Im not sure. To be honest, I dont find it's style to be particularly bad. Actually, I like that it resembles the original book's style more, and it's natural that the technology and style is bound to be better now than it was back then.

I feel like the issue people have with the style of THIS film is that it resembles the wacky fluidity of animated films nowadays, the kind of mario movie/illumination movie sort of bounciness to it that usually gets associated with wacky hijinks and the like. Because of that association, it feels weird to some I bet, to see it with Shrek. From the get-go, especially in 1 and 2, it's basically one big silly parody of typical disney-fairy tale shtick and its why the movies are so memorable, because they're riffing on what disney's done so much while also genuinely conveying a fun or meaningful story. Even in shrek 4/forever after, there's a genuinely nice meaning to valuing what you have and not taking it for granted in spite of the issues that exist in one's life, alongside accepting that the past is the past and doesnt need to be relieved. Cant say much about shrek 3, though I remember heavily disliking it.

I dont care about the design change so long as there's a genuinely meaningful story to be told, and that it isnt just gonna be silly-wacky hijinks - shrek is about parodying disney shit, and also conveying something with well intent. I HOPE that this movie keeps that up.

It's a maybe at best but it's not going to be a day 1 watch for me.

Not unless the reviews are good

No, not unless something in the marketing or reviews suggest that trailer was an extreme misrepresentation of the movie.

My three problems with the teaser:

1. That art style looks like AI generated crap. Did the studio "downsize" its animators before making this movie? Did people or algorithms create the new character designs?
2. Fiona is smarmy. WTF is with "Momma likes" or whatever that was coming out of her? (a) The main point about the first two movies was that Shrek and Fiona love and admire each other how they look. Leaning on your spouse, who has a history of body disphoria, to act like that about his head on an extreme body shaped completely different than his? Yuck. Not a good sign for their relationship. (b) Uh, also, there's something about how heteronormative media tends to presents marriages this way for mid-aged characters that's setting off a gut alert about the timing of this movie.
3. The point of a teaser is to entice viewers to watch for more advertising material. That video only makes me regret knowing a Shrek 5 movie might exist.

That could be excellent. That kid on the side is cute, and after all the crossdressing jokes through the series, an explicitly trans character would make sense.

That theme would explain the choice of memes in the teaser trailer. You know, with the body switching.

Problem is I doubt that's true. Fiona's eye color was changed, too. (Edit: Or were they? Might be the strange lighting effects in the trailer making them look darker.)

Plus it's not uncommon (in the US populations, anyhow) for blue-eyed babies to become solidly brown-eyed adults.

sure I'll watch it

Yes, actually. They've been cutting back on in-house animation in favor of outsourcing animation, which almost certainly has effected work on Shrek. That said, I think the new art style is probably just a result of a new creative direction. Animated movies have been moving in the direction of "vibrant and cartoon-y" for quite a while, and audiences and critics have been enjoying these new styles (e.g. Spiderverse, Puss In Boots 2). I think that they went a little too far with the saturation, but I'm personally okay with the new style. I can see why people don't like it, though, especially since it feels inconsistent with the grittiness of the previous films.

I'm cautiously optimistic after how good Puss in Boots the Last Wish was.

A strong maybe. I gave the latest Puss in Boots movie a shot and was really pleasantly surprised with how fresh it was; if DreamWorks has gotten a bit of a shakeup and they're making good shit again, then yeah, I'll watch it. If it turns out that PiB movie was just a fluke, then eh maybe not.

Nah haven't seen 3(horrible movie) and forever after yet. besides I got arcane to get

Caught up on(really good show in my opinion)

probably. the shronker calls to me even if the design looks kinda off. the thing i'm most worried

about is the tiktok references because even as a youngster.. no one even finds this stuff slightly funny man

Imma wait until we get an actual trailer before i decide on that one

I can get over the designs. Ive mostly gotten used to them and even with their flaws theyre not big enough changes to really hinder the movie overall. And they might also tweak them based on the backlash considering it would be far less effort to move around some bits of shrecks head than completely redesign him like what happened with movie sonic, which balances out the lack of necessity for a redesign compared to ugly sonic

Not running to the cinema to watch this I'll tell you that much. Sure the Last Wish might have been a good experience but I'm still willing to take my chances and overall I don't watch a lot of animation movies in theaters because kids can be annoying.

I'll probably see it, I get tickets free at work and I liked the last shrek movie

One Shrek movie was enough, first sequel was forgiveable, but that's pushing it.

I'll watch it if they reboot it and follow the original book.

Id wanna see it

Not in theaters, but when it gets released on streaming apps or whatever, then it's possible that I might.

Shrek is a childhood movie of mine, so, I don't see why not. :P

For the studios downsize, it is more or less that Dreamworks is now outsourcing its animation team since its in-house productions shut down.

Exactly with The Wild Robot being the final film produced in-house

Even though there are Kung Fu Panda 4 and Megamind vs the Doom Syndicate to speak of.

Or that people that consider Animation is Cinema

I clicked on the video you embed, saw the mirror, immediately paused because I thought it was a YTP.

I went to go look up the real trailer, only to realise that WAS the real trailer.

We're doomed.

I feel like I probably won't unless I hear it's funny. I was never that big of a Shrek fan as opposed to Minecraft, so I have to watch the Minecraft movie regardless of how bad it looks.

Yes

People tend to forget Shrek 5 got into conception before Shrek 4 and then re-confirmed in 2014:

In February 2014, during an interview with Fox Business, Katzenberg hinted that a fifth film may still be made: "We like to let them have a little bit of time to rest", he said of the characters. "But I think you can be confident that we'll have another chapter in the Shrek series. We're not finished, and more importantly, neither is he".

• From Shrek 5's Wikipedia Page.

Also Puss and Boots was a great return for the franchise, if you are very critical about it then just sit and wait the iMDB reviews.

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Just any movie if I do plan on seeing it I'll wait a month later so I get the theater all to myself.

Why not. I don’t think the art style looks bad. And I think the grown up daughter looks cute.

Maybe, just maybe this movie will rip on Disney with their remakes and crappy live action movies.

I've never been a super shreky kind of person, I never disliked it, just there were other Dreamworks movies I'd rather watch. I never really got the hype. I might go see it just for the heck of it tho.

The meme started before the pandemic started. Like REALLY before. I don't I'll be milked for a meme that's probably old enough to vote now, lmao.

EDIT: Goddamn, I was only kidding but Shrek came out in 2001. It really CAN vote.

Maybe if it not for the How to Train Your Dragon Remake coming up this year