Shrek 2 [DVD]

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While the royal ball begins, the fairy tale creatures whom Shrek and Donkey had met during their previous adventure arrive at the dungeon to rescue the trio, and they all storm the castle with the help of a monstrous living gingerbread man created by the Muffin Man.

A 3D-converted version of the film was released exclusively with select Samsung television sets on Blu-ray on December 1, 2010, along with the other three films of the series. With the Fairy Godmother gone, Harold apologizes, admitting to using the "Happily Ever After" potion years earlier to gain Lillian's love, and approves Shrek and Fiona's marriage, while Lillian assures Harold that she still loves him. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. I don’t know ♪ Well, maybe I’m in love ♪ Think about it every time I think ‘bout it ♪ Can’t stop thinking ‘bout it How much longer will it take to cure this? Recently, we've done several changes to help out this wiki, from deleting empty pages, improving the navigation, adding a rules page, as well as merging film infoboxes.

Directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon (in Vernon's feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Adamson, Joe Stillman, J. Fiona (VO): Dear Diary… Sleeping Beauty is having a slumber party tomorrow, but Dad says I can’t go. Mom says that when I’m old enough, my Prince Charming will rescue me from my tower and bring me back to my family, and we’ll all live happily ever after. According to production designer Guillaume Aretos, "There are a lot of medieval paintings and illustrations [and] my own influences, which are classical paintings from the 15th and 16th centuries. It scored the second-largest three-day opening weekend in United States history and the largest opening for an animated film at the time of its release.

Until the sun went down and they saw that their daughter was cursed with a frightful enchantment that took hold each and every night. Fiona does not reciprocate Charming's advances, so to ensure she falls in love with Charming, the Fairy Godmother gives Harold a love potion to put into Fiona's tea.Joan Rivers' cameo as herself marked the first time that a real person had been represented on screen by the Shrek animation team. The feature is also available on Netflix, but removes the voting options so that it skips to the revealing point, with Simon Cowell winning.

Taking place right after Shrek 2 ends, the film's supporting characters hold a singing competition, with Shrek, Fiona, and Simon Cowell as judges. The film also took away the highest worldwide gross made by an animated feature, which was before held by Finding Nemo (2003), [47] although the latter still had a higher overseas-only gross.Then they play the Shrek 2 End Credits running all the way up to the end and The Magic Mirror says "Ladies and gentlemen our time is up here, but we look forward to seeing you next time on Far Far Away Idol. Harold is secretly reprimanded by the Fairy Godmother, as her son, Prince Charming, was to marry Fiona in exchange for Harold's own happy ending. Shrek answers that the competition hasn't started yet, but Simon replies with that it is just the way he is. Though he wrote that it is not as good as the first film, Kevin Lally of Film Journal International described it as "inventive and often very funny".

Far Far Away Idol is a special feature on the DVD and VHS release based on American Idol and guest starring Simon Cowell. Puss in Boots: On my honor, I am obliged to accompany you until I have saved your life as you have spared me mine. Puss in Boots: Boss, just in case there is something wrong with the potion… allow me to take the first sip.To make the effects of this potion permanent, the drinker must obtain his true love’s kiss by midnight. Adamson said that although this plot did have many funny ideas, it was also too overtly satiric and political, and considered "more intellectual than emotional". Its critical consensus reads, "It may not be as fresh as the original, but topical humor and colorful secondary characters make Shrek 2 a winner in its own right. According to Jeffrey Katzenberg, the executive producer of Shrek 2 and a co-founder of DreamWorks Pictures, who led the negotiations, the payments were probably the highest in the actors' entire careers.