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March 20, 2009
Shrek (2001)
Should I see it?
Probably not.



Classic fairy tales updated with a sardonic post-modern viewpoint and fart jokes. This isn’t without its charm, despite the unnecessary sexual and scatological humor and it does contain some genuinely funny moments. Our culture has dropped a few levels which is why this is so beloved today. In decades past this would have been called out for what it is, classics smudged with bathroom humor.

I advise against the film since it is a deconstruction of useful fairy tales and replaces them with a hollow, modern gag fest. The film has nothing of value to impart except being an amusing waste of time. While kids may enjoy the movie, isn’t it better for them to become acquainted with better films? To come to know the classics which were made to entertain but with a respect for the audience? Why submit your kid to a life of butt-jokes and dick humor? Drop this nonsense and get them in front of Laurel and Hardy, old Walt Disney or Looney Tunes.


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2 Comments:

Anonymous K said...

I thought this was a very mediocre movie, yet it made huge amounts at the box office and the just as poorly done sequel even more.

I put it down to the interest in the new animation medium. Any other explanation was just too depressing.

March 21, 2009 at 12:50 AM  
Anonymous Scott Nehring said...

It has nothing to do with the animation - fart jokes make people laugh. Since my generation has been trained to not consider what they're putting in their heads, they don't think about what they expose their children to either.

March 21, 2009 at 7:19 AM  

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