Shrek the Third is not surprisingly the third of the Shrek movies.
It has plenty of gags and is reasonably entertaining, however (as with many 3rd movies) it’s lacking in a few ways:
- There really aren’t any new characters worth speaking of. Fortunately it’s easy to not notice that it is Justin Timerlake playing the main additional character.
- The old characters are getting a little weary and Mike Myers sounds very despondant throughout most of the movie, and the reason for the fear his character gets, is not really explained. The finale is lackluster compared to previous endings.
- The fairy god mother is not in this movie and her son makes an insubstantial villan.
- A lot of the gags were shown in the previews. The best scene for me is still the one where Pinocchio is trying not to lie. This was shown in early previews, but was fortunately held out of more recent ones.
A reasonable end to a now tired trilogy.
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