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Summary: Beauty and the Beast in reverse
Review: A good satire of good old fables' conventions. But is really an uncompleted revolution. See the movie to know what I mean. And behold one of the best dragons in cartoon history!
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Summary: One of the Best Movies I Have Ever Seen!
Review: Why are people giving this DVD three star ratings? I realize the situation with needing to have a PC for the games, but SHREK deserves more than that! I also heard a review(s) saying that the language was another reason. Not to offend people, but I am currently in 8th grade, and even the 6th and 5th graders have heard MUCH worse language and humor than in SHREK. Now to the actual content of the movie....
It was unbelievable how different the movie was than what I thought it would be, despite how my friend tried to convince me. I saw it with her though, and was completely surprised! The storyline is not run-of-the-mill, and the actors seemed born to play their roles. At first I couldn't get over SHREK having a British accent, but then it seemed as if it was one of the most natural things in the world. Of course you know that Donkey is going to be quite a humorous character because of Eddie Murphy speaking him, but Mike Myers still becomes the real star of the movie. Usually in movies that are based off of fairy tales the creators make the heroine helpless and dependent on the hero. I enjoyed Princess Fiona because of her fiery self, and her independence. Lord Farquaad was my favorite character because (as I heard in the DVD) of all the creatures he was throwing out of Duloc, he would consider himself one of those people! He just can't get over how great he thinks he is, and him being so short gives the movie more humorous gags.
All in all this is a great movie, and I believe everyone would be better off seeing it.
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Summary: "hilarious""
Review: Shrek was a fantastic movie. The animation was superb, I even forgot sometimes that it was animation. The storyline was hilarious and the music was great, Will see it many times over,
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Summary: Hilarious and Outstanding
Review: 10 out of 10 for this one!!! I have watched this DVD three times since purchasing it. It is absolutely the most amazing animated film I have seen since Snow White.
Perfection!!!!
Glorious color!!!
Wonderful sound!!!!
Perfect cast voiceovers!!!!
The scene with Robin Hood in the forest is the best and the most hilarious.
I cannot get enough of this film....
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Summary: Great, but....
Review: I'm going to offer you a different perspective on Shrek: it's a great but amazingly overated movie. The jokes are there (some of which, though, are too inside for many people unless you're one Jeffrey Katzenberg), the animation looks stunning, the voice overs have got to be some of the best ever for an animated movie, and it's got a central moral that touches on a subject that's been pushed aside in favor of drugs and violence, but, I believe, is equally as important. Top honors especially to Mike Myers, whose irish ogre is absolutely perfect, as well as Eddie Murphy as the Donkey (great humor). The problem with this movie was, although the moral was great, it seems to lack real heart. Shrek seems to be deficient emotionally, though I can't quite pinpoint it exactly. Maybe it's the ongoing parade of Disney-stabs that really gets tired after awhile (what six year old wants to watch an animated movie for hidden inside jokes?). Or how the actual story is almost nada, giving up entirely to character development and well, stabs at Disney. In the end, you're just not "touched." Clever ideas, good charcters, but Toy Story 1 and 2 are still better.
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Summary: I'll probably get lynched for this
Review: Allow me to make my point right off the bat - i HATED this movie.it was horribly predictable, trite to degrees that i had not had the displeasure of witnessing until then, and most importantly - it WAS NOT FUNNY. ok, predictability isn't a huge deal: lets face it, its a kids movie. there aren't going to be plot twists to deal with. but come on, didn't everyone see the whole hackneyed 'moral' coming a mile away? the whole judging a book by its cover/beauty is in the eye of the beholder theme is horribly overused and resolution was pretty apparent from the start. it was just a matter of sitting and groaning through the tripe that led up to the end. why does everyone think this movie was funny? it WASNT. AT ALL. and before everyone starts getting upset about having no sense of humor, or relaxing because its a kids movie, i'd like to say that i liked Toy Story, A Bugs Life, Chicken Run (and all of the Wallace and Gromit movies), and absolutely LOVED Toy Story 2. honestly, when i went to see TS2, i was like "ok, it'll be cute like the first one." much to my surprise (and delight) i was stomach hurt from laughing so much. i was rolling in the aisle. it was an absolutely marvelous movie. but shrek wasn't funny. at. all. scratch that, the only remotely funny parts were not the sexual innuendos, but the fact that when shrek made the innuendos, the rest of the characters didn't get it. example: shrek (looking at the prince's tower): do you think he's making up for something? *wink* *wink*
other characters: what? that was a little funny. but everything else? NO!! the jokes weren't funny and eddie murphy was just annoying. so please please PLEASE wake up! this movie was terrible!
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Summary: GREAT! (...)
Review: This was not just another sappy kids movie. It's a promise that SHREK won't put you to sleep. I think it did better than Monsters Inc which was also good but not as funny. The graphics were excellent. It's good for people young and old except for those who claim to have virgin ears. I would reccommend this DVD to anyone who likes to laugh.
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Summary: A true family animated flick
Review: This video was a true pleasure to view. Again and again. My 2 siblings have almost worn the darn tape out within 2 weeks due to continual viewing! I may have to obtain another so the original tape can cool off enough to rewind! Very good computer graphics went into the production of this feature! Kudos to all those involved! Hope more to follow!!!!!
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Summary: Shrek The Cute Movie For Kids
Review: I thought Shrek was 1 of the 10 best movies i've seen. The DVD's features are incredible and it's just drop da mouth to da ground funny! Buy this movie today and you'll have made your day but thats all i can say!
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Summary: Absolutely outstanding
Review: Shrek was truly one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Fantastic humor, excellent voice acting, amazing graphics, and some cool bonus features. Yes, the word "damn" is used twice, but most of the "adult humor" is secreted in catch phrases that would go right over younger kids heads. Don't listen to the people that gave it one or two stars: none of them have very good explanations for why they didn't like it anyway. Shrek is a movie that you and your whole family will love.
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