Shreck Is NOT A Kid's Movie!

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Any other moms with me on this one? I’m personally very disgusted and offended at the popularity of this little film among parents and children. Used to be, if a movie came out and it was Disney, it was automatically family safe. Now, people still think that, but** it isn’t true!**

I actually went to the theater with my friends and saw this movie. I DID NOT find it funny. They sat there and made fun of short people, rather cruelly, the entire film long. They had thier “beautiful” micro-waisted princess turn “hideously ugly” when she became fat, perpetuating yet another bad body image stereotype for girls.

But worst of all, was all the cussing! You know, what really irks me is that just because some of my very conservative Christian friends found this film funny, they think it’s okay to show it to thier kids. This is NOT a kid friendly movie.

They say oh, well you know it’s okay that they say the A word in this film, because donkeys really were called that a long time ago. Huh? And does ANYONE use that word to refer to donkeys anymore? No. It has become a cuss word, plain and simple, and if people think kids are too dumb to pick up on that, they aren’t giving them enough credit.

I was SO HORRIFIED when I took my daughter to get some x-rays at a CHILDRENS hospital last week (thank God it turned out she was okay) and they were playing Shreck in the waiting room! I had to turn her around so she wouldn’t be facing it! I do not want her ever seeing that kind of filth.
 
Its not a kids movie, I agree. But I liked most of it.

Shrek1 is only good for the first half about upto the Doulock town puppets. Thats the best part.

Shrek2 was way better.
 
As the forum’s resident Curmudgeon in Charge, I thought that both Shrek movies were hilarious.
 
I agree that both Shrek films were very funny. I wouldn’t say they are for children though. That said, the main complaint was about the A word which translates in the Oxford English Dictionary as a:

hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse, similar to a donkey

The OED chucks out the old words every year so this is still the current usage. And it has never meant donkey, they are two different animals belonging to the same (horse) family…
 
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teresas1979:
I agree that both Shrek films were very funny. I wouldn’t say they are for children though. That said, the main complaint was about the A word which translates in the Oxford English Dictionary as a:

hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse, similar to a donkey

The OED chucks out the old words every year so this is still the current usage. And it has never meant donkey, they are two different animals belonging to the same (horse) family…
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I think the technical name is onager.
 
The *Shrek *movies are pretty funny, but they are not great. I get kind of tired of all the pop culture references.

They really are not appropriate for kids. That in itself is fine. Lot’s of movies are not appropriate for children. The problem is that the *Shrek *movies are marketed towards children. That is wrong. They ought to be marketed for young adults as that is the age level that most of the jokes are geared toward anyway.

For your kids, you are better off taking them to a Pixar movie. You can’t go wrong with Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Monster’s, Inc., and The Incredibles. Not only are these films more appropriate for children than Shrek but they’re better movies overall.
 
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Christian4life:
They had thier “beautiful” micro-waisted princess turn “hideously ugly” when she became fat, perpetuating yet another bad body image stereotype for girls.
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Yes but which body is her “true form”? Which one does Shrek love her for? She ultimately rejects the idea that she has to be micro-wasted to be a princess.

Maybe the movie isn’t appropriate for very young kids, but I really don’t think it is harmful for older children. It’s a funny movie with heart that rejects stereotypes like “being skinny is beautiful.” It references pop culture to poke fun at it, not promote it.

We have a religous brother who loves the movie and praises it for its lack of sexual imagery. If you don’t think Shrek is funny, that’s fine, but it doesn’t mean the movie is harmful to children.

That said about Shrek I, I must say Shrek 2 did have a couple of parts that were not child appropriate. I thought the movie was funny, but was very disturbed by the pink thong Pinocchio wore that was both joked about and shown. There are far funnier, child-appropriate things he could have lied about than “not wearing women’s underwear.”
 
I have to disagree. I think Shrek is a wonderful movie for the whole family young and old.

I have found that most kids do not understand or put the same conotations to things that adults do.

I can watch Shrek with my 3year old who takes at face value a different word for donkey. I can watch it with my 12 year old who snickers at the use of the word but knows what would happen if he tried to use it. I can watch it with my 15 year old who finds it amusing as well as my husband who finds it hilarious.

I remember listening to a song by led zepplin when I was 30. As I started to sing the words, it suddenly hit me what I was singing. I never realized the implications of the song until I was an adult.

I think as adults with greater knowledge it is our job to shield our children from inappropriate material. But we also need to view it as a child would and what the child sees not what an adult reads into it.

God Bless,
Maria
 
No, Shrek two was/is NOT appropriate for children. Especially when they asked Pinochio if he was wearing women’s underwear, and Pinochio in the end is dancing and rubbing his genetalia.
Also, I think the dude at the bar dressed as a woman was a strange thing, for children to watch, and the dude at the bar kissed prince charming in the end.
Funny for me, but not appropriate for little kids…
 
I thought Shrek and Shrek 2 were hilarious. Yes, much of the humor is aimed at adults,and I also think most young children do not “get” the adult humor. Preteens and teens will get it (and perhaps open up discussion time?). (What they discuss on the playground is much worse than the movies!!)

As far as microwaisted versus larger size – as someone else suggested, just who did Shrek fall in love with?? All in all, I think they are both funny movies. I found they poked fun at the stereotypes - pointed out just how silly they are.

Good humor!
 
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Scott_Lafrance:
As the forum’s resident Curmudgeon in Charge, I thought that both Shrek movies were hilarious.
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That does not bode well for you or your club, I’m afraid.
 
as a person who has watched both films more than once
1 Pinocchio is not doing anything more disturbing than a very short dance in the style of Michael Jackson
2 The ‘dude’ at the bar is one of Cinderellas ugly Stepsisters and although voiced by a man (Jonathan Ross) is definitely a woman.

I thought the movies were great fun and particularly enjoyed the ending of Shrek 2 where they did not opt for the lets be physically beautiful and live happily ever after ending but chose to remain their true ogre selves. The king was still loved even after he was turned back to a frog too,re-enforcing the message that love is not conditional on being beautiful
 
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Christian4life:
Any other moms with me on this one? I’m personally very disgusted and offended at the popularity of this little film among parents and children. Used to be, if a movie came out and it was Disney, it was automatically family safe. Now, people still think that, but** it isn’t true!**

I actually went to the theater with my friends and saw this movie. I DID NOT find it funny. They sat there and made fun of short people, rather cruelly, the entire film long. They had thier “beautiful” micro-waisted princess turn “hideously ugly” when she became fat, perpetuating yet another bad body image stereotype for girls.

But worst of all, was all the cussing! You know, what really irks me is that just because some of my very conservative Christian friends found this film funny, they think it’s okay to show it to thier kids. This is NOT a kid friendly movie.

They say oh, well you know it’s okay that they say the A word in this film, because donkeys really were called that a long time ago. Huh? And does ANYONE use that word to refer to donkeys anymore? No. It has become a cuss word, plain and simple, and if people think kids are too dumb to pick up on that, they aren’t giving them enough credit.

I was SO HORRIFIED when I took my daughter to get some x-rays at a CHILDRENS hospital last week (thank God it turned out she was okay) and they were playing Shreck in the waiting room! I had to turn her around so she wouldn’t be facing it! I do not want her ever seeing that kind of filth.
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i love how you could have stated actual good reasons for this being a bad movie (such as the coarse humor etc,) but instead you give lame reasons like “they make fun of short people” and “bad body image” do you realize that shes a troll, not just a fat woman? your just being stupid about this. and whiny. im short and i wasnt offended at all.
 

mlchance, no need to fix my sentence. It’s not appropriate for little kids to watch a cartoon character rub his genitalia, or a cartoon character lick it’s butt.​

as a person who has watched both films more than once
1 Pinocchio is not doing anything more disturbing than a very short dance in the style of Michael Jackson​

Grabbing one self in public is bad manners and disgusting behavior. Be it a fairy tale character or a real live person.​

2 The ‘dude’ at the bar is one of Cinderellas ugly Stepsisters and although voiced by a man (Jonathan Ross) is definitely a woman​

Strange they used a man’s voice, looked like a woman dressed as a man to me, who kissed Prince Charming.
 

your just being stupid about this. and whiny.​

…and you are behaving in an extremely rude manner.
 
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Lilyofthevalley:
mlchance, no need to fix my sentence. It’s not appropriate for little kids to watch a cartoon character rub his genitalia, or a cartoon character lick it’s butt.
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Says you, and, not to be insulting, but the last time I checked, you weren’t in a position of authority over either me or my children. So, you raise your children your way, and let other people have the courtesy to raise their children without having to listen your condemnation.

– Mark L. Chance.
 
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MariaG:
I have to disagree. I think Shrek is a wonderful movie for the whole family young and old.

I have found that most kids do not understand or put the same conotations to things that adults do.

I can watch Shrek with my 3year old who takes at face value a different word for donkey. I can watch it with my 12 year old who snickers at the use of the word but knows what would happen if he tried to use it. I can watch it with my 15 year old who finds it amusing as well as my husband who finds it hilarious.

I remember listening to a song by led zepplin when I was 30. As I started to sing the words, it suddenly hit me what I was singing. I never realized the implications of the song until I was an adult.

I think as adults with greater knowledge it is our job to shield our children from inappropriate material. But we also need to view it as a child would and what the child sees not what an adult reads into it.

God Bless,
Maria
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I have to agree with MariaG’s comments, I also feel we can’t isolate our children from everything. There going to learn about this stuff and there’s really no way to avoid it. Our job as parents is to teach our children well enough so they realize what is contradictory to their faith and hope to God that they will always make good decisions early in life and beyond. It’s the nature of the beast, they are growing up in a world that is confusing but with good communications and a strong faith in Christ they will be okay.
 
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mlchance:
Says you, and, not to be insulting, but the last time I checked, you weren’t in a position of authority over either me or my children. So, you raise your children your way, and let other people have the courtesy to raise their children without having to listen your condemnation.

– Mark L. Chance.
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You mean we haven’t come to “Parenting by majority opinion” in this country yet? What about Hillary Clinton’s “It takes a village to raise a child”? Who knows better how to raise your kids than the consensus of all of us, particularly the most vocal.
 
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