Tag: DreamWorks
REVIEW: Shark Tale (2004)
DreamWorks Animation released two movies in 2004, and they couldn’t have been more different. Shrek 2 and Shark Tale are both animated comedies with all-star casts packed with pop culture references and adult humor. However, that’s where the similarities end. The films’ characters ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Shrek 2 (2004)
Conventional wisdom tells us that sequels are usually a bad idea and never as good as the original movie. Every now and again, there’s an exceptionally good sequel that shakes things up, expanding on themes and characters from the original while also exploring new ones. I’ve always considered Th...
Read MoreREVIEW: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas was DreamWorks’ final hand-drawn animated film. Based (very) loosely on the Sinbad character from The 1001 Arabian Nights, the idea came to Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio after writing Aladdin for Disney. It takes the character of Sinbad, modernizes and Westernize...
Read MoreREVIEW: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
I’ve always wondered why people don’t often discuss DreamWorks Animation’s hand-drawn animated films. Maybe it’s because the studio itself so rarely promotes them, or perhaps they got swept up in all the other traditionally animated movies of the day. Aside from The Prince of Egypt, all ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Shrek (2001)
Today I’d like to look at one of the most influential animated movies of all time, the original Shrek. Shrek’s popularity spawned a movie franchise, TV specials, video games, toys, and even an entire sub-genre of imitators. However, the movie’s success wasn’t a foregone concl...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Prince of Egypt (1998)
The Prince of Egypt was DreamWorks SKG’s second film release and their first traditionally animated movie. In 1998, a faith-based, $60 million epic was quite a gamble for the fledgling animation studio. Simon Wells, Steve Hickner, and former Disney story artist Brenda Chapman would direct the fil...
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