NOT so Happy Ending.

Rating: 5/10 (7 June 2007)

In the barrage of trilogy ending blockbusters, I figured Shrek The Third was a sure bet. Same actors, same writers and for the most part same development team. Unfortunately, once again I felt ripped off and suckered into another media hyped sequel, still living off it's past success.
Shrek 3 continues where the second one left us, but this time the tragedy surrounds Shrek hesistance on possibly ruling "Far Far Away" after the King's death and inevitable fatherhood. Shrek, uncomfortable with the whole "King" thing, goes on a quest to search a better candidate by the name of Arthur (surprisingly voiced by Justin Timberlake.) Prince Charming, still irritated things didn't go his way the first time, rounds out up the other token villains seeks out to foil Shrek's plans and take over the kingdom.
I really hate criticizing this movie but there was so much missing. The writers that wrote the screenplay wrote Shrek 2...so what happened? The plot/story itself was completely unoriginal, unsuspenseful and just plain boring. Fiona's and the King's identities in the first two where nicely place twists...this one: nada. In fact the movie was completely predictable. You ALWAYS knew what was coming next.
Another thing that led to the fact that this movies stinks, is lack of humor. They almost took every single character on the previous installments and just ran them into the ground (see: Police Academy 6.)Annoying Donkey was annoying now and Puss in Boots' cute face trick wasn't cute anymore. Yes, the cross-dressing bartender has deep voice..got it. Yes, Pinnochio's nose grows when he tells lies...hah, got that too. With the exception of few Gingerbread Man moments (that were actually pretty funny), the jokes were either not funny to adults or to hard to understand for kids.
I seriously disappointed with this film. I feel either the writers got lazy with this one or maybe the well has just dried up and all good things come to an end. Wait for the box set.