00:00The first two Shrek movies are basically perfect, the first being a delirious fairytale parody,
00:07the second touting one of the strongest gag-per-minute rates in comedy history.
00:12Expectations were sky-high then for Shrek the Third, which ended up falling way short of the
00:18mark, enough that its script even lets off a strong whiff of direct-to-video animated sequel,
00:24even though it was theatrically released and grossed more than $800 million worldwide.
00:28The Third Shrek lacks the satirical spark of its predecessors, and is far too eager to
00:35retread their storytelling while bringing frustratingly little fresh to the table.
00:39Hell, even the vocal performances from the central cast sound tired and over it compared to the
00:44first two movies, so they didn't want to be there.
00:47The fourth film, Shrek Forever After, may not get anywhere close to the quality of the untouchable
00:52first two, but it at least has a fun villain in Rumpelstiltskin, and feels like it was made
00:58because someone actually had the kernel of an interesting idea.
01:01Shrek the Third, though, can largely be ignored, because it was clearly only made after Shrek
01:062 got within a whisker of grossing $1 billion globally.
01:10Fans have stayed far, far away from this one ever since.
01:12And for good reasons.
