Many people like "Shrek" because it boldly subverts the traditional Disney animation concept. An image with an ugly appearance but a simple heart is more in line with the new aesthetic taste of many people. Why do fairy tales always have to tell the happy story of two beautiful people? "Shrek" tells us that there is no perfect person in the world, and we must have the definition of happiness.
It should be said that "Shrek" set off a challenge to the combination of "Prince + Princess" in traditional stories, and the "Prince" who completed the challenge did not have a positive image in the general sense. The film also began to completely subvert the Disney animation tradition. In the film, we saw all kinds of fairy tale characters, they were mixed together like a pot of porridge, but they would not make people feel discordant. "Shrek 1" features Snow White and the seven dwarfs, three little pigs, even a grandmother wolf, and Falqua, a villain who tries to exterminate the fairy tale characters. And Shrek, a green monster with a rapping donkey, took the place of the prince, rescued the beautiful princess from the mouth of the fire-breathing dragon, and finally had a happy ending with the princess.
Due to the success of the first episode, DreamWorks quickly launched "Shrek 2", which also received a good response. Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Mermaid, and the casting of the Lord of the Rings in "The Lord of the Rings", so many familiar classic scenes were completed by Shrek and his friends. How can people not like such familiar and special ideas? This hodgepodge of carnival-style movies is certainly not a typical fairy tale. It does not weave beautiful dreams for children like Disney, but it is full of rebellious and uninhibited young people who dare to challenge traditional aesthetic concepts, and requires the world to recognize and affirm imperfection.
It should be said that although it is famous for its spoofs, the "Shrek" series has not completely subverted the values and worldviews of classic fairy tales through spoofs. Perhaps in the mind of the screenwriter, spoofing is just a technique, not a purpose. Compared with the current domestic popular spoof creations, although the "Shrek" series has subverted many classic fairy tales, it does not reverse black and white.
Fiona: "What I want is what every princess wants, and I will be happy and happy from now on, with the monster I married..." In "Shrek 3", although the film still uses fashionable spoofing techniques, but deep down But began to return to the most orthodox fairy tales. The so-called fairy tales naturally have to cater to children's psychological and aesthetic tastes, so "Shrek 3" has begun to work hard to move in this direction in terms of character settings and plot design. The simple conflict between justice and evil, and the explanation of the correct world view and values, all make this sequel reveal the pure taste of traditional fairy tales.
In fact, DreamWorks, like Disney in essence, is a place where dreams are made. The anti-traditional hero "Shrek" is just another form of expression. It's like the front and back of a coin, which appear to be different, but are essentially the same. And Shrek's contribution to Hollywood banter is that it pops a lot of old, old soap bubbles, and then blows up a bigger, newer one. Because Hollywood knows that audiences will always need a dream, whether that dream is born out of a traditional fairy tale or not.
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