May 21, 2010 09:54 PM by
JiahuiFor the past few weeks, this Shrek Forever After poster has been up at the bus stop near my house:
I liked it! I thought it was pretty cute, so I thought, hey maybe this last installment of Shrek will be better than the last, which I didn't really like and also can hardly remember, except for a couple of details... Like Prince Charming! Loved him and his narcissistic self, but mainly because I love Rupert Everett. Though the hair flip when he went into the tower was pretty fabulous. But yeah, forgettable and overall kind of lame.
I didn't have high hopes for this movie, but, you know, 3D! Last installment! You kind of expect something super amazing and epic. But then again, series that go on for way too long usually don't go over well. I still think they should have stopped at the 2nd one! IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY. Curse Hollywood and it's lack of originality, they keep reusing plots and characters and all that. I still remember Sam Raimi wanting to have 10 Spider-man installments. MADNESS.
Anyway, the plot of Shrek is pretty simple: Shrek is bored of being a second-rate ogre and wants to be 'real' again, so he signs a contract with Rumpelstiltskin (hope I spelt that right, I can never get it correct!!) to be a real ogre for a day in exchange for one day in his childhood. But, OH NO!!!!! THE DAY TAKEN AWAY WAS THE DAY HE WAS BORN. So the land of Far, Far Away has become all screwed up and everything has changed. Rumpel is king, Fiona is still as cursed as ever and there's now an underground ogre resistance. Lots of things happen, lame jokes recycled, another ~~true love's kiss~~ that didn't really work and, well I won't spoil it for you but I think it's safe to say that everyone knows how it'd end.
If anything, fast forward to the last part. PUSS!!
Puss in Boots makes everything better! I'm not a huge fan of 3D (it's so inconvenient when you wear spectacles like I do), but yeah I think it's pretty worth it to watch in cinemas. Though I mean if 3D's no big deal for you, don't bother. It's just Shrek. Save your money for something more epic like Ip Man 2 or Iron Man 2!