Does anyone actually want to see Shrek 2?
05-23-04, 05:04 PM
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Re: Does anyone actually want to see Shrek 2?
Originally posted by NitroJMS
Maybe its the fact that I now hate the original after seeing it a billion times at work, or that Shrek is everywhere at the moment, but is there actually much interest in this sequel? No one I know is talking about this movie even though everyone loved the original back in 2001.
I think the fact that Shrek is becoming what it made fun of in the first film (crass Disney marketing) is really going to hurt it.
Maybe its the fact that I now hate the original after seeing it a billion times at work, or that Shrek is everywhere at the moment, but is there actually much interest in this sequel? No one I know is talking about this movie even though everyone loved the original back in 2001.
I think the fact that Shrek is becoming what it made fun of in the first film (crass Disney marketing) is really going to hurt it.
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1. Shrek 2 (DreamWorks) / 4,163
$95 million | - | $115 million |
$95 million | - | $115 million |
You must really not talk to many people.
05-23-04, 08:04 PM
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Originally posted by steebo777
The only problem I had with it was the last song: Living La Vida Loca. Did they really need that as the last song? Oh well, the movie still worked very well.
The only problem I had with it was the last song: Living La Vida Loca. Did they really need that as the last song? Oh well, the movie still worked very well.
1. Shrek 2 has got to be the most ****ing awful toy-and-junk-food-commercial pretending to be entertainment, EVER MADE!
2. Anyone who likes it is an idiot. Sorry guys but you really are. You could write 300 pages about what you think is great about this film and I would still think you're an idiot because you liked a film that concluded with a rendition of Livin' La Vida Loca.
Give me a break. It's totally indefensible. There is no justification for liking this. If the first 90 minutes is as good as The Godfather, Gone With The Wind, and City Lights combined it would still be the worst movie ever made because it had Livin' La Vida Loca in it.
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05-23-04, 08:28 PM
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Originally posted by Pants
blah blah blah... Anyone who likes it is an idiot... blah blah blah
blah blah blah... Anyone who likes it is an idiot... blah blah blah
I enjoyed the movie, so thanks for the personal attack.
It helps to see a movie before you bitch about it.
05-24-04, 01:13 AM
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Saw it yesterday, good movie. It didn't have the magic of the first and I also found some of the music annoying, Livin La vida loca, and can't stand the All Star song. But the movie was funny, Puss n boots was like Mini me in Austin Powers 2, he stole the show.
05-24-04, 11:11 AM
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Jeff, while Pants' post may be a little off he has a point. The overuse of "popular" music in the original Shrek is one of the main reasons I've not watched it again. Just my opinion of course, and I hope you're at least open to hear constructive comments from both ends.
05-24-04, 11:19 AM
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Originally posted by PixyJunket
Jeff, while Pants' post may be a little off he has a point. The overuse of "popular" music in the original Shrek is one of the main reasons I've not watched it again. Just my opinion of course, and I hope you're at least open to hear constructive comments from both ends.
Jeff, while Pants' post may be a little off he has a point. The overuse of "popular" music in the original Shrek is one of the main reasons I've not watched it again. Just my opinion of course, and I hope you're at least open to hear constructive comments from both ends.
05-24-04, 11:26 AM
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Originally posted by Groucho
There's a difference between "constructive comments" and calling everybody an idiot if they don't agree with you. A HUGE difference.
There's a difference between "constructive comments" and calling everybody an idiot if they don't agree with you. A HUGE difference.
05-24-04, 11:36 AM
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Originally posted by Pants
From this point on anyone who reports liking this film really needs to address this issue. How can you like this? Don't you realize what it says about you when you claim to like something that contains such banality?
From this point on anyone who reports liking this film really needs to address this issue. How can you like this? Don't you realize what it says about you when you claim to like something that contains such banality?
But for the record:
Ricky Martin song = BAD
Larry King = GOOD
And overall, the GOOD aspects of this film outweigh the BAD by a big margin.
I'll be leaving this thread now because I don't wish to say anything more or hear anything more about this awful film.
05-24-04, 01:16 PM
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Originally posted by PixyJunket
Oh, I agree.. I did not mean that Pants' comment was constructive at all. However, since he did bring up one of my main complaints I decided to put it in something less juvenile.
Oh, I agree.. I did not mean that Pants' comment was constructive at all. However, since he did bring up one of my main complaints I decided to put it in something less juvenile.
The good out does the bad and it's clear from the box office take in that the masses agree. Enjoyable movie and the enjoyment you got out of the 99% is not destroyed by that 1% of bad.
05-24-04, 04:36 PM
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I have to say that I agree with the reviewers who have said that it may be better than the first one. I'm pretty sure I laughed harder than when I saw the first one for the first time. We are taking the kids in my youth group to see this weekend, so I'll get a chance to test it's rewatchability. I'll have a better idea after seeing a second time (too much stuff to process in one viewing).
Personal favorite scene:
I could care less about "Livin' La Vida Loca" . . . it seemed to me that it was a tie in to Puss In Boots' nationality. I thought it fit in fine, but didn't really think much about it either way.
jeffkjoe - Great job by you guys.
Keep up the good work.
Personal favorite scene:
Spoiler:
I could care less about "Livin' La Vida Loca" . . . it seemed to me that it was a tie in to Puss In Boots' nationality. I thought it fit in fine, but didn't really think much about it either way.
jeffkjoe - Great job by you guys.
Keep up the good work.
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05-24-04, 11:54 PM
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Originally posted by tanman
Watched it. Loved it. So did 100 million other people.
Watched it. Loved it. So did 100 million other people.
05-25-04, 04:26 AM
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Originally posted by NitroJMS
Actually, a little closer to 15-20 million likely saw it. It grossed $125 million, but many of those were likely children's tickets which messes with numbers a bit.
Actually, a little closer to 15-20 million likely saw it. It grossed $125 million, but many of those were likely children's tickets which messes with numbers a bit.
05-25-04, 12:19 PM
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Went and saw it last night . . . while the story lacked some of the elements of the first, the pop culture homages were once again masterful (come on, they even squeezed in Sanford and Son and Blazing Saddles!). It was very amusing as different segments of the audience laughed at different jokes.
I'm not sure what drugs Pants is on, but there was (surprisingly) actually very little product placement in the film (I will agree that I am sick of seeing Shrek on EVERY damn product at the grocery store). What bit there was, once again, not so much placement (that shameless awful scene in Scooby Doo 2 was product placement) as it was pop culture references (Old Knavery, Farbucks, Saxxon 5th Ave.).
The only real change I would have made would have been to make the Fairy Godmother into more of a "Godfather" figure with "mob" ties.
As with the first film, I found myself watching the background more often than the focus. The best jokes are the hidden jokes.
