Word: shrekã
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Dates: during 2005-2005
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...Lord of the Rings” and the “Harry Potter” franchises, visually stunning films that did justice to the original works. But, unfortunately for fans of the books and the parents dragged with them, Andrew Adamson’s (“Shrek??) work fails on two counts: accurately presenting Lewis’ classic story and creating an entertaining fantasy epic film, especially in the wake of the “Rings” series. Adamson inflates the simple, magical allegory of “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe?...
...fine and even kind of sweet at times, but it creates pure apathy. You may not be bored, but if the movie were to suddenly stop, you probably wouldn’t notice. “Little” tries way too hard to espouse the “Shrek?? mode of contemporary ironic detachment from traditional cartoons. We begin with a riff on how to start a fairy tale, including a faux “Lion King” opening, as if Disney felt like taking self-effacing shots at the Mouse, ala the Dream Works monopoly...