Shrek the Third Review
I’m a fan of the Shrek movies. I wouldn’t put them on any of my top 10 lists, but I enjoy a big, green ogre as much as the next guy/gal. Was I pumped for Shrek the Third? Nahhh…I wasn’t jumping up to see it, but yeah…I probably would end up seeing it. The Shrek franchise seems to have followed the pattern of many successful other franchises in trying to up the ante this time around. I remember the first Shrek being a new classic as far as animated movies, with an endearing main character and a funny side kick. The second one, dare I say, could even be better than the first, with the introduction of yet another funny character, and some more adult themes, but still enough there for the kiddies. Don’t the first two movies of Shrek compare to that of Spider-Man? If that be the case, then the third movies of both seem to have matched up.
Shrek the Third suffers from Trilosyndrome(I’m patenting that one). This movie actually reminded me a little of X-Men 3, being that it was underwhelming and really didn’t bring anything fresh to the table and had a shorter run time than the first two movies. The voice acting, comedy and animation were all still there, but if that were all I was going on, I mine as well review one of the first two Shreks. There really isn’t anything new or funnier in this movie that wasn’t in the first two. It has some funny parts, some funny characters and plenty of little in-jokes, but overall doesn’t make it that fun. In an attempt to not compare it to the first two movies, it’s a lackluster animated film.
So if Spider-Man 3 overdoes it and Shrek the Third under does it, wheres the issue? There has to be a happy medium. Theres gotta be something. What is important in assessing Shrek the Third is perhaps it’s almost inherent or necessary need to want to be something bigger or better. Shrek is the baby of Dreamwork’s Animation. Animated movies continue to get better and try to be something else. Genre wise, Shrek the Third needed to set a new bar and it didn’t. Maybe that’s expecting too much, but for a franchise like Shrek to underwhelm, directly underminds how good the first two movies were. So sorry ogre, donkey and cat, but you get 5 out of 10 Bones, for just being average with funny moments.
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