'Shrek' Is a Comic Surprise for Young, Old
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P age 6 ♦ M ay 2-8, 2 0 0 1 ♦ Th e L um berjack 'Shrek' is a comic surprise for young, old E m ily J o h n s o n social ogre quite happy liv Disney incarnation. Yes, "Shrek" is full of satire, similar to The Lumberjack o o o o ing a life of solitude until an The story then follows the adventures of "The Simpsons." offbeat furball named the gang with hilarious characters and jokes. During the course of the mov ie, there are At first, the previews for out of Donkey (Eddie Murphv) As with any fain' tale, there is a moral, sptxifs of "The Matrix," "The Dating Came" Da,amwork’'< newest release "Shrek" e e e a e appoints himself Shrek's and the moral is unique in todav's over/eal- and even nbpoking at competing monolith looked mediocre at best, a film to be Review friend. ous obsession with beautv. ic empire Disnev. put on the "list to miss/' The evil Lord Farquaad The animation in the previews seemed a Without spoiling the movie, what movie 1 was anticipating a sugary, mind (John Lithgow), who bit creepy, the renditions Looked bizarre. isn't complete without an exploding com less animated flick akin to another ani could have obsessive-com However, during the film, this turned puter-animated bird? mation powerhouse’s style of film. pulsive personality disorder, decides he into a false concern. The animation was so Also, there are little dashesof jokes and However, after screening this film, it wants all the fairy-tale characters out ot his realistic, with lighting, shadow s and move gags constantly occurring through dialog completely surprised me, and I'm not just kingdom. The characters then end up on ment, it was quite impressive. and v isual dues. A v iewer has to tv quick saying that because I saw it on a Shrek's land. Ot course, not being the most Many movies that have come out this to catch all the pop culture quips and sight Dream works press junket. inviting host, he strikes a deal with the lord past semester have done wonders of shew gaff* The comic twist on traditional fain tales . to get his land cleared bv going on a quest to ing the only funnv parts in the preview s. Instead of just smatterings of humor, the turned out to be a great story. rescue Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), who However, in "Shrek," the w riting is tight, movie is consistently funny and witty tn>m Shrek, voiced by Mike Myers, is an anti turns out to have more verve than anv witty and razor-sharp in its satire. start to finish. Stars of sci-fi comedy 'Evolution' chew the fat withThe Lumberjack Continued from page 4 years before the actor won the role in "American Pie." Orlando Jones "It it would have ended after Jones, most likely known for his role as the "Make 7-Up ‘American Pie it would have been worth Yours" man, which has spawned a massive pop culture Io take a character craze, takes fame in stride. He talked about the process from a page and breathe life into it was a behind the now infamous commercials. lot ot fun," Scott said. "When 1 got a "I was doing The Replacements' at the time, I was sur taste of American Pie/ and just doing prised that they came to me. I thought it was cool that a that and bringing something to life, I black non-athlete was endorsing a soft drink, I'd never want to try to make this a career thing." heard of it before. I told them I want to do funny and I don't Being a new kid of sorts in the acting mean cute funny but laugh out loud funny/' Jones said. community, Scott said he experienced "At the time, 'Make 7-Up Yours' was not the slogan; 1 was some nervousness on the set. pushing hard for it. I thought it was funny. 1 had no clue, it "f didn't talk that much, (1 just want tcx>k off; it's out of control. For a year, all day, all night (I ed to} observe and not be an idiot. It was heard] lines I didn't think people even remembered." a whole different world, 1 felt like I The comedic actor, who has Rancid and Jill Scott in his learned so much from just being around CD player, also starred on "Mad TV," as well as lastsum th<ise guvs," Scott said. mer's football movie " The Replacements." But working with Reitman again on a Jones, who had a singing role in "The Replacements," movie, though this time as a director, did said he was glad not to have the task of singing in make things a bit easier for Scott. Evolution. He said he gave sorne help to fellow actor, "Ivan was real hands-on on ‘Road Scott. In p.' and we talked pretty much every We had a little pitch-pipe, and I told Scott to rub some day. It was comforting, because he funk on it and come out of his shell. I was so happy I didn t knows what he wants. He knew exactly have to sing after the 'The Replacements'," Jones said Photo courtesy of Dreamworks how he wanted a scene. Ivan is just so Comparing his work as a writer and actor, jones said he Julianne Moore stars in the comedy “Evolution" with Orlando Jones. smart, he takes a scene and adds all these thinks that the two are separate things. colors," Scott said. "Writing is a blank page, acting you kind of know what here. Although it was a comedy, I felt it was kind of a big A new experience for Scott was work the parameters are’ and you re trving to put your stamp on movie and had the potential to be part of something/' ing with CDI. it. 'file two really don't come together/' Jones said. Scott said his desire to become an actor was fn>m work "I'm still learning as it is; we were acting to nothing, the Seann William Scott ing long, boring nights at a movie theater. And as for most whole alien is flying around was a tennis ball on a stick. Scott isn't really worried about type-casting, though high schtx»l students, he donned a movie theater uniform in You're reacting to nothing, so you want your reactions to all movies such as "Dude, Where s my C ar?" seemto be in the his h< >metown. be the same. It was really weird," he said. same vein as "American Pie "It was a theater where we'd get two people a night, so I Selecting roles after the unexpected success of "I'm doing 'American Fie 2,\ and I thought 'Dude, didn't do a thing, which was nice. Because of that all I "American Pie" is a challenge for the 26-vear-old actor. Where's My Car?' was intended to be more of a R-rated would do w'as watch movies there, I just was so affected bv "I feel pressure more on myself; the first movie you're 'Dumb and Dumber.' So it wasn’t intended to be such a teen mo vies, and I just thought maybe this was something I ever in makes $200 million worldwide, so v<m naturally movie," Scott said. "Whereas, I telt like this was a step up to w anted to do/' Scott said. w;ant everything to be like that. wrork with people who had a big impact on me moving out He finished high school a semester early and moved to There's more pressure on myself to make the right deci Los Angeles to start his career six years ago. It was three sion. I want to make the right transition," Scott said..