Shrek Goes Fourth Announced for 2010

[dwayne1115]

This is becoming a lot like the land before time movies. They have so many now its hard to keep count.

 

[Drtooth]

I found the third one to be mildly enjoyable. But I also found it to be a cut off point. Movie trillogies are always weakest at the third film. Back to the Future, Star Wars (original saga 4-6), Ninja Turtles... the third in each one is least liked by fans (though a turn around would be the new Star Wars trilogy- where the third one was the best of the bunch).

Franchise films are hit or miss. James Bond is a strong franchise, but had some terribly weak films in the series. The last Pierce Brosnan one had no fans, be they critics or movie goers. And a lot of Land Before Time fans HATE the DTV sequals. Can't say I don't agree with them. Yuck.

I feel in Shrek 3 they exhausted everything they've been doing:

• Shrek is an ogre, and therefore disgusting. be it his food choices, or his hygine
• Donkey and Pusspuss can't get along, but are still friends reguardless
• The Princess is proud to be what she is, but wants to be normal
• Kattsenburg wants to stick it to Disney over and over again 1
• Random pop songs in liu of real, written, original pieces 2
• Shrek gets angry at everyone, feels sorry for himself, and explains that he's different and can't handle something 3

Footnotes:
1- Every Shrek film has on some level made a rant about Disney's films. I think the Princess resistance force was clever, though.

2- The King's funeral procession using "Live and Let Die"- a James Bond song that is actually about killing people- pretty much shows they're trying a little too hard to shove that sort of thing in.

3- Has also been seen in the Christmas Special, as Shrek doesn't know how to handle a holiday he never celebrated due to being alone.

There's little room for growth. They're running out of Fairytales to satirize (and for the record, Peter pan shouldn't really be there, and King Arthur is a legend, not a Fairy tale). I'd love for them to do more obscure, foreign ones (like Momotaro- the Peach Boy from Japan) as that's pretty much the only thing left.

I liked how Shrek was this big Outside the mainstream style film, sticking it to Disney when it was first released... but now it's so mainstream that someone really needs to stick it to dreamworks.

 

[rexcrk]

Meh, I liked the other ones so I'll be looking forward to a 4th one.

 

[travellingpat]

The third one was okkk but the christmas special was terrrrrrrrible idk how the 4th one will be it could be ok but it probably will be badddddd

 

[D'Snowth]

The third one was okkk but the christmas special was terrrrrrrrible idk how the 4th one will be it could be ok but it probably will be badddddd

EXACTLY! I said it before, although I found the third one to be hilarious, joke-wise, story-wise it was kind of "campy" and "sappy", meanwhile the Christmas special was SOOOOOOOOOOO predictable, so with that said and done, HOW WILL the fourth one turn out?

 

[frogboy4]

There are funny moments in all three films, but the last one seemed to be running on empty. The animation keeps improving with each film, of course, but Shrek has lost his relevance. Unless there's a 180 in the story department, there's only one reason to make a fourth Shrek = $.

I enjoyed the first film (even though I saw it begrudgingly) and was glad it received the Oscar over Monsters Inc because the story and characters considered general audience appeal instead of kids first, audience later. The second Shrek was fun. Saunders' character was partly responsible for my connection. The only improvement would have been an animated Patsy with a bottle of Stoli. He he.

I didn't even attempt to watch the Christmas special assuming it was geared toward kids (unlike the initial direction of the Shrek phenomenon). I’m not saying they shouldn’t make more, I’ll probably see the fourth theatrically too. I just think they need to have a better reason for making a new film; otherwise it only serves to dilute the brand in the most uninspired Michael Eisner sort of sense!

Or is Shrek primarily about the green from now on? ​

 

[Ilikemuppets]

I just think they need to have a better reason for making a new film; otherwise it only serves to dilute the brand in the most uninspired Michael Eisner sort of sense!

That exactly what I'm thinking.

 

[BEAR]

This is becoming a lot like the land before time movies. They have so many now its hard to keep count.

I know! I'm still waiting for Land Before Time 50: Extinction.

 

[Drtooth]

I know! I'm still waiting for Land Before Time 50: Extinction.

The buzz is that the one released last year would be the LAST LBT sequal. They have a cartoon series to focus on. That is, if the cartoon series is still in production. That said, why in heck did they take so long to make a cartoon series for them? People will watch a cartoon series. They don't have to buy all these movies.

 

[erniebert1234ss]

Oh goody, MORE name puns!

BTW, Don Bluth has had NO hand in the Land Before Time sequels. He's said that in several interviews over the years.