# I liked Shrek but... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-shrek-but/112431 "2002-06-05T02:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-shrek-but/112431/41 "2002-06-06T02:29:10Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Hodge \*My feelings exactly. IMHO, the ending is actually reactionary in implying that everyone would be better off if they just stuck to their own kind. Or maybe I’m just over-deconstructing the movie. QUOTE] Well, actually the donkey got together with the dragon at the end so there goes that theory. Other than that, why don’t you people relax. It’s just a cartoon. God forbid a movie is made that pokes fun of anyone. Lets face it, making fun of people is funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-shrek-but/112431/42 "2002-06-06T03:03:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by msmith537 \* > Lets face it, making fun of people is funny. Damn straight! I’m with stupid! Note to Mods: just kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-shrek-but/112431/43 "2002-06-06T04:11:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MyFootsZZZ \* > **Well, like when he got off the horse and she he’s short** This is a perfect example of a ‘short joke’ that’s actually an ‘overcompensating twit’ joke. The joke isn’t that he’s short, it’s that he’s gone through the trouble to rig up a saddle with fake legs and a bridle with fake arms so that he can pretend he’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-shrek-but/112431/44 "2002-06-06T06:31:06Z")
The reason I didn’t like _Shrek_ was the abundance of “fart jokes” and sexual innuendo in what was apparently a movie intended for kids. It had such potential to be actually clever, and they had to sink to that for the humor. Examples: (from the Duloc song) “Please keep off of the grass, shine your shoes, wipe your…[dolls bend over, facing away from the camera, then turn around]…face!” Donkey: “…and then I ate some rotten berries. Man, I had strong gasses eking out of my butt that day.” Magic Mirror: “Bachelorette number two is a cape-wearing girl from the land of fancy. Although she lives with seven other men, she’s not easy.” Donkey: “Ooh! Shrek! Did you do that? Man, You gotta warn somebody before you just crack one off. My mouth was open and everything.” Shrek: “Believe me, Donkey, if it was me, you’d be dead.” Monsieur Hood: “I like an honest fight and a saucy little maid.” Merry Men: “What he’s basically saying is he likes to get–” Monsieur Hood: “…Paid.” And so on. Simply pathetic, and the Academy ought not encourage it. Not to mention, the movie featured an absolutely _wretchedly_ awful song during the “Shrek and Fiona pine for one another” scene. Yarg, made my ears bleed… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-shrek-but/112431/45 "2002-06-06T06:45:09Z")
I don’t think _Shrek_ was intended for kids–I think it was aimed at teens and adults. More specifically, it seemed to be a movie for those of us who find Disney’s animated films too wimpy and safe. And **Max** , if you thought that the use of “Hallelujah” during the wonderful montage sequence was awful, all I can say is _de gustibus_, dude. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-shrek-but/112431/46 "2002-06-06T07:15:46Z")
No no no, everyone knows _Toy Story 2_ is a modern animated classic! 😃 _Shrek_ was pretty good, but those fart jokes and short jokes won’t help it achieve “timeless” status. And I thought the situation vis-a-vis the princess was revealed too early in the script… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-shrek-but/112431.md?page=2)