John in Woodbridge
November 30th, 2004, 07:01 PM
Not typically a movie I'd bother watching, as I remember watching the first one and thought it was mediocre. But over Thanksgiving I was over my sister's home in Savannah, Georgia, and her kids were playing the DVD over and over again.
I thought the film was very good. I happen to like animation, and this film certainly had some state of the art animation. About 95 percent of sequels suck, but I thought this one was much better than the original. The mini-parodies in the film were clever.
Some of reviewers on Stormfront thought the film promoted race-mixing, as Shrek was supposedly a Negro, but when he was changed by a spell into a human he was an old world type European white male. I suppose one can read anything into anything. Myself I didn't find anything "anti-white" in the film. Eddie Murphy's voice-over for the donkey was a bit annoying, but a voice-over isn't as offensive as a negro character.
I liked the film's rendition of the David Bowie song "Changes" sung by some Australian female vocalist.
Even if the film is not your cup of tea, some good entertainment for the kiddies.
I thought the film was very good. I happen to like animation, and this film certainly had some state of the art animation. About 95 percent of sequels suck, but I thought this one was much better than the original. The mini-parodies in the film were clever.
Some of reviewers on Stormfront thought the film promoted race-mixing, as Shrek was supposedly a Negro, but when he was changed by a spell into a human he was an old world type European white male. I suppose one can read anything into anything. Myself I didn't find anything "anti-white" in the film. Eddie Murphy's voice-over for the donkey was a bit annoying, but a voice-over isn't as offensive as a negro character.
I liked the film's rendition of the David Bowie song "Changes" sung by some Australian female vocalist.
Even if the film is not your cup of tea, some good entertainment for the kiddies.