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Michael Dirda for The Washington Post considered the writing and pictures to be "relatively simple", but "such an ingratiating, cheery book that no one will be able to resist it". He did not consider it Steig's best work, but instead a "perfect" modest achievement. [15] A reviewer for Language Arts noted the book's originality, saying that it turned the standards of folk literature "upside down". [16] Other reviewers also highlighted the book's originality. [17] Shrek! also was named among the picture book winners of the 1990 Children's Book Award given by Parents' Choice. [18] Publishers Weekly gave the book several of the 1990 "Cuffies", a children's book award, including "funniest book of the year" and "best opening line". [19] Pearl Harbor cleans up on DVD". The Guardian. London. December 13, 2001. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013 . Retrieved February 10, 2012.Every development deal starts with a pitch and my pitch came from my then kindergartner, in collaboration with his pre-school brother. Upon our second reading of Shrek, the kindergartner started quoting large segments of the book pretending he could read them. Even as an adult, I thought Shrek was outrageous, irreverent, iconoclastic, gross, and just a lot of fun. He was a great movie character in search of a movie. [19]

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We did a lot of work on character and set-up, and then kept changing the set up while we were doing the animation," Hui noted. "In Antz, we had a facial system that gave us all the facial muscles under the skin. In Shrek, we applied that to whole body. So, if you pay attention to Shrek when he talks, you see that when he opens his jaw, he forms a double chin, because we have the fat and the muscles underneath. That kind of detail took us a long time to get right." [48] One of the most difficult parts of creating the film was making Donkey's fur flow smoothly so that it did not look like that of a Chia Pet. This fell into the hands of the surfacing animators, who used flow controls within a complex shader to provide the fur with many attributes (ability to change directions, lie flat, swirl, etc.). [30] It was then the job of the visual effects group, led by Ken Bielenberg, to make the fur react to environment conditions. Once the technology was mastered, it could be applied to many aspects of the movie, including grass, moss, beards, eyebrows, and even threads on Shrek's tunic. Making human hair realistic was different from Donkey's fur, requiring a separate rendering system and much attention from the lighting and visual effects teams. [30] Fuge, Jonathan (April 4, 2023). "Shrek 5 Now in Development, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy & Cameron Diaz in Talks to Return". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023 . Retrieved April 4, 2023. Shrek the Third (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012 . Retrieved February 5, 2009. a b c d e Poniewozik, James (May 10, 2007). "Is Shrek Bad for Kids?". Time. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013.Another person planned to voice a character in the film was Janeane Garofalo, who was set to star alongside Farley as Princess Fiona. However, she was fired from the project for unexplained reasons. Years later, Garofalo stated "I was never told why [I was fired]. I assume because I sound like a man sometimes? I don't know why. Nobody told me... But, you know, the movie didn't do anything, so who cares?" [42] Animation Shrek Forever After / Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular, DreamWorks, December 7, 2010, archived from the original on May 29, 2016 , retrieved July 3, 2018 The Best Revelations from Mike Myers' WTF Podcast: 'Wayne's World,' 'Shrek,' and More". Yahoo!. July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015 . Retrieved March 29, 2015.