Probably the most charming creation in the first Shrek film, which was directed by Andrew Adamson and released in 2001, was Mike Myers s wonderfully anxious Scottish accent. He had a foul temper which, to this reviewer, conjured up ancient memories of drunks jousting with beer cans in central Glasgow on a Friday night. The accent, much like all the other quirks from the original movie, has been toned down this time around.
In the hands of a new directing team, Chris Miller and Raman Hui, Myers now sounds more Edinburgh Royal Mile than Glasgow Sauchiehall Street. Similarly, the message of the original Shrek the celebration of individualism and the refusal to conform is also weaker in Shrek the Third. These days, Shrek, much like the rest of us, simply yearns for the easy life, online shopping and better public transport.
For the audience, what this means, of course, is that Shrek is no longer terrifying. Nor does he provide an escape. Ever since the film-makers Merian C.
Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack first took on King Kong in 1933, directors have attempted to ravish our senses with hideous beasts masking inner charm. Films such as Gremlins spring to mind, although few have succeeded as wildly as Tim Burton with Edward Scissorhands in 1990.
Shrek the Third may not provide a Universe as grotesque as that of recent movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World s End or Spider-Man 3, but nor does it provide the ethereal beauty of ET. The latter, it should be noted, was the creation of just one writer. Did your reviewer go to see the film with his children?
If not maybe he should have; the sheer pleasure of seeing my children laugh and fret makes this a five star film. Maybe your reviewers should start going to films with a perosn of the age that the film is aimed at??
Always the way, too many chiefs spoil the broth. Each writer obviously has his/her own idea on the film story platform. Seven writers to the story, is like putting 7 electric whisps in a Jelly, the result a mess on the screen.
I can understand the makers wishing the 3rd installment finish the triology with a bang, but one writer is enough. I dont hear Will Shakespeare, co writing any plays. What I like to called Confusavision in full pelt.
I will still see the film with my son, but my spirit for the movie has died alittle today. Bob Hope had an army of writers with often 20-30 working on his 'off-the-cuff' set up one liners. The story goes he would stand at the top of the stairs and thow cash down to the writers in his living room to give them some motivation.
Probably the most charming creation in the first Shrek film, which was directed by Andrew Adamson and released in 2001, was Mike Myers s wonderfully anxious Scottish accent.
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