shrek

These audience, critical, and even award-winning favorites are not as great as their reputations.

From Moviefone: There's still a weird, ignorant stigma that animation is just kids' stuff, but oftentimes, it is just as captivating, impressive and entertaining as any live-action movie. You want proof? Check out what we named as the best movie of 2010...

Judging from the cover to Ape Entertainment's upcoming "Shrek" #1, the core selling points seem to be family farting and animal abuse. I confess, I haven't been able to make it all the way through a Shrek film since the original, so I have to ask: Did something happen in the last sequel to make them embrace their more murderous ogre tendencies...