Not Really a Kids Movie

Only toddlers and adults will be entertained. The kiddies will love the cute characters, chirpy songs and all the bright colors. Adults will love the very grown up humor throughout the movie & the intelligent story. A masturbation joke & penis size jokes are typical of the movie's adult humor but are subtle enough to be nmissed by the wee ones. Disney & Michael Eisner are repeated assaulted. If you are a Disney hater, this is the movie for you.

I know I'm in the minority...

I remember walking into the theatre four years ago to see Shrek. The first time I saw it, I laughed my poor head off. I dubbed it the 'funniest movie ever'. Stupid me swore I was going to see it again someday.

Well, last night, my aunt rented 'Shrek', and popped it into our DVD player. I was sure I was going to be thrilled. Well, then I realized, halfway through the film, that 'Shrek' was one of those gems you see once, but never want to see again. I used to adore 'Shrek', but now, I can see that it was basically nothing but a whole whollop of fart jokes, in-your-face remarks, a predictable plot (I predicted it even before I saw it for the first time)and tasteless humour thrown together, and sent off as a movie.

What is with the 'happily-ever-after' ending? I am so sick of that tongue-in-cheek 'happily-ever-after' ending! Why can't people these days come up with an actually creative, realistic ending?

Well, then, what else must I complain about? Oh, yes, the jokes. I get them. They're just not funny. Like I said, they're tasteless.

And as for Donkey, he's funny, but I think the filmmakers were too lazy to give him a name. Way to show some respect to a beloved character! (sarcasm)

And the greatest fall for DreamWorks: turning Princess Fiona into an ogre.

I have a bite to pick with this. It was 'cute' at first, and it was 'interesting', but only because it was so unique.

What's the problem? Princess Fiona had a spell put on her. According to this spell, she was to become a hideous ogre every night until she found her true love. Then she'd be beautiful all the time. Now, Fiona found true love, with Shrek. How sweet. (Not sarcasm) It would've been great to have the princess and Shrek get married. But not in this case. Why so? Princess Fiona was turned into an ogre. The filmmakers should've kept it that way!

I mean, come on! I'm sure we'd all get the message that it's prefectly fine to be ugly with Princess Fiona and Shrek getting married, and Shrek being kept as an ugly ogre, while the Princess was kept beautiful. BE YOURSELF! If Fiona had originally been an ugly monster, then that would be great. But she was born a beautiful princess, and the filmmakers should've kept her that way: beautiful on the outside, but a lovely ogre on the inside.

And psychologists are telling us that we should appreciate our appearance for what our appearance is, and ourselves for what we are. Perfect. You don't need an appearance that reflects on who you are just to be beautiful. Princess Fiona does not need to look like an ogre to live with one (and to act like one).

Don't get me wrong: it would've been just as bad if Shrek had turned into a handsome prince because he married Fiona.

I will point out in Shrek 2, Shrek became a handsome man, but then was willingly turned back into an ogre. That was good: Shrek kept himself the way he was. He didn't have to 'adapt' to being handsome to make Fiona happy.

For some strange reason, the exact opposite was true for Fiona when she became an ogre. Was it because she is a woman? Or was it because the film was trying to say that it's not okay to beautiful, but okay to be ugly? That's just as wrong as saying it's wrong to beautful, but not okay to be ugly. 'Shrek' is not 'better' than traditional fairy tales: just different. But the basic concept is the same: it's okay to have one appearance, but not the other.

Don't get me wrong: if Shrek had become a handsome prince as a result of marrying Fiona, it would've been just as bad.

And Shrek, I do not know about you, but if villagers hate you because of your appearance, I don't think it helps to eat them.

Of course, this movie has its 'up sides'. I give it two stars for great character development, wonderful animation, and a 'unique' twist from the traditional fairy tales, but I'm afraid I can't be any kinder than that. Sorry.

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I hated this film I think it should go into the hall of shame. Yes it was funny in some parts but it was very annoying.