assignment 5-2: Movie Analysis

Shrek

I chose Shrek because it is one of my favorite movies. The movie begins with the main character Shrek; he is an ogre that wants to live alone peacefully in his swamp. While walking in his swamp, he recues a donkey that can talk and his name is Donkey. The same night, when Shrek is having dinner, he finds out that the outside of his house is bordered by fairy tale creatures that were forced to leave the kingdom of Lord Farquaad because he wants a kingdom for the perfect princess bride.

Shrek goes to see Lord Farquaad to request to have all of the fairy tale creatures removed from his swamp. Lord Farquaad makes a deal with Shrek, he will get his swamp back if he recues Princess Fiona from the castle where she is being prisoner and guarded by a dragon. Shrek and Donkey recued Princess Fiona. She is disillusioned when she sees Shrek because she always dreamed to be rescue by a handsome prince. After spending some time together Fiona falls in love with Shrek. On the way back to Duloc, Donkey discovers that princess Fiona turns into an ogre when night comes. Donkey does not tell Shrek about Fiona’s spell, and this spell can be broken by a kiss of true love. Moreover, Shrek falls in love with Fiona but he is too afraid to tell her about his feeling because he is an ogre. When Fiona is back to Duloc, Lord Farquaad forces princess Fiona to marry him and Shrek get his swamp back but he is not happy.

On the wedding day, Shrek, Donkey and the Dragon, who fell in love with Donkey go to Duloc and rescue Fiona from Lord Farquaad. He wanted to marry Fiona to be the King of Duloc. Lord Farquaad orders to capture Shrek and Donkey, and the dragon eats Farquaad and all the guards started running away. Shrek runs towards Fiona and kisses her and the spell is broken. Fiona transformed into an ogre because she realized that Shrek is her true love. Shrek and Fiona come to marry and live happily ever after.

Moreover, do you know what a formula in movies is? A formula in movies is how scenes are being play in the movie. For instance, in Hancock, he fights against criminals to keep society safe. The formulas that I found in this movie are that Shrek wants to live alone; he does not like to socialize with others. But also he is an ugly, romantic, hero, good ogre with feelings. Also, Lord Farquaad wanted to marry Fiona to become the king of Duloc, and Fiona fell in love with Shrek instead suddenly.

Furthermore, Shrek is a family, romantic and comedy movie and I noticed that the formula in this kind of movies have not changed over the years. There will be a hero and usually it is the main character. Thus, love is something that always is included because it is a strong component and it will be funny to keep the audience entertained.

Moreover, the formula of yesterday is still applicable in today’s society and this formula is still being shown in many movies for instance: Hancock, Spiderman, Armageddon, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles.

If I were the director of this movie, I would not change anything to the current formula used in this movie because I believe that this is very romantic and funny. However, the only thing I would change about Shrek is his physical appearance; I would make him skinnier because the director of the movie has stereotype ogres as ugly, fat and huge teeth. Finally, this movie is proof that the romantic and humoristic formula still present in today’s society will remain the same because they are good components to make wonderful movies.

References:

Tony Thio. (2008) Shrek 3. Retrieved on December 8, 2008, from, http://theurbanwire.com/2007/06/04/shrek-3/

Shrek. (2001) Shrek. Retrieved on December 8, 2008, from, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek