>Don't you point... those dirty green sausages at me!
Did Fairy Godmother have flashbacks to her college days?
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>Don't you point...
>Don't you point... those dirty green sausages at me!
Did Fairy Godmother have flashbacks to her college days?
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I want to have seks with her
get in line
she's stronger than death btw.
This film is unpleasant : The arguments with toxic dialogue, Fiona killing Ariel with a grin, two dead fish on a dirty fish bowl, Shrek's pessimistic attitude in the early scenes, Fairy Godmother's hateful personality, Harold's bigoted attitude, the lack of affable conversations, Godmother's bodyguard assaulting an old man like Harold by pushing him out the limo carriage, the assassination attempt in the woods, the potion factory using caged animals as test subjects and having some hazmat suit workers ride on a spinning machine for no reason, Godmother pretending to read the endings of fairytales to let Shrek know that ogres aren't in any of those "happily ever afters", Godmother manipulating Shrek in allowing Charming to steal his identity and his wife, the lust filled love potion meant for Fiona, the police brutality scene, one of the blind mice always looking in the wrong direction everytime they appear, the forced kiss on Fiona, the giant gingerbread man dying on that moat on the same night he was made, everyone happily dancing at the end while the viewer knows that Charming just accidentally lost his mother and is now an orphan, etc.
Are you from candyland? That is like typical American cynical humor from like 20 years ago. It wasn't nearly as bad as it is nowadays
Forgot the "joke" about bodyslamming little dog to death. Only thing more disgusting was sknning the Mama Bear in Shrek 1
Dog somehow survived actually. Still a dumb moment (Shrek tried to crowd surf)
The writers had little background gags like the mama bear in shrek 1 and most people didn't even notice.
It's pure post-00's Hollywood to say "well rev up the obviousness"
ohmigod, put a trigger warning on that! I am literally shaking now
Maybe this wouldn't be a problem if the film had some children characters, but it doesn't. Everyone on it is an adult. This gives the film a cynical atmosphere and it makes that unpleasant content more noticeable.
yes it's supposed to be anti-disney, Black person
>We’re not going
>What?
>I mean, don’t you think they might be a bit shocked to see you like this?
>Well, they might be a bit surprised. But they’re my parents, Shrek. They love me. And don’t worry, they're gonna love you too
>Yeah, right. Somehow I don’t think I’ll be welcome at the country club
>Will you stop it? They’re not like that
>Then how do you explain Sergeant Pompous and the Fancy Pants Club Band?
>Oh, come on. You could at least give them a chance
>Oh, to do what? Sharpen their pitchforks?
>No! They just want to give you their blessing
>Oh, great. Now I need their blessing?
>Well If you want to be a part of this family, yes
>And who says I want to be part of this family?
>Uh, you did? When you married me?
>Well, there’s some fine print for you
>So that's it? You won't come?
>Trust me, it's a bad idea. We're not going and that's final
>She's just trying to help
>Good. She can help us pack. Get your coat, dear. We’re leaving
>What? When did you decide this?
>Shortly after arriving
>Very nice, Shrek
>What? I told you coming here was a bad idea
>You could’ve at least tried to get along with my father
>You know, somehow I don’t think I was going to get daddy’s blessing even if I did want it
>Well do you think it might be nice if somebody asked me what I wanted?
>Sure. Do you want me to pack for you?
Toxic dialogue
It lasts almost 83 minutes without credits. There's also a small credits scene (the one with the donkey/dragon offsprings) which almost lasts 1 minute. So in total, there are almost 84 minutes of CGI footage in this film.
Shrek 2 was the first film directed by Conrad Vernon, who later directed Monsters vs Aliens, Madagascar 3 (the circus one), and Sausage Party.
>Shrek is good at painting, cooking (the weedrat scene), and wrestling, plus likes to watch the stars because "they tell stories". He's also a reader since he owns a fairytale book, isn't above using metaphors (like onions having layers), likes to shower with mud, likes eating vegetables/slug eyeballs, and sometimes says gruesome things ("ogres make a suit from your freshly peeled skin, shave your liver, and squeeze the jelly from your eyes")
>Fiona likes to sing, has a fiery/intelligent personality, is good at cooking (the fried eggs), knows how to use the environment to her advantage (like using the bark of a tree as a door), and isn't above doing things like plucking off the petals from a sunflower while saying "i tell him, i tell him not"
>Donkey likes humming songs and is a fan of waffles and parfaits, plus doesn't understand some jokes (the "compensating for something" joke) and is a bit gullible (the blue flower with red thorns scene)
Character traits from 1 that didn't come back in 2. Get out of here with your "2 is better" meme.
Donkey is still humming in 2 (Sun will shine tommorrow; Ain't no stopping us now), but that's about it
He sang those songs, not hummed them.
>is good at cooking (the fried eggs)
do you think making a sandwich or pouring yourself a glass of milk qualifies at cooking too?
Shrek 1 has no visual references to real life people. Meanwhile, Shrek 2 has references to Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears (the Chastity Belt poster), Charles III, and Joan Rivers.
>Shrek 1 has no visual references to real life people.
>Sports Illustrated : Pork Illustrated
>Starbucks Coffee : Farbucks Coffee
>Burger King : Burger Prince
>Armani Exchange : Armani Armoury
>Barneys New York : Barneys Old York
>Abercrombie & Fitch : Abercrombie & Witch
>Versace : Versarchery
>FAO Schwarz : FE-FI-FO Schwarz
>Baskin Robbins : Baskin Robbinhood
>Tiffany & Co : Epiphany & Co
>Saks Fifth Avenue : Saxxon Fifth Avenue
>Pottery Barn : Pewtery Barn
>Tower Records : Tower of London Records
>Banana Republic : Banana Kingdom
>GAP Kids : GAP Queen
>Old Navy : Old Knavery
>USPS : FFAPS
>Frisch's Big Boy : Friar's Fat Boy
>E! Entertainment : ME! Entertainment
>Preparation H : Preparation Hunch
All the brand parodies in Shrek 2. There are also visual references to the Playboy bunny logo, Beverly Hills sign, the Paramount Studios entrance, Rodeo Drive, the Hollywood sign, the Angelyne billboards, the Frisch's Big Boy statue, the Burger King paper crown, the Academy Awards statues/red carpet, the COPS font, and the Hollywood Bowl.
Playboy bunny logo reference can be seen in the opening, when the wolf is reading that magazine.
>Antz (1998)
>Shrek (2001)
>Shrek 2 (2004)
>Shark Tale (2004)
>Madagascar (2005)
Dreamworks' first five computer generated movies. Out of this bunch, Shrek 2 is the most depraved/toxic/contrived/forced/pop culture referential of the bunch. It's also the least innocuous.
>shark tale
>not forced slop
>forced/pop culture referential
but this is Shark Tale to a T
it's a fricking gangster parody at it's core, twisted up to be moderately kid friendly
I always interpreted that joke as dirty black (Black person) sausages
I think they patched together a garbage storyline for this sequel. I don't like the story that we are asked to follow here.
That "Little Drop of Poison" song by Tom Waits was first used in the 1997 film The End of Violence, over six years before Shrek 2 also used it on a tavern scene. It plays on minute 88.
https://lookmovie2.to/movies/play/1689756708-the-end-of-violence-1997
Shrek 1 is better.
Also Shrek owns the swamp, means he's landed means he's nobility.
Land ownership doesn't make you nobility.
Unironically the best Shrek villain
She was pure wizard
She could sing too!
The true mil/zoomer divide is whether you prefer 1 or 2.
>Shrek : premieres in may 2001 (a good chunk of production took place in the late 90s)
>Shrek 2 : premieres in may 2004
I wonder how this sequel would've turned out if 9/11 didn't happen. We would've still gotten a sequel, but i doubt it would be the same film that we got.
>Julie Andrews is the queen character in The Princess Diaries (2001) and Shrek 2 (2004)
They likely got Andrews for this film only because of her major role on Princess Diaries.
Same reason why Hoodwinked! had Anne Hathaway. She was previously on The Princess Diaries and Ella Enchanted.
>Shrek (2001)
>Ella Enchanted (2004)
>Shrek 2 (2004)
>Hoodwinked! (2005)
>Happily N' Ever After (2006)
>Shrek the Third (2007)
>Enchanted (2007)
Those type of films became a trend after the first Shrek
was hoodwinked good?
i just remember the detective theme and the Cinemaphile grandma
>Randy Cartwright, David Lowery, Francisco Avalos, Rejean Bourdages, Ken Harsha, Edmund Fong, Robert Lence, Becky Cassady, Ken Bruce, Eric Darnell, James Fujii, Todd Kurozawa, Rick Familoe, Tom Sito, David Soren, Robert Souza, Jenna Grigg Thomas, Jill Ragaway
Story artists from 1 that didn't return for 2
>Walt Dohrn, Steven E. Gordon, Mark O' Hare, Hamish Grieve, Rob Porter, Bob Persichetti, David P. Smith, Piet Kroon, Dalton Grant Jr, Mike Mitchell, Jeff Snow, David Lux, Simon Wells
New story artists from 2
>Conrad Vernon, Kelly Asbury, Chris Miller, Cody Cameron,
John Stevenson, Catherine Yuh Rader, Robert Koo
Story artists from 1 that did return for 2
The story artists are the real writers in Dreamworks films. They pitch a "sequence" and then board it while coming up with all the gags/dialogue.
Everybody gets fired after a movie is finished
Pacific Data Images logo when making Shrek 1 (and Antz before too)
i watched shrek 2 recently and there are basically no jokes for children in it
>From Here to Eternity, The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring, Street Fighter series, Spider Man, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Seven Year Itch, The Shining, Alien, El Zorro, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Love Potion No.9, Mission Impossible, Jurassic Park, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Flashdance
Pop culture stuff that is visually referenced in Shrek 2
>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Rawhide, Seinfield, Fawlty Towers, Happy Meal, The Price is Right, Keebler, Pretty Woman, Ex-Lax, Alka-Seltzer, Stool Softener, VapoRub, Annie, Sanford and Son, Garfield, Wheel of Fortune, O.J's white bronco, Frankenstein, E.T the Extraterrestial
Pop culture stuff that is referenced in Shrek 2's dialogue. Some of them only apply to the english dub.
Some of the writing here is coarse-salted even for Dreamworks standards. No other DW films has lines such as "lucky day, hunk buffet, you and your prince take a roll in the hay", or "i say we grab his sword and neuter him right here", or "they'll write on the bathroom wall : For a happily ever after, give Fiona a call", or "police brutality" during an arrest, or a boy saying "I'm wearing ladies underwear", or a character hanging from the leg of a floating woman and saying "i see london, i see france".
Besides the neuter and police brutality joke, they did a good job rushing past that dialog. (Even as an adult, I didn't process most of those). I actually kind of dig just how cynical the characters are in this. The first film was a hopeful story about true love that subverts Disney trends. This film feels like it takes a sledgehammer to the idea of true love entirely. Meeting family sucks...and you will always fall short of others expectations. Fairy Godmother believes "love" can be gamed and commodified with enough money, style, and lust. It was going to work before shrek interrupted the party (with or without the potion). The only sliver of goodness was Fiona's choice to stay an Ogre....but even then it's a story choice that proves to everyone in the audience thst they are a cynic aswell. Because everyone...would choose to stay beautiful over being an ogre....absolutely everyone. So in that sense this film is a masterpiece.
I don't think Dreamworks would've become such a punchline in the mid 00s if this film never existed. Oh sure, Shark Tale would've left a weird taste in people's mouths and Madagascar wouldn't have been everyone's cup of tea, but Dreamworks's reputation still wouldn't have suffered as much. I was there in the mid 00s when people treated them as a joke. I think Shrek 2 is the main reason why that happened.