Shrek (Animated) (DVD)

...as I heard tell that Shrek two was on it’s way I got excited. In fact one of the most exciting experiences during my cinema trip to See Sir Harry of Pot was seeing the trailer for Shrek 2. It was a blummin’ good trailer because it set a burning desire in me to see it. This burning desire wasn’t even doused when my darling daughter decided she liked Shrek. Any one who knows a toddler well knows that once they decide they like something they do it ...
...have at least heard of Shrek so this will be a very short synopsis of the first film for you. Ogre meets donkey-->Ogre and donkey meet Evil Lord --> Ogre and Donkey rescue Princess--> Ogre falls in love with Princess-->Princess goes off to marry Evil lord--> Donkey, Ogre (and dragon) break up the wedding--> Ogre and Princess (now also an Ogre) go on to their honeymoon and live happily ever after. Shrek 2 starts as Happily Ever after begins. You see ...

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Shrek is one of those movies that will have you in stitches from the minute you start watching it, until the minute it ends! It's so funny. Is it aimed for children? Well, I think not! Although it is a family film, adults will get the humour more than kids, I reckon! SHREK is an over-sized green ogre with a fat belly and funny looking ears. He lives on his own in a small house surrounded by swamp. He loves his home, and loves his food. I don't think ...
...voiced by Mike Myers. Shrek isn't particularly interested in having a donkey as a friend, but seems to put up with him. Although, Donkey has the unfortunate affliction of talking too much. He simply can't help himself! Hence, Shrek is close to bursting point on a few occasions, and can often be heard telling Donkey to shut up! Anyway, Lord Farquaad, the king of the kingdom, is after a wife. After the Blind Date spoof where he can choose one of 3 ...

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...circus performers into warriors. Hmm. Shrek covers selfishness and self-image/vanity, to quite a moving effect (I’m a sucker for happy endings in kid’s movies). It certainly goes a lot further than Disney efforts in every sense, which leads to including quite a few digs at the house of mouse. Pinocchio, Snow White, Dumbo, they all come into the sights of the animators, with very funny results (as Shrek’s home becomes littered with ...
...of the bunch, frustratingly, is Shrek himself – Mike Myers. The role of Shrek was first going to be fleshed out by Chris Farley. He’s dead, which kinda put him out of the running. If only the casting directors had met with Jack Black, this could have been a more sympathetic character, but Myers is running on auto-pilot here, which is again being run by an auto-pilot, which in turn is being run by…get the idea? His part-Scottish, ...

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...reason it was decided that Shrek should be Scottish, and Myers reprises a similar accent to that used for Fat B*stard in Austin Powers 2, successfully at times, but other times lapsing back into a Canadian twang! One day, “Donkey” turns up on the doorstep of the swamp where Shrek lives. Donkey is, unsurprisingly, a donkey, the one catch being that he is not an ordinary donkey, but a talking donkey, who leaps and bounds all over the place and basically ...
...Princess. Thus, he sends Shrek and Donkey off on a quest to find his chosen bride, Princess Fiona, who is being held in a tower guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. The Princess is voiced by Cameron Diaz, and has a secret, which becomes clear as the film goes on. The film tells of Shrek’s quest, and to tell you any more would spoil the plot, but suffice it to say there are plenty of moments along the way which will make you laugh, and even some which ...

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...competition such as Monsters Inc, Shrek managed to overcome the quality movies and win the Oscar. So was it worth the Oscar? Once upon a time, in a land full of dragons, princesses, pixies, ogres, wizards and other magical creatures including talking donkeys, walking gingerbread men, etc….. Hang on, this isn’t your normal fairy tale, this is SHREK! Shrek is a computer-animated adventure about a huge and ugly ogre called ...
...more famous from Wayne’s World!). Shrek loves his lonely little hut but becomes very perturbed when his peace and quiet is disturbed by hundreds of magical creatures. These poor creatures have been evicted from the lands of Lord Farquaad (Voice by John Lithgow – more recently famous for Third Rock from the Sun) and are beginning to move into Shrek’s swamp. Shrek decides to sort out the mess himself and sets out to talk with Lord ...

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...involved wonderful new CGI animation. Shrek was the result, and is a magical tale. The Plot Shrek is a big, ugly green ogre, who is happily grumpy, living in his swamp with his hut and his own company. He finds himself in the company of an extremely annoying talking donkey (named Donkey!!), and a whole bunch of fairytale creatures, who have invaded his swamp, fleeing from the army of Lord Farquaad. Angered by this invasion of privacy, Shrek sets ...
...seem in this fairytale as Shrek finds out on his quest to rescue the Princess. The 'Cast' voices and Performances Shrek is magnificently voiced by Mike Myers, and his companion Donkey by the intensely maddening Eddie Murphy (this is a good thing!). Cameron Diaz provides the vocal talent for Princess Fiona, and the wonderfully aloof John Lithgow plays Lord Farquaad. The voices are brilliant, and the casting is nothing short of perfect. Indeed, ...

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Shrek 2 is the sequel to the smash hit "Shrek," a fairy tale gone wrong about a green ogre (Shrek) who winds up getting involved in a plot to rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona from her tower on behalf of Lord Farquad. As with all good fairy tales, that movie ended on a happily ever after, for Fiona and Shrek fell in love and married. This new movie opens with this in mind, and details the couple's adventures as they go to meet Fiona's parents and ...
...to Farquad" musical interlude from Shrek 1. Speaking of music, the music in this movie features more prominently and is more mature and edgy, reflecting the shift in the plot. I'm not sure I quite bonded to the choice of music, but it did seem to suit the overall mood of the film. Overall, the movie is worth checking out, because I seem to be in the odd thinking it wasn't as great as the first movie, so it's probably best if you check it out yourself. ...

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...USA usually does well here. Shrek has been touted as a possible Oscar winner next year in the inaugural animation section. WHO DID I GO WITH My wife and mother accompanied me. Actually my mum had to be dragged along. WHEN DID I SEE SHREK Tuesday 3rd July at St Andrews Quay, Hull. The cinema was quite easy to get to. There was plenty of parking space available. The man who sold us our tickets looked bored out of his mind. The 2 female ticket attendants ...
...cinema. THE CAST Shrek - Mike Myers Donkey - Eddie Murphy Princess Fiona - Cameron Diaz Lord Farquart - John Lithgow THE PLOT A giant green ogre Shrek lives as a recluse. A donkey befriends Shrek. Lord Farquart wants to marry Princess Fiona. But Fiona is locked up in a castle guarded by a dragon. Farquart orders Shrek and the donkey to deliver Fiona to him. Fiona is rescued but has feelings for Shrek. She also has a secret which only donkey ...

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...This, in turn, pisses Shrek off royally, as he does not want a bunch of squatters on his land! Eventually Farqhart cuts Shrek a deal: Rescue Princess Fiona from the tower she is imprisoned in so that he (the ruler) can marry her and become a King instead of a lowly nobody. In return, Shrek will get the deed to his swamp, and all of the new tenants will be promptly removed. Shrek readily agrees, being a creature of solitude and all. There’s ...
...To get to her, Shrek must also navigate a shoddy rope bridge, avoid brimstone, and avoid all of the other pitfalls that have thus far kept Fiona from being freed. Shrek begins his journey, taking along a new friend that he recently rescued from the hands of the cruel henchmen serving the would-be King. This is “Donkey” as he is called – namely because he is a loud-mouthed, abrasive, and often annoying … talking ass. Yes, ...

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In some ways, Shrek still retains the elements of a traditional fairytale, with themes about love, friendship and accepting who are, a good guy who saves the day, a villain, a princess, a cute animal sidekick and a happy ending. But in Shrek, the good guy is a big green ogre with a crude sense of humour, the sidekick is a loud-mouthed donkey, the villain is four feet tall and the princess fights her own battles. STORY: All is not well in fairytale ...
...Not happy about this, Shrek and the talking donkey he inadvertently saves, set off to take their complaint to the evil Lord Farquaad, who sends them on a quest to rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona from a tower guarded by a fire-breathing dragon to become his wife. THOUGHTS: Obviously a lot of thought was put into making the characters as funny and believable as possible. Shrek probably has the biggest range of colourful and larger than life characters ...

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Shrek a film that took almost three years to make and cost around £69 million not to mention the work of over 275 artists, computer animators and software developers and engineers - had I known this prior to its coming out on video, I perhaps would have ventured to the cinema to see it! As it happens I had only really taken any notice of this great green beast, when my three-year-old, James said he wanted Santa to bring him SHREK! The Story Shrek ...
...fairytale creatures to the swamp. Shrek unhappy at the invasion of his home and estate takes it upon himself to confront Lord Farquaad. So with the garrulous Donkey beside him he sets off for Duloc. On meeting the unctuous, indolent short arse Farquaad his first challenge is for his and Donkey's lives. Once dealing with the valiant knights, he is then challenged to rescue Princess Fiona on Farquaad's behalf, so he can marry her, thus becoming a ...

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...flying sequel to its predecessor, Shrek 2 (although I haven’t seen the first one) manages to mix in a concoction of adult satire, moral implications and a few other ingredients of remedying laughter creating the next ogre munch in movie history. Nothing does better than this green homage to society’s prejudice and discrimination - judging characters from deceptive appearances and of course, the likes of humble-pie-eating Shrek (Mike Myers). Its first ...
...audience for Shrek. Thankfully Shrek 2 is more than just your usual Disney-fairytale of cumbersome endings and kisses. “Donkey, what are yoo doing here?” Shrek is the tale of a not quite so handsome, but very kind ogre who sets off to rescue a Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) trapped inside a tower of a well-guarded castle. Princess Fiona’s parents, the king (John Cleese) and queen (Julie Andrews) of a land far far away, were responsible for setting ...

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...father and I sit through Shrek One and Shrek Two roughly 18 times. Now, I love the daft green ogre as much as the next demented mum, but I was starting to think bad thoughts whenever I heard that five-letter name mentioned. I am a great believer in a problem shared is a problem halved so, having reviewed Shrek 3 already, I will now review the others so that other long-suffering parents can endure the torture with me. Directors: Andrew Adamson/Vicky ...
...>>>General Gist of things<<< Shrek is a giant green Ogre who enjoys his own company and longs for the quiet life. He suddenly finds himself and his swamp over run by fairytale characters after Lord Farquaad has them evicted from their homes. In addition to the abundance of storybook creatures, Shrek finds himself a somewhat unwanted sidekick in the shape of a talking donkey. Farquaad, a horrible little man with classic little man syndrome dreams ...

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...of the way first. Shrek is probably the biggest step forward in this kind of animation since the immense Toy Story and it's the closest we've got yet to the computer nerd imitating life - the bodies and movement here are truly amazing and the faces are pretty damn neat too, although they've not quite managed perfection yet. Some of the frown lines and twitches here, however, are so realistic you genuinely believe we've got some actual creatures in ...
...with, let's consider how good Shrek is as a film - and the news here is very, very, very good indeed, for Shrek is every bit as excellent as you may have heard it to be. In fact, it's without doubts one of the films of the year, a huge, addictive flight of fancy, a debunking of all the standard Disney tricks, a satire on everything the children hold most dear. It's funny, endearing, spiteful, barbed, witty, sharply observed and gorgeous stuff, better ...

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...like it, but CLOSE… Shrek is the latest in Dreamworks' long line of computer animated films, and as with all of these animated features, the technology is coming along in leaps and bounds. The graphics are more detailed than even, and it's probably as realistic as it can possibly get now – hair flaps about in the wind, thousands of blades of grass are animated, and the characters probably have more facial expressions than we do! It all ...
...So, to the plot. Well, Shrek is a big green introverted ogre who lives in a swamp and values his privacy above everything else. So he's understandably peeved when big(!) bad almost-king Lord Farquaad outlaws fairytale creatures and dumps them all in Shrek's swamp! Well, off goes Shrek to have a pop at this Farquaad fellow with him new found 'companion' ('friend' is probably too strong a term at this point!) – a donkey, called Donkey(!), who ...

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