The 2001 movie Shrek, tells the tale of an unsociable ogre who lives in a secluded swamp. He loves being alone, but he is soon accompanied by a talkative donkey who wants to be his friend. Shrek’s world gets turned upside down when he realizes...
Every day people get the opportunity of meeting others. Humans unintentionally form an impression about others they encounter. They get the sense of other’s character. Consequently, they decide to treat them or even judge them according to the preconceived notion about their image or personality....
The world of animation is filled with so many talented and creative people. It is a common language shared between adults and children, a world where anything goes just as long as one has the imagination for it. And imagination itself has no bounds. It...
The End of Fairy Tales? How Shrek and Friends Have Changed Children’s Stories, written by James Poniewozik, provides criticism on how children are exposed to fairy tales in today’s society and how they are not being presented in the traditional storyline. In particular, Poniewozik uses...
Once upon a time an Ogre left his swamp to go save the princess. Oh wait, aren’t Ogre’s supposed to kill princesses? So, why didn’t the actual prince save the princess? Well, in the movie Shrek 2, it was a total reversal of the traditional...