Fairytales have always been a popular part of fantasy adventure. Then when Shrek (Full Screen Single Disc Edition)
In this movie, an ogre named Shrek (voice of Mike Myers) lived alone in a swamp because he was feared by all of the villagers just for being an ogre. Shrek isn’t intimidated though. In fact, he prefers his privacy.
Soon Shrek meets Donkey (voice of Eddie Murphy) who wants to be his friend. Oddly, Shrek doesn’t want him for a friend. Sure Donkey can be annoying sometimes, but that’s no reason for Shrek to keep pushing him away. That just makes Shrek less likable to me.
Later that evening, various fairytale creatures invade Shrek’s house. “Dead broad off the table.” It turns out that a dictator named Lord Farquaad (voice of John Lithgow) forced them all there. So, Shrek and Donkey head to Farquaad’s place in Duloc to straighten this whole thing out. Though it’s not to help them. It’s for Shrek to help himself. They soon arrive in Duloc, which spoofs Disneyland a little bit. Farquaad immediately orders his men to attack. Shrek shows some cool fighting skills that please the crowd. I wonder where he learned how to fight.
After that, Farquaad sends Shrek and Donkey to rescue Princess Fiona in a tower from a dragon. The run down castle has neat scenery inside. As Shrek finds Fiona (voice of Cameron Diaz), Donkey deals with Dragon, who ends up falling for him. Now that’s an unusual twist, but it sure helped bring Dragon to the side of good.
The scene where Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona escape from Dragon is real exciting. Dragon gets tangled up in that chandelier chain as the others barely make it out alive after Dragon takes out the bridge. It’s incredible. However, the trip back to Duloc is a struggle as Fiona acts difficult toward Shrek and Donkey. But soon they all warm up to each other and Shrek falls for Fiona. What an unlikely pair. Next to Donkey and Dragon.
Fiona has some amazing skills. Her singing voice causes birds to explode and she has martial art skills that were inspired by Charlie’s Angels, which is very appropriate for Cameron Diaz. Was she fixing her hair during while battling with Robin Hood and his merry men chorus line?
This was a good funny movie, but I preferred the sequels better. One thing I don’t understand is why Donkey and Dragon never had real names.
Following the success of Shrek, Universal Studios Theme Park had a 3-D movie attraction called Shrek 4-D. The story takes off right after Shrek and Fiona’s wedding. It starts with Farquaad returning as a ghost. With the help of Thelonious, he seeks revenge. It’s real exciting as Shrek and Donkey go after Thelonious to rescue Fiona through all kinds of dangerous terrain. The short story is also featured on the DVD Shrek 3-D
is one of the most popular games on the Nintendo Wii as well as the first Wii game to use a steering wheel as a controller. The object is like any other racing game. You try to win races in various race routes, but these are no ordinary race routes. The different Super Mario Bros. characters have to drive through meadows, gorges, dangerous castles, even outer space. You won’t see this at Talladega, folks.
. The video game franchise had three different versions of Street Fighter 2 before it premiered. Each character was unique with different special moves to creatively use against an opponent as he/she travels to different countries just to win a one on one match. Now we actually get to see the story line behind it all.
. For instance, the city of Shadowloo has a curfew and General M. Bison (Raul Julia) transforms a solder named Carlos Blanka (Robert Mammone) into a monster. Here’s a twist. On occasion, there’s a DJ on the radio who says, “Good morning, Shadowloo”, and tells jokes. Sound familiar?
is more of a slasher, which stars Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike, a stuntman with a killer car. Metaphorically and literally speaking.
