WesternAnimation It's like an hour and a half long headache
I've been putting off watching this film for a while now, but with so many memes, I feel like I sort of had to check it out at some point, especially considering people have practically been treating it like a religion for the past decade.
And so I watched it...and it was painful.
The story: a reverse Cindarella story? Wow, I've only seen that 50,000 times over. It's nothing special, it's very predictable.
The humor: There are three types of humor in this movie Lame parody, mostly Disney, that's so bad, it would make MAD blush Fart, butt and several other gross jokes that aren't funny, they're just gross. I'm pretty sure even 12 year olds would be above some of these jokes, honestly. And one or two good jokes, sprinkled in, which are very few and far between,such as that joke about Ogres being like onions (which would be funnier if it wasn't so run into the ground)
The characters: The characters are either ugly as sin, have voices that make you want to stab your ears out or are plain unlikable. Oh yeah, and Eddie Murphy. That guy's voice is more or less a stamp of death to me.
The animation: Drab and dreary in all the wrong ways. There's a way to do this style, and it's the opposite of this. It all looks worn, bland and just unappealing to look at.
The music: Not to bad, actually, but oh wait, they didn't make the music
Final thoughts; What the fuck even was this movie? It's annoying, gross, immature and just painful to sit through. How the hell did this get such a cult following?
Honestly, Dreamworks should be lucky they got stuff out like Prince of Egypt and How to Train your Dragon. Because, if I only saw this when checking them out, I would have boycotted the entire company.
WesternAnimation Reviews are like Onions, ok maybe they’re not
This is a review of Shrek not any of the sequels.
I find it an absolutely hilarious affectionate parody of Disney fairy tales.
I love the buddy picture feel of Shrek and Donkey.
I love the Laughably Evil Lord Farquaad and find his Fantastic Racism to fit well with the theme of the film.
I like Shrek and Fiona’s arcs. I like how it averted the liar revealed trope.
I like the performances of the actors. I like the soundtrack.
What do I not like about this film? Well, is Farquaad’s plan to become next in line to the throne by marrying Fiona so he’ll be King when her father dies? Since that would make sense. But Farquaad implies that he’ll automatically become King in which case Shrek should be King at the end but he isn’t.
And also, what happened to the Witch who cursed Fiona?
I’m a firm believer in not judging a film by its sequel so the fact that those questions are never answered leads to me thinking that the film necessitated a sequel which I would consider a weakness of it.
That said, all in all it’s quite a good movie. And despite my title my review doesn’t have layers.