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By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 5/21/01 11:09:52 AM
# Replies: 28
Ok, I'm sorry, but if you miss this movie, there's just something wrong with you. This truly has to be one of the funniest, most genuinely inventive movies to come across in a long while. Mike Meyers was of course perfect in his role as Shreck, Eddie Murphy was a great 2nd bannana as Donkey, the talking Donkey, and Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow rounded out a nice cast that worked well together. Nice little fablish kind of story, that had laughs to appeal on every level. Go see this movie, you won't regret it.
And that folks, is no brimstone!
Response #1
By: Roxanne
Date: 5/21/01 1:37:48 PM
Not to be a stickler for details, Spaz; but the movie is "Shrek!"
Spell it however it you want to, though, so long as you *go see it*!
It was an extremely enjoyable movie!
Response #2
By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 5/21/01 5:45:00 PM
Blah!
My fat fingers hit the wrong keys all the time.
Response #3
By: sooz
Date: 5/21/01 7:01:03 PM
Ok, I gotta know... is it about a misfit who is kind hearted but misunderstood, and in the end gets the girl, and everything works out fine?
This is the plot for:
Aladdin
Lion King
Beauty and the Beast
Tarzan
Flubber
The Kid
Emporor's New Groove
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Roger Rabbit
Hook
You get the idea.
Response #4
By: The Professor
Date: 5/21/01 9:28:55 PM
I took my 5 year old son and we both enjoyed the movie. I especially liked the part where Krogers gave me the 2 free tickets.
Response #5
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 5/22/01 1:22:41 AM
So now 'going Krogering' includes trips to the local multiplex?
Response #6
By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 5/22/01 5:31:02 AM
"Ok, I gotta know... is it about a misfit who is kind hearted but misunderstood, and in the end gets the girl, and everything works out fine?"
Well, let's see does it have a basic good vs. bad sub-text?
Gee, that would encompass virtually EVERY movie made too wouldn't it?
Response #7
By: sooz
Date: 5/22/01 6:34:07 AM
I didn't ask about good vs. bad. I asked about a misunderstood misfit... well, please re-read the post, and then re-answer.
This plot (misfit/smartass who is kind hearted but misunderstood, and in the end gets the girl, and everything works out fine) is the plot for most (but not all) Tom Cruise movies, as well:
Hustler
Top Gun
A Few Good Men
Rain Man (is there a girl in there?)
That "Show Me The Money" movie
Risky Business
Young Guns
Response #8
By: Gowan McGland
Date: 5/22/01 8:42:23 AM
Yes, that's the very very basic plot of Shrek.
It's not necessarily about WHAT it's about, though, that makes it good. It's HOW they go about telling it. The dialogue is very clever as well as many of the setups. The voice actors are also quite good. The animation is incredible. It's funny. It's a good movie. Are you trying to say you only go see completely original films or merely trying to refute Spaz's hyperbolic comment of "genuinely inventive"?
P.S. There was no girl to get in either Hook or Roger Rabbit. In Hook, Tink wanted Peter, but he just wanted to get his kids back (and have a boyish outlook on life again). In Roger Rabbit, Roger already HAD the girl and so did Eddie.
P.P.S Tom Cruise was not in The Hustler. He would have been about a year old when it was released. He was in The Color of Money, the sequel. No one gets a girl in either. He continues to be a jerk and it's Felson (Paul Newman) who rediscovers himself. Also, not in Young Guns. I don't recall a female interest in A Few Good Men. Demi Moore was in it and he was trying to impress her, but I don't recall romance.
P.P.P.S. The "Show Me The Money" movie is Jerry Maguire.
Response #9
By: sooz
Date: 5/22/01 10:21:21 AM
Damn that Gowan and his knack for details!
Shoot yes, I'm gonna see Shrek. It beats the heck out of going to Pearl, which the rest of my family wants to do. I was just wanting to know if it was the same ol' plot.
Response #10
By: Gowan McGland
Date: 5/22/01 11:44:23 AM
That's only one of my minor damnable offenses.
Response #11
By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 5/22/01 5:54:41 PM
Gowan:
"The animation is incredible. It's funny. It's a good movie. Are you trying to say you only go see completely original films or merely trying to refute Spaz's hyperbolic comment of "genuinely inventive"?"
Would you really say that saying it was "genuinely inventive" is an exaggertation? While you may or may not agree, and you may have a different opinion, do you really think it's necessary call my comment an exaggeration?
Now, on to the good stuff...the movies. :)
Roger Rabbit: If you remember correctly, Eddie did NOT have the girl at the beginning of the movie. He had to win her by showing he had changed his ways, and "sobered" up. She was indeed not a herione though, she was his cohort.
The Hustler: May have not been a "girl to get" in the tradtional sense, but Sarah Packard (playe by Piper Laurie)was Eddie's love interest. Carmen (played by Mary Elizabeth Mastriano) was Vinnie's love interest in Color of Money, really playing both he and Eddie.
Response #12
By: Roxanne
Date: 5/22/01 7:37:34 PM
I would have to agree with the "genuinely inventive" notion regarding "Shrek". No, not every single aspect of it was "genuinely inventive", but overall it was a lot less predictable and a lot more enjoyable than any of the aftermentioned films. So there.
Response #13
By: The Professor
Date: 5/22/01 7:41:18 PM
HtB said "So now 'going Krogering' includes trips to the local multiplex?"
Yep, if you spend a couple of hundred bucks on groceries and are using their courtesy card, they are giving you two passes to see Shrek.
There were alot of folks with those passes at the Sat matinee that I went to, so I guess that explains why it did $42mil last weekend.
Response #14
By: Roxanne
Date: 5/23/01 10:57:23 AM
Yeah, you use your "Kroger card" to get discounted prices on your groceries and the chain gets to keep track of your purchases. I sleep real well knowing that the marketing overlords are watching how I spend my shopping dollars.
So I'm thinking about buying intentionally bizarre combinations in one shopping trip. Like Halloween candy, needles, and rat poison on the same ticket. Or a quart of motor oil and a douche. Or dog food, a dog bowl, a dog leash, and condoms.
I'll stop now because I'm scaring myself.
Response #15
By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 5/23/01 11:30:46 AM
On a side note...
We have NO Krogers here in Austin.
HEB drove the last one out of business about 5-6 years ago.
Response #16
By: The Professor
Date: 5/23/01 8:27:31 PM
Sigh...I know too well about courtesy cards and tracking customer information, since I work for a retail company and am in info technology. I also know just how easy it is for someone to get your credit or check information and rip you off. Cash is really the best way.
Speaking of which... I am looking to hire an experienced VB programmer. We promoted one of the other guys and we have way too many projects for me and my other programmer to handle.
Response #17
By: Da Sissop
Date: 5/24/01 5:33:03 AM
Hey! If my consulting firm tanks in the near future (which it might) I'll send you my resume. I *like* collecting info on strangers.
Response #18
By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 5/24/01 8:29:18 AM
Speaking of information on people:
http://www.publicdata.com
Look up your neighbors, your enemies. You can even look up that guy that cut you off by his license plate!
I LOVE this place!
Response #19
By: Roxanne
Date: 5/24/01 10:00:28 AM
Fang sez: I like collecting info on strangers.
I guess that explains the six page questionnaire and request for full-length nude photo you require of all of us here, huh?
Response #20
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 5/24/01 12:52:31 PM
Everybody sing along with me... "Sometimes I feel like a canary in a data mine..."
Response #21
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 5/25/01 4:25:50 PM
You're not singing! Why are you not singing?
I've decided that the main reason I want to go see Shrek is that it's showing at the Majestic Bay theater, in lovely downtown Ballard. Ooo. I just discovered that the Nordic Heritage Museum has a website...
Response #22
By: Ralf
Date: 5/27/01 5:41:05 AM
If you're looking for something completely new and creative in media, stop looking. The greeks mined it out a few millennia ago.
The truth is: humans LOVE hearing the same story told over and over, but with different details. It's comforting.
Response #23
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 6/5/01 7:58:16 PM
So I saw Shrek (and yes, I saw it at the Majestic Bay), and I think it has far more in common with Shakespeare than any of the other archetypal sources mentioned.
The swipes at Disney ruled.
Response #24
By: Roxanne
Date: 6/6/01 7:00:12 PM
Shakespeare! Wow! Is that a compliment or a barb? ;)
Response #25
By: rorschach
Date: 6/6/01 7:01:27 PM
I took my oldest (well I took both but only the oldest actually WATCHED it, the youngest wanted a bottle...)to see it the other day and thought it was pretty good. there were so many backhanded jabs at every other kid's movie I could think of I doubt I caught them all. and while the 3d modeling was kinda plastic, it wasn't bad, not everybody has the budget to spend that George Lucas had to spend on Jar Jar, which other than being a nauseating character study, was actually modeled quite realistically....
And on that subject I heard about a anonymoose re-edit of the "Phantom Menace" that is known as the "Phantom Edit" and is 20 minutes shorter and with 80% less Jar Jar.... a more "Adult" edit I am told. anybody know where I might scrounge a copy? I'd like to see it just for grins....
Response #26
By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 6/7/01 9:43:22 PM
Ror, I have to say, I'm sure glad to see you back!
Response #27
By: rorschach
Date: 6/8/01 10:40:28 AM
I'm glad to be back.... like I said before, sometimes I just need to go off and do something else for a while to recharge the old battery....
shrek will be one I actually buy not just for the kiddo but for me to try and catch all the jabs....
Response #28
By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 6/9/01 7:15:13 PM
I agree