Shrek the Third

Surprise of all surprises - the latest sequel of Shrek bored me. My friend and I tried to count the number of times we yawned inside the cold, dark theater. Guess what, we actually lost count! But we did remember the few times we laughed out loud.

Mine are as follows (in increasing laughter intensity):

1. Prince Charming and Pinocchio exchange [as seen in the trailer]

Prince Charming: You! You can't lie! Where is Shrek?

Pinocchio: Well, uh, I don't know where he's not.

Prince Charming: You don't know where Shrek is?

Pinocchio: On the contrary,

Prince Charming: So you do know where he is!

Pinocchio: I'm possibly more or less not definitely rejecting the idea that I undeniably

Prince Charming: Stop It!

Pinocchio: Do or do not know where he shouldn't probably be. If that indeed wasn't where he isn't!

2. When Snow White suddenly turned into an angry warrior princess towards the end (with matching sounds and running animals-gone-wild).

3. When "That's What Friends Are For" was played during Shrek and Artie's conversation.

Shrek the Third lacked the freshness of its first two movies. It offered the same old style, where yucky is supposed to be funny and Donkey is a witty overconfident talking animal. Oh, and let's not forget Puss in Boots' begging eyes - made me go 'Aww..' in Shrek 2, but failed to deliver this time. And don't get me started on Justin Timberlake's voice for his character Artie. I mean, if you didn't know it was him, you'd wonder who the high-pitched teenager was. You could argue that Artie is a teenager in the movie, but come on...none of my guy friends sounded like that in high school (except maybe for the, uh, not-so-straight ones). A line or two of Sexy Back (to any of the princesses) would've made me forgive JT, but well, maybe that's veering away from the plot. I guess we're not seeing a Fourth on the horizon.