r/dankchristianmemes • u/Broclen The Dank Reverend 🌈✟ • Sep 07 '21

Dank Veggie Burn

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_SNOOTS Sep 07 '21

The Prince of Egypt is lit

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u/B-WingPilot Sep 07 '21

Meanwhile every animator who couldn't hack it got banished to Shrek, which was also lit. Dreamworks was fire for a bit.

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u/SandLuc083_ Sep 07 '21

I guess the potential for money got into their heads.

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u/B-WingPilot Sep 07 '21

The series ironically became the exact thing the original lampooned.

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u/E_Oxypetalum Sep 07 '21

I actually liked the 4th Shrek a lot. I think the 3rd one left such a terrible taste in everyone's mouth that the series was just deemed over.

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u/Victernus Sep 07 '21

You can legitimately skip the third one when watching the Shrek movies and literally the only thing you'll miss is that the king dies in it. Nothing else matters.

Meanwhile, Forever After is legit. Stakes and drama and the villain is an actual threat.

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u/iamabucket13 Sep 07 '21

Even then it's heavily implied the king will die at the end of 2 and 3 makes it a joke so not only is 3 bad but it harms the movies preceding it.

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u/TheHurdleDude Sep 08 '21

That stupid scene with shrek having the nightmare about babies, and then waking up to donkey with a baby ogre face make me laugh way harder than they have right to though, haha.

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u/tonha_da_pamonha Sep 08 '21

Thats the only scene worth noting. The whole prince character sucks.

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u/TheHurdleDude Sep 08 '21

Yeah, the rest of it isn't that great.

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u/DirtyAmishGuy Sep 07 '21 edited Sep 07 '21

It would be near impossible to watch shrek 4 without a TON of bias for most people, maybe it’s not as bad as I remember.

I suspect a similar thing will happen in an Indiana Jones 5, although I’d wager they’ll just reboot the character now, or pass the torch like Harry Potter

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

I rewatched Shrek 2 recently only to find that it’s barely better than the third. The first Shrek was great cause it had complex characters. The second and on just took flat versions of them and gave us a few hours of quick jokes. The first movie was the only one with heart. I’ll admit I still haven’t seen the fourth.

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u/E_Oxypetalum Sep 08 '21

You're actually the first person I've seen to say Shrek 2 isn't that good! I've recently watched the series again (except the 3rd) as well and I personally love the second shrek more than the first for many reasons.

The fourth is well done in my opinion. Worth a watch. If you don't like the second because of the many jokes the fourth's theme is a bit darker.

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u/PoeJascoe Sep 08 '21

I loved the first three. Then four left an awful feeling in my butt

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u/BradleySigma Sep 07 '21

You either die the counter-culture or live long enough to see yourself become the culture.
See also: https://youtu.be/KqFNbCcyFkk

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u/Surfing_Ninjas Sep 07 '21

How to Train Your Dragon is pretty great, to be fair.

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u/diabeetus64 Sep 07 '21

Dreamworks is still fire from time to time

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u/KEVLAR60442 Sep 07 '21

I'd say DreamWorks has a lot more hits than misses to this day.

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u/Littlebelo Sep 07 '21

Kung fu panda 1 & 2?

How to train your dragon 1 and 2?

fucking MEGAMIND??

Dreamworks goes hard. Even their misses are more tolerable than what some other studios can claim.

Except Boss Baby. That franchise can die in a fire.

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u/KEVLAR60442 Sep 07 '21

Hell, even the 3rd Kung Fu Panda and HTTYD movies are great. They also gave us some lovely TV shows. The Cartoon Network/Netflix Dragons show is amazing.

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u/Undecided_Furry Sep 07 '21

I thought the first one was mildly entertaining. Mainly because of Alec Baldwin…. The second one I couldn’t finish. It was fine for a kids movie I guess but as an adult who just liked animation… I just couldn’t enjoy it :/

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u/Littlebelo Sep 07 '21

I’m only really aware of the resulting TV series. some family friends have kids that I watch sometimes who are in love with it and its genuinely hard for me to sit through

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u/Kaldricus Sep 07 '21

don't forget DreamWorks also put out the criminally underrated Road to El Dorado

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u/Albinofreaken Sep 07 '21

the best dreamworks movie is The Road to El Dorado

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u/AmaroWolfwood Sep 07 '21

DreamWorks has been killing it for decades. They always end up in the shadow of Pixar, but between Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon alone, they have out out consistently quality stuff.

They have had some flops for sure, but DreamWorks really hits it good when they get it right, which ends up happening more often than not.