A work that continues the subversive style

Ignatius 2022-03-19 09:01:02

The biggest subversion this time is the image of the godmother in "Cinderella" (in fact, "Cinderella" does not have a godmother in all versions of the story). The godmother who was supposed to be a good person has become a villain in the animation. In addition, the human prince who was supposed to save the princess now appeared in front of Shrek and started a battle with him over lovers.
This time the godmother played a very important role in it. On the one hand, she wanted to do everything possible to separate Shrek from Fiona, and on the other hand, she wanted to convince Fiona to follow the human prince. In her opinion, perhaps according to common sense, this should be a good thing, because the princess is finally on the right track. But in the sense of animation, she is actually breaking up a pair of people who originally loved each other, which is a very cruel behavior. Finally, when Shrek was disappointed and the prince felt that raw rice was about to make a mature meal, Fiona slapped the prince and officially announced her choice. When the godmother saw all this, she knew that it was irreversible, so she resorted to the last struggle, but an innocent person, Fiona's father, was implicated.
Although this time is about a love story like the previous one, this story is obviously much better than a generation. Fiona's final choice showed her attitude of staying with her loved ones and not for fame or fortune. Fiona became the most important character in this film, which can even be said to be unique to this film.
The "Shrek" series began to focus on content other than "subversion" from the second generation. At this time, "subversion" is no longer the focus, but more for the loyal supporters of this series to find the existence of a sense of familiarity. Therefore, there is no need to hold "subversion" too much for the sequel of this series.

The new character of the film, the cat in boots, comes from a classic fairy tale. In fact, this is not the first time this character has been animated. Japan has produced several his animations before. I heard that DreamWorks will be out of his side this year, and I don’t know what kind of content it is.
Unexpectedly, for this version of the queen, Fiona's mother was dubbed by Julie Andrews, the starring actress of Maria in "The Sound of Music", but it seems that she didn't sing a few words here.

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Shrek 2 quotes

  • [Donkey collapses in a dead faint]

    Puss-in-Boots: Hey, boss. Let's shave him.

  • [after drinking a beauty potion]

    Donkey: I don't *feel* any different. Do I look any different?

    Puss-in-Boots: You still look like an ass to me.