Almost perfect way to end the Shrek series...

Rating: 7/10 (27 January 2011)

Dreamworks style.
Shrek 1 was perfect. Beyond a doubt. Funny, original, unique, emotion, and so on. The plot was perfect, the characters were awesome, the love and the humor tied in perfectly. A first (my opinion) for Dreamworks.
Then came Shrek 2. Even better. It continued the story, and still had a ton of uniqueness as well as keeping the original feel of the idea. The humor was very well done, and the love was just as great. I dare say it almost was better than the first one! Shrek 3 comes and you can see Dreamworks trying a bit too hard to keep the series going. You can start to see the new characters introduced starting to loose their originality. The original characters don't improve too much, they just keep learning the same life lesson. The emotions start to lessen.
Shrek 4 finally comes and attempts to end the series. This was in competition with Toy Story 3. To be honest, Toy Story wins the "finish the series award" but if I were to focus on just Dreamworks, then it's not to bad.
The new characters, to me, come out of no where. They lack the originality, they still have humor but they don't really seem "scary". Puss in boots instantly becomes a classic to the story. But they start to loose the characters at that point. I mean, the main evil character in Shrek 4 isn't that much of an addition.
But anyway, it was an okay way to end, it could have been better, but it could have been worse.
Rated 7/10