It seems to subvert the tradition, but it is actually defended with heart

When a movie with an original theme can make its fourth episode, it will be a big challenge just to continue the novelty of the story. If a movie can still sell well at the box office after the fourth episode, then not only The story needs to be exciting and simple, but it needs to constantly challenge the limits of all aspects, even denying yourself. "Shrek 4" continues the industry's high standards in CG technology, spoofs and character building in the previous episodes, but it also gave a positive response to the so-called "subverting traditional fairy tales": in fact, "Shrek 4" It does not subvert the core of truth, goodness, and beauty in traditional fairy tales. The team that created it just pays tribute to traditional fairy tales through its seemingly subversive appearance. At the same time, like its predecessors, it has sharpened the knife to create new fairy tales for a new generation. ambition. Frankly speaking, it has indeed achieved this. When watching this film in the theater, many viewers around them brought their children to watch it together. The first batch of "Shrek 1" viewers who came into contact with DVD discs back then brought their children who had just learned soy sauce to watch Uncle Green continue his adventures in "Shrek 4". Every time they see this scene, they always think of the tower. The title of the teacher's book "Sculpting Time".
The troubles that Shrek encounters in this episode are very common, as did Superman's dad in "Superman Family" two years ago: Midlife Crisis. No matter how good a happy day is, once it is repeated mechanically, it will make people panic, at least it will make Uncle Green panic. Uncle Green has a happy home, a lovely son, a wife who loves him, and a group of iron buddies. The old father-in-law is still a king, and the iron buddy's donkey's wife is still a fire-breathing super dragon. Outings can scare people on the side of the highway. The little BMWs were stunned for a moment, a monster with an out-of-shape body has ended his life, what more can he ask for? The problem is that this guy is really asking for a toss. So... so that's the spoiler, let's go see the movie for yourself. In the end, I can reveal that Uncle Green solved his own problems. In the end, the good guys and the bad guys danced together, and everyone sang "I'm a believer", so I immediately had the kind of donkey who wanted to follow Shrek 1 when I watched Shrek 1. The feeling of twisting twice.
The characters in Shrek 4 are still amazing. The unfamiliar donkey is still obsessed with being funny and adjusting the atmosphere. Every time the cat hero appears this time, it is a joke. The eyes and expressions of the dwarf Rambo are reminiscent of Jack Nicholson in "The Shining". And the coolest one is Huang Lao Xie's weird piper. When I was watching CCTV's sports program "Outright", I knew this European legend, but I didn't expect to see a live one in "Shrek 4". The two protagonists are decent, but not as brilliant as these supporting characters. If I had to rank us, I would prefer the fat version of the cat hero...because my cat is already on par with him.
At a time when CG technology was still far from developed, the reason why "Shrek 1" succeeded, in addition to subverting the rules of traditional fairy tales, the amazing CG processing technology was also an important selling point. But now, the threshold of CG technology has been leveled, and how to tell a good story is the key. "Shrek 4" succeeded in doing this. The story of "Shrek 4" is not complicated, but it has been photographed with ups and downs, and it is appreciated by both the refined and the popular. Of course, such a writing and directing skill is not low, at least in terms of lines, we can all gain a lot.
The sense of darkness and violence in "Shrek 4" has been upgraded this time. We can see the evil version of the "Far Far Away" kingdom that is similar to the feeling of the dark century in the Middle Ages, and we can see the pale witch throwing skull darts , we can also see a group of characters dancing in a pile of mud at the end of the film, so we can guess that a certain choreographer of this film must be a middle-aged rock literary artist with Woodstock mood. This is a big excuse for many people to attack the "Shrek" series. I think it's good. The reality is darker than the state in the film. Why can't we face it correctly? If we can sing "I'm a believer" together like the characters in the end credits, maybe you can really change things. Even if the situation is so bad that you cannot change any objective facts, at least you can change your view of the world. In fact, when this point changes, the whole world changes. So Slash finally returned to his previous life of boredom and escape, but still full of gratitude, so he was completely different.
So, do you still think the "Shrek" series is a movie that subverts traditional fairy tales? In fact, the writers and directors just used a completely different form to tell us something that has been told to us hundreds of times in traditional stories.

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