek's swamp into a relocation camp for dozens of banished fairy-tale characters (including some pesky dwarves, wolves, and fairies) Shrek's quiet, introverted life is ruined. Joined by the talkative Donkey (Eddie Murphy), Shrek makes his way to Farquaad's realm of Duloc, where the Lord promises makes Shrek and offer: He will rid Shrek's land of the unwanted visitors if Shrek will go on a simple quest to free Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from her remote, dragon-guarded castle and convince her to marry Farquaad. On their quest, Shrek and Donkey run into a number of bizarre situations, and Shrek finds himself realizing that he isn't quite the fearsome monster he has always made himself out to be. Reinventing the traditional fairy tale adventure, SHREK features gorgeous computer animation, a unique sense of humor, and compelling characters--especially Eddie Murphy's lovable Donkey. This movie is worth the DVD alone. The problem only lies in the DVD itself. Some may find the extras to be lacking. This is a double disc DVD, so you would expect the 1st disc to have the movie and a few extras and the 2nd disc to have alot of extras, not the case here. The 1st disc has a widescreen presentation and 2nd has a full screen, but the real problem is they both have the same extras but in differnt places. I let down nontheless. Still the documuntry is worth it, but the Karokee Dance Party were the cast sings varouis songs is great. The donkey singing Sir Mix Alot's "I like Big Butts" is the funniest thing on the DVD.
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Summary: Shrek on DVD
Review: Dreamworks Shrek is one of the best technical by then in quite some time Shrek was not just a box office hit, but it was a hit among childrens and fans of all ages. Shrek's success lay on Dreamworks success formula of mixing in all their previous characters that audiences loved, along with making a great adventure that had audiences entertained. I have watched the movie before several but the dvd is amazing, it's literally
like watching the movie all over again with the featuretts and some added
scenes . The movie Shrek also had a great number of musical songs used in the movie such as Smashmouth's ''All Star'', Willie Nelson's ''On The Road Again'', ''The Pina Colada Song'' by Robert Holmes. Shrek (Michael Myers) is not your typical fairy tale hero, which is another reason why audiences loved the movie. Shrek is proof that not every hero needs to be a tall, perfect being that rescues the princess. Shrek is virtually a whose who of all fairy tales: Pinocchio, The 3 Little Pigs, The Big
Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, are just a couple examples of fairy tale characters provide not only humor, but another chance for kids and audiences to love their fairy tale character that they heard as kids. Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) evicts all the Fairy Tale Creatures from their homes, and makes them move to the swamp. Farquaad in a funny scenes tries to capture the big, loving orge, Shrek outside his kingdom of Duloc, but Shrek defeats the men in a hilarious display including a spoof of wrestling. The wrestling spoof done by Shrek is absolute hilarious is no doubt a shot at Pro Wrestling at it's best. Farquaad helpless against Shrek, offers him the chance to get his swamp back but tells Shrek that he must complete a special journey to get his home back. That journey of course entails not only Shrek defeating a mysterious dragon,
but a beautiful princess named Fiona (Cameron Diaz). Fiona is the beautiful princess who is somewhat chained to Lord Farquaad
but who dreams of being rescued by a great knignt of course that's when
Shrek comes in... The ending was a bit of a surprise but it was a welcome surprise, in fact
compared to that garbage of a movie called ''Shallow Hal'' , ''Shrek'' actually
does live up to theme of the inner beauty within someone to find love. The DVD is loaded, I mean loaded with special features, in fact I think that the Academy Awards should add a category for best DVD'S because they are alot of great dvd's out there that deserve their awards. The DVD of Shrek is one such great dvd, it comes loaded with many features including: Trailer of The Film
Interview with the Cast of The Film (In their Animated form)
HBO First Look at Shrek
A Tech Look at the Making of Shrek
A Sneak Peek at other upcoming animated films
A Special hint section for the XBOX game of Shrek
A Special Dubbing featurette
and many more features!!! So check out the movie and check the dvd, now that Shrek 2 is coming out
in the summer, a revisit and reviewing of the original seems very appropriate
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Summary: One of my favorite movies ever!
Review: All right, all right, I know it's a kid's movie, but I just can't help but love it. It's funny, interesting and nice. I enjoy all the characters, especially Donkey(he reminds me of myself a lot). The story is rather complicated, but I'll do my best to tell it. Shrek is an ogre who lives in a menacing swamp. But the Lord Farquaad sends all these dumb characters to live in it. Lord Farquaad promises Shrek and his sidekick Donkey to give them back the swamp if Shrek and Donkey will rescue the Princess Fiona from a guarded tower. They do, with strange results.
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Summary: Hilariously Human
Review: To say this movie is a laugh a minute is almost an understatement. I have never been so intrigued by any animation to date. The fact that characters from various fairy tales kept appearing was highly amusing to both my husband and I. We could not stop laughing! Finally, we found another movie we could both enjoy. We loved the three blind mice! Basically, the fairy-tale characters are driven from their land/homes and they are sent to the swamp inhabited by Shrek the ogre. In his attempt to get Lord Farquaad to allow the characters to return to their homes, he finds a new purpose and mission. He is sent to rescue the fair Princess Fiona who is quite the character. The fact that this animation also included a dragon and a princess in a castle tower was just so perfect. Everything was spectacular as far as the animation went and I was especially impressed with the castles and molten lava. Without Eddie Murphy's voice, the donkey would not have been half as funny. Shrek also has a wonderful Scottish accent. The friendship between Shrek and the donkey kept reminding me of the movie: "What about Bob?" for some reason and was equally comical. I didn't enjoy the Karaoke scenes, but those are after the movie. Most kids won't get the adult humor, but the crudeness here and there was definitely not necessary and was just too "adolescent male" for my "over 30 female" tastes. Not for younger kids because of the adult humor in places. Pity, this could have been a really good family film and it brings out various aspects I thought could be great lessons for kids. Like accepting people for who they are, not for how they look, etc. Romantic in places and ROFLOL funny. In a way, it is a reality check for everyone who likes to live in fantasy land. @-->-->---
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Summary: Rollicking good fun in the enchanted woods
Review: The DVD actually out does the theatrical version. The extended ending gave me belly laughs and the extras are worth 5 stars by themselves. I'd agree that Shrek lacks the sweetness of Toy Story but it more than makes up for that with its visual and verbal barbs aimed everywhere (The Matrix, Disney, Snow White, classic rock songs, fairytales, etc.). Shrek manages to spoof a number of genres all within less than two hours. The dual disc release is a great way to cram as many extras on without sacrificing picture quality. The second disc has a director commentary that's both fun and enlightening. Additional extras are animation tests and a DVD rom game. Including both the widescreen and full screen versions is perfect for this family; I prefer the widescreen films to the pan and scanned versions while my wife and kids prefer the full screened. We're both kept happy in the process. The picture quality is crisp, sharp and has a depth that is at times startling. The sound mix is great whether you're watching it on your television or in DTS. Kudos to Dreamworks for putting together another winner and for pulling out all the stops for this entertaining film.
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