Decent movie. No really. it was. Not joking.

Rating: 7/10 (11 January 2002)

Sorry if I appear a little underenthused, but this one was just not all that it had been hyped up to be. Sure, the technical achievement is amazing. Some of the shots of Shrek and the environment WERE photo-realistic; others were borderline. The inconsistency was shocking at times, especially in the beginning of the flick. Some of the lip-synching with Fiona was just awful. Shrek went from being a full individual to a 2D cartoon without warning when the light changed. But nevertheless, a new benchmark in the possibility of CGI has been set. As far as the story goes, I was less than amazed. Cute individual scenes, and loaded with great one-liners, but never really flowing the whole way through. You could tell that they had been through several re-writes, trying to please every target audience. From the crude bathroom humor for the boys, the twisted love story for the girls, to the life lessons for the parents, this is another that aimed with an elephant gun. Once again, the general public are sheep and bought the whole thing. Blech.
7/10
P.S. *Fellowship thought* `What if all the blue screens in the latest fantasy and sci-fi live-action movies was replaced with the environments that are now capable from the Shrek technology? I giggle at the possibilities.'
P.P.S. *widescreen thought* `I may have been even more impressed with the animation and scenery if Blockbuster hadn't stuck me with the damn Pan & Scan version, where everything is cropped for the sheep. Far too often the screen centered on Shrek, with the donkey's face half showing, or all the palaces and fields off the side.