I agree that the Shrek script and dialog are good. The voice performances from Michael Meyers and Eddie Murphy were funny and I DO laugh at them. I thought we were discussing the technical merits, and that\'s where the problems are, in my opinion.
The mouth animations were good, but the overall character design and animations in Shrek were poor. It seems like there are about 4 different character design styles competing in that movie. You have the Don Bleuth-esque monsters and animals like the Dragon, The Funny-animal style designs like Shrek and donkey, the distorted human design like Lord Farquat, and the realistic human design like the princess and most other humans. It just looks like a mish mash to me. I think this funny script could have worked just as well if they had hired ONE artist to do all character designs, and then a couple dozen animators to do the actual work.
I also hate the MONKEES like a demon plague, so I have to turn the movie off at the end. Nuff said.