Shrek

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Summary: great movies
Review: Shrek comes out of his house to get cleaned up for the day and a donkey that is running from Lord Farquads' soliders that are collecting all fairy tale creatures to move them out of his prefect kingdom.The donkey asks Shrek if he could stay with him and at first Shrek says no then he changes his mind because the donkey doesn't have to sleep inside, so that night when he is eating his dinner all of the fairy tale creatures have been sent to his swamp. Shrek and Donkey go to Lord Farquad's castle to ask him for his swamp back.When he gets there Lord Farquad is having a tournament,whoever wins the tournament goes to fight the evil dragon and bring the princess back so he can marry her. Well, when Lord Farquad see's him he changes his mind and whoever kills the ogre they will win.
Shrek ends up beating all of the other contestants. So he and Lord Farquad make a deal if Shrek goes and rescues the princess he will give him his swamp back the way it was.Shrek goes and rescues the princess and on their way back they run into a modern Robin Hood who tries to take the princessz away from Shrek,then they beat everyone up and are on their way again.However they have to stop for the night. When they are insight of the castle Princes Feona has grown to like Shrek.They stop again and Shrek overhears the middle of a conversation and thinks that she doesn't like him when she is talking about herself.

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Summary: Good Movie, Great DVD
Review: This movie is excellent and witty. The movie is not the only good part about this movie because the special features were fascinating! The best special feature is the Shrek Kariokke party. It is such a funny addition to the movie that you should at least rent this DVD because of it.

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Summary: Outrageous Fun for kids and adults
Review: The opening scene sets the stage: you think you are about to witness a typical Disney, fairy-tale movie. Then Shrek rips the page out of the fairy-tale book and uses it to wipe himself in the outhouse (yes, we are spared the details). Between the killer commentary from Eddie Murphy and Mike Meyers, kids and adults will be kept riveted to the screen. In many ways, this movie was enjoyable the way Aladin was -- Robin Williams jokes were funny to kids on one level but enjoyable for adults on another.

Highly recommend. Just be careful about singing to the birds...

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Summary: GREAT Movie!
Review: This is a great movie that the whole family can enjoy! My husband and I liked it as well as our 3 and 6 year olds. Even our teenage daughters, who don't want to watch too many of the little ones' movies, sat and watched the whole movie and loved it!

I don't know if the previous reviewer was expecting too much from this movie just because the critics loved it so much. I never listen to critics because I rarely agree with them. However, Shrek is a movie that they got right!

The characters in this movie are great. They all have distinct personalities and the actors who did the voices were the best (Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow are the main characters). We especially love Eddie Murphy as Donkey. If you've never watched "Mulan", you should. Eddie Murphy is excellent as the little dragon, Mushu!

So lighten up everyone. This is basically a kid's movie. It's just an added plus that everyone in the family can enjoy it also!

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Summary: Brilliant
Review: An excellent film. The animation is amazing. Whilst using all of the well known fairytale characters this is definately not a film just for kids, and appeals to all ages. All of the actors chosen to feature as the various voices were well picked, Donkey (Eddie Murphy) was my favourate, and was exceptionally funny.
The Extra's on the DVD were good and how the film was put together. Overall this was one of the funniest movies I have seen this year (2001)

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Summary: Best Movie I Have ever seen!!!
Review: Eddie Murphey as the voice of donkey, Mike Myers the voice of Shrek,Cameron Diaz the voice of princess Fiona, and John Lithgow as the voice of Lord Farquaad. Could the movie ever be more funny? I think that this is most hilarious, facinating movie on earth. Donkey is anoying i admit, but he is very funny. Shrek the great green fright machine might be a little mean to donkey sometimes, but he's also funny. Princess Fiona, I would say isn't much of a joker, she's more quiet, I would say, but if ever she wants something badly she screams REAL LOUD. Lord Farquaad probably the person that you will hate the most in this movie, is dum.

The graphics on this movie are great, the movie is even 3D. The sound comes out clear, the charaters are very well made, and well everything is perfect!!!!If you want a good laugh buy this movie. It's worth it I swear.

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Summary: Shrek is dominating my house!!
Review: I bought this video for my four year old based on all the excellent movie reviews. I was also somewhat curious myself. We didn't see it at the theatre as I was concerned my son might be frightened. Well he'd watch it all day if I would let him - he loves it. He especially loves the singing & dancing segment. I can honestly say this is a cute, smart & funny movie. I'm amazed at how lifelike these characters are. Some of the humor is somewhat questionable (some bodily function jokes I could do without). I especially cringe when Shrek pulls the wax (uh candle) from his ear. You'll understand when you see the movie. You almost have to watch it several times to catch everything. Yes, it's predictable but hey it is a children's movie. Overall, I enjoyed it and hope it wins some award. The Donkey was the best part(Eddie Murphy is outstanding). This is an enjoyable, fun flick!!

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Summary: Didn't care for some of the humor, voices & animation great
Review: I guess I'd give this movie 3 1/2 stars if I could, some of the humor would be a little too adult for small kids and I didn't care for some of it either. I did like most of the characters and their voices, Shrek was one of the best. The computer animation was fantastic, much better than Final Fantasy, I thought you could almost think the characters were people in rubber suits. I think that I read the animators gave the people a little less than realistic movement in order to preserve the cartoon aspect, that seemed evident at times. The plot was predictable but then most movies since the beginning have been.

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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: Shrek (Mike Myers) is a big, green ogre who lives alone in a swamp and wants to keep it that way. His beloved swamp is soon overrun with fairy-tale folk who have been evicted from Lord Farquaad's (John Lithgow) kingdom and must now settle in the swamp. Also invading his privacy is a smart-mouthed donkey (Eddie Murphy) who is determined to make a friend of the ogre. In order to rid his swamp of the fairy-tale creatures, Shrek pays a visit to Lord Farquaad, a diminutive, nasty man who has schemed to get the deed to Shrek's swamp.....and succeeded. Farquaad agrees to give the deed back to Shrek if the ogre will rescue the fair princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from the tower of a dilapidated castle so the lord can marry her. The castle is protected by a fire breathing dragon but Shrek and Donkey outwit the dragon and rescue the princess. On the journey back to Farquaad's kingdom, Shrek and Fiona fall in love but Fiona is set on marrying Farquaad thinking that "love's first kiss" will dispel a curse that she has fallen under. But true love wins out in the end. Pretty predictable ending.

I was very disappointed when I saw this movie for the first time. It fell way short of all the hype! This is not appropriate for very young children as they will not be able to follow the storyline and the movie does have adult humor. Older children will probably enjoy the "potty" humor but I really don't think this movie should be viewed by anyone under 15/16. Call me a prude if you want, but I don't think a movie aimed at children should have any adult humor in it and I'm not necessarily talking about the potty humor. The only things I liked about this DVD were the computer animation, which was wonderful, and the bonus features on the 2-disc set, which were fun. But I will admit that my 28-year old son thought the movie was hilarious. He said it was the best computer animated movie he had ever seen and he has watched it again and again.

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Summary: SHREK...A Fractured Fairytale
Review: SHREK is a computer-animated fairy tale. It is a computer-animated fairy tale with comedian voiceovers. It is a computer-animated fairy tale with comedian voiceovers, and not a Disney production. It is a computer-animated fairy tale with comedian voiceovers, not a Disney production, and is proud of it. In fact, it is a Dreamworks Production, the company started by what's his name---you know---ah yes---Steven Spielberg. The movie is based on the book by William Steig. SHREK is directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson.

SHREK is unlike Disney in the sense that this story is a fractured fairy tale, while Disney has a more serious tone to its pictures; nevertheless, SHREK is supposed to be fractured. The viewer can assume that the tale will be fractured due to its two leading fractured comedians, Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy. It is interesting to note that all through the movie, Dreamworks takes potshots at its rival Disney with cutting remarks and jokes, as well as fairytales in general.

The story line reveals SHREK living peacefully in the woods and content to stay that way until a band of outcast characters ---many of which are Disney---invade his swamp. When SHREK discovers that the characters were evicted from the kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow), he makes haste to the castle for a conference with the king.

In the meantime, Farquaad has been frantically searching for a wife, but not any wife. He must have a princess, someone of royalty; therefore, he consults the Magic Mirror from Snow White who gives him a choice of three available princesses. In this humorous scene, Farquaad settles on Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), a beautiful young lass, living high in a castle tower guarded by a fire-breathing dragon; therefore, it becomes SHREK's mission to rescue her and return her to Farquaad. Assisted by his crazy sidekick, Donkey (Eddie Murphy), the story takes on some interesting twists and turns, infused with sharp wit and humor.

THE GOOD... This is a funny movie, full of one-liners aimed specifically at the adult audience. There are flatulent faux pas for the male segment, especially for teenage boys, who love this sort of thing. However, SHREK (Mike Myers) appeared to give up his seat in the humor section to Donkey (Eddie Murphy), who was rambunctiously funny, but nothing close to Robin Williams' performance as the Genie in Disney's ALADDIN.

The animation is similar to that of ANTZ, a very good computer-generated work of art, in which DREAMWORKS specializes. This makes it a very entertaining film for all. As for a moral to the story, there is one, and it gives meaning and substance to this fractured fairytale; however, this must not be divulged by the reviewer.

THE BAD... One really needs to pay close attention to the humor, some is inappropriate for young kids, but with all the animated action, children will more than likely not be attuned to it.