I was not that big of a Shrek fan going into Shrek 3. I have no children and hate most childrens programming, but I am not averse to a good fairty tale or cartoon. I find fables to be delightful and a marvelous way to entertain and educate children at the same time. Aesop is a man that could keep a 6 year old entertained and a king educated with the same fable; this is the power of a great story. Shrek 3 is not such a story.
The best thing about this film was the look of it. The amimation was just downright awesome. It is a delight to see how much further into excellence the special effects wizards delve year after year. Entertainment is so much better than real life, some people are now abandoning the real world all together and playing videogames in place of living. This is the down side to special effect excellence, in the near future no one will leave the houe. Everyone will play Halo 3 all day long and get touched in the swimsuit area by their robot sex helpers.
Special effects aside, this movie was not very enjoyable. The story was alright, the characters annoyed me more than anything. A death scene that was supposed to be a joke seemed awkward for the kids in the theatre. The movie kept plodding along which was good, I just never really cared what happened. The story was predictable which does not always bother me, but nothing interesting happened along the way.
As an observer one thing stood out to me. The theatre was packed with kids and I hardly heard them laughing at all. If the kids do not think the movie is funny – something has gone horribly wrong. I thought the jokes were lame and apparently so did the 10 and under crowd. I am hard pressed to think of another kids movie where the reaction of the crown was so dead. If you have kids and want to take them to a funny movie, you better wait this one out.
This is the second blockbuster dissapointment of the summer for me. I would not reccomend this movie unless your child is rabid about Shrek. No Go or Routh I would give this movie a No. With such a cast of talent you think they would be able to bring some laughs out of even the worst of scripts, but that is not the case. With news of another 3 films on the march I hope they make 4 more enjoyable than this one.
International friends what are your thought on the film?
