Product Description
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For the first time ever, you can finally own THE WHOLE STORY on
Blu-ray. It’s the ultimate holiday gift!
Remastered for the most brilliant viewing experience, SHREK: THE
WHOLE STORY is a must-own collection. Relive every moment of
Shrek’s incredible journey from the hilarious Academy
Award®-winning beginning to the magical and heartwarming Final
Chapter. All four discs feature hours of all-new extras and the
brand new, limited-edition DONKEY’S CHRISTMAS SHREKTACULAR.
A hilarious holiday program that is a perfect holiday treat for
the whole family, DONKEY’S CHRISTMAS SHREKTACULAR will be
available for a limited time only and features all your favorite
characters as they perform classic holiday songs with Shrek-ized
lyrics, as well as “Shrek’s Yule Log,” featuring over 25
uproarious character appearances in front of a crackling virtual
fireplace.
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Shrek
William Steig's delightfully fractured fairy tale is the right
stuff for this computer-animated adaptation full of verve and
wit. Our title character (voiced by Mike Myers) is an agreeable
enough ogre who wants to live his days in peace. When the
diminutive Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) evicts local fairy-tale
creatures (including the now-famous Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and
the Gingerbread Man), they settle in the ogre's swamp and Shrek
wants answers from Farquaad. A quest of sorts starts for Shrek
and his new pal, a talking donkey (Eddie Murphy), where battles
have to be won and a princess (Cameron Diaz) must be rescued from
a dragon lair in a thrilling action sequence. The story is
stronger than most animated fare, but it's the humor that makes
Shrek a winner. The PG rating is stretched when Murphy and Myers
hit their strides. The mild potty humor is fun enough for
10-year-olds but will never embarrass their parents. Shrek is
never as warm and inspired as the Toy Story films, but the
realistic computer animation and a rollicking soundtrack keep the
entertainment in fine form. Produced by DreamWorks, the film also
takes several delicious stabs at its crosstown rival, Disney.
--Doug Thomas
Shrek 2
The lovably ugly green ogre returns with his green bride and
furry, hooved friend in Shrek 2. The newlywed Shrek and Princess
Fiona are invited to Fiona's former kingdom, Far Far Away, to
have the marriage blessed by Fiona's parents--which Shrek thinks
is a bad, bad idea, and he's proved right: The parents are
horrified by their daughter's transformation into an ogress, a
fairy godmother wants her son Prince Charming to win Fiona, and a
feline assassin is hired to get Shrek out of the way. The
computer animation is more detailed than ever, but it's the
acting that make the comedy work--in addition to the return of
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz, Shrek 2 features the
flexible voices of Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins), John Cleese
(Monty Python's Flying Circus), Antonio Banderas (Desperado), and
Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous) as the gleefully wicked
fairy godmother. --Bret Fetzer
Shrek the Third
It's not easy being an ogre, but Shrek finds it doubly difficult
for an ogre like himself to fill in for a king when his
her-in-law King Harold of Far, Far Away falls ill in this
third Shrek movie. Shrek's attempts to fulfill his kingly duties
play like a blooper reel, with boat christenings and knighting
ceremonies gone terribly wrong, and to say that Shrek (Mike
Myers) is insecure about his new role is a gross understatement.
When King Harold (John Cleese) passes away, Shrek sets out with
Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss-in-Boots (Antonio Banderas) to
find Arthur (Justin Timberlake), the only heir in line for the
throne besides himself. Just as Shrek sets sail to find Artie (as
Arthur is more commonly known), Fiona (Cameron Diaz) shocks Shrek
with the news that she's pregnant. Soon after, Prince Charming
(Rupert Everett) sends Captain Hook (Ian McShane) in pursuit of
Shrek and imprisons Fiona and her fellow Princesses as part of
his plan to install himself as King of Far, Far Away. Shrek finds
an awkward Artie jousting with his high school classmate Lancelot
(John Krasinski) and, while Artie is certainly no picture of
kingliness, Shrek is determined to drag him back to Far, Far Away
to assume the throne. Mishaps and comedy abound, including a
spell gone wrong that locks Donkey and Puss-in-Boots inside one
another's bodies. While Fiona and the other Princesses prove
they're anything but helpless women, Artie and Shrek battle their
own fears of inadequacy in a struggle to discover their own
self-worth. In the end, Shrek, Artie, and Fiona each learn a lot
about their individual strengths and what truly makes each of
them happy. Of course, it's the pervasive humor and wit that make
Shrek the Third so side-splittingly appealing. Rated PG for some
crude and suggestive humor, but appropriate for most families
with children ages 6 and older. --Tami Horiuchi
Shrek Forever After
Shrek Forever After delivers laughs, life lessons, and a striking
picture of the realities of parenthood in this surprisingly good,
fourth Shrek film. Like the original film, this fractured
fairytale works because of the humor--it pokes fun at the whole
fairytale genre on a multitude of intellectual levels while
simultaneously offering visual humor that's appealing to all
ages. After a frantic flip through a tongue-in-cheek fairytale
book of the first three Shrek films, the scene opens on a beaming
Shrek and Fiona as they awaken to a chorus of their noisy
children standing at the foot of the bed, and it follows them
through a typically hectic day of feeding, diapering, and caring
for their children until they collapse into a satisfied heap at
the end of the day. One of the funniest bits in the film, at
least for adults, is how this scene repeats, faster and faster
and in smaller and smaller excerpts, until Shrek's look of bliss
slowly turns into a pained, midlife-crisis expression that
screams "Help me, I'm trapped in this domestic purgatory and
there's no escape in ." As in any good fairytale, the
protagonist's chance for escape comes in the form of a deal with
the devil, in this case Rumpelstiltskin. Following in the
footsteps of the classic film It's a Wonderful Life, Shrek is
granted the rtunity to spend a day in an alternate reality in
which he is the independent, terrifying ogre he once was. Of
course, the deal carries some very serious, unintended
consequences, and Shrek's day of freedom may just cost him Fiona,
the children, and even his very existence. Mike Meyers and
Cameron Diaz are once again stellar as the voices of Shrek and
Fiona; Antonio Banderas is still all swagger despite
Puss-in-Boots' now-portly figure and thoroughly domesticated
ways; Eddie Murphy remains just as hilarious as in the first film
as Donkey, who in this story doesn't recognize Shrek and can't
hom the possibility of a donkey and an ogre becoming friends;
and Walt Dohrn is an extremely effective newcomer as the voice of
Rumpelstiltskin. Other key players are the Pied Piper, with his
new, tricked-out flute; a mob of broom-riding,
jack-o'-lantern-throwing witches; an overgrown white goose; and a
whole resistance movement of ogres under the command of a most
unexpected leader. The battles are fierce and the lesson
powerful: learn to appreciate what you've got. While 3-D digital
is always nice, most viewers will completely forget that the film
is in 3-D after the initial scene, and it will view just as well
in the traditional format. (Rated PG, but appropriate for most
ages 6 and older) --Tami Horiuchi