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Summary: One of my favorite animated CGI films. Very very funny
Review: This is a funny funny film. The talented, if uneven Mr. Myers teams up with Eddie Murphy for a fairy tale for older kids and adults. The ogre (Myers) and his sidekick donkey (Murphy) go on a quest that ends in true love and happiness, just like any happily-ever-after fairytale. The journey is one laugh after another, and this is one of my favorite animated-computer-generated type films. Just wonderful.
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Summary: Awesome movie, great writing, great acting
Review: "Some of you might die on this quest" says the John Lithgow character Lord Faraquaad of Duloc, "but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make". There's plenty to love about this movie besides the great writing and wonderful banter between Donkey and Shrek, the animation is superb and the story has lots of under lying humor and subtly.
I've probably seen this about thirty times at least, because it's one of my two year olds favorites, and it's definitely a movie that appeals to young and old alike, the teens get into watching it too and even with multiple viewing it's never boring. The dvd has some good extras including a great music video.
I'd highly recommend this to any as one of the greatest family movies ever, it's worth owning and watching over and over.
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Summary: Our hero, the ogre
Review: Shrek is a fun movie. There is no doubt about that. Of course, this doesn't mean it will be appreciated by everyone. Of course kids will enjoy it because they see it as a cartoon and all kids like cartoons. But, I don't think they will understand 1/10 of the humor therein. Shrek is obviously aimed at an older, more mature audience. What makes Shrek fun, however, isn't just the comedic lines-they aren't bad and Shrek even laughs at himself, a pretty good way to draw laughs. It's the twist in the traditional story line. Most fairy tales end when the hero saves the princess, they kiss, get married and live happily ever after. Not so with Shrek. Without spoiling the movie, the saving of the Princess is the half-way point. I guess you could compare this in a contrasting way with Star Wars, Phantom Menace. In Star Wars, the movie gets under way but doesn't really seem to have a direction until our Jedi's decide that young Anakin Skywalker is full of the force. Now, that would be great if they then took him back to Jedi headquarters, but instead, they spend the next 45 minutes of the movie following Anakin's Pod racing. At the same time, they are trying to push the story ahead. The problem here is that they found the 'Princess' of the story but instead of taking him home with them, they sat and watched him race pods for an hour. Sure, the pod racing was cool and all, but what did it have to do with the story? Star Wars got stuck and then had to wrap up the story in about 20 minutes at the end. Shrek, on the other hand, doesn't get stuck. It makes you wonder what is going to happen next when the princess has already been saved. The second half of the movie is all about resolving that. This is a great concept for a film. In my opinion, it was hard to see the film end the way it did. I tried as hard as possible to see the princess as beautiful, but her earlier personality had kind of trashed that. If this princess had been assertive but nice, I wouldn't have cared if she looked like a swine and Shrek married her. However, she didn't have the best personality and attitude and that always has a tendency to ruin someone's looks, however gorgeous they might be on the exterior. In other words, the princess' personality ruined any conviction I had that she was an all around beautiful person. Also, once you find out that she is a shape shifter and you figure out what her secondary shape is, the ending is fairly obvious, though the authors do a decent job of keeping you interested. All in all, I would say Shrek is a fun movie to watch though the twist in the story line makes it difficult for the authors to finish the story because of how non-traditional the story is.
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Summary: A great movie with more in it
Review: Shrek is mostly about an orege named Shrek who likes to be l;eft alone, and is very grumpy. The Donkey soon comes and followes him, and when they get to Shrek's home they find fariy tale creatures. The evil Duke Farquard says if Shrek rescues a princess for hium to marry he'll give him his swamp back. The princess turns out to turn into an orgre at night. But Noone knows, except for Donkey. They eventully have to face Duke Farquard in a climatic battle.
Shrek is extremly funny on so many levals. The mature audiences will enjoy the one-liners, and the younbger ones will enjoy the gags. The actors are all comic genuises, like : Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. But Shrek.......NOW!!!
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Summary: SUPERB!!!!!!!
Review: Shrek is a hilariously funny love story that would be enjoyed by anyone age 1 to 100. The movie combines life-like animation for the children, and wild humor for adults. Known for their riotously funny and naughty humor, it's incredible how Mike Myers, star of Austin Powers and Eddie Murphy, star of 48 hours pulled off a movie for kids. Murphy really delivers the donkey character. I laughed through the whole movie. I'm not one to watch a movie over and over again, but each time the kids wanted to see it again, I was right there with them holding my side from the laughter. The cast includes the voices of Mike Myers (Shrek), Eddie Murphy (Donkey), Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona), and John Lithgow (Lord Farquaad). The action really starts when Lord Farquaad decides to rid the kingdom of all the fairy tale creatures by dumping them into a swamp area belonging to a fearsome orge, Shrek, who just wants to live peaceably and ALONE. In an effort to reclaim his swamp, the orge agrees to go on a quest for Lord Farquaad to rescue the princess and slay the dragon that guards her. Farquaad would then marry the princess and become king. Tagging along side of him is the sweet but chattery donkey. Piece of cake! This action pack movie never has a dull moment! Parents will enjoy the trip down memory lane with all the favorite fairy tale characters like Cinderella, Snow White, the seven dwarfs, Robin Hood, the gingerbread man, Pinocchio, the three blind mice, the three little pigs, and many, many more. I would definitely recommend buying this movie on DVD. The game and music video is a must see. For those looking for morality, it sends a wonderful message that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that God has a special someone for everybody. Was this review helpful to you?
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Summary: For kids AND adults!
Review: Mike Meyers is the voice of Shrek: an ugly yet endearing ogre who is sent on daring quest with the help of his loudmouthed donkey friend (brilliantly named Donkey, voice by Eddie Murphy) to rescue the somewhat annoying and feisty princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) by the evil spirited Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow), who is too much of a chicken to do it himself. He promises Shrek the deed to his beloved swamp back in exchange for the Princess. But, this journey gives Shrek a lot more than he EVER bargained for: friends, introspection, and love!!!
I love this movie and I love that my kids love this movie! During the course of the movie it is revealed that there is a spell on Princess Fiona - during the day she is a beautiful princess - but as soon as the sun sets, she is turned into a very much less attractive ogre. She is mortified by this and tries to keep it a secret, but by the end of the movie she realizes that beauty is not only in the eye of the beholder, but it truly is what lies within. I love that the movie sends this message out to young girls -- with so many movies out there that tell girls that they have to be beautiful or change who they are to be accepted (i.e. Grease, The Princess Diaries, Ms. Congeniality, etc.)... I'm glad to see that there is a movie out there that lets girls know that it's okay to be who you are and to be proud!
I recommended this movie for everyone!
And the DVD-Rom has a really fun feature for kids that lets them dub their voices to the characters lines exactly! It keeps kids entertained for hours!
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Summary: Very Cute
Review: Shrek has probably been the funniest computerised movie next to Finding Nemo, which was done by pixar. The voices done by great actors were wonderful, especially as the part done by Eddie Murphy. Shrek isn't a very vicious Ogre, he just wants to be left alone, and for people to stay off his swamp. But when a small annoying powerful migdet sends all the fairyrtale creatures to his swamp, he'll do anything to get them out. When he is given a job by a quad of a semi-king, to get a trapped princess out of a castle so he can become a real king, Shrek sets out. So he "teams up" with a modern donkey, and they set out to find the castle for Lord Farquad with Princess Fiona inside. The DVD for the movie was great. You can play all sorts of games in the game swamp, and it has all sorts of other extra features as well, including a DVD-ROM with even more extra fearture games on it. Very well done movie and extremely well done DVD. I'd recommend this to anyone who needs a good laugh on a boring day.
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Summary: Even better on a great DVD package!
Review: To me, it seems that people are overstating how much tweaking Disney's taking in "Shrek." Unless I missed something, fairy tales didn't begin with the House That Walt Built, and that's what "Shrek" spends most of its time chipping away at. (Of course, there's also a very funny riff on Disneyland when Shrek arrives to see Lord Farquar, but that's really it for pure Disney-bashing.) Adults who might think that they've seen all the funny fairy tales they can handle should think again: While there's enough fart jokes, talking animals and slapstick to keep the kids entertained, "Shrek" is an adult movie, with low key racy jokes (kids who even notice the "big castle compensating for Lord Farquar's deficiencies" gag will likely assume it's talking about his height, or lack thereof), some very (post-)modern looks at fairy tales (Cinderella's described as being emotionally abused ... well, that sounds about right) and the nerve to say that the princess/Prince Charming fantasy so many fairy tales were built around is garbage. Sure, anyone who's ever seen a major motion picture can guess that it ends up with "They All Lived Happily Ever After," but any movie that starts off with an ogre using a book of classic fairy tales as toilet paper is going to get there in its own backhanded style. Surprisingly, "Shrek" steers around the pitfalls and never becomes cloying or trite or gives up on its own cockeyed realist view of fairy tales and destructive fantasies (as opposed to the perfectly fine and rather sweet, in their own dim way, fairy tale creatures endangered by the evil pro-rationality and pro-order lord). While it's the writing that really makes "Shrek" work, John Lithgow and Eddie Murphy fling themselves into their roles, making what could have been fairly generic animated characters into memorable performances. Murphy in particular seems freed to do his best work when he's hidden from view as in "Mulan," and Lithgow, whom many now only know through his goofy "Third Rock from the Sun" role, gets to stretch out his more threatening riffs, as he used to prior to landing on the sitcom. "Shrek" is that rarest of animated movies: One that's genuinely fun for the whole family. See it with or without kids, but see it. All of this is further enhanced by a DVD package that, if not stuffed with extras, has all high quality additions actually worth checking out. Highly recommended for kids from 8-80.
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Summary: Movie with Height Discrimination
Review: This movie is greatly enjoyable as expected. No one doubts that it sets new standards for computer animation. But, how can a movie with such strong sense of height discrimination be a family or children movie? 2 stars are deducted on this point alone. And, I would prefer any Disney animation over this one for my children.
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Summary: a good family movie
Review: It's a great family movie. It's prety much fine for any body. just make sure if you don't want your kids introduced to so called foul langege make sure to plug jr.'s ears now and then. My final opinion is great movie. worth buying. Can't wait for the next one.
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