Films are something that we all look towards for escapism – the action, the humour, the romance, the animation. Sometimes these can hold so much more meaning then just an image on a screen and create narratives and memories in our own lives. Welcome to the sister article to Music Memories where we take a look at some of these personal stories attached to films.
Film: Shrek 2
Original Release Date: 2004
When I heard that there was going to be a new Shrek film on the way, I was excited. A lot of the later films are a little bit hit or miss but one that I really adore is Shrek 2. The first film is amazing but the second one takes that and heightens it even further.
I saw Shrek 2 in the cinema, it was a day where I saw two films back to back – Shrek 2 was first and then it was followed by Spiderman (I cannot remember which one it was, it was Toby Maguire but cannot remember which one. I think it was number 2). It was so random seeing two films in the day that are such different genres but it was great.
It is such a great film – whilst it parodies every other fairy tale is also is a fantastic animation with so much humour. Whenever I watch it, the film takes me back to when I watched a double bill in the cinema for the first time.
A great memory.
Facts about Shrek 2
- This was the first sequel ever nominated for an Oscar as Best Animated Feature.
- In Fairy Godmother’s (Jennifer Saunders’) factory, some workers are putting potion bottles on a conveyor belt. One of the bottles is marked “Fiagra” a play on “Viagra”.
- Young artist Butterfly Boucher recorded a new version of David Bowie’s “Changes” specially for this movie. Bowie was so impressed with this rendition, that he provided backing vocals on it.
- Originally, Dragon from Shrek (2001) was to have a major role and turn into a Pegasus when Donkey drank the potion.
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