Shrek 3 (2007)

Rating: 6/10 (12 July 2007)

I hate growing up, as this means all the movies and shows I used to love as kid now seem just crappy. Shrek is one of those.
Now don't get me wrong, while Shrek does seem too immature for me now, it's still a funny and clever movie by any means. Same mostly goes for Shrek 2. Shrek 3 however is a different story.
The story revolves around Shrek and Fiona taking over as King and Queenas Fiona's dad is sick. Shrek hopes he gets well soon, as he hates the duties of being King. Sadly, the king croaks and Shrek is heir. Refusing, he, donkey, and Puss n'Boots go out to find the next to the throne, nerd Artie (who looks like Corey Feldman to me). Meanwhile, Prince Charming has gathered a groups of evil Fairy Tale villains to take the throne. Not only that, but Shrek has to worry about fatherhood after Fiona tells him, she's pregnant.
Now the plot is neither inspired or well-written as the previous. The whole Shrek-daddy connection is a waste (couldn't they wait for a sequel to flesh it out). Not to mention the whole villain's subplot is not as funny as the others (Lord Farquaad where are you).
The jokes also seem to suffer. What made Shrek and Shrek 2 funny was it was able to bounce both kid and adult humor enough to be enjoyable for everyone. Sadly, the kid jokes come to often and the adult is too little. The whole Artie being such as nerd, even Dungeon & Dragons kids pick on him is just not funny. While the this made kids laugh out lot, Shrek having his ass scratched is pretty pathetic (I've never like butt jokes anyway).
Despite these (many) flats, the movie still makes the grade as enjoyable for the family, yet never reaches the level of the others.
But what difference does this make, even though the third is clearly the weakest, it's not the last. They're still going to make Shrek 4 and 5, a Christman special, and a spin-off (about Puss n'Boot, which has a some promise). The lack of quality well continue to drop and they'll just be more kid and fart jokes.
Hopefully I'm wrong.