This Video Comparison Shows How the SHREK Franchise Went Wrong

It can sometimes be tough to separate the original entry in a film franchise from the movies that came after it and the baggage they added to the franchise as a whole, but I think it's fair to say that most people would agree that the first Shrek movie was (and is) pretty solid. Sure, it was a little goofy, but the film was clearly paying homage to classic Disney movies and fairy tale stories in a loving way, and for the most part, it worked out. The sequels, however...that's a different story.

Editor Bora Barroso put together a video that shows the movie references of the first two Shrek films side by side with the moments from the actual movies, and it's pretty obvious that (despite a couple of small instances in the first film), the second movie is where things really start going off the rails. That's when the filmmakers stopped paying tribute to classic Disney movies and started going for random pop culture touchstones instead. The difference is night and day.

Shrek´s Tribute to Film Industry. Music: Really Slow Motion - Riding the light. Films Used: - Sleeping Beauty (1959) - Pinocho (1940) - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) - Peter Pan (1953) - Gladiator (2000) - Hercules (1997) - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - The Matrix (1999) - Dumbo (1941) - Jurassic Park (1993) - Cinderella (1950) - The Lion King (1994) - From Here to Eternity (1953) - The Little Mermaid (1989) - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the ring (2001) - Spiderman (2002) - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - The Seven Year Itch (1955) - Alien (1979) - The Mask of Zorro (1998) - Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Mission Impossible (1996) - Ghostbusters (1984) - The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) - Flashdance (1983) - Cops (1989)

Via: LaughingSquid