6/5/04 "Shrek 2"

I have been trying to see this movie for like TWO weeks...finally saw it. It was SO funny. Funnier than the first one, actually. I'm definitely going to see it again if I can. As usual, BEWARE THE MASKED SPOILER.

Notes From the Red Book

6/5/04 "Shrek 2"

trailers-"The Incredibles", "Spiderman 2", "Shark Tale"

home video at Hansel's Honeymoon Hideaway

Little Mermaid, Spiderman, heh

LOTR ring! YA!

"Sgt. Pompous and His Fancy Pants Club Band"

Far Far Away = Hollywood

Funkytown! YA!!

Tower of London Records, Olde Knavery, Versarchery, Burger Prince...heh

fairy godmother in bubble

"Stop being such a drama king!"

Charming wearing Burger King crown from Friar's Fat Boy..heh

trees from Wizard of Oz!

Sir Justin...heh

cat out of chest = Alien

Puss in Boots = Zorro

"Let's neuter him right now! Give him the Bob Barker treatment!"

"Join the club, we got jackets."

aw, cute lil kitty

Puss grabbing hat = Indiana Jones

"Shrek?" "For you baby, I could be."

banging on window = "The Graduate"

Farbucks coffee!

Joan Rivers

Medevial E! television!

KNIGHTS = COPS

pepper! catnip!

Love Potion #9

Pinocchio wears a thong? eeeeeewwwww

gingerbread man's legs stitched back on!

giant gingerbread man = Frankenstein, Jurassic Park, Ghostbusters marshmallow man

2 "Farbucks" across from each other...heh

"beeee gooood" = ET

"He croaked."

"Pigs on blanket!"

stage looks like Hollywood Bowl

Flashdance!

aaaawww, lil mutant donkey dragon babies

Oh my gosh, this movie was SO funny. I had been looking forward to it for a long time and it didn't disappoint. This sequel picks up right where the first Shrek left off, with Fiona and Shrek on their honeymoon. When they get back to their swamp, they find a message from Fiona's parents inviting them to a ball celebrating their marriage. They go, Shrek rather reluctantly. Donkey also goes along for the ride. As Shrek expects, Fiona's parents are less than pleased with her choice. Fiona's father (voiced brilliantly by John Cleese) even hires sleazy hit man (cat) Puss in Boots (voiced by Antonio Banderas in full Zorro mode) to "whack" him. Instead, Puss ends up helping Shrek on his quest to make himself more worthy of Fiona and her love, no matter what changes or sacrifices need to be made. But neither of them realize that Fiona's fairy godmother and her son, Prince Charming, have made plans of their own. But it all turns out all right in the end, just like the first movie.

My favorite thing about this movie was the spoofs. This movie is the kind of movie I wish I had a remote for. I kept wanting to stop the movie because there was SO much going on in the background. And the spoofs were like my own personal movie game...how many movies can you spot? It was great. Although I did go see this as a matinee and had so many little kids staring at me, like, what the heck are you laughing at? Yup, two different kinds of funny were definitely going on there, which is another reason this is practically a perfect movie. Ok, maybe I exaggerate a tad, but this IS a great movie to take your kids to, because you enjoy it and they enjoy it. But getting back to the spoofs-let's start with the stores-Versarchery, Olde Knavery, Tower of London Records, and Farbucks coffee. I almost died. Very clever. And then the movie homages...I lost count. ME. I lost count. But I did catch a bunch of good ones. My favorites were the Indiana Jones and the Alien homages. Again, very clever. But I think the funniest one was the KNIGHTS show, which was a COPS spoof. The KNIGHTS were chasing "a suspect on a white bronco"...suffice to say, I almost wet my pants. Very clever movie, very clever.

Other things I thought-

I like Julie Andrews as Fiona's mother the queen...her and John Cleese were really inspired casting there. Also Rupert Everett and Jennifer Saunders as Charming and his mom, Dame Fortuna. Fortuna's advertising her as basically a Hollywood madam...and how she kept screaming for "something deep fat fried and smothered in chocolate". Oh, I could go on for hours.

It's interesting to see this kind of environment that Fiona grew up in. It sort of explains why she was so snotty and hung up on handsome princes and the way things "were supposed to be done" in the first Shrek. I liked it.

Excellent movie! See it. Several times. Until the next time, this is Sarah saying, "For you baby, I could be."