Stephen Thompson

And so I think it has had a lasting impact in that way.

Now, in terms of my own experience, picture this.

Little Steven was but a 28-year-old editor.

When Shrek came out.

It came out actually when a few months after my son was born.

Shrek 2 came out right around the same time my daughter was born.

So the release of these films kind of maps over my entry into parenthood.

And by the time my kids came of any kind of age to watch it, they'd already been out for years.

And I think I reacted to it a little bit more like Aisha did as an adult, which is to kind of look at it and be like, yeah, this is kind of fun.

It's fast-paced.

It's silly.

It's throwing a lot at the wall.

But it's an eyesore, as Aisha said.

It's a real mishmash.

It's trying to be a lot of things to a lot of people.

My favorite weird needle drop in Shrek is the use of John Cale's cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, which just drags that movie to a complete screeching halt.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

I don't necessarily have, as a viewer of the film myself, a particularly strong attachment to it.