Shrek the Third….No more please
Fresh back from yet another disappointing summer movie sequel, I have to say that I’m not quite sure what it is Hollywood thinks it’s doing these days. Not only did Spiderman 3 take a perfectly good formula and F it up by trying to do more, so did Shrek 3. In fact, Shrek 3 just plain did less. As a franchise that always relied on its laurels of tongue-in cheek, adult oriented universal fairy tale satire, there isn’t a whole lot of any of those adjectives left. Sure it’s got the fairy tale part down and it tries to hit up the adult oriented part, but very rarely does it succeed in any of the rest. Basically, what you’re left with is a film that looks like a three part Nickelodeon special. When we left the theater, the first thing we said was “I’m trying to remember what the funniest part of the movie was….I can’t” and that just about says it all, don’t you think? I can’t begin to start on how weak this film was, rife with stereotyped character models, tired cliches in the supporting cast, and a Eddie Murphy voiced side kick who has just about lost all of the funny you can pack into a talking donkey.
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