Shrek Forever After [Blu-ray]

Good

This movie is amazing and funny my kids love it.

like, it is really messed up. That goose did nothing wrong, it was just a pet, no malicious intent. Shrek points and laughs at its charred body. great movie 10/10.

The 4th Shrek. The idea has worn thin. So they rebooted to see what would have happened if Shrek had never been born. They have Rumpelstilskin reimaged from the 2nd Shrek (completely different looking) and he has a life as con artist specializing in convoluted contracts with magic. Shrek doesn't like the constant rowdiness of his kids, of parties, of tourists, of taking care of kids. He wants to be alone. Don't we all! So, he wishes to feared again--exchange a day for another day -- namely the day he was born for a day he can scare people. But Fiona waits in vain for Prince Charming. Her parents sign themselves out of existence with a contract with Rumpelstilskin and years more pass. Fiona breaks out of the castle herslf and joins a band of rogue ogres, where she learns some very impressive fighting skills (perhaps copying Xena: Warrior Princess here?), For awhile Shrek enjoys himself, but somehow manages to get captured by witches who work for Rumpelstilskin, who is now emperor. Meanwhile, Fiona is still cursed. Human by day, ogre by night (an idea used in Gargoyles TV series for the character Demona) -- and somehow she manages to hide that fact from the other ogres. It strikes me as an old tired werewolf motif. Fiona is bitter at her lost childhood, and is obsessed with revolution and fighting (again sounds like Demona). Shrek realizes he made a mistake and wants to undo the spell put on him. He must kiss Fiona, but she doesn't love him. She has to love him back in order for it to work. True love's kiss--one of the oldest and most tiresome cliches out of fairy tales. So, first he has to woo her all over again and make her fall in love with him. Ah, conditions, conditions! So, with more twists to the plot than necessary, with false starts, and at first the kiss doesn't work. He finally, after allowing himself to be captured in order to free the other ogres, he discovers (1) Fiona is only part ogre, so was not released (2)by showing his fighting skills he impresses Fiona and soon she does fall for him. (Kill the enemy to impress the girl, how barbaric). First, he has to release her, and his friends crash right back into the castle. Big fight, but he runs out of time -- and at the last second Fiona lovingly kisses him as he is fading away--then she realizes she is still an ogre when the sun comes up. AAAugh!!!. Then that alternative reality dissolves and all are no more. Then Shrek is back at the birthday and he realizes he has to enjoy this constant togetherness. Aauggghhh!! or he will lose Fiona and his kids and his friends. Yet he deserves some time for himself when all are asleep. A conservative pro-family theme. While a good film, it is not a great film. I understand the writers tried to do something new with the fairy tale plot, but it still has a lack of originality. The Devil's Contact is a tired worn out motif. The what would happen if someone was never born has been done too many times. The someone is one thing in day time, a monster (of some kind) at night is as old as fairy tales. I remember a very similar plot in Norwegian Folk Tales, by Asbjornsen and Moe, which I read more than 40 years ago. What I liked was Fiona as a warrior princess--ripping off Xena. She wore her hair loose, wore a tartan and had lots of weapons, and necklace made of fangs. (Certainly more impressive than Merida of "Brave"). Also, I liked that the she-dragon had more to do than in the previous films. The family goes dragonriding (ripping off Anne McCaffrey's DragonRider novels). The dragon attacks the castle. The dragon falls in love with Donkey at the same time Fiona falls in love with Shrek. Give the dragon her own movie. The villain Rumpelstilskin is smarmy, childish, overly emotional and one-dimensional. A disappointing villain. Prefer the Rumpelstilskin of Once Upon a Time TV series. Harold and his Queen barely appear at all. They had one sequence where they go to Rumpelstilskin to get help and have all of their problems go away. They are then erased from that dimension. I wish there were more about the witches. They looked very interesting to me. Iliked them. Especially I like their costumes and their long black gloves. As usual way too many songs. Stop singing and get on with the story. But they also made fun of the previous Shrek films by having a Pied Piper as a bounty hunter and he makes all the ogres dance. Horrors! They get captured. Dancing ogres! Lots of them. Funny sequence. Each of the Shrek films is about Shrek learning better--but he learns the same lesson each time: not to be selfish and learn to love others.

I can’t count how many times my children and I have watched this. I believe I could recite every word.

In the first "Shrek" film, our title character had to accept himself; in 2, he had to accept family; and in 3, he had to accept responsibility. In the closing chapter "Shrek Forever After", the lesson is clear cut: You don't know what you've got until it's gone. Shrek (given heart & soul by the great Mike Myers) learns this the hard way when his seemingly idyllic life becomes one long broken record of diaper changes, swamp maintenances, and cutesy dinner table stories. Soon feeling trapped in his own life (and longing for the "good old days" as a terrifying ogre), he longs for a way out. Enter the devious Rumpelstiltskin (played with gleeful villainy by Walt Dohrn) who talks Shrek into signing an "ogre for a day" contract. Relishing his newfound freedom, it all turns sour: A deceitful character such as Rumpel' cleverly weaves repercussions into the contract, and Shrek's world is quickly turned upside down as Donkey (Eddie Murphy again, hilarious as usual) can't fathom a friendship between ogre & donkey; Puss 'n Boots (the suave voice of Antonio Banderos) is now domesticated and morbidly obese; and his beloved Fiona (the terrific Cameron Diaz) is the unlikely leader of an ogre resistance. Worse, Rumpel' has used loopholes to seize & rule The Land of Far, Far Away. So again, it's up to our unlikely hero Shrek to save the day & restore order to his life.The story borrows a page from "It's A Wonderful Life", except completely done over, Shrek style. There's a parade of notable voice talent here (as well as The Pied Piper, who has no lines & warbles on his flute instead). And, of course, the animation is excellent.So is it good? Well, I thought SFA falls somewhere in the middle; it's not quite as good as parts 1 & 2, but certainly better than the hit & miss part 3. The opening bit with Shrek's mundane life repeating itself faster & faster is amusing, and the closing credits--cleverly montaging scenes from the earlier films--is a cute & touching farewell, reminding us where the series has been.Extras include deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and cast & crew interviews.So long, Shrek! It was great knowing you!

Ok

Great film, watched it loads of times

This film is way better than Shrek 2 & 3, and is only surpassed by the original film itself.It is a bit of an injustice that film has been overlooked by so many people due to the other sequels, and whilst I would never want to bring down puss, donkey or any of the other characters from these films, the main bad guy in Shrek 4 is really excellent, voiced brilliantly, and animated to sheer perfection. Add to that the story is wholly original as well staying faithful to the genre, this films deservers a much wider audience than it currently has, and it’s funny as hell in lots places too.This copy of the film has the blu ray and dvd as well as all the cool extras, and considering that it cost me 54p you cannot go wrong in buying a copy of this for yourself, as well as for a friend, and for someone else’s birthday.

I've always enjoyed this film but I wanted it for the 3D. The 3D is pretty decent overall, similar to the Incredibles 2. I like the film so I'm not disappointed. Others will say the 3D is very good but after watching Madagascar 3 in 3D I class it as OK which is fine and is probably the best way to view it.

My great grandson loved it 💙