Uninspired and less funny

Rating: 6/10 (25 January 2008)

Following one of the laws of modern Hollywood, a successful movie gets a sequel. Unfortunately another law seems to forbid sequels which are able to hold a candle to its forerunners.
"Shrek The Third" lacks of creativity, it just repeats the jokes of the forerunners, still parodying the good ol' Disney Classics and Fairy Tales. It was funny in the first, it worked (to my mind)even better in Shrek 2, due to the new characters in it, but in the Third, little Artie is just unsympathetic and awkward, and the humor has a "I-know-that-one-moment". Additionally, the story is far-fetched.
Nevertheless, the movie HAS some good points, e. g. I liked the voice acting especially of Idle and Cleese, and it has some good scenes, but there are just not as much as in the first two installments of the series.
Well, but the movie was a success, so the 4th will sure be coming...