Pointless

Rating: 2/10 (5 June 2007)

One of the worst films I've ever seen, Shrek the Third is a tragic example of greed and a blight upon the series. Despite its labeling as a comedy, Shrek the Third almost completely fails to be funny in any respect. Genuine laughs are so far between they seem to be the product of blind luck rather than any talent in writing.
Just about every scene and every plot point is tired and completely predictable. This film spouts off cliché characters and scenes in a never ending flow, and almost nothing contains any originality. The script feels like it was written by copying large portions of other movies and adding a few sad gags and pathetic attempts at slapstick humor.
Visually, the film is mostly the best looking of the three, with some very detailed scenes and characters and the occasional (seemingly random) photo-realistic object. However, apparently the animators forgot how to do fire, and in this entirely computer generated film, the computer generated fire looks pathetically post-production, completely out of place.
Overall, this film is painful to watch, with horrendous clichés and predictable gags that grate on the viewer. You're better off watching either of the first two films again. Only the credits of Shrek the Third are worth watching, creative and fun and vastly outshining the film itself.