Shrek the Third Movie Review

It's just one bad sequel after another these days. After my awful Spiderman 3 experience, I saw Shrek the Third last night with Hayley. We were going out for dinner and a movie, and she really wanted to see it, so that made me want to see it. I loved the first one, we actually watched it the other day, and the second one was good too. However, the third came up way short and left both of us disappointed.

First of all, these movies make a lot of money ($122 million opening weekend for this one), so just like Spiderman, I expected this one to be better because the movie makers knew it would pay off. Unfortunately it doesn't work like that though. Just like in Spiderman, it felt like this thing was just thrown together and rushed out so they could reap the rewards.

It was far more scattered than the first two, with a flimsy plot line and some weak new characters. It still appeals to kids, because all the ones in the theater seemed to love it, but it didn't have the adult appeal that the first ones did. Also, at this point in the series, they could have played a lot more off of some of the favorite existing characters, like the Gingerbread Man. Most of the scenes with him in it were funny, and they didn't have to try much because he was already an established funny character, but even still, with all the characters they've developed, there wasn't much depth to any of them.

On the Reganometer, I give this movie a 5 out of 10, and say, if you have children, or liked the first two, it's worth seeing once, but unlike the other two, it won't be worth seeing again.