One of the most compelling and entertaining films ever made.
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Indeed, one might even say it's shrektacular
DreamWorks is so kino.
>Welcome to Duloc, such a perfect town
>Here we have some rules, let us lay them down
>Don't make waves, stay in line
>And we'll get along fine
>Duloc is a perfect place
>Please keep off of the grass
>Shine your shoes, wipe your... face
>Duloc is, Duloc is
>Duloc is a perfect place
>Ta, da, da, da, da, da, whoo
>I steal from the rich and give to the needy
>He takes a wee percentage
>But I'm not greedy
>I rescue pretty damsels, man, I'm good
>What a guy, ha-ha, Monsieur Hood
>Break it down
>I like an honest fight and a saucy little maid
>What he's basically saying is he likes to get
>Paid
>Soooo, when an ogre in the bush grabs a lady by the tush
>That's bad, that's bad, that's bad, that's bad
>When a beauty's with a beast it makes me awfully mad
>He's mad, he's really, really mad
>Now I'll take my blade and ram it through your heart
>Keep your eyes on me, boys, 'cause I'm about to staaaaart
I know for a fact that you didn't have to look up a single line here. Even fricking I Am Legend referenced how goddamned memorable Shrek was. I can't think of a single script I've instantly memorized like that.
>Oh, no, no, no. Dead broad off the table!
>Where are we supposed to put her? The bed's taken
>Huh?
>... What?
>I live in a swamp. I put up signs. I'm a terrifying ogre. What do i have to do to get a little privacy?!
>So where is this fire-breathing pain-in-the-neck anyway?
>Inside, waiting for us to rescue her
>...I was talking about the dragon, Shrek
One of the key storytelling techniques in the first film (and which is absent from the sequels) is the disconnect between what people say they want and what they actually want. The film is largely about Shrek and Fiona coming to grips with admitting what they really want and having the strength to open their hearts to let the outside world in. For Shrek, an ogre who tells everyone who will listen that he just wants to be left alone, the need to open his heart is to allow what he actually wants: friends, companionship, and to be part of a community. He doesn't even realize this at the start of the film, but when the local villagers track him down in his home in the swamp, he meets them with a smile (if not open arms). Shrek enjoys the confrontation, and so even though he'll tell anyone who listens that he wants to be left alone, he has some fun with the attacking villagers.
We can say the same for his relationship with Donkey and Fiona. Shrek is constantly (and legitimately) annoyed by Donkey's constantly loud nature, but he typically only rejects Donkey when he's been emotionally hurt. Being hurt himself, he seeks to take it out on others in order to protect himself from more emotional scarring. In contrast, Fiona needs to open her heart in order to alter what she really wants. Obsessed with being inside a fairy tale, Fiona is a captive of a dragon and yearns for a handsome prince to come and rescue her, so she can fall in love, get kissed, break her curse, and live happily ever after. When Shrek arrives and only succeeds in meeting her fantasy of rescue, Fiona is like a spoiled little child complaining because after coming out of surgery, the nurse brought her Neapolitan ice cream and not getting enough chocolate. Fiona has been cursed to turn into an ogre from sundown to sun-up, and needs to be kissed by her true love to break the spell. Her conception of "true love" is entirely physical and story-based, but over the course of the film she opens up to the idea of being in love with Shrek, who turns out to be a pretty nice guy when he forgets he wants to be alone. Inbetween them is Donkey, who is much more vocal about what he wants, even though he does his best to hide the emotional scars. Like Shrek, Donkey is afraid to get hurt, but his approach to preventing that it to have an exaggerated persona rather than a sullen one. Where Shrek wants to be left alone, Donkey seeks to attach himself to someone else. It's Donkey who serves the narrative's need to get Shrek and Fiona to explain themselves for the audience, and Donkey who keeps the humor coming even when the other two get mopey or angry.
Yeah it's good storytelling, and relatable.
yet it's gone in the sequels. People usually say the first film is the best one because it has the most heart, but there's more to it than just that.
fantastic take on the matter. thoroughly enjoyed reading this
>shown at Cannes, where it competed for Palme d'Or
>most profitable american animation film since The Lion King to not be a sequel (Toy Story 2 came out inbetween and was a huge hit), grossing around 480 millon worldwide and ending up as the 4th highest grossing film of 2001
>critically acclaimed
>becomes the highest selling DVD ever for a while
>winner of the very first Best Animated Feature at academy awards
>Best Adapted Screenplay nomination by academy
>winner of Best Animated Feature at annie awards
>first computer generated film to have a woman among the directors
Legendary film
Yea
>It's ogre. The swamp has fallen. Billions must leave me alone
>Rugrats in Paris : november 2000
>Shrek : may 2001
Wish i could say that Shrek was the voice acting debut of John Lithgow, but that isn't the case. However, Lithgow signed for Shrek long before that Rugrats film was greenlighted (Shrek was in production for much longer)
shrek 1 has so much more charm than 2
It doesn't throw as much to the wall either, which is a good thing.
Shrek 2 just screams ''obligatory sequel that will make money so we're not even trying''.
Shrek 2 takes the references and music montages and goes overboard with them. When you take that all away you're left with not a whole lot, where as in Shrek 1 there's more to the story and themes than just "le music montage and mission impossible gag!"
I’d argue the 2nd was funnier, especially when it came out. It was pure fun.
The first has more heart.
2 leans way too hard on pop culture references for my liking
2 has way too much 4th wall/real world pop culture shit. Like chasing a "white bronco" is sort of clever, but it's just there for adults to smirk because they get the reference.
The only thing I hate about 1 is that a pivotal moment in the plot is Shrek overhearing part of a conversation and taking it out of context. It's always a lame device for moving the story forward.
misunderstandings make me feel my autism really bad. I hate that shit.
I hear frasier does them right but i can't bring myself to give it a try
>THE MUFFIN MAN
>Antz : october 2, 1998
>Shrek : may 18, 2001
It's the same computer animation shop in both films, although they hired more people inbetween. Both were made at the same building using the same workstations.
I want to see the Farley version.
It had a different story. Shrek had parents and there was no "Farquaad evicts fairytale creatures to Shrek's swamp"
The night talk about Shrek being ostracized to Donkey was verbatim by final cut so it wasn't so different.
Also why the frick didn't one of the sequels cover Shrek's family? It was a good idea, and they acted like they ran out of those by Shrek 3.
>Next. What have you got?
>This little wooden puppet
>I'm not a puppet. I'm a real boy (nose grows)
>5 shillings for the possessed toy. Take it away
>Father, please! Don't let them do this! Help me!
I GUESS I’D BE A HERO, SWORD AND ARMOR CLASHING
>Woo, look at that. Who'd want to live in place like that?
>That would be my home
>Oh! And it is lovely! Just beautiful. You know you are quite a decorator. It's amazing what you've done with such a modest budget. I like that boulder. That is a nice boulder (notices all the "keep out" signs) I guess you don't entertain much, do you?
>I like my privacy
>You know, I do too. That's another thing we have in common. Like I hate it when you got somebody in your face. You're trying to give them a hint and they won't leave. And there's that big awkward silence, you know? (awkward silence happens) Can I stay with you?
>Uh, what?
>Can I stay with you, please?
>(tiny pause) Of course!
>Really?
>No
>Please! I don't wanna go back there! You don't know what it's like to be considered a freak... Well, maybe you do. But that's why we gotta stick together. You gotta let me stay! Please! Please!
>Okay! Okay. But one night only
>Ah, thank you! (runs inside the hut)
>What are you...no! (Donkey hops up onto a chair) No!
>This is gonna be fun! We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning... I'm making waffles
I’M GONNA BUILD ME A WALL, A PERFECT PLACE TO HIDE
HEY WORLD, STAY ON YOUR SIDE
THEY TORE MY COTTON GRANNY DRESS AND CALLED ME A HOT AND troony MESS
2 was better