Shrek - IS HILAROUS!!! - Movie Reaction

[@JVsGalacticAdventures]

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[@cadehamilton3845]

You should do Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Bebe's Kids and James and the Giant Peach!! Classics

[@cadehamilton3845]

You should do Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Bebe's Kids and James and the Giant Peach!!! Great Classics

[@cadehamilton3845]

How about we do another hilarious classic movie like Bebe's Kids 😂😂🎉it's great 😂!!! Please Bebe's Kids 😂

[@DanGamingFan2406]

What I love about this movie, is that the entire film was meant to be one giant roast of Disney in general. eg. Farquaad looks like Michael Eisner, Dulock is basically Disneyland, fairytale tropes are challenged or outright reversed, and pop songs are used in place of original works in a musical.

[@wesmcinerny4524]

Not so much Disney, but the original non-Disney versions of the fairytales.

[@xShinigamiRyukuux]

Hell, the movie opens up with Shrek wiping his ass with pages a fairytale book. Perfect way to set the tone.

[@Kenny-ep2nf]

@@xShinigamiRyukuux HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

[@sam_c95]

I don't think Fiona took her "original" form when the spell was broken, she took "true love's form" so it's because she fell in love with Shrek and because Shrek could love her regardless of what she looked like that she took that form. The fairytale book Shrek was reading at the beginning and wiped his butt with saying "like that'll ever happen" was her origin story with her as a human princess, and the true love she needed to break the spell that Shrek was so cynical about was the ending to this movie. Great writing, they had a perfect fairytale story while also subverting many fairytale tropes.

[@crimsontyphoon3420]

Nope it's her og form...she was half frog half human always

[@jccw227]

@@crimsontyphoon3420 Spoilers, man!

[@dontworryaboutit6669]

@@crimsontyphoon3420 but aren’t they both her true form if she’s half and half?? Why is one of her half her true form?

[@beastialmoon2327]

@@crimsontyphoon3420 isn't this explained in literally the next film? And the beginning book exposition?? Fiona was cursed as a child to have an ogre form at night. She would take "true love's form" upon a true kiss of love. Shrek, also being an ogre, was her "true love's form" and thus she stayed as an ogre. All of these details are just set dressing for the main point, though - that love for beauty is only skin deep, and it's the inner qualities that are the true beauty.

[@ssickhead1]

@@crimsontyphoon3420 Fiona was originally human and was curse to become an Ogre at night. They said this

[@shannong014]

*Fun fact* Comedian Chris Farley was casted as the voice of Shrek but he died during production so they got Mike Myers (Austin Powers) to step in. The accent really makes Shrek Shrek so I’ve always wondered what the movies would have been like had Chris lived and continued. There is audio of Chris playing Shrek on YT!

[@karlluigi1987]

Chris Farley would also be perfect for the role of PO in Kung Fu Panda

[@DaveMan1K]

Myers also originally didn't do a Scottish accent, but decided to incorporate it during production, leading to several minutes of animation being redone.

[@xhelan131]

its like when i think about harry potter, imagine how the entire series would be if the original dumbledor did the entire thing. so interesting to think about.

[@hellowhat890]

"When you live alone, one has to learn these things in case... THERE'S AN ARROW IN YOUR BUTT." I still remember the reason we saw this when it came out was because the trailer showed this scene and I kept quoting it endlessly. My brother and I would keep saying there were arrows in our butts and my parents finally asked what we were referencing. 😂😂😂

[@fynnthefox9078]

I love how Shrek how doesn't even realize it's there.

[@gtaipan7422]

One of the best moments we've learned about Shrek is why he chose to live alone in his swamp, and because other people who first saw him and called him a monster hurt his feelings pretty badly. Imagine if that had happened to us.

[@lozlullaby7947]

Another comment's probably said this. But Shrek is sort of a revenge against Disney. One of the founders of Dreamworks, Jeffery Katzenberg used to work at Disney but left after the CEO Michael Eisner had several disagreements with him. So thats why there's a lot of "anti-fairytale" jokes in this movie. It was created to rival disney and the stereotypical nicey-niceness of DIsney's animated classics. That's why there's so many references to fairytales. Lord Farquaad is even supposed to resemble Michael Eisner. The kingdom where he lives is supposed to parody DIsneyland with the perfect clean streets and the singing characters. I love both companies but really think this was an interesting commentary of the situation between the two at the time :)

[@leonidasneves7972]

YES!! This movie is great even tho we have a lot of adult jokes is amazing, we can get a lot of meaning/morals from these movies AND the sequels are amazing, one of the best animated franchises!

[@nachodragon659]

The movie heavily threw shade at Disney the entire movie. the Fairy Tale creature's are basically what Disney used to make money and how they treat their intellectual properties. The movie's themselves weren't really needed for a lot of context as long as you were familiar enough lol.

[@malcolmdrake6137]

Wow, talk about delusional.

[@raphaelperry8159]

You can even imagine Lord Farquad as Disney imprisoning all the fairytale creatures and taking them away from everyone else. His castle is basically Disneyland.

[@mevb]

"I'm a Believer" is actually a 60's song made by The Monkees, though Smashmouth who did "Allstar" made their cover especially for this movie.

[@spiderfingers86]

Brought to you by DreamWorks and was the first movie to win Best Animated Film at the Oscars. Starring Mike Myers as Shrek; an ogre who lives in a swamp and constantly gets bothered by the fairytale characters. Also featuring Eddie Murphy,Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow

[@brittniegilmore6499]

The dragon was sad because she was all alone

[@karlluigi1987]

I can't believe you noticed the MAMA BEAR quickly in your 1st time watching, a lot of people miss that..

[@laei6391]

So dark

[@marcmcdonnell6586]

10:05 to be fair Jeffrey Katzenberg used to work for Disney back in the day but until his ego gets the best of him such as after the death of Frank Wells (who died from a helicopter crash) that he saw this as an opportunity to become president of the Disney company, but Michael Eisner was hesitant about it. Katzenberg quite Disney then created and co founded DreamWorks Animation Studios.

[@talkingwithtyvethia7283]

I freaking love shrek! It’s one of those movies that kids can watch but adults can enjoy!

[@ellianndesigns]

"These really old bands... like from the early 2000s" *shakes head in old person* Animation when I was a kid was all hand drawn!

[@mevb]

The Gingerbread Man (or Gingy) is voiced by Conrad Vernon, one of the writers of the film and co-directed Shrek 2, Monsters vs. Aliens, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. He also co-director of Sausage Party and The Addams Family 1 and 2. He also voiced Mason the Chimpanzee in the Madagascar trilogy and Rico the Penguin in Penguins of Madagascar.

[@axelvonelern8081]

It's amazing that Shrek and Donkey became friends just for five days, Shrek is the big brother who wants to be alone and Donkey is the annoying little brother.

[@a.g.demada5263]

They're like Manny and Sid in " The Ice age "

[@maribart4237]

SHREK didn’t want to be alone, he didn’t have the choice cause like he said everyone took one look at him and judge him

[@MirdinAskari]

"Donkey is gonna fight this dragon?" Ehh... no, better xD

[@dragontamer626]

I had this on VHS back in the day! There was bonus content straight after the film (Shrek in the swamp karaoke). Had some really funny clips including the king wondering around in the dragons stomach.

[@chuckrothans7535]

Actually, she wasn't an ogre to begin with, she was a princess. But you will see in the sequel.

[@fynnthefox9078]

Lol I thought Fiona made that pretty obvious, guess he didn't get the message?

[@aquawaterstone8100]

I pretty much can recite Shrek at this point. One of my all time favs. Great reaction!!👍🏾👏🏾

[@CGWolfGaming]

Glad you enjoyed the movie! Can't wait to see what you think of the rest of them. I thought they were all just as good as this first one.

[@renatolucio3970]

I've must said this a hundred times already, but damn it I will say it again: JV's expontaneous imitations are amazing!!!!!

[@mindlessscarecrow4886]

Just to specify, she wasn't an ogre before the curse, we can't know that, but the curse said she would take the form of her true love, her true love was an ogre so she remained one ^^

[@OptmiusPrime114]

It was Smash Mouth who sang “All Star”.

[@fynnthefox9078]

A straight banger to this very day!

[@SpacialRend7]

You’re right, Shrek is a hilarious film! I always have a good laugh watching this Dreamworks film, it’s a classic.

[@fizzycolalizzie]

"she's not even ugly!" DSNKGSD THANK YOU I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR YEARS i adore this movie so so much but the thing that really bugs me is that, yeah, all they did was make her fatter. and give her like, a round face. she's adorable.

[@mariedit9935]

Exactly

[@A113-p9e]

I’m more than convinced that Shrek made up that eyeball jelly bit on the spot just to intimidate the villagers. Based on that side glacé he makes right before the speech.

[@Niallmylove]

But in the next couple scenes we see him preparing his toast and there’s a glass jar of eyeballs so….

[@A113-p9e]

@@Niallmylove probably animal eyeballs.

[@jonathancruz5932]

I can’t believe it is been 21 years and they have won at the Oscars for best animation feature and the first one

[@Native_Beats_]

Basically. All these fairytale characters are in the public domain. Which means that anyone can create their own interpretations of them, and profit off of those interpretations. But that also means that their interpretations can be copyrighted, so Disney has ownership over their versions, but they can't touch anyone else's

[@dcemerald70]

Here’s a little information about Dragon. It was revealed in original draft for the second movie that her name was to be revealed as Elizabeth but they cut it and kept the name Dragon.🐲

[@Armitage1985]

You should also watch Studio Ghibli movies. Princess Mononoke, Nausica of the valley of the wind, Totoro, Spirited Away, Kikis Delivery service, Porco Rosso, Howls moving castle etc. And the irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon with Song of the sea and Wolfwalkers. And don't forget Don Bluths animations, An american tale, The land before time, Anastasia. The secret of NIMH.

[@araej9293]

Can't wait for you to get to the 4th one! It's SO underrated and has a wonderful story/animation. It has REALLY high stakes.

[@williamjefferson5200]

I was in a similar situation to Shrek when I was at school. I'm Autistic, and everyone automatically assumed that meant I'm r*****ed. Like with Shrek, they judged me before they got to know me. They also bullied me so hard that I've got PTSD and I'm mentally unwell. I'm not even joking. A doctor diagnosed me with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

[@thefattestdragon8451]

I hope you're doing alright nowadays.

[@laei6391]

That sucks, I hope you good

[@williamjefferson5200]

The joke's on them because now I'm 6 foot 6; strong, fast, and tough

[@nindingu6349]

@@williamjefferson5200 That's the spirit!

[@Powerranger-le4up]

@@williamjefferson5200 I was luckier. I am also autistic, but I was pretty well accepted by people. I’m sorry you went through that.

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

I remember I was wearing this new sweater or something one time, and someone in my choir said "I like the sweater. It's a nice sweater." and one of the other girls immediately quoted "I like that boulder. That is a nice boulder." For my generation, this movie has entered legendary quoting territory.

[@Tearsmoove]

I’m already excited for this series I think 2 is the best one of all 💯🔥🔥💪🏽

[@dirtyjerde13]

all three of those series, shrek, pirates, and hunger games are all amazing!

[@TOMNICE]

21:47 "you kinda play it up tho" I think technically Shrek was innocent at first, but no matter what he did people judged him anyway. So he was like "if everyone thinks i am a monster then i will be a monster".

[@LewisWhitehead-mc9ee]

My favorite scene is when Donkey and Dragan were making up ❤❤❤❤.

[@WanderingRoe]

I kinda wonder if maybe Shrek did try to be amiable toward people at first, like when he was a bit younger, but because no one would give him a chance he sorta gave up and resigned himself to the “monster” position. Shrek took the world by storm when it came out, and in a lot of ways it’s still running strong. 😊

[@Rainbow.Pegacorn.Cosplay]

I love the bit where Shrek and Donkey are making fun of Lord Farquaad. Shrek: Let me put it to ya this way, Princess. Men of Farquaad's stature are in SHORT supply. Donkey chuckles- I don't know, Shrek. There ARE those who think LITTLE of him.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

The opening song, All Star is from Smash Mouth.

[@BeefWagon]

The soundtrack really helps make this film Edit: you noticed the bears and the carpet oh god

[@Chrysop1812]

So happy you're doing these films!! Loved this lol Always looking forward to your reaction videos. I'm down for the old school Disney classics, other company animations, even live action regular films... Hope you're well

[@Kovy2003]

07:45 WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN MY SWAMP!"

[@chris...9497]

You said Fiona loved Shrek before she even knew she was an ogre, but she knew. She knew already how she turned into one every night. This was Shrek's origin story, not Fiona's, so we don't know when Fiona got her curse or why, but she obviously had been functioning under it for some time. I love that you love animation & fairy tales & sagas, but you really need to do a deep dive into the deep history & motifs in these stories. The main place we get fairy tales in Caucasian cultures is Grimm's Fairy Tales and from Mother Goose. These are centuries old, so of course there are different iterations of them; it's one of the reasons why doing updates is perfectly in keeping with the tradition of fairy tale story telling. But these stories go back before copywrite laws. That's how it is with fairy tales, myths, & legends. Comics/graphic novels are a continuation of the storytelling tradition. The superheroes & retelling of old myths (see Neil Gaiman, MCU, etc) are new clothes on old archetypes that still function psychologically. There was a fellow, now passed away, by the name of Joseph Campbell, a university professor, who specialized in the study of these old stories. He described how they were structured and why they 'spoke' to us and processed common drives. He became pretty famous in the 1070s through a series of interviews on PBS ("Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth"), and for his books "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and "The Hero's Journey". It was Campbell's work that George Lucas studied to create Star Wars. If you are serious about either storytelling (via graphic arts, written work, song, live theater, video, or film) or just viewing/interpreting storytelling forms, you need to at least read Campbell and read the source material. Disney & other purveyors of storytelling for an audience of children sanitize the stories. They select for the least offensive and then 'amend' anything that might offend. For instance: in the Brothers Grimm original, Rapunzel got pregnant out of wedlock & bore twins after the witch drove her away from the tower. Before losing her home, her prince had been thrown into brambles by the witch, which left him blind. When Rapunzel finally found him in the wilderness years after, her tears healed his blindness. But you likely never heard about that. When I was in 3rd grade, I become really interested in fairy tales, myths and legends. I dug out all the original source material and also read stories from other countries & cultures. You have no idea how much that has helped me in understanding film & theater. I think these things would be really useful to you. There is a universe before Disney; Disney only provides a warped mirror to view these stories. So 'adult' themes in fairy tales is actually part of their foundation and history.

[@hunterlawrence3573]

You wrote 1070s

[@sheFEISTY.43110]

I started rewatching Shrek sequels and just watched part 3 last night. I told my friend that I totally forgot there was a 3 about Arthur becoming the next hier. 🤣

[@laei6391]

The mama bear bro that's sad I've never noticed that great catch

[@dennismctye9048]

She wasn't cursed to look human, she was cursed to turn into a ogre at night, she was born human

[@chillwill2918]

Fun Fact: The Dragon is named Elizabeth. Fun Fact: Shrek is approximately 8 ft tall.

[@cottonhairedaesthetic2005]

This movie had me yelling “EAT ME!” As a kid 😂

[@edicus_18moffett57]

When you watch shrek 2 there’s a post credit scene

[@thefattestdragon8451]

I like the little words you add when strong emotion is present. It's a noice little touch.

[@artsysabs]

Dang Pinocchio not getting enough love 😂 but I understand.its an older movie. Still good to watch at some point :)

[@dirtyjerde13]

my absolute favorite kids movie series!

[@PikminandOatchi]

The only full length animated movie not by Disney to be preserved by the library of congress.

[@Nukawin]

Nah man, this isn't Disney. Disney can only DREAM of making something this good.

[@Sam-xn5kt]

Loved your reaction! I would love to see you react to Zathura :)

[@Error_-ct2vp]

How am I just now finding you?? You’re so underrated!!

[@mevb]

Fiona's curse was that she was human by day and ogre by night but if she actually kissed Farquaad or some other human, she mostly likey would have become a human or rather stay human forever, while she stayed an ogre because her was for an ogre like Shrek, so it could have gone either way depending on who she loved.

[@hunterlawrence3573]

Fiona was a human princess who was cursed when she was young to transform into an ogre at night. She was placed in a tower so her true love could rescue her and break the curse. What no one realized is that because love is blind, "love's true form" is the ugly, not socially accepted form as opposed to the beautiful traditional fairytale form. Thus her true love, Shrek, doesn't care that she's not pretty when Farquaad wanted to have her locked back in the tower. Can't wait for you to watch Shrek two!

[@mevb]

Actually technically Farquaad DID marry Fiona cuz they both said "I do" and Shrek was too late for the objection as you're suppoused to say "I object" when the priest say "speak now or forever hold your peace" and if you take too long he'll say "And now I hereby declare you husband and wife", so yes Farquaad became King as he married Fiona, a princess.

[@fawnleaver9583]

She was born human. She was cursed to be an ogre. The reason why she stayed an ogre after Shrek kissed her is because she truly loved Shrek and he loved her.

[@cadehamilton3845]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE back me up on JV's website if you can and/or youtube, PLEASE🙏‼️Lets ask JV to do Bebe's Kids IT's a great classic hilarious movie. PLEASE I've been begging for months . It's a funny movie really ‼️🎉especially if you like comedy😂❗️Pretty PLEASE with comedy on top‼️🥺

[@asxmeggy5049]

I love Shrek one of my favourite Movies ever

[@julieta8683]

My favorite Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy movie 💚, super excited for Shrek 5!

[@tresheppard8942]

I love DreamWorks' Shrek franchise.

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

Me too.

[@marcusfridh8489]

the Voice of Lord Farkward is from John Litgow, who you probably reconize from the sitcom third rock from the sun

[@opos_s_sum]

Fun fact: The reason the King is named Lord Farquaad's is because when you say it fast it sounds like Lord F*ckwad

[@RandumbComNtary6251]

I never noticed the implication of the bear rug until I saw you did. 😳

[@Samus7000]

Can’t wait for you to see Shrek 2!

[@littledove3384]

Shrek 2 is hands down the best sequel! And I'm very excited to see your reaction to it. Also: Fiona is a human princess that was cursed at a very young age (I'm fairly sure the fairytale Shrek was reading at the very beginning was Fiona's story) to turn into an ogre from sunset to sunrise. The exact words of Fiona's curse are "By night one way, By day another." (her changing into an ogre every night) "This shall be the norm until you find true love's first kiss." (Shrek is her true love) "And then take true love's form." (she took the form of Shrek, an ogre). I'm also fairly positive the Fairy Godmother (who you'll meet in the sequel) is the one who cursed her in the first place.

[@darrylcarden1851]

I hope “Over The Hedge” is on your list somewhere. Another Dreamworks Animation with some good voice acting from Bruce Willis, Gary Shandling, and Nick Nolte.

[@fynnthefox9078]

Fun Fact: Farquaad was basically a sly way for the filmmakers to get away with saying "f**kwad" in a kid's movie.

[@NormaTLeon]

I’m sure you were already informed: the beams off the fingers and toes thing was from the original animated version of Beauty and the Beast..

[@jamesplunkett8912]

Yeah, the Dragon eats the bad guy. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

[@erikdukes2505]

Chris Farley was Shrek's original voice actor. Sad he died tragically back in 1997. At the young age of 33. He was born in 1964. Died in 1997. From an over dose on hard, medical drugs. So we never got that version. Mike Myers provided Shrek with an Canadian accent. Since Myers himself was born in Canada 🇨🇦 his birth country. Eventually he settled on with a Scottish accent instead. He have restarted his lines for Shrek over and over again. Also Fiona and donkey 🐎 were both originally voiced by different celebrities.

[@foresightmystery9845]

I like how u caught that bear thing 💀took most of us years to even realize that scene existed

[@jules3048]

U didn’t include what I thought was the best part of this movie. The part about the brimstone. “Shriek did u fart? U gotta warn someone. My mouth was open and everything!” 🤣

[@khalidbinwaleed5072]

Is a great movie about love friendship I love him and donkeys bromance

[@PikminandOatchi]

Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty are still worth a look

[@NormaTLeon]

I believe the introduction of the choices that the enchanted mirror show Lord Farquod is from a 1960s USA game show called “The Dating Game”.

[@aliceros1]

When Fiona transforms and the light is coming off of her I think you were remembering beast from beauty and the beast.

[@tooeasypodcast]

Dope reaction Also Invest in Shiba Inu 🤣🐶

[@michaelconnor1542]

John Lithgow is Farquad and is quite tall. Brilliant comedic actor.

[@mevb]

Dragon obviously was in love with Donkey and when he left her, she was sad cuz he's leaving and that's why she's so depressed before noticing him again.

[@Niallmylove]

I love how he listens to song in the beginning and says “this song!” And rest of us know it as the shrek song

[@mevb]

Lord Farquaad obviously have a Napoleon complex, he hates for being so short so that's why he wears an oversized armor when he rides to appear taller and has the figure on the cake be taller than he really is. Fiona doesn't mind him being short, though.

[@mevb]

Actually it was one of the fairies that parody Flora, Fauna and Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty that transformed the onion into a carriage.

[@MagicalWellecto92]

Funny timing for this reaction, this is my 3yo fave movie at the moment😂

[@megdelany5688]

💚 SHREK!!!

[@HectorGarcia-xj8hp]

7:17 it's nursery rhyme

[@kristinecintron6553]

I’m about to join ur Patreon because I would LOVE ur reaction to “my sister keeper”

[@a.g.demada5263]

I have to admit I never understood the thing with ogres are like onions. If you don't know what is a " parfait " (the thing what Donkey spoke when he said everybody like cakes) it's a french ice dessert composed only of eggs, cream and the thing who give it a sweet taste like vanilla

[@suttonmaeivysmith9831]

Playing Shrek 2 on PlayStation 2 is a staple of my childhood 💚

[@moneylover318]

When shrek Went back to save donkey that truly proved that they were friends

[@animefan8591]

For the lotr reference with Shrek riding Dragon the nazgul aren't the beasts nazgul is just another term for the ringwraiths

[@claireallen4017]

JV: Donkey’s gotta fight this 🐉 too… or survive this 🐉. Me: 👁👄👁

[@DanGamingFan2406]

Who else gained a new respect for this franchise (except for the 3rd one) thanks to Schaffrillas Productions?

[@cadehamilton3845]

A great movie to do would be Daddy's Little Girls. After all JV you're a daddy of daughters also! Trust me it's a GREAT movie idea great 👍🏾 !! PLEASE 🙏🏾