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Author Topic: Shrek 3 (2007) Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-19-2007 04:31 PM                     I can't believe I am the first person to review this stupid, boring, NOT funny, waste of time. I didn't care for the first two, but this one is definitely the worst of the bunch. The only thing I laughed at was when donkey and puss switch places and the donkey reacts like a scared cat. Yup, those 2 seconds were really worth sitting through the other hour and a half! 1 out of 5 stars  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-19-2007 07:21 PM                        I heard that Chris Farley was the original voice of Shrek and that they recorded most of his dialog. But then they got Mike Meyers to rerecord everything after Farley decided to die of obesity or being stupid or whatever it was. Then Meyers recorded the lines again because they wanted Shrek to have a poorly performed Scottish accent that makes ears bleed. I wish Farley had completed all of the lines and that the movie would have been released that way. Then Shrek 2 and 3 here would be less likely to exist, and the world would rejoice.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-19-2007 09:39 PM                        quote: Joe Redifer I wish Farley had completed all of the lines and that the movie would have been released that way. Then Shrek 2 and 3 here would be less likely to exist, and the world would rejoice. You're kidding, right? The first one grossed some $350 million. No little inconvenience like a star's death would have prevented the sequels. I haven't seen this yet but I can tell the reviewers are right because of the trailers...they suck.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-19-2007 11:07 PM                        quote: Mike Blakesley No little inconvenience like a star's death would have prevented the sequels. You are assuming it would have done just as well listening to Chris Farley being obese as it did listening to Michael Meyers do his worst Scottish impression.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-19-2007 11:22 PM                     They should have gotten Darryl Hammond to do it, he can do a mean Sean Connery impersonation.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-20-2007 12:51 AM                        I thought this one pretty much sucked as well. Had the fortune of previewing it at my old location... Fell asleep at least three times... The wife liked it... I was bored to tears... They took a great movie and destroyed it, which is SOOO typical of 'sequels'.  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 05-21-2007 08:40 AM                     Shrek the Turd. Still, its bringing in the people.  |  IP: Logged Chad M Calpito Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 05-21-2007 11:07 AM                        What a complete waste of time this movie was. It plainly sucked. But, it still is bringing in the bucks.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 05-31-2007 02:51 PM                     Like the third outings of both Spidey and Pirates, Shrek 3 also takes a detour to the dark side. Gone are the irreverent sendups of Disney and childhood fables and in its place are an exploration of mature supposedly 'deep' issues such as the responsibilities of pending fatherhood, the passage of a kingdom upon the death of a ruler, the bullying of a geek at school. The biggest problem this time is that they seemed to have forgotten a script. Not so much a storyline as it is a series of unrelated scenes spliced together. At a scant 80 minutes it still seems very padded (which it is). And what happened this time with the music? The series which 5 years ago revived Neil Diamond's "I am Believer" into a sing-along hit, this time instead uses mostly dirges - including the Paul McCartney Wings version of the bond theme "Live and Let Die" when the king dies. What in gods name were they thinking??? A truly awful movie - even worse than most direct to video sequels.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-04-2007 10:57 PM                    Where's the big musical number at the end??  |  IP: Logged Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 06-07-2007 09:14 AM                        I thought this was very dull indeed, it lacked the witty one liners it lacked the exciting music and it had too many morals woven into the story. the worst of the the three for sure , good thing it was short animation was great but from an adult view point it was sadly lacking . 1.5 out of 5 from me  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2007 09:59 PM                        After the negative comments here and elsewhere, I was prepared to hate this movie but I liked it fairly well. It had some great one-liners. The scene at the Worchestershire High School was a hoot, and I got a kick out of the bitchy princesses. There didn't seem to be any good quotable Donkey oneliners this time though. I would give the first one 4.5 stars out of five, and this one would get a solid 2.5. If this hadn't been a sequel, I might have rated it a bit higher. Update: I forgot to deduct a half-star for Fergie's ridiculous rendition (using the word loosely) of the great Heart song, "Barracuda." So a net result of 2 stars. [ 06-12-2007, 01:47 PM: Message edited by: Mike Blakesley ]  |  IP: Logged

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