Shrek Retold

Shrek Retold is the love-child of everyone's favorite ogre becoming cinema's ultimate internet meme. Over 200 people remade the original classic into something transformative, ridiculous and downright hilarious for anyone watching it all the way through. It's an amusing mix of filmmaking, internet meme-culture and modern fandom as a whole: it's truly a piece embodying culture of the late-2010s in full swing. Part guerilla, part animated bliss, part non-linear storytelling, part fourth wall breaking, all awesome and funny!

We have the internet's first 'homegrown' absurdist masterpiece.

This Shrektacular production ogrewhelmed my feelings, I was worried about Shrek 5 not being good enough, but now that we have Shrek Retold I really don't care if Shrek 5 is a farquaad.

The fact that hundreds of people come together to create something out of pure love and passion is so heart warming. This movie is a must watch, this is one of humanities greatest achievements.

200 people worked on this. Even if you don't like their art style or way of film making you can at least say it took effort. Me, being on the Internet most of my life, thoroughly enjoyed this film. It made a simple but good film like shrek and made it into a crazy but great film.This movie has the power to make a heartfelt seen funny, a funny seen sad, it can change the way you think about shrek! Art styles swing at you at 100 miles a hour and they just keep coming! With great music, animation, and talent you can see what this film has been made do to. It's been made to entertain those who love Shrek. The only problems I can think about are the lack of understanding if you are over 30, and sometimes the movie is a bit slow. But, all in all, this remake of a movie, is an all star. Good job 3GI, and the over 200 creators who contributed, thank you.

Shrek Retold is what it says on the tin: A collaborative low-budget fan remake of the first Shrek movie.

In that sense, being able to coordinate 200 fans to put together a feature length film on a shoestring budget is no easy feat, and that on its own is worth praising. The quality of each segment varies drastically, ranging from meme-worthy shitpost to live action to genuinely well-made animation of a variety of different styles. While some segments aren't that good, they're worth getting through to get to some genuine heartfelt moments where the passion these creators have for the original film shines through.

While Shrek has become a meme at this point in time, it's worth remembering that the film itself still holds up very well as a parody of Disney and fairy tale movies, and as this remake uses the original script (almost) word-for-word, that story still carries through. I wouldn't recommend this film as a replacement of the original though, as several of the more 'low-effort' segments of the remake don't do a good job of replacing the respective scenes they're remaking, with strange changes to the story that create inconsistencies with the plot (I'm especially thinking of the vlog segment near the beginning of the third act).

All of the soundtrack has also been remade, with the score being reorchestrated in a fun lo-fi way. Some of the covers of the songs used are genuinely good, both Hot Dad's cover of "I'm a Believer" and the beginning's folky cover of 'All Star' are unique interpretations of the original songs.

Overall, if you're a fan of Shrek, memes and collaborative art, this film is definitely worth watching. I watched it in pieces rather than all at once because some segments did drag a little, but even then I cannot deny how fun, crazy and genuine this fan remake is.