We took Caroline to see “Shrek: Forever After,” which lacked the charm of the first two films but had a far superior story to the third one. What we thought was a nice touch–a fitting tribute–was that the part of “the Pied Piper,” which was performed entirely on flute (no spoken words) was played by one Jeremy Steig. If the name sounds at all familiar, it’s probably because his father was William Steig, a famed author who wrote the book “Shrek!” upon which the entire franchise was based.
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That does sound like a nice tribute.
I still haven’t seen any Shrek movies except for the first. I thought it was decent enough, except that the big twist at the end was way too obvious.
That’s kinda sweet. 🙂
Peter, I’ve noticed in a lot of your reviews of films and tv you have a keen talent for judging them on what they are meant to be in terms of it’s own context(for instance, the FF movie and the universe that it set itself in vs. the comic universe) and target audience.
But I’m curious –
John Stewart told a story once about how confounded he was by the fact that his kid never seemed to leave kids movie, no matter how bad he as a parent found it, and ask “what the f**k was that?”. The child always likes it.
Have you found yourself wondering the same about tv or movies your daughters enjoyed? Have their been g-rated movies or tv shows you wouldn’t let them see because something in them that offended you?