As I walked into the movie theater with three teenage boys, I mentally prepared myself to spend two hours watching car chases, explosions and cleavage. To my surprise they all wanted to see Shrek 4. So there I was with my 3D glasses on seriously questioning my choice of friends, when I realized we were not the only people over eleven in the theater. Half way through the movie I understood why. Shrek 4 was actually funny and not the wow this is so stupid I'm going to laugh at it funny, the my popcorn is in danger of being spilt funny.
Disney Pixar has made Shrek the type of film that can be enjoyed by children from ages two to eighty (My eighty-five year old grandfather saw the movie and was uncomfortable with the donkey dragon crossbreeding). There are very few movies with three sequels that are worth seeing, but Shrek 4 has done it.
The only thing that annoyed my about this film was, like a lot of new movies, Shrek 4 is in 3D. I might be the only one, But I hate 3D movies. I do not like paying five dollars more to see a blurry movie and leave with a headache. My whole life is in 3D, I can manage seeing two hours of it in 2D. On the plus side dorky glasses are always fun.
Never the less great movie. Well worth suffering through that extra dimension.
What makes it enjoyable--specifically? Are there any deeper meanings to the movie? Is the cross-beeding, for example, perhaps social commentary on "mixed dating"?
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