One of The Greatest Animated Movies Ever Made in the History of Cinema!

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2017)

I was blown away when I saw this because although I am 23, I really enjoyed this movie from the beginning, with Shrek that starts his day in his swamp, then he meets Donkey (my favorite character) and with his help try to rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona from the dragon's keep.
Never in the history of cinema a movie had the twists and turns that Shrek has, and for three reasons:
(1) The settings and backgrounds are fantastic, you feel like you are in the movie, they're so realistic with the wind that blows in the leaves and grass. (2) The cast is fantastic, with Mike Myers using his fake Scottish accent and using also some Austin Powersesque jokes, Eddie Murphy as Donkey, Cameron Diaz as the beautiful and tough Princess Fiona, and John Lithgow as the evil Lord Farquad, that after he declares himself King, he gets eaten alive by the dragon. (3) The soundtrack is amazing, not only with the Smash-Mouth songs, but with the Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell's music score in almost all the movie, it has also a starring role within the character's actions, especially in the Escape from the Dragon and Saving Fiona from Farquaad parts.
I want to talk about Donkey, my favorite character. Voiced by the great Eddie Murphy (''Trading Places'' and ''48 hours''), he looks a bit annoying, like in the scene where he meets and follows Shrek all the way home, and he embarks on Shrek's journey to regain his swamp. He has always something to say and his best jokes are the funniest, like when he discovers that the Dragon is a female dragon, and she falls in love with him, or his first scene at the resettlement center with his owner and when he gets covered by TinkerBell's dust which gives him, although briefly, the capacity of flying.
The story line it's great too because it has also his drama moments, but the comedy moments are larger. This movie it's also a satire about tolerance and the fact that a person should accept another person not for his physical appearance, but for the feelings a person shows. And people should learn this from Shrek; if you are mocked by other persons for something of you that is considered ridiculous, ignore them. I passed this also personally in my life.
The only scene that scared me is the one when Shrek and Fiona find a snake and a frog and blow them as balloons, but the best scene for me was Lord Farquaad's torture towards the GingerBread Man.
I also understand why it had a great success and even earned an Academy Award for Best Animated Movie back in 2001! And I also saw the featurette about all the making process and technology behind the Shrek movie.
And for me it's without doubts ONE OF THE GREATEST ANIMATED MOVIES EVER MADE IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA! If you never saw this, see it at all costs, and you will pass an enjoyable hour and a half!