What happens in Shrek 1?

[vittoria]

I have just taken my daughter to see Shrek 2 which was hilarious but what happens in Shrek 1? I gather Shrek rescues her from a dragon and Prince Charming gets there too late. Is that it?

[seal!]

No, prince charming doesnt even get there at all, i dont think hes in it. shreck gets hired by a prince/king(?) to rescue princess fiona but she falls in love with shreck. she turns into an ogar at night but if she gets kissed by the "ONE" (or something like that) she will turn back to her true self permanently , shreck gives her a kiss and she turns into an ogar (her true self) and they live happily ever after................ by the way, i havnt seen the second one yet, so im not sure about the prince charming bit, it may be the prince/king that hires shreck (in the first film hes short and ugly).

[johntheplamf]

To confirm, Prince Charming(Rupert Everett), Was not in the first movie. The King in the first movie was played by John Lithgow.

[Kit]

OK, here's the lowdown from a Shrek expert (my 3 year old) as dictated to her secretary (me.) Lord Farquad wants to be a king, but the only way he can do this is to marry a princess. He has tidied up all the fairytale creatures from his lovely perfect (dukedom? earldom? whatever) and dumped them in the swamp, ie Shrek's home. In return for evicting them from his swamp, Shrek has to rescue Princess Fiona for Lord Farquad to marry. Neither of them know that due to a spell, she is destined to turn into an ogre every night until love's first kiss, when the spell will be broken and she will take on love's true form. From then on it's a standard "ogre meets girl, ogre falls in love with girl, girl falls in love with ogre, girl thinks ogre won't love her if he finds out she turns into an ogre every night, ogre thinks girl doesn't love him because he's so ugly" kind of story. Fiona very nearly marries Lord Farquad but is rescued by Shrek just in time. Love's true form turns out to be an ogre, so she's now green for good. I undestand Lord Farquad turns up in the sequel - I'm not sure how, being as when last seen, he was being eaten by a dragon.

[jewie]

well in shrek one their is no prince charming and shrek goes on a journey to find the princess