"Hollywood" needs more accents.
I don't care for "stupid humor". Although, I do appreciate that for many people, stupid humor is the perfect way to relax. For us "dry humor" folks, dry humor seems hard to find. ("There's 'um... Well, there's...um...or maybe....) Yeah. Not sure this movie fits the "dry humor" label, but it was fun to watch the humor built on cultural references and to watch a movie that wasn't loaded down with the humor that I have trouble laughing with. I don't try to be hard to please. Maybe dry humor is in the minority part of the population. Anyways...
It was nice having a main character with an accent other than the "American Standard Midwest". I liked hearing that little bit of different in Shrek's voice. (Scottish?) Not that the donkey is midwestern, but City Eddy is a well known flavor.
And of all the different renditions of Robin Hood that have been put into to film, I'm not so sure that the cameo appearance in this film isn't closer to the original flavor of the book than all the rest of the full fledged adaptations. (Okay, I haven't seen all the versions yet. So, my opinion could easily change. I can think of one version I haven't seen that could be a challenger.) Robin Hood dramas are nice--and understandablely a good selection for an adaptation. At the same time, most of the book is much lighter "ha ha pulled a fast one", "let's swap stories" stories. And Shrek's Merry men appearance is definitely on the lighter side.
Let's see. Nice to have a lady dragon.
This movie was good fare. A nice watch.
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