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Summary: It was excellent!!!!!!!!
Review: Dear viewers, Just got back from seeing it and it was an excellent movie. It was a very hilarious movie.I recommend people that are fans of Eddie Murphy,Cameron Diaz,and Mike Myers will love it.The graphics are very good!!!!
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Summary: Keeping up with Modern Times
Review: I loved Shrek. I thought it was a really funny movie. The plot was cute, the animation was fantastic, and it was absoloutely hilarious. I really loved all the characters, especially the donkey. What I really liked about this movie was that it was very contemperary. Kind of a retold story that was twisted to keep up with changing times. I think the people who made this movies had a good sense of humor and kids. They know what people like. Overall, I loved this movie and I reccomend it for everyone.
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Summary: Shrek is Original
Review: Unlike every other REMADE movie out there, Shrek is original and fun. You can tell a younger, more innovative team worked on this. A little sap, but not too much. Just when you think it might be getting sappy, it throws you a curve ball! Visuals and storyline (gee, what a novel concept, a story) are good. Whoever wrote this is way out there, which is a good thing.
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Summary: A Warped Fairy Tale with heart
Review: SHREK is one of those rare animated films that really DOES have something for all ages, be it slapstick humor to a rather satiric look at fairy tales and how commercialism has made them too "cutesy" in today's PC age. This film, of course, tells the tale of a big, green ogre who sets out to rescue a Princess in order to regain his home, which has been overrun by the likes of 3 blind mice, 7 dwarves and a girl in a glass coffin, and a cross-dressing wolf, among other fairy-tale types. Mike Myers is solid as the Scots-speaking hero, while Eddie Murphy hams it up as his talking-donkey of a sidekick. Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow also add solid characters with their voice work. The computer animation is nothing short of astounding, and the film has just enough heart to keep it from being totally overrun from its skewed view of the world. This film is a MUST see and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: It's hard to believe animation can get better!
Review: Now, after that title, I need to talk about the acting first. I have to admit that I loved Donkey in this movie. I went in expecting to miss a lot visually, since I really liked the trailers, and particularly the Eddie Murphy lines. I wasn't disappointed. He really ties things together.The allusions to other movies were phenominal. There's so much going on in just the Robin Hood scene - Riverdance, the Matrix, West Side Story. On to the animation - artistry and technology collide with brilliance! The details - hair blowing in the breeze. This is a movie which needs to be seen several times to be fully appreciated. I'm looking forward to it being available on DVD. I'll probably watch it with the sound muted, just to gain a better appreciation for the visuals.
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Summary: I BEG YOU TO GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!
Review: I've been a big fan of computer animated films for a long time now, but I have to tell you that this movie blows it's predecessors AWAY! Toy Story 1 and 2 are fantastic! A Bug's Life is incredible! But, SHREK is the BEST one yet (in my humble opinion). If you think it looks silly or ridiculous, or if you just don't like Mike Meyers or Eddie Murphy, PLEASE, I beg of you, DON'T let that keep you from seeing this masterpiece from a truly innovative studio - DREAMWORKS. I consider this to be the best film of 2001....so far!...- ENJOY!!!
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Summary: Talking Donkey Steals the Show
Review: Shrek is a wonderful fairy-tale film exciting and funny enough for the whole family to see. Mike Myers plays an adorable ogre with a friendly side-kick, Eddie Murphy as the talking, and most of the time, obnoxious donkey. Murphy's role is spectacular! The comedy in the film is, at times, over the heads of the younger audience but they will still laugh right along with the adults because the humor keeps rolling. The only draw back to the film is the use of foul language and the movie would have been just as powerful without the obscenities. Cameron Diaz plays the princess who is rescued from a dragon lair by the ogre and donkey. Her performance is just plain cute. The movie has a strong story-line, the animation is excellent, and the characters are played beautifully. You won't walk away from this film disappointed!
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Summary: This Fairy Tale Isn't Fractured At All
Review: I took my 6 year old daughter to see this movie on opening day. I LOVED it! So did my daughter. I loved the "sappier" parts, like the ending, and I usually HATE those. My kid loved the goofy sight gags. Her favorite was when you see the one-legged Gingerbread man using a candy cane. She thought that was just hilarious. Yes, I guess the story isn't perfect and there is a bit of crude humor to it, but it's still a really thoughtful story. And I wish I could get a pair of Shrek and the real princess dolls. They are adorable. How could you not love a story about people who aren't perfect falling in love and being happy?
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Summary: The best animated effort from Dreamworks
Review: For a studio that has so much creative power at its command, Dreamworks has managed to really fall flat with animation. Think about it: Antz, Prince of Egypt - not titles to inspire a strong repsonse from anyone except biblical scholars and Woody Allen fans. Shrek is a complete success - the animation is really well-executed and technically great, but FINALLY they got a script with originality and given energy by an excellent voice talent cast. Eddie Murphy is of course excellent as the comedic foil Donkey, and Cameron Dias plays an excellent Princess Cameron Dias (not her name in the movie, but who else could she play?) - and Mike Myers is excellent and restrained as the grumpy ogre who just wants everyone to get out of his swamp. Everyone in the theater got some great laughs - parents and kids alike. When you weren't laughing at Donkey, you could enjoy a good round of Disney-bashing written into the script. Like Antz, the humor borders on a string of pop-culture references, but the jokes are more varied and numerous - by the end of the film you've had a great time. There's a couple of "damn's" and one "crap" in there, but for the most part it's pretty clean. Definitely don't hesitate to join your kids in enjoying the first real animated achievement from Dreamworks.
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Summary: Most everybody, including the critics, love Shrek...
Review: and most everybody is right! Shrek excels in terms of technique, plot and satire. It is a step forward in computer animation, not a huge step but a step. When the human figures are in the background or "blur out" as they approach the "camera lens," their motion is so realistic they do look like real people. But since most of the inhabitants of this film are not human, they can look pretty much like what the animators wanted them to. Kudos for Shrek, the mean ogre. We don't know when we scratch the surface if we'll find a heart of gold . . . or just more meanness. Notice how Shrek's trumpet ears flare out the way a human's nostrils would flare. Notice, too, how marvelous the nature scenes are, especially meadows, forests and those magnificent sunflowers. Kids will enjoy the rescue-the-princess plot and thrill to the cameo appearances of such characters as Snow White, Three Blind Mice and the Fairy Godmother. Adults will groove on the amount of humor that is directed toward them. Truly, this is a "fractured fairy tale." The prince of the realm lives in an insanely tall, unornamented tower, and the lead characters whisper, "He's compensating for, um, something." Visiting his kingdom, you have to go through a turnstile and the first thing you encounter is a little bit like Disney World with the pants off (literally!). Although I pretty much knew how the movie would end, I didn't know how it would get there, and even if I had known, the amount of satirical gags and knock-off humor made the trip worthwhile. Wonderful voiceovers, such as John Lithgow as the prince, Cameron Diaz as the princess, and my favorite, Eddie Murphy as the donkey, who's bouncier that a truckload of superballs and more hyper than a day's worth of Starbuck's. This is a great flick to see even if you don't have kids.
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