Yep, loving it! :-) Your points are all well-taken and IMHO on-target as well. For my part, I guess what makes Shrek a winner (in addition to the things you cite) is that very ability to take me on an imagination trail without needing oh-mah-gawd technical achievement. The movie was about telling a story, and glitzy tecnowizardry didn't get in the way of that. SFX shouldn't define a film, it should be a background assistant, unobtrusive for the most part, subordinated to telling the tale. If FF is all about the wizardry of the computer animation then I'm for sure going to pass on it. Cheers! Mark