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A screaming Ogre of a classic!
I was totally blown away when I finished seeing this awesome animated movie at the big screen. I thought that the "Toy Story" movies could not be topped but "Shrek" proved me wrong. "Shrek" surpassed Pixar's previous movies and today, it is already a much-beloved classic. I don't know how they do but Pixar have managed to create a truly original story every time they make a movie. Not only that , their movies have had the fun and welcoming atmosphere to appeal to younger audiences yet also have enough sophistication and dialog to win over the adult audience and "Shrek" is one of the shining examples of such movies.

On this round of animated Disney fun, the typical fairy tale storyline is severely warped into a charmingly funny adventure starring a modestly unfriendly green Ogre named Shrek played by Mike Myers, a loquacious donkey played by none other than than the eccentric comedian actor Eddie Murphy, whose role in this rejuvenated his career which was going through a stagnant stage with turkey after turkey ("I Spy" anyone?), and a princess named Fione played by Cameron Diaz.

The story begins with a huge solitary Ogre named Shrek who has enjoyed most of his life in peace alone on his swamp/home. However, the harmony of isolation is completely destroyed when one night, all of the Disney characters such as Cinderella, Snow White and her Seven Dwarfs, Tinkerbelle, and Pinocchio, are banished from their homelands and to Shrek's utter horror and dismay, to his very own swamp, which he hates sharing with others thanks to a tyrannical royal kind names Lord Farquaad. Back at his dungeon-like castle, Farquaad seeks to become king but his ambitions have hit a brick wall time and time again because he has to marry a princess in order to do so. Back at the swamp, Shrek tries to drive the cartoon exiles off his swamp but eventually gives in, and decides to confront Farquaad to return the 'cartoon exiles' back to their homes. Along the way, Shrek meets a loquacious, eccentric donkey along the way whose talkative ways get on Shrek's nerves but in the end a strong friendship forms between the two as they go up against numerous forces to return the exiles back to their homes.

During that time, Shrek has to rescue a princess named Fione from a horrible dungeonlike castle that is guarded by an extremely 'dangerous' dragon that breaths fire in order to 'regain' his swamp back from the exiled beings. But from there, the so called fairytale is completely warped into a comedic adventure full of fun, laughs, and excellent storylines. But not only those make this movie great, it also has a highly important message about what true love really is about that personality is far more important than physical appearance and I tell you, it is for this reason taht "Shrek" is in fact, not only a great and fun movie, but also an important must-have for the ages. I tell you, even if it buts heads against "Monsters Inc." or "Finding Nemo" as my favorite animated movie, there is no denying that "Shrek" ushered in a new golden age in animated moviemaking. Please buy this awesome movie. It's absolutely worth every rusted penny!

Shrek on DVD
Dreamworks Shrek is one of the best technical by then in quite some time

Shrek was not just a box office hit, but it was a hit among childrens and fans of all ages. Shrek's success lay on Dreamworks success formula of mixing in all their previous characters that audiences loved, along with making a great adventure that had audiences entertained.

I have watched the movie before several but the dvd is amazing, it's literally
like watching the movie all over again with the featuretts and some added
scenes .

The movie Shrek also had a great number of musical songs used in the movie such as Smashmouth's ''All Star'', Willie Nelson's ''On The Road Again'', ''The Pina Colada Song'' by Robert Holmes.

Shrek (Michael Myers) is not your typical fairy tale hero, which is another reason why audiences loved the movie. Shrek is proof that not every hero needs to be a tall, perfect being that rescues the princess.

Shrek is virtually a whose who of all fairy tales: Pinocchio, The 3 Little Pigs, The Big
Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, are just a couple examples of fairy tale characters provide not only humor, but another chance for kids and audiences to love their fairy tale character that they heard as kids.

Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) evicts all the Fairy Tale Creatures from their homes, and makes them move to the swamp.

Farquaad in a funny scenes tries to capture the big, loving orge, Shrek outside his kingdom of Duloc, but Shrek defeats the men in a hilarious display including a spoof of wrestling.

The wrestling spoof done by Shrek is absolute hilarious is no doubt a shot at Pro Wrestling at it's best.

Farquaad helpless against Shrek, offers him the chance to get his swamp back but tells Shrek that he must complete a special journey to get his home back.

That journey of course entails not only Shrek defeating a mysterious dragon,
but a beautiful princess named Fiona (Cameron Diaz).

Fiona is the beautiful princess who is somewhat chained to Lord Farquaad
but who dreams of being rescued by a great knignt of course that's when
Shrek comes in...

The ending was a bit of a surprise but it was a welcome surprise, in fact
compared to that garbage of a movie called ''Shallow Hal'' , ''Shrek'' actually
does live up to theme of the inner beauty within someone to find love.

The DVD is loaded, I mean loaded with special features, in fact I think that the Academy Awards should add a category for best DVD'S because they are alot of great dvd's out there that deserve their awards.

The DVD of Shrek is one such great dvd, it comes loaded with many features including:

Trailer of The Film
Interview with the Cast of The Film (In their Animated form)
HBO First Look at Shrek
A Tech Look at the Making of Shrek
A Sneak Peek at other upcoming animated films
A Special hint section for the XBOX game of Shrek
A Special Dubbing featurette
and many more features!!!

So check out the movie and check the dvd, now that Shrek 2 is coming out
in the summer, a revisit and reviewing of the original seems very appropriate

A hilarious *family* movie!
When's the last time you took your kids to a movie, and enjoyed it as much as your kids? Well, actually, in the last couple of years, we've seen the dawn of a new era - family movies that the whole family enjoys! Other family movies may have more depth to their stories (Toy Story 1/2, Chicken Run) or more slam-bang action and adventure (Spy Kids), but nothing combines both of those with a near-overdose of hilarity like Shrek. I laughed so hard I cried, and the weird thing is, my wife and my 3, 6, and 9-year-old daughters were all hysterical at the same time! A smidgeon of "potty" humour for the kiddies, but done lightly enough that even the parents couldn't help laughing, plus enough farce and social satire to add really enjoyable depth to the slapstick (the Robin Hood / Riverdance / Bruce Lee / The Matrix sequence was inspired movie making!).

Unlike the excrable Pokemon movies and their ilk, which I can't imagine anyone over the age of 12 enjoying *anything* about, I can't imagine anyone of any age *not* enjoying Shrek. Go see this movie! Take your kids! If they won't go, go yourself! It's that much fun.

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