Monday, June 21, 2010

A few words on Shrek Forever After

This is a kids' movie and game, therefore I won't criticise it too much. The point is, the film is your basic Shrek comedy dose. It's good to hear Mike Myers as Shrek and Eddie Murphy as Donkey again, and it's AWESOME hearing Shrek's roar!
OK, so my impressions on this film is that it's a fair movie. I saw a lot of negative rants on the internet stating that this is the worst movie in the whole series... I don't know, guys, really now, this is just a kids' movie, don't take it so seriously. It's an ordinary comedy. I just sat back and laughed.
I guess the source of these negative reviews is the fact that this movie is slightly different from the others. This time there's no Prince Charming as the archenemy and Far Far Away is not the good ol' happy kingdom everyone used to know. Besides, it only refferences Shrek 1, making it a prequel of Shrek 2 and 3, but wait! There are Shrek babies, so it can't be a prequel!!! AGGGHHH!! I don't get it anymore! This movie simply states that Rumpelstilskin wanted to make a deal with the queen and king of Far Far Away to save Fiona from her curse (the curse plot ended along with the first movie) in return for Far Far Away. They're about to sing the contract, when a soldier comes and tells them Fiona has already been rescued.
OK, this movie's story goes like this: Shrek misses the times when he was a scary ogre living in his good ol' swamp and scaring people the whole day. Everything culminates at his babies' birthday, when he breaks down. Rumpelstilskin hears that and proposes a contract to him. Therefore, Shrek, without knowing, gives the day he was born in on one more day as a scary ogre. The rest of the story, I'll let you find out by watching the movie.
The game is a stupid RPG beat'em up style. How characteristic for Activision. But wait! Instead of talking about the game, I'll rant about Activision's fuck-ups next time! Oh, yeah, they fucked up Marvel! Well.. not quite. Not exactly fuck-ups, just a few bad games made by them. Two games. Shrek the fourth and Spiderman Web of Shadows. Two in one. Or should I review even more? We shall see. Later. For now, The Pirate Reviewer's signing out.

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