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Shrek Forever After: the new trailer

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The brand new trailer for Shrek 4 arrives, and we’ve got it for you right here…

Published on Mar 12, 2010

The pressure's on DreamWorks with its Shrek franchise this time round, as it fights to win over those who sat through the mechanical third movie. After the genuine imagination of the first film, the franchise hasn't really recaptured what made it work so well since. The second, to be fair, was good fun, but you got the impression that the cracks were being papered over by getting Eddie Murphy to tell a few more jokes. The third wasn't a terrible movie either, to be fair, yet it had clearly fallen a long way behind the first film.

Shrek Forever After meanwhile, is, we're being told, the last Shrek movie (although a Puss In Boots spin-off is in the works), and this new trailer for it does a solid job of re-introducing all of the main characters, as well as introducing the guts of the story.

It's a decent enough trailer, too. The problem is that Shrek Forever After will be going up against Toy Story 3 for the big animated movie of the summer, and it's most certainly the latter that looks the most interesting right now. But take a look at the new promo for yourself and tell us below how you think the new Shrek is shaping up... 

 

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Re: Shrek Forever After: the new trailer
Posted By moakle 1 March 12, 2010 08:18:58 AM

Not funny

Re: Shrek Forever After: the new trailer
Posted By viridis 1 March 12, 2010 09:15:25 AM

The third one was decent. I thought it was actually better than the second, because it wasn't overhyped and it didn't feel cluttered and it actually had Shrek in it for more than half the movie! But this fourth installment does not hook me at all. Maybe if we get to see more background into why Shrek lived alone (which by the looks of the trailer, with all those ogres, might be a possibility) and also why the princess had been locked up in that tower; which brings the question: if Fiona never met Shrek, shouldn't she have been kissed by Prince Charming instead and lived as king and Queen and still look human? The magic is just gone. And the human looking characters still look awful. And Antonio Banderas was funny the first time, but the joke's gone on for too long. Count me out.

Re: Shrek Forever After: the new trailer
Posted By FrenkyA9 1 March 12, 2010 12:29:15 PM

What if I don't care about the gullible ogre anymore? Part 4 seems to have a classic overused What-If storyline, very easy to start new adventures. Almost like a reboot, back to the swamp. What if I just wait for it to air on TV?

Re: Shrek Forever After: the new trailer
Posted By mattslaw1 1 March 12, 2010 04:23:01 PM

I dunno. I think it looks kinda funny... better than the bleeding third one at least XD

Re: Shrek Forever After: the new trailer
Posted By MadProphet 1 March 12, 2010 05:36:50 PM

Do you have a habitual fear of living toys since you saw Child's Play? Does the prospect of a great sci-fi thriller from the director of The Dark Knight leave you cold? Is Iron Man 2 all sold out? Then why not see Shrek Forever After! With your help, Jeffrey Katzenberg can fund a real-life Jurassic Park off the back of yet another sequel!

Re: Shrek Forever After: the new trailer
Posted By amalthea1983 1 March 12, 2010 07:41:27 PM

why can't they just leave well alone?

Re: Shrek Forever After: the new trailer
Posted By lemonade 1 March 12, 2010 10:30:57 PM

OK, OK, I laughed. But it had better be the final chapter, for real this time. I didn't see the third one at the movies...
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