Dawn of the Geeks

Wow. I’ve seen a number of “geek to chic” movies and they all have the same moral lesson: you have to look good to be accepted. There are two movies that don’t have that terrible object lesson that every ugly duckling is just waiting to be a swan to be loved by all: The Breakfast Club and Loser. And now Shrek and Shrek 2. Loser is pretty dull but in the end everybody stays just the way they are and they’re happy. Same with The Breakfast Club except better written and paced. Shrek sticks it to the classic fairy tale story and does it with a lot of humor and great pacing. Shrek 2 continues the tradition but deals with how the parents react to Shrek and Fiona. There are a lot of twistings to the fairy tales we all know and the net result is a fun enjoyable movie.