Warning: Spoilers ahead. So it was the day of release and this month is the month of III segments.. first Spidey, now Shrek and next week Pirates... Ofcourse I had to check out Shrek the Third and offer my vishesh tippani on the movie. Without further ado, I m going to jump into the review..
I thought the movie was great... It was great follow-up and sheerly to live up to the legendary Part I and pretty good part II was a phenomenal part. I thought Shrek III was a worthy sequel and thoroghly lived up to the expectations. But then again, it maybe coz I am very partial to animated movies and Shrek is one of my favorite series.
The movie opens with Fiona's dad, the Frog King's illness which leads to the necessity of Shrek and Fiona playing King-Queen of Far Far Away temporarily as the king recovered. As it happens, he doesn't and there are a few gags even as the king lies in his death-pond issuing last wishes as he dies more than once, the final one being that if Shrek isn't willing to take up the Kingdom, he has to find the next-of-heir, a kid named Arthur. And so begins the movie, the primary goals having been established.
Its really cute to see that the dragon and donkey have 5 kids, each a mini-version of the donkey, just flying and shooting flames from their mouths... Very cute and adorable as they fuss around their "daddy". Shrek, Donkey and the Puss-in-boots decide to take a boat ride and fetch Arthur back to his Kingdom. Fiona chooses this opportune moment to reveal that she is pregnant. And Shrek barely takes it well, like every man (though he's an ogre!!) And what follows is a hilarious dream sequence of Shrek's where he is avalanched wih Shrek Jrs.. Very funny!
Meanwhile Prince Charming braves his way back to the pub of rejected people, the villains from the Fairy Tales where he puts together his own army with a goal saying that though they were villainized, they deserved their own "Happily-ever-after" in Far Far Away. I liked this concept of trying to glorify the villains - your typical Good vs Evil concept. But with the Fairytale creatures, it was a lot better than otherwise. Through all this, the Donkey and Puss have a voice-swap period which is really cute and fun....
Then what follows is the triumph of good over evil ofcourse....
What I liked:
1) The involvement of the Fairytale creatures - Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, all have their own tiny roles
2) The Arthur character - he's cute and has SOME personality
3) Merlin
4) The Donkey-Dragon's babies - adorable
5) Shrek-Fiona's triplets - so so so cute :)
All in all, a treat for all Shrek fans alike... Don't miss this one. Super cute, quite funny and very very watchable. Fully recommended.
