Well, yes she was adorable, but I guess it’s more of the “non-conventional” beauty-how many girls of average size think they’re “fat and hideous?”
Plus, she wasn’t human, she was an OGRE!!! Maybe that was it?
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie, but I thought the whole point was that she wasn’t hideous, she was an ogre. Since she, like the rest of her society, had an irrational prejudice against ogres, she thought that being an ogre was, in and of itself, hideous. Since the crowd at the royal wedding was filled with the sort of people who attend royal weddings, they though the idea of an ogre trying to mary the prince was, in and of itself, both hideous and shocking. But she was supposed to be hot, for an ogre. The irony wasn’t just that she thought Shrek was too shallow to see past her appearance, it was that she didn’t realize that she was exactly the sort of girl Shrek would want.
At least that was how I read it. I guess I like the cuddly snub-nosed look. Maybe it was just “Hollywood ugly.”
Well, my friend is human. So, I just don’t think, “well, she is hot, for an ogre” is going to be much of a fall back position, ya know?
Nah.
I’ll just keep it to myself, and the kindly teeming millions.
Tris
Just so we’re on the same page here, a reference pic of ogre-Fiona. Firmly in the “I would” column, I think. Maybe even a little further left, in the "Hell yeah, I would" column.
Hmmm… I didn’t get that at all. I saw a tenuous connection to Peyton Farquhar in Ambrose Bierce’s An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, but never would have thought “f&ck wad.” :smack:
I could do without the funnel ears and green complexion but ogre Fiona had it goin’ on in a major cutie pie way.
There is a commercial for capital one credit cards with a couple standing on a small dock on a lake with the man vowing to return. End scene they are made up to look older and TheLadyLion pointed out that the woman looks like fiona there.
Good call on “Hollywood ugly” Alan Smithee.
Discussion about casting Moe Syzlak (sp?) in a soap opera on The Simpsons.
Casting: Well, you said you wanted gritty. In other words, ugly.
Producer: I wanted Mary Ann on “Gilligan’s Island” ugly, not Cornelius on “Planet of the Apes” ugly. TV-ugly, not … ugly-ugly.
I also have a firend that looks very similar to Ogre-Fiona; the first thing I said as I walked out of the cinema was “was it me or did the ogre-Fiona look like ______”, and everyone burst out laughing. My friend isn’t ugly by any means, but it’s strange how she has a resemblence to a cartoon character.
Having said that, I have another friend who looks like Babs from Chicken Run.
Credit where credit is due. Idlewild said it first. I was just quoting him/her.
And Tris, I certainly wasn’t suggesting that’s what you tell her!
ARe you a Pratchett fan? That’s Granny Weatherwax’s first name. A character with whom I identify so strongly that I’ve been thinking of asking to change my nick to her name.
To even think you’re being mean IS mean.
I love big women. Fiona, as an ogre, was sexy as all get out. Her attitude as an ogre was also a lot better than as a “normal” person.
You know what’s really hot?
Zombie chicks.
I always wonder how people find these old threads!
Ogre Fiona = Ugly
Human Fiona = Hawt
Edit:
I typed “message board ogre fiona is hot” into Google and this thread is the fifth result.
I thought Fiona was cute and I envied her thick hair. But what do I know? My nickname in high school was Amazon Annie, so I’m bound to prefer the supposed-ogre Fiona to the Barbie-doll Fiona.
But I do understand what you are talking about. The guy who created those Troll dolls looked just like one of his creations. I had a boss who was a lovely person but her face reminded me of faces done by a well-known cartoonist. At the same company, there was a woman who the guys insisted was a frog - something about how her wide mouth moved and the fact that she had a couple of stick-out moles. After they told me, I saw it every time I looked at her. But in reality, she was quite pretty.
What’s mean is getting so far into these zombie threads before remembering to check the start date. :mad:
So now we have zombie intruders!
Mmm Zombie Ogre chicks.
I mean, what?
To answer a close on towards seven year old question, I’d say they’re screaming because she’s an Ogre. Not because she’s an ugly Ogre. Is it warranted? Evidently not, but the folks don’t seem to hold Ogres in terribly high regard for whatever reason.
How do people even find these old threads?
I’d say from doing a search for a topic to see if a thread already exists, and neglecting to look at the date before they reply. I’ve caught myself almost making some excellent, well-thought out input (it may have been about Star Wars) to a topic that was five years old.
What’s even funnier, is when I find a really interesting topic, think of something really insightful to add, and while reading to see if anyone else had said it, come across a strangely familiar and well-thought out post.
Then I look up in the top left corner and see the poster’s name.
Raguleader
She reminds me of an old girlfriend, actually. I think that’s what made her ugly to me. Long story short, I invited her to come see me in a play, and she wound up insulting my entire family. Then I later found out she had dissociative personality disorder, thought she was a vampiress, and would not bathe when away from home.
That last thing is what I was able to assume about Fiona: we know Shrek stank from the first movie, so it would make sense that Fiona did as well.
Also, I can’t imagine any woman who was skinny and therefore told she was beautiful in society not to consider her fatter form ugly. The skinny women I konw seem to care about even slight fluctuations is weight caused by, well, being a woman–even if no one but them can tell the difference.
Heck, that gives me an idea for a movie I would love to see: skinny and fat women switching bodies. But I doubt the American audience is ready for it.
ETA: When I revive a zombie, I usually get there via a link from someone on the board. I forget I’m in an old thread.
I have a friend that dressed up as the Fiona ogre one year for Halloween. All she did was find the dress and crown, and green makeup. Still looked pretty good.