Review:
Have you ever seen a film, that you know you wanted to like but for
some unknown reason you just couldn't? Well thats the story for me and
Shrek 3.
The jokes were funny and the chemistry between Puss in Boots and Donkey is dead on. The plot is about what you would expect from a Shrek film. The music was well done and the song were the right ones for it. So what went wrong in this film?
Now for those of us who live in Korea, please see this film in English. I can really see no way that this film can even begin to be translated into Korean.
I just felt that there was nothing new and we had seen this before. If you love pop culture references, then this will be the film for you, but it just seemed way too much and it really dragged the film down. The sub plot about Prince Charming was a total waste and the addition of Artie and Merlin was just a time filler that just drug the film into a worse state that it should have been.
What else really hurt this film was Shrek and Fiona total lack of chemistry. The jokes were funny but it just left me flat.
After the film was over, I felt that I had just watched a flat film. It not either good nor is it bad. Its just a funny flat film, that will leave you wondering why did i see that and what the heck went wrong with this film.
Overall, it is good for one showing, after that, the jokes will fade and the story will go flat, fast.
Grade C-
Imdb link. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413267/
Opens In Korea. June 6th
How I saw it. Bad cam copy
Opening Weekend in USA. 118 Million $ (18-20 May 2007)
The jokes were funny and the chemistry between Puss in Boots and Donkey is dead on. The plot is about what you would expect from a Shrek film. The music was well done and the song were the right ones for it. So what went wrong in this film?
Here's the plot: When his new father-in-law, King Harold, falls ill, Shrek is
looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up
his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots
to install the rebellious Artie as the new king. Princess Fiona,
however, rallies a band of royal girlfriends to fend off a coup d'etat
by the jilted Prince Charming.
Now for those of us who live in Korea, please see this film in English. I can really see no way that this film can even begin to be translated into Korean.
I just felt that there was nothing new and we had seen this before. If you love pop culture references, then this will be the film for you, but it just seemed way too much and it really dragged the film down. The sub plot about Prince Charming was a total waste and the addition of Artie and Merlin was just a time filler that just drug the film into a worse state that it should have been.
What else really hurt this film was Shrek and Fiona total lack of chemistry. The jokes were funny but it just left me flat.
After the film was over, I felt that I had just watched a flat film. It not either good nor is it bad. Its just a funny flat film, that will leave you wondering why did i see that and what the heck went wrong with this film.
Overall, it is good for one showing, after that, the jokes will fade and the story will go flat, fast.
Grade C-
Imdb link. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413267/
Opens In Korea. June 6th
How I saw it. Bad cam copy
Opening Weekend in USA. 118 Million $ (18-20 May 2007)