Shrek, the Return.

Shrek 2 opened this past Wednesday to rather glowing reviews (note the glowy tomato) and also proceeded to beat the crap out of everything else at the box office. With a weekend gross of over $100 million, I believe it even beat our beloved Nemo.

Perhaps the continued success of such films will result in an epic Dreamworks/Pixar rivalry. I think we could all benefit from a flood of quality animation that would result from such a rivalry. Until the day they figure they might as well join forces and buy Disney instead to make one giant animation conglomerate that will then proceed to put out movies like Shrek 15 and Shrek vs. Toy Story: Grudge Match.

If you are one of the dozen people left in the country who has not yet seen the movie, let me just say that beyond the animation and modeling/surfacing which make up the great visual aspects of the film, the scriptwriters should consider a career in renting out their services (perhaps to Saturday Night Live). The film is so full of one-liners, sight gags, and running jokes that you forget there's actually some plot involving fairy godmothers, pretty boys, and in-laws.

Antonio Banderas and Eddie Murphy steal the show.

I think Antonio needs his own sitcom.

- totoro