Current Events > "Shrek at 20: an unfunny and overrated low for blockbuster animation"

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Xavier_On_High
05/18/21 6:02:40 PM
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"Shrek has an outhouse with a working toilet.

It is not part of the films cynical brand of irreverence that an ogres latrine is supported by modern plumbing. And its certainly not consistent with the hygiene of a swamp-dwelling beast who bathes in mud, brushes his teeth in slime and boasts of a killer weed rat stew. But after our lime-green hero literally wipes his ass with a fairytale ending, it was apparently decided that the film needed that emphatic flushing sound before the Smash Mouth single All Star kicked in and the introductory montage could commence.

Twenty years later, that flushing sound seems to signify the moment when blockbuster animation circled the drain. Shrek is a terrible movie. Its not funny. It looks awful. It would influence many unfunny, awful-looking computer-animated comedies that copied its formula of glib self-reference and sickly sweet sentimentality. Three of those terrible movies were sequels to Shrek and one was a spin-off with a sequel in the works. The curse has eased but not lifted."

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/17/shrek-20-unfunny-overrated-low-blockbuster

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nothanks1
05/18/21 6:03:33 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpwya7R0gkM

It had a Joan Jett song in it
it's great
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Heartomaton
05/18/21 6:04:20 PM
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The fuck? Shek is good. Whoever wrote that just has a nasty chip on their shoulder for whatever reason.

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UnfairRepresent
05/18/21 6:04:27 PM
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I think Shrek was good and holds up well

Great music, good morals, fun adventure

I mean I can see the complaint that making fun of Farquad for being a midget was kinda anti thetical to the message

but it's still a good movie

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FortuneCookie
05/18/21 6:04:50 PM
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"It's popular, therefore it sucks."
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Delirious_Beard
05/18/21 6:05:04 PM
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fuck that guy

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gunplagirl
05/18/21 6:05:27 PM
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Heartomaton posted...
The fuck? Shek is good. Whoever wrote that just has a nasty chip on their shoulder for whatever reason.
Shrek probably banged his mom or something

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Heartomaton
05/18/21 6:06:41 PM
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gunplagirl posted...
Shrek probably banged his mom or something

It's all ogre now.

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3PiesAndAFork
05/18/21 6:07:11 PM
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Shrek is an amazing movie. That guy is a CEman.

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iPhone_7
05/18/21 6:07:57 PM
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Delirious_Beard posted...
fuck that guy


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RedJackson
05/18/21 6:09:26 PM
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Delirious_Beard posted...
fuck that guy

I dont need to introspective look from some DUDE thinking about HIS LIFE

fuck that guy

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Ushiromiya
05/18/21 6:11:02 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
I think Shrek was good and holds up well


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Xavier_On_High
05/18/21 6:12:20 PM
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It feels like it was written by someone who only watched the opening and the trailer.

Like, the outhouse having a flush is literally supposed to be a joke, isn't it? In line with the rest of the anachronisms in the film (Duloc is a Perfect Place, dating game magic mirror, audience prompts at the wedding, etc)

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Blue_Inigo
05/18/21 6:12:24 PM
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NinjaWarrior455
05/18/21 6:12:57 PM
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Somebody

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Zikten
05/18/21 6:13:18 PM
#16:


There may have been some copy cats that are shit but that doesn't mean the original is shit

Shrek remains one of thr best films of the early 2000s.
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superman 2000
05/18/21 6:15:32 PM
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Never cared for Shrek as a child. Would probably appreciate it more now as an adult, but the color pallet is off-putting and I'm generally not a big fan of toilet humor.

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chrono625
05/18/21 6:16:12 PM
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Shrek still holds up extremely well today. And it will probably continue to stand the test of time.

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Wii_Shaker
05/18/21 6:16:21 PM
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I recently rewatched it.

It's good. It's funny and the animation still holds up well considering the progress 3D animation has made.

Michael Myers, John Lithgow Eddie Murphy as well as Cameron Diaz all give solid voice performances...

The article is clearly schlock and written as click-bait.

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sktgamer_13dude
05/18/21 6:17:04 PM
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Shrek is good.
Shrek 2 isnt even that bad.
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Xavier_On_High
05/18/21 6:22:23 PM
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ArianaGrandSlam posted...
Why do you guys share these kind of articles and click on them, generating ad revenue? They just found someone to pay to say that so that people would hate-visit their site. Dont let it work on you.

Maybe I work for the Guardian >_>

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Heartomaton
05/18/21 6:27:33 PM
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NinjaWarrior455 posted...
Somebody

once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play
Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now, wait 'til you get older
But the meteor men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The water's getting warm so you might as well swim
My world's on fire, how about yours?
That's the way I like it and I'll never get bored
Hey now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play
Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
All that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
Hey now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play
Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show, on get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars
Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas?
I need to get myself away from this place
I said, "Yup" what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change
Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
You'll never know if you don't go (go!)
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play
Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold

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Turtlemayor333
05/18/21 6:30:33 PM
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My favorite part is the crying about how kids growing up at the time wouldn't be able to take Mother Goose seriously after watching Shrek.

Like this guy is some frustrated weirdo curator of fairly tales.

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Darmik
05/18/21 6:32:30 PM
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Shrek is the only movie released in 2001 that is deemed culturally relevant enough to be archived in the American National Film Registrey.

Get Shrek'd loser.

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Buzz Killjoy
05/18/21 6:43:21 PM
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But its worth pointing out how comprehensively bad its legacy remains, opening up the floodgates for other major studios to pile celebrities into recording booths, feed them committee-polished one-liners and put those lines in the mouths of sassy CGI animals or human-ish residents of the uncanny valley.

I guess I agree with this part even though I don't necessarily think Shrek's success was responsible for it.

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Darmik
05/18/21 6:54:04 PM
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Buzz Killjoy posted...
I guess I agree with this part even though I don't necessarily think Shrek's success was responsible for it.

Yeah Aladdin already started that trend.

Hell Eddie Murphy already did that for Mulan.

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Wii_Shaker
05/18/21 6:56:38 PM
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Darmik posted...
Yeah Aladdin already started that trend.

Hell Eddie Murphy already did that for Mulan.

At least Dreamworks has enough sense not to try to make a live action reboot of Shrek.

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skermac
05/18/21 6:58:11 PM
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I never saw the shrek movie tbh

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jdb78
05/18/21 9:31:49 PM
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Wii_Shaker posted...
At least Dreamworks has enough sense not to try to make a live action reboot of Shrek.

They don't have to since this exists:

https://youtu.be/q7tPOfFXWZc
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UnholyMudcrab
05/18/21 9:36:04 PM
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Shrek is a bad movie, and it had a terrible influence on animation going forward
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superman 2000
05/18/21 9:54:35 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Shrek is a bad movie, and it had a terrible influence on animation going forward

I agree that it's not a very good movie, but in what way has it influenced animation?

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TaiIs82
05/18/21 11:10:31 PM
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Huh. I was just thinking yesterday that Shrek was the pinnacle of our culture.

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DrizztLink
05/18/21 11:14:08 PM
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Hayame Zero
05/18/21 11:15:31 PM
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tl;dr I don't like thing

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Darmik
05/18/21 11:47:25 PM
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superman 2000 posted...
I agree that it's not a very good movie, but in what way has it influenced animation?

I think it really kickstarted the whole comedy CGI family movie with an all-star (heh) cast in a big way.

This was already sort of starting up with the Disney renaissance but Shrek set the trend that's still happening really.

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chrono625
05/19/21 5:28:29 AM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Shrek is a bad movie, and it had a terrible influence on animation going forward

found the author

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PMarth2002
05/19/21 5:31:26 AM
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Xavier_On_High posted...
Does CE agree?

No.

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Nukazie
05/19/21 5:40:02 AM
#40:


Delirious_Beard posted...
fuck that guy


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Ryuko_Chan
05/19/21 5:41:49 AM
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its a good movie. my school actually did shrek as one of our plays once, and i was one of the stage managers. one of the best parts of my life xd

making fun of farquad for being a midget was dumb and hypocritical. worst part of the movie for sure and it always kinda bothered me. the fact that the creator of this article doesnt even mention that shows he was just a grumpy nerd. probably a CEman tbh

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ZevLoveDOOM
05/19/21 5:43:39 AM
#42:


Shrek is love, Shrek is life.

so nope, i aint reading that shit...
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cjsdowg
05/19/21 5:46:27 AM
#43:


Since we are talking about Shrek...

This is still Epic. Shrek II spoilers .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI0mSEzttx8


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pfh1001
05/19/21 6:28:06 AM
#44:


UnholyMudcrab posted...
Shrek is a bad movie, and it had a terrible influence on animation going forward


I'm with you. Shrek was at best mediocre and the sequel was godawful. If they made a 3rd, I'm glad to have blocked it from my mind.
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