Hoped to watch a blockbuster, unfortunately saw a lackluster

Rating: 5/10 (20 June 2007)

Shrek 3 is far far away from reaching the status of its prequels. After reading many reviews, I felt that Shrek 3 would be still liked by me as I love Shrek films for their witty humor. Unfortunately, there was no witty humor in this film.
1) There were a plethora of fairy tale creatures. Many of them were not at all necessary. Examples are the cheerleaders, Repunzel, some of the evil characters etc.
2) Artie didn't exactly look like a geek. When you think about a geek, what normally comes to your mind is a dull, spectacled person who is scared of many people.
3) Most of the humor was just copied from the prequels. What was there in Shrek and Shrek 2 was carbon copied in the film.
4) Artie's voice was too irritating. You need a different voice for portraying a geek. Also, Snow White was obnoxious.
5) Snow White's singing lures birds and animals towards her, so her singing obviously has to be extraordinary. But I didn't find her voice good at all. Plus, when she screeches so that the creatures attack the trees, it does not look funny but stupid.
6) There was so much talking in the film. Artie keeps on droning like a monologue and becomes hysterically irritating.
7) The script is below par. Too many fairy creatures spoiled the broth.
8) Donkey wasn't that obnoxious and funny as he was in the previous films. I still miss that.
9) When Shrek dreams about being dominated by children, they show it so that the audience laughs. But it was nowhere near funny.
10) Humour seemed to loud in the film.
Some things in the film were all right like the ending where Fiona and Shrek take care of the children, donkey's love for his children, parody of Harry Potter's professor Dumbledore as an eccentric, wacky headmaster. But overall, it seemed as if the producers had made this movie just to cash in some money. 5 out of 10.