Film Critic Dragged After Penning Scathing Review Of 'Shrek' For The Film's 20th Anniversary

I'm told that my argument here is so persuasive that SHREK has been removed from the National Film Registry and re-classified as "culturally insignificant." I'm sorry this film could not survive my dissent.https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/17/shrek-20-unfunny-overrated-low-blockbuster?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1621318538\u00a0\u2026

— Scott Tobias (@Scott Tobias) 1621341778

did lord farquad write this

— layla ahmad (@layla ahmad) 1621360320

kind of unfair to compare its (computer) animation to that of movies created more than a decade later, all of which benefited from considerable technological progress.pic.twitter.com/LVgYCienZN

— vaccinated bren after hours (@vaccinated bren after hours) 1621352185

I laughed out loud, even though I don't quite agree on SHREK's hopelessness.\n\nI think you missed one vital point: SHREK may have pop culture savvy, but deep down it's about how sometimes the Beast was beautiful all along, and that Beauty didn't need to be perfect to be wanted.

— Dumped, Dauntless, and Dalish (She/Her) (@Dumped, Dauntless, and Dalish (She/Her)) 1621373865

Considering that you classify yourself as a "Film/TV writer" it's pretty embarrassing how much of the substance you missed.

— Th3Badd3st (@Th3Badd3st) 1621342224

I think I have to side with the majority culturally, and the minority critically, and say that I enjoyed this movie and thought it had a big heart. I don\u2019t think it was necessary for you to destroy every existing physical and digital print though, Scott.

— MZS (@MZS) 1621352977

Actual movie experts know that Shrek is one of the 3 most important animated movies of the last 50 years. Shrek 3 is regarded in several publications as one of the best sequals of all time, up there with Godfather 2 and Jaws 2. Go back and do the research #badtake #nonexpert

— Kyle Mitchell (@Kyle Mitchell) 1621351938

The reaction just reaffirms how most people view critics...when they agree it's proper justification of their opinions; when criticism attacks their darlings it's insufferable snootiness

— time is a flat pancake (@time is a flat pancake) 1621349815

The frothing at the mouth from incensed millennial fans of Shrek was everything I came for and everything I expected. \n\nWho doesn't love a 20 tweet reply thread of someone bending over backwards to justify any and all criticism for a Mike Myers movie.

— Justin (@Justin) 1621349565

The thing is Shrek didn't start being a terrible movie. It's been a terrible movie since 2001. It's just taken twenty years for people's tastes to catch up with mine to finally realise this. The film doesn't have one creative bone in its body and killed traditional animation.

— slider1983 (@slider1983) 1621362044

I love the fact that people are getting so angry about this.\nAs if your opinion makes any difference to their enjoyment of the movie. \nI liked it when I first saw it (still do) and so did my kids, 18 years later. Your article hasn't changed that so why would I be mad at you pic.twitter.com/2xwCu8XtEi

— Ghostwriter (@Ghostwriter) 1621356867