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American computer- animatedfantasy film produced by Dream. Works Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the sequel to 2. Shrek, with Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz reprising their respective voice roles of Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona from the first film, joined by Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, and Jennifer Saunders.

Even more » Account Options. Sign in; Search settings. Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. I only remember one practical writing lesson from my three years as an English major: Whenever you can, put the best bits at the end of the sentence. Put the next. Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon.

Sometime after the first film, Shrek, Donkey and Fiona go to visit Fiona's parents (voiced by Andrews and Cleese), while Shrek and Donkey discover that a greedy Fairy God Mother (voiced by Saunders) is plotting to destroy Shrek and Fiona's marriage so Fiona can marry her son, Prince Charming (voiced by Everett). Shrek and Donkey team up with a swashing cat named Puss in Boots (voiced by Banderas) to stop her. Like its predecessor, Shrek 2 received critical acclaim. It scored the second- largest three- day opening weekend in US history at the time of its release. It is also the seventh- highest animated film of all- time in ticket sellings.

Shrek refuses to go at first, but Fiona talks him into it, and along with Donkey, they travel to the kingdom of Far Far Away. They meet Fiona's parents, King Harold and Queen Lillian, who are shocked to see both their daughter and son- in- law are ogres, with Harold particularly repulsed. At dinner, Shrek and Harold get into a heated argument over how Shrek and Fiona will raise their family, and Fiona, disgusted at Shrek and Harold's behavior, locks herself away in her room that evening. Shrek worries that he has lost his true love, particularly after finding her childhood diary and reading that she was once infatuated with Prince Charming. Harold is reprimanded by the Fairy Godmother and Charming, her son, by reminding Harold that Charming was to marry Fiona in exchange for his own happy ending, and requests that he finds a way of getting rid of Shrek.

Harold arranges for Shrek and Donkey to join him on a fictitious hunting trip, which actually is a trap to lure them into the hands of an assassin, Puss in Boots. However, Puss is unable to defeat Shrek and, revealing that he was paid by Harold, requests to come along and make amends. The three sneak into the Fairy Godmother's potion factory and steal a . Shrek, Donkey and Puss return to the castle to discover that the potion has transformed Fiona back into her former human self as well. However, the Fairy Godmother, having discovered the potion's theft, intercepts Shrek and sends Charming to pose as him and win Fiona's love. At the Fairy Godmother's urging, Shrek leaves the castle, thinking that the best way to make Fiona happy is to let her go. To ensure that Fiona falls in love with Charming, the Fairy Godmother gives Harold a love potion to put into Fiona's tea.

This exchange is overheard by Shrek, Donkey and Puss, who are soon later arrested by the royal guards and thrown into a dungeon. While the royal ball begins, several of Shrek's friends band together to free the trio.

The gang creates a monster- sized gingerbread man, which breaks through the castle's defences so Shrek can prevent Charming from kissing Fiona. He is too late to stop them; instead of falling in love with Charming, though, Fiona knocks him out with a headbutt. Harold reveals that he never gave Fiona the love potion, whereupon the now enraged Fairy Godmother attacks Shrek. In the ensuing melee, Harold sacrifices himself to save Shrek; Harold's armour ricochets the Fairy Godmother's spell which disintegrates her into bubbles; it also returns Harold to his true form as the Frog Prince. He had used the Happily Ever After potion years before in order to marry Lillian, but she tells him that she loves him regardless of his appearance. As the clock strikes midnight, Shrek and Fiona let the potion's effects wear off and they revert to their ogre forms, while Donkey changes back to his natural form as well.

Harold gives his blessing to the marriage and apologizes for his earlier behavior, and the party resumes. After the party, the Dragon, who had previously romanced Donkey, arrives and reveals that they now have several dragon- donkey hybrid babies. Cameos. Joan Rivers' cameo marked the first time that a real person had been represented on screen by the Shrek animation team.

Her part (though retaining her visual representation) was redubbed by presenter Kate Thornton for the United Kingdom release. On the DVD Special Features and in the U. S. His writing of the film was inspired from Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, with the help of the co- directors for the film, who had spent most of the film's production in Northern California while Adamson spent most of the time with the voice actors in Glendale, California. The character also required an upgrade in the fur shader for his introduction in the film. Pinocchio's campaign was the . Director Andrew Adamson said it was overtly satiric and political, with many funny ideas, but . Other than that there are my own influences, which are classical paintings from the 1.

In fact, nothing was absolutely direct. The design of Shrek is always a twist on reality anyway, so we tried to . For example, the kingdom features a . His behavior references Zorro as he appeared in the 1. The Mask of Zorro.

The theme music can be heard in the background as well. Far Far Away itself is a parody of Hollywood. The television show . Taking place right after Shrek 2 ends, the short features characters from Shrek compete in a sing- off while being judged by Shrek, Fiona, and Cowell. However, if any character outside of Shrek (along with Princess Fiona), Donkey, or Puss were selected, Cowell would refuse to accept the winner and proclaim himself the victor, leaping onto a table and performing his . At the end of the VHS release, it gives a link to a website where the viewer can vote for their favorite to determine the ultimate winner.

At the time Shrek 2's Friday- to- Sunday total was the second- highest opening weekend, only trailing Spider- Man's $1. In addition, Saturday alone managed to obtain $4. Spider- Man's first Saturday gross of $4.

It spent ten weeks in the weekly Top 1. July 2. 9, and stayed in theaters for 1.

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Despicable Me 3 (in 2. Shrek 2 and relegated it as the tenth highest- grossing animated film of all time. Critical response . The site's critical consensus reads, . A spin- off film Puss in Boots was released on October 2. Puss in Boots, who was introduced in this film.

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