Shrek

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Summary: Onion
Review: I have to say that this must be the best movie ever. And like Shrek, the ogre, Shrek, the movie, is like an onion. It has layers!!!
There is the first layer of animation, which is superb. The characters, although cartoony, are very detailed, and the voices are superb. I didnt mind the cartoony part too much, because the main character, after all is a big green ogre, and how can you have a non cartoony green ogre??

Then there is the other layer of humor. The jokes are side splitting, and although some of them are a bit "bathroom humor" - it's not too bad. The jokes are done very tastefully, and they are definetly much more decent than the way kids talk nowdays. Older kids(7-15) and adults will love the humor. Younger kids may not get some of the humor. Eddie Murphy is excellent as the DOnkey, and I could watch the entire DVD just watching Donkey and nothing else. There are potshots at Disney characters, which can be quite entertaining

The next layer is the story, which is sort of a farce on the traditional fairytale, which would be expected to be predictable. It does have a slight twist at the end though

Next are the characters and the relationships between the characters. Shrek and Fiona, and even Donkey too some extent are quite deep. Both Shrek and Fiona have their wishes, hopes and desires. Both the characters have paradoxes within them. Shrek is a green ogre that everybody hates, and who is quite content living in the swamp alone. However, he wants to be loved, and deep inside he wants company. He has built up a facade of a big macho guy who lives alone, to keep people from hurting him. Fiona is a female who has pre-set notions of "true love", and has her life planned down to the last detail. However, life doesnt turn out the way she planned, when a big ugly ogre comes and saves her. Part of the story is how she comes to term with the circumstances, and in doing so, finds her true self. The characters could have been much to complex for a children's story, however the story has been played out sobeautifully that it's not too hard to understand them. The realtionship between Donkey and Shrek as best friends is really beautiful and so realistic

Next is the dialogue. The dialogue is full of humor, but it also at the same time manage to be quite deep. The conversation between Shrek and Onion on how Ogres are like onions is astonishingly simple and yet so descriptive of the character. The author must have given a lot of thought on how to represent the character in such a simple, clean, easy yet meaningful terms

Last is the music. There are song and dance sequneces in the movie, and there is a karoake scene as an extra that the kids will enjoy

So, I would say definetly buy this DVD, I know I am going to. Kids, and even some adults will love watching it again adn again and again

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Summary: Toy Story Meets Grimm's Fairy Tales- funfor kids and adults!
Review: If you can get past the hokey ending (not the cool video at the end...the corny deus ex machina...or should i say dragon ex machina) you have a delightful and rare equal to the Disney animated feature films. The cast, though never actually working in the same room (according to the "making of") clicks wonderfully. Mike Myers voices a very understated ogre, Eddie Murphy shines as Shrek's wise-cracking sidekick, John Lithgow plays the delicious villian with the Napoleanic complex and Cameron Diaz is the beautiful princess with a dark secret.

There are plenty of jokes that adults will enjoy (plenty of potshots at Disney, for example), but its straightforward enough that kids won't mind mom and dad chuckling right along side them.

Shrek is a spectacular fantasy, populated with characters from everyone's favorite childhood stories (from Pinochio to the mirror from Sleeping Beauty to 3 Blind Mice and the Gingerbread Man) with an obvious, if slightly flawed moral (beauty is not skin deep unless you're short - in which case your evil). I'd rank this just a notch below the 2 Toy Stories for all-time great kids movies. The fantastic menus and tons of extras make this a must have - with or without kids!

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Summary: Very funny, and it's for kids and adults
Review: Actually, it appeared that the makers of the film were trying to appeal to both children and adults, and couldn't quite make up their minds. Parts of it will go over children's heads, such as when Shrek first sees the very tall castle of the very short king, and comments, "Do you think he's compensating?" There is potty humor, all of which was unnecessary to the plot, but most kids will giggle at it. Overall, it's a very good and very funny film, with excellent animation, with deserved stabs at the lowlifes now running (and ruining) Disney.

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Summary: WOW!
Review: If you though "Shrek" was a Disney/Pixar meeting of the mind, you must be thinking of "Monster Inc.". This is Dreamworks: SKG
latest animated movie to be released. And it's makes a cute adventures for the kids and a pretty good satire on fairy tale movies for the adults.

The movie begins when Shrek (Meyers), a not-so-friendly orge, founds out that Lord Farquad (Lithrow) had dumped a few fairytale creatures in this swamp. Shrek and a unstopping talking donkey (Murpy) goes straight to Lord's home, Durloc, to get this swamp back, but they had to recause the Princess Fiona
(Diaz) from a dragon guarding castle.

You can easily guess what's Princess Fiona sercet this, but that's the only flaw in this movie. I give it Amazon's highest rate of 5 stars.

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Summary: Kid's love it.
Review: This movie is cute and I love the digs on Disney and Fairy Tales. My kids can't stop watching it. I recommend it for 5 year olds up to adults.

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Summary: Funny for kids and adults alike
Review: What do a smelly ogre, a talking donkey, and a beautiful princess have in common? When they come together, they will make you fall of your chair, couch, or whatever you are sitting in, trying to catch your breath from laughing so hard! Shrek is a fast paced, funny, thrilling, emotional, roller coaster ride that will make you laugh, cry, and worry about the characters as they face a love sick dragon, a rather short dictator, and try to live in a world where fairytail creatures are being banned from their homes.

What starts as a adventure to get his home back, Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) finds himself thrown into situations that he has never faced before. He must open his heart, and his home to those who grow to like him. The donkey (voiced by Eddie Murphy) is Shrek's likeable and laughable sidekick on the trek.

To get his home back, Shrek must find the princess of an evil "wannabe" king's dreams. With a series of quirky adventures, Shrek finds himself facing something that an ogre has never faced before...Love.

But is there something more to the princess that meets the eye? Buy this movie and find out. The laughter is almost nonstop, you find yourself forgetting that these characters are animated, and care for them. It is a good family film, one that everyone can sit down, watch, and enjoy.

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Summary: What More Can I Say?
Review: Anyone who has seen this movie can't help but be charmed by it. My 19 month old daughter and I watch it every night (literally) and have done so every night since receiving it at Christmas. It's charming, funny, and filled with many positive messages.

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Summary: Not as good as its press
Review: Maybe the tremendous press about this film ... word-of-mouth, reviews, hype, etc. .... raised my expectations too high, but personally I don't understand the fuss over this film. Animation is mostly nice, yeah, but the human characters are not as lifelike as what some enthusiasts would have you believe. Personally, I think the creators went a little overboard trying to make the humans _too_ human -- a little stylization would have helped with the suspension of disbelief. There are some nice bits sending up Disney, like the exploding bluebird and like Cinderella fighting with Snow White over the bridal bouquet. But the nice bits are sporadic, and this movie steals more from Disney than it ever pokes fun. The transformation scene, for instance, is nearly identical to the transformation in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Sure, Eddie Murphy's a joy, but this is the same performance he turned in for Mulan. Sure, the merry men are cute, but their musical number is less inspired than Men In Tights, from which they stole the idea. And am I the only one who wonders why the swamp-dwelling Shrek has a Scots accent, or why Robin Hood is French? Shrek is an enjoyable hour and a half but best of its kind, it ain't. Any Pixar movie has this one beat, hands-down.

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Summary: Best Ever
Review: Forget best animated feature, this is the best movie ever, end of story ("bye bye, seeya later!"). If you dont know what you're missing, just buy it and you will not be disappointed.

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Summary: Among the great movies
Review: What a wonderful movie. My 2, 5, 8 and 38 year olds love this movie. I enjoy it as well. It is very funny and can be watched over and over. The extras are fun too. Myers, Diaz, Murphy and Lithgow rule!