In the wake of Lord of the Rings dominating the Oscars the previous year, the Academy decided to go small and serious again, while the audience remain here for fantasy good times. The Oscar went to Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood's story of three broken people bonding over boxing until boxing breaks them all the further. Meanwhile, audiences around the world had a relapse of Shrek Fever, flocking to Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey in greater numbers than they had for multiple pop culture icons that year. One has too many subplots and a 40 minute epilogue engineered to ruin your day, one has a high-energy needle-drop every time the escapades pause. Which do Claire, Erin, and Dan prefer? Find out!
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