Donkey Xote

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Deacon l When I was younger I thought it was good. And now. What the fuck. This is shit. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Would you believe my main method of "seeing" this movie was from the video game tie-in? Yes, I got the video game adaptation, at the height of licenced games' popularity, years ago for the PS2 as a present. I barely remember a thing but it never came off to me as remarkably awful. Not that I played it as religiously as I did SpongeBob video games anyway. Donkey Xote is a Spanish animated film that just exists. The animation is serviceable, the English voice acting is okay and I found the pun amusing once I got it. But it mostly exists just to cash in on Shrek's massive popularity, released a few months after The Third came out in cinemas. They don't even try to hide their inspiration, having the tagline proudly proclaim "From the producers who saw Shrek" and having the donkey make a comment about it in the beginning. The donkey has none of the wit or comedic timing of his DreamWorks counterpart. It's telling that his only memorable line is a shout-out to the Eddie Murphy character. And of course, the soundtrack. Another representation of what was wrong with most non-Pixar computer-animated films before Kung Fu Panda came out. The plot? I think you'd be better off reading the original Don Quixote novel instead. I don't really have much to say about what is literally a glorified Shrek mockbuster, other than...I had a really amusing experience watching this film in the form of FMV sequences for the video game tie-in. I didn't even realise those were movie clips and not invented for the game until a later stage in my life. So, that's a cutesy little life story from me about a forgotten Spanish film with a silly little pun whose producers are most famous for having seen Shrek and designed their donkey to look like THE Donkey. Here's to never having a once-in-a-blue-moon experience such as that ever again. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member This film is beautiful Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member The Worst Film, I've ever seen. Period. 0/10: You need Help. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Didn't bother to finish this one, it's that weak. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a very bad interpretation of Don Quijote. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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