Can ‘Shrek’ still do the roar?
By Geoff Boucher
The latest numbers, as Patrick Goldstein writes at The Big Picture, suggest that moviegoers are doing some careful calculus these days — if a movie feels like a true visual event, such as an “Avatar” or “Alice in Wonderland,” they’ll go all-in for the pricey but more immersing version of the film. But as they did with “Shrek,” if they are skeptical they take the cheaper 2D route and save their money for the snack counter.
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