So there are three directors?Pictured here are director Mark Andrews, director Brenda Chapman and co-director Steve Purcell relaxing on a grassy hill during the company's research trip to Scotland in 2006.
I thought it was just Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (who left the project amid production).
Ditto. The father moons people because he's elated by his son's success. There's people in real life who do silly things to celebrate achievements of friends and family members all the time.enigmawing wrote:I fail to understand the concept of how any one particular gag seems to automatically turn any modern Disney film into a Shrek wannabe.
I think the problem with this gag has nothing to do with Shrek, but that almost EVERY instance where a man wears a kilt has at least one mooning gag.Sky Syndrome wrote:I'm impressed with Merida after seeing that movie clip/trailer. I look forward to seeing this film!
Ditto. The father moons people because he's elated by his son's success. There's people in real life who do silly things to celebrate achievements of friends and family members all the time.enigmawing wrote:I fail to understand the concept of how any one particular gag seems to automatically turn any modern Disney film into a Shrek wannabe.
That has always been the case with Pixar. Even if their record is almost spotless when it comes to stories, some of the humor is pretty "classic" so to speak. For example, the bloopers on both A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2 feature an instance of farting and burping, jokes that were very in at the time. Then there were the jokes I mentioned earlier on Toy Story 3. In Up the dogs kept saying that Carl smelled like prune juice, the stereotype being that old people like to drink prune juice.Semaj wrote:I think the problem with this gag has nothing to do with Shrek, but that almost EVERY instance where a man wears a kilt has at least one mooning gag.Sky Syndrome wrote:I'm impressed with Merida after seeing that movie clip/trailer. I look forward to seeing this film!
Ditto. The father moons people because he's elated by his son's success. There's people in real life who do silly things to celebrate achievements of friends and family members all the time.
Seems even Pixar can't resist the occasional slapstick cliches.
The first Shrek I didn't mind, and it seemed like their crude humor was DreamWorks (rather, Jeffery Katzenberg) letting off steam after trying to copy Disney's success for so long (not unlike what Warner Bros. and MGM did back in the 1940s), also because of a grudge Katzenberg had against Eisner. But for a long time after Shrek II, the overtly crude humor was all they cared about anymore.pap64 wrote:But the way I see it, as long as those jokes are just brief instances of humor rather than the whole focus I am fine. The difference is that in Shrek THAT'S the whole point. Shrek is a disgusting character, therefore he does disgusting things over and over again. I admit that's why I don't think so highly of the first movie, even though it has been hailed as one of the best movies ever made.
The only fail there was the fact he was wearing underwear in the first place. Unsurprisingly, I do know Scots people. The two I do know that wear kilts more than once per year don't have anything underneath. Swift dose of mind bleach helped the first time I asked if it was true about... et cetera... phew...pap64 wrote:EDIT: And I can openly confirm that the kilt joke has been extended to the real world. I attended an Irish themed wedding in which the groom wore a kilt. His friends them grabbed him, pulled up his kilt, lowered his underwear and mooned everyone in the room.
At the very least, it has been hailed as one of the best modern animated movies. It ranked rather highly on the AFI's top ten best animated movies, and whenever modern animation is brought up, Shrek is the first one to be mentioned.Dr Frankenollie wrote:I don't think it's ever been called one of the best movies ever made, but it's definitely overrated, and also rather dated.pap64 wrote:I admit that's why I don't think so highly of the first movie, even though it has been hailed as one of the best movies ever made.
Fair enough, although in years to come I think Pixar's films will be remembered much more than something like Shrek or Shark Tale. It definitely won't hold up for future generations.pap64 wrote:At the very least, it has been hailed as one of the best modern animated movies. It ranked rather highly on the AFI's top ten best animated movies, and whenever modern animation is brought up, Shrek is the first one to be mentioned.
Merida is going to be in the Princess Line wether she has a significant other or not.However,I do see her get along quite well with the other princesses mainly with Mulan and Rapunzel.