shrek 2
Particularly after Shrek 2, animated films began to incorporate more pop culture references and end-film musical numbers. [1]
Ellen Wolff takes a look at new advances in Shrek 2. [2]
After battling a fire-breathing dragon and the evil Lord Farquaad to win the hand of Princess Fiona, Shrek now faces his greatest challenge: the in-laws. [3]
Princess Fiona’s parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. [4]
Ilion Animation Studios is looking for a matte painting artist…. [2]
Shrek (Mike Myers) and Fiona (Cameron Diaz) return from their honeymoon to find they have been invited by Fiona’s parents to a royal ball to celebrate their marriage, an event Shrek is reluctant to participate in. [5]
The two make it to Farquaad’s palace in Dulac and come across a knight tournament to decide who will rescue Princess Fiona from a castle surrounded by lava and protected by a fire-breathing dragon, so that Farquaad may marry her. [1]
Harold arranges for Shrek and Donkey to join him on a fictitious hunting trip, which really is a trap to lure the two into the hands of an assassin, Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas). [5]
The film was extremely successful on release in 2001 and it helped establish DreamWorks as a prime competitor to Walt Disney Pictures in the field of feature film animation, particularly in computer animation. [...] In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its “Ten top Ten”‘ the best ten films in ten “classic” American film genres’after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. [1]
They’re also joined by some major new characters ‘ the tabby cat Puss-in-Boots (voiced by Antonio Banderas) and a quartet of humans, including King Harold (John Cleese) and Queen Lillian (Julie Andrews) as Fiona’s royal parents. [...] For instance, in the forest scene where Donkey and Shrek first met there was a certain simplicity to the environment. [2]
It is really a dream of movie and some brilliant pop tunes are employed that really work fantastically against the images. [6]
Another unusual item was Joan Rivers ‘ cameo - this marked the first time that a real person had been represented on screen by the Shrek animation team. [5]
Continuity: When Shrek is cooking weedrats over the fire, Fiona is already eating her weedrat. [6]
Sources:
[1] Shrek - Wikipedia
[2] Animation World Magazine
[3] Shrek 2 (2004) - Movie Info - Yahoo! Movies
[4] Shrek 2 - IMDb
[5] Shrek 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[6] Shrek (2001)