w2 curfew: imagine if one of us is dead and the last thing they heard was living la vida loca.

[messy]

we're watching shrek 2.

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[barriermaddened]

[Sora sits down in the middle area of the movie place, ready to begin watching]

What did you say made this movie good, Ms. Quinn?

[Yeah, Harley dragged Sora to this movieplex with the specific goal of getting her to watch a Shrek movie]

[messy]

[she's got her hyenas with her and she's letting them eat hot dogs out of a popcorn bag.]

Uh, everything? It's only the most influential movie of the 21st century! It changed modern day culture forever.

[barriermaddened]

You're placing the bar quite high here.

[She opens up the I.R.I.S, to look for the plot outline]

Shrek (Mike Myers) has rescued Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), got married, and now is time to meet the parents. Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey (Eddie Murphy) set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and King Harold (John Cleese) find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. It's not just the family who are unhappy. Prince Charming (Rupert Everett) returns from a failed attempt at rescuing Fiona, and works alongside his mother, the Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Saunders), to try and find a way to get Shrek away from Fiona.

[Yeah, she read this word for word, including the parenthesis and voice actors' names]

Seems like a romantic comedy?

[That's so reductive, Sora, it's more than that]

[messy]

Oh my god, don't just read the summary! It's an experience. You gotta sit back and experience it, okay?

[barriermaddened]

Sure. You're the boss here for this evening.

[I.R.I.S off]

I do have to admit there's something charming about what I read, so that's a good start.

[And when it does start, Sora does seem to be getting into it, staring at the screen pretty intently. She's immersing herself in the Shreksperience]

[messy]

I am the boss, ain't I?

I'll admit, it's not as good as the first movie. But it's more fun to watch.

[barriermaddened]

[At one point, probably after Shrek is about to go into the Fairy Godmother's factory, she asks:]

What did you say changed everything about modern culture? Was it the characters? The plot?

[She hasn't looked away at all from the screen. If anything, it seems she's enjoying it quite a bit, although Sora doesn't seem to be the kind of person who laughs at the comedic moments]