Unfortunately, it WAS what i was expecting!

Rating: 5/10 (1 July 2007)

Right well i'll start with the good points! Firstly, this was a good length film because it wasn't too long- many of the other big films out so far this year just went on too long and i was getting bored because of it! Also, the film looks great as with all of the Shrek films, this is definitely no disappointment in that area! However, now we get on to where the problems start! Even though it does look great and they obviously spent a lot of time and money on that, the didn't spent much time on the storyline because its awful! I was just bored and almost felt bad because i love the Shrek films and desperately wanted to like this one even after hearing many bad reviews! But... i cant say i did! I only laughed once and now i cant even remember why which is obviously not great! The jokes weren't funny and the only bits that were amusing they had milked dry in the various trailers so they weren't remotely funny when i actually saw the film! One big problem for me was that it was missing one important character who made Shrek 2 so good for me... the Fairy Godmother, played by Jennifer Saunders! I know she died or whatever but without her it was completely bland! The evil villains were no where near as good as i thought they would, Prince Artie played by Justin Timberlake made no impact on me at all and most people in there were confused at who Timberlake played when they saw his name come up on the credits even with all the media hype about him and the film! Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz were fine as usual, there just weren't the laughs there! Even Donkey and Puss In Boots couldn't save the day and draw many laughs, which i think was due to them not having a very good role in the story! The princesses were amusing at times but that wore off after a while of the same type of jokes! The fairytale characters like Gingi and Pinocchio were quite amusing at times but, again, they should have been used more! My final word on the characters is that the school kids were extremely annoying especially the "supposedly funny' cool young talk they had going on! Anyway, Shrek the Third really was such a disappointment and i wouldn't go and see it again however much i wish i wanted to! I mean there were obviously quite a lot of kids in the cinema but they were all completely bored and however annoying it was, i don't blame them! After the success of Shrek 2 they had already decided to announce the making of Shrek 4 even without having released Shrek the Third, but now to be honest i'm not much looking forward to Shrek 4 because now i'm just expecting them to rush out a quick film without really caring about how good it actually is! My advice would be to bring back the Fairy Godmother as she really was the star! Despite what i'm expecting of it, i REALLY hope to be proved wrong!