Daniel Guerrero

During Shrek 2’s development, screenwriters from the first film, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, did not want to make the film into a traditional fairy tale. Therefore, they both left the project after multiple disagreements with the producers. They were replaced by Andrew Adamson, David Lipman, and John H. Williams as screenwriters. This film is based on concepts from the novel, Shrek!, by William Steig in 1990. They made sure to add more human characters in the film in order to have something new for the audience to see.

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In the beginning of the film, Shrek and Fiona go off their honeymoon where they travel a series of places that provided a romantic feel for them from their point of view. After their honeymoon in the beginning in the film, Shrek, Fionna, and donkey were interrupt by multiple servicemen who invited them to go to the kingdom of Far Far Away. Far Far Away is Fiona’s hometown and her parents, who in this case the King and Queen, wants to see their daughter after being rescue by Shrek. However, Shrek feels that it does not sound a great idea on going to the kingdom because the citizens of the kingdoms would be disturbed and uncomfortable on Fionna’s new sense of appearance. However, Shrek was still convinced to go because he wants to support Fionna. From there on, they soon arrive at Far Far Away and go through many adventures where Shrek decides to seek solutions that will solve relationships problems with the other characters in the story.

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Mike Myers did a great job on voicing Shrek where the audience can easily recognize the character itself out in public. When Fionna, Shrek, and Donkey were on their way to Far Far Away, Mike Myers was doing an awesome job on giving Shrek some personality where he is truly an ogre. To further explain this, he was yelling at Donkey for annoying by making random noise to himself as form of entertainment. This scene was perfectly done by Mike Myers  where it made me really enjoy the character for throughout the film.I also enjoyed Eddie Murphy voice acting on Donkey where line represents the character's unique personality. Like Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy did a great job on bring Donkey to life. This type of personality can be clearly shown in the beginning of the film, where donkey kept interrupting Shrek and Fiona in such a humorous way.

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Besides the voice acting, the cinematography is really good where the colors really pop. Also, the film did a great job showcasing a scene at an unique perspective. The scene that bests represents the cinematography is where the characters finally arrive in Far Far Away. The audience can be fascinated by ths. The world is so well design and shot at that will make the audience want to go there in general similar to Pandora from the film, “Avatar”.

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The script is the best part of the whole entire film. There are so many scene is ironic and clearly stand out in the film. The rising action is developed is so good while it raised up stakes that will lead to the climax. Also, it has dialogue between characters that represents their sense of feelings they have with each other.One scene that best represent the film’s dialogue is the kitchen scene in the first Act of the film. In this scene, Shrek and the King Harold attempt to build relationship with each other. However, King Harold begin to give Shrek attitude which further lead to Shrek starting an argument with him through the use of dialogue. Another scene that showcases the film building up stakes for the climax (Spoiler Warning Ahead). In this scene, Shrek is trying to stop Fionna from kissing Prince Charming or else fall in love with him due to being under a love potion. Therefore, Shrek go out of his way to stop them in a matter of time while having the “Holding out of Hero” in the background.

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