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And when his world is turned upside down, not even the alternate Far Far Away feels like a Shrek film. In an attempt to be fresh and new, somehow Fiona became some sort of barbarian ogre outlaw while a large race of more-hideous-than-the-next-guy horde of ogres that for some reason exist just because Shrek didnt save the princess and dont exist if he did? While the idea of Donkey never knowing Shrek or Puss somehow becoming Fionas pet and therefore being fat and lazy a fat, orange, lazy Garfield, anyone? sounds rather humorous on paper, in the context of the Shrek series, I would think fans would want to see their favorite characters in action one more time as themselves and not as almost entirely different characters. The premise has its moments, but ultimately, its pretty humorless and all-around disappointing. I found myself waiting for the story to become more fun or exciting, but I felt like I had seen most of this movie already in the trailer. The trailer offered almost all of the films funniest moments, and I didnt find the trailer all that funny to begin with. In the first movie, Shrek is a grumpy ogre who has to deal with circumstances beyond his control. He has an unlikely partnership with a talkative Donkey and entertainment ensues. In Shrek Forever After, Shrek is a ultimately a sad, lovable big guy going through some sort of mid-life crisis, forced to try to find a way to get his life back to the way it was before he met Rumpel. These just dont feel like the same characters. The content of Shrek Forever After is the most mild of all the Shrek films. Because Shrek is now a big green warm fuzzy teddy bear, most of his attitude and sass is gone. The only language in the film a hll and a use of the a word are both uttered by Donkey, with both either coming out very quick or a bit obscured by Donkeys delivery. There is a little bit of crude humor, but most of it is especially mild compared to the previous films. We see what looks like a feminine male witch who makes eyes towards Fionas father who is repulsed by this, while a male ogre named Cookie acts pretty flamboyant. A few minor comments are also made like, for example, Donkey starts picking up a scent and saying it smells delicious and Shrek, thinking Donkey is talking about Fiona, scolds him for talking case 39 part 1 his wife that way really, Donkey is smelling and describing food. The film has some violence mostly nonlethal action violence and the throwing of knives and axes, but nothing outrageously violent. All in all, Shrek Forever After successfully wraps up the series in a neat little bow, but does it in a pretty bizarre and lackluster way. This hardly feels like the same Shrek we fell in love with nearly a decade ago. While some can say Shrek matured case 39 part 1 the course of the series, the fact remains that the ingredients that made the franchise start out so strongly died with the conclusion of the second film. Switching directors halfway through the four films certainly took its toll on the third and fourth chapters and an inexperienced writer for this one doesnt help either. Shrek Forever After was helmed, curiously, by Mike Mitchell, whose credits include the atrocious Surviving Christmas and the adult-themed Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. Whatever made the studio pick Mitchell to finish off a beloved family series is beyond me. Diehard Shrek fans may just be content enough getting one more outing with some of their favorite characters, but considering how many changes have taken place and how much little time we get with the actual characters we love here, even they are likely to be disappointed. Shrek Forever After is entertaining enough, but for anyone wishing for the enchantment from the first two films will be sorely disappointed. The series probably should have ended six years ago. If a fifth film somehow finds its way into production, lets all hope DreamWorks goes back to the drawing board and returns the series to what worked in the first place. Shrek Forever After was probably only slightly better than I was expecting it to be, still its nowhere near the memorable original or the masterfully executed first sequel, Shrek The fourth and final film is also the first to release on Blu-Ray Disc and its available to purchase as a stand alone one-disc release, a Blu-Ray and DVD combo and a four-disc box set of just the Blu-Ray treatments of all four films. Lets take a look at the Special Features of the one-disc Blu-Ray release of Shrek Forever The Animators Corner The first of the Blu-Ray Exclusives is a feature-length picture-in-picture visual commentary of the film with the director and three members of the animation team. Here, the filmmakers give an inside look into the making of the fourth and final Shrek film. We also hear interviews from the cast, like the voice of Shrek, Mike Meyers, and also get a glimpse at a lot of the storyboard drawings used in production.