Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns

Movie
German title	Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns
Original title	Shrek 2
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2004
length	93 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 ; JMK 0
Rod
Director	Andrew Adamson ; Kelly Asbury ; Conrad Vernon
script	Andrew Adamson ; J. David Stem ; David N. Weiss ; Joe Stillman
production	Aron Warner ; David Lipman ; John H. Williams
music	Harry Gregson-Williams
camera	Simon J. Smith ; Yong Duk Jhun
cut	Michael Andrews ; Sim Evan-Jones
synchronization
chronology
← Predecessor ; Shrek - The daredevil hero	Successor → ; Shrek the Third

Shrek 2 - The Daredevil Hero Returns is an American computer animation film by DreamWorks SKG and is the sequel to the animated film Shrek - The Daredevil hero from 2001 . It was shown in German cinemas on July 1, 2004. His sequel Shrek the Third started on June 21, 2007 in Germany. Shrek 2 was a box office earnings of 880 million dollars the most successful animated film until 2009 by Ice Age 3 and 2010 of Toy Story 3 has been overhauled.

action

After their honeymoon, the green ogre Shrek and Princess Fiona pay the royal family a visit. Fiona's parents, especially her father, are not very enthusiastic about their son-in-law and would rather see the handsome Prince Charming at their daughter's side. To get rid of Shrek, the king hires a hit man - Puss in Boots . The attack fails and Puss in Boots becomes Shrek's loyal companion. Together they steal a magic potion from Prince Charming's mother, the "fairy godmother". Shrek and the donkey both drink of it, whereupon they transform into an attractive young man and a noble horse. Fiona is also struck by the magic and takes on her human form.

The fairy godmother, whose character appears darker and darker as the film progresses, forces the king to give Fiona a magic potion. This is to ensure that Fiona falls in love with the man who kisses her first after taking the potion. While the fairy has Shrek arrested and imprisoned, Prince Charming pretends to be Shrek in human form to Fiona and tries to get her to kiss him at a ball.

Shrek escapes from prison and enters the castle to prevent the kiss between Fiona and Prince Charming. After Shrek has revealed himself in his human form Fiona, Prince Charming seizes Fiona and kisses her against her will. However, the king did not give his daughter the magic potion. Charming therefore receives a slap in the face instead of her love. The fairy, whose behavior and demeanor now finally corresponds to that of an evil witch, wants to destroy Shrek. The king jumps in between, his armor reflects the curse, the fairy bursts and Fiona's father becomes the frog king - his original form. Fiona decides to return to ogre form with Shrek by letting the deadline for the magic kiss pass. Fiona's mother takes the Frog King in her heart despite his new shape, because his character is now more human than before.

Reviews

“Imaginative film fun full of gags and rousing parodies. Even if the film lacks a dense center around the contour of which the detailed episodes would be spun, it is extremely enjoyable entertainment. "

- Lexicon of international film

The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.

Others

Two weeks after its theatrical release in the USA , “Shrek 2” grossed 346.5 million US dollars, displacing Finding Nemo, the most successful animated film to date, from the top position.

As in the first part, producer and author Jeffrey Katzenberg didn’t skimp on allusions to his ex-employer, the Disney group, Hollywood’s beauty craze and American pop culture .

The figure of the Puss in Boots, a Zorro-like Latino with macho airs, was so well received by the audience and the makers that Puss in Boots got its own film in 2011. It is worth mentioning that the original voice of Puss in Boots, Antonio Banderas , also plays Zorro in The Mask of Zorro and its sequel, The Legend of Zorro .

In an Austrian dubbing version, the musical and operetta actress Dagmar Koller plays the role of the fairy godmother, all other roles are synchronized identically as in the German version.

On the DVD Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns, there is a parody of the casting show American Idol called "Far Far Away Idol", in which the juror Simon Cowell speaks himself.

Not only other fairy tale films are parodied in the 2nd part, but also films such as B. Mission Impossible, Ghostbusters and Alien.

music

As in the first part, the music in the film consists of pop and rock songs. (The list is taken from the film's soundtrack .)

"Accidentally In Love" - Counting Crows
"Holding Out For A Hero" - Frou Frou (Original by Bonnie Tyler )
"Changes" - Butterfly Boucher and David Bowie
“As Lovers Go” - Confessional dashboard
"Funkytown" - Lipps, Inc.
"I'm On My Way" - Rich Price
"I Need Some Sleep" - Eels
"Ever Fallen In Love?" - Pete Yorn (Originally by Pete Shelley )
"Little Drop Of Poison" - Tom Waits
"You're So True" - Joseph Arthur
"People Ain't No Good" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
"Livin 'La Vida Loca" - Antonio Banderas & Eddie Murphy (Original by Ricky Martin )
"Holding Out For A Hero" - Jennifer Saunders

synchronization

The German dubbing was again produced by Berliner Synchron AG , directed by Michael Nowka - who also speaks the magic mirror.

role	Original speaker	German speaker
Shrek	Mike Myers	Sascha Hehn
Fiona	Cameron Diaz	Esther Schweins
ass	Eddie Murphy	Randolf Kronberg
Queen Lillian	Julie Andrews	Marie-Luise Marjan
King Harold	John Cleese	Thomas Danneberg
Puss in Boots	Antonio Banderas	Benno Fürmann
Prince Charming	Rupert Everett	Tom Vogt
The good fairy	Jennifer Saunders	Angelika Milster ( D ) Dagmar Koller ( Austria )
Pinocchio	Cody Cameron	Gerald Schaale
Gingerbread man	Conrad Vernon	Santiago Ziesmer
wolf	Aron Warner	Wolfgang Kühne
Magic mirror	Chris Miller	Michael Nowka
Mongo	Conrad Vernon	Helmut Krauss
Dragon	Frank Welker

Web links

Wikiquote: Shrek 2 - The Daredevil Hero Returns - Quotes

Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns at Metacritic (English)
Criticism from Ulf Lepelmeier at Filmstarts.de
Official film website (German)

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2004 (PDF; test number: 98 281 K).
↑ Age rating for Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns . Youth Media Commission .
↑ http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross?region=world-wide
↑ Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .

[FSK-1] Release certificate for Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2004 (PDF; test number: 98 281 K).

[JMK-2] Age rating for Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns . Youth Media Commission .

[3] ttp://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross?region=world-wide

[4] Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[5] Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .


Film series	Shrek - The Daredevil Hero (2001) \| Shrek 2 - The Daredevil Hero Returns (2004) \| Shrek the Third (2007) \| Shrek Forever After (2010)
Offshoot	Shrek 4-D (2003) \| Shrek - Oh you Shrekliche (2007) \| Scared Shrekless (2010) \| Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular (2010) \| Puss in Boots (2011)


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