Funny, but un-necessarily vulgar

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2001)

This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, flat out. I do mean that, my wife and I have no children, but went to see it because it looked good and we like movies of this sort (A Bug's Life, Toy Stories 1 & 2, etc). I thought Mike Myers was great, Eddie Murphy greater and Cameron Diaz funny as all get out. The sight gags, puns, in-jokes, and slight jabs at Disney were almost perfect.
But did we really need to see a Donkey urinating on a fire to put it out? Or Shrek catching his dinner by passing gas in the water? Or the incessant 'Ass' jokes? I know kids find that kind of thing funny, along with the gross out stuff like eyeballs in the martini and the earwax candle; but come on, couldn't we come up with something a little less low-rent? It's easy to come up with toilet humor, try coming up with something just as funny (like Pinnochio lying about being a real boy to save himself) that's not disgusting.
I would have given this movie a 10 if they hadn't actually shown Donkey peeing on the fire. As it sits, a solid 7