[129] In 2006, it was ranked third on Bravo's 100 funniest films list. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. Just a decade shy of the release of Toy Story, the new style had all but wiped out hand-drawn cartoons. (Upon rewatch, my 8-year-old said that Shrek 2 is good because “they say ‘sexy’ and ‘ass.’”) Upon Shrek 2’s release, Jeffrey Katzenberg told The Guardian that the Shrek franchise worked because it was “sophisticated, subversive, ironic, satirical, full of parody.” These days, when people have basically stopped equating irony with sophistication, those Shrek movies don’t look quite so special. S h The film is available on YouTube for free. But Antz had Woody Allen as its lead, which fooled a lot of people into thinking that it was the more adult, sophisticated alternative. A month and a half before A Bug’s Life came out, though, DreamWorks released Antz, another movie about the adventures of a rebellious worker ant in love with a princess. It gives exactly what its title promises, which is more Shrek. For a few years, all of Disney’s non-Pixar animated films struggled. Plenty of the jokes don’t land, but they keep coming so fast that they wear you down. But most of America’s 10-year-olds probably could tell that Shrek was a snarked-out broadside against the Walt Disney Company and all it represented. The sequel has no compelling reason to exist beyond general public appetite for more Shrek shit. For the franchise, see, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production, AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition), National Film Registry Spotlights Diverse Filmmakers in New Selections|Library of Congress, "We Asked ... Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke, "Shrek Forever After, "Shrek 5 Is Happening: Is It A Sequel Or Reboot & When Will It Release? [140] The musical received many Tony Award nominations and won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Costume Design. Each of the stars of Shrek had demanded $10 million to return for the sequel, and Katzenberg happily paid it. Four years later, Shrek 2 was Jeffrey Katzenberg’s touchdown dance. [150] On November 6, 2018, Variety reported that Chris Meledandri had been tasked to reboot both Shrek and Puss in Boots, with the original cast potentially returning to reprise their roles. Katzenberg’s success with the Shrek movies may have been part of the reason that his old boss Michael Eisner was pushed out at Disney. Also, Puss In Boots is a swashbuckling swordsman who wins fights by being cute! [11][12], 2001 animated film by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, This article is about the first Shrek film. For years, it reigned as the highest-grossing animated film in history. The film’s big themes—about rejecting dominant narratives, embracing who you are, the shallowness of beauty—are the same big themes from the first Shrek. It received five Laurence Olivier Award nominations including Best New Musical. All that said, Shrek 2 is only barely a movie. Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek (Mike Myers) whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters. Disney has won. Next time: George Lucas wraps up his dumbfounding prequel trilogy with Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith. [137][138][139] A North American Tour opened July 25, 2010, in Chicago. [132] It also inspired a number of computer animated films which also spoofed fairy tales, or other related story genres, often including adult-oriented humor, most of which were not nearly as successful as Shrek, such as Happily N'Ever After, Igor, and Hoodwinked! [141], A shot-for-shot fan remake titled Shrek Retold was released through 3GI Industries on November 29, 2018.