Shrek: Movie Analysis

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This movie is a definite 5 star movie for me, Shrek!(2001) It was directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson and starred Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz. Mike Myers is an oger named Shrek, this oger is mean and feared throughout the land of Duloc. Then one day, the ruler of Duloc, a short little man proclaimed as Lord Farquaad sent all the fairy-tail creature into the woods. This lead all the fairy-tale creatures to take over Shrek's swamp, an Shrek was furious. Shrek could not take the fact the fairy-tail creature wouldn't leave, so he went off to Lord Farquaad's to make the fairy-tail creatures leave. After Lord Farquaad heard Shrek's spheal he decided to make a deal to remove the fairy-tail creatures, only if he saves princess Fiona from her chambers to be Lord Farquaad's wife. Thus a oger and a donkey begin a great journey to find peace and a little something more throughout the land. …show more content…
As in the introduction of the movie shown there is some inequalty going on between humans and fairy-tail creatures. This last throughout the movie until a major conflict escalates into an all out battle. Then in a nonviolent nature the battle ends with the foes captured and heroes living a

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