This series has run dry

Rating: 6/10 (19 February 2008)

Who would have thought that Shrek could have somehow made it to three movies? Well, besides the executives who know that a Shrek movie could make them a lot of money, of course.
Well, they shouldn't have. This third Shrek film does not have the fun of the previous two. A rating of '6' may be a little high, but only because I choose to keep the funny and entertaining parts in my head more than the parts that were straight-up boring.
Shrek is no longer funny, Fiona is no longer funny, Puss-in-Boots is now just plain annoying, and Donkey is barely funny. The gingerbread man has definitely seen better days in the form of Shrek 2. Prince Charming is still his kind-of-appealing but mostly not self, who wants to band the villains of fairy-tale stories together against the fairy-tale heroes to change the course of time.
One highlight of the movie was the introduction of another fairy tale character, Merlin, who is actually more a character from medieval legend, but still. Work with me here.
Overall, this movie was not worth going to see in theatres, and is not worth buying. Maybe spend three bucks or less to rent it.