The last installment in the Shrek franchise is a welcome return to what made the first movie so endearing; Shrek’s unlikely friendship with donkey, his love for Princess Fiona and his true self showing underneath his gruff, “ogre” exterior like Simon Cowel on Idol.
The premise is straightforward and for a mother like myself, totally relatable. Shrek is now the father of triplets and is starting to tire of the monotony of everyday life.
A montage plays of his day to day routine and how one day runs into the next. At the triplets first birthday party, Shrek loses his cool and after hearing one little boy ask him time and again to “Do the Roar”, does just that before storming out of the party.
A new character is added in the way of Rumpelstiltskin – a bitter, angry little man who is still stewing over losing far, far away when Fiona’s parents no longer needed his help rescuing Fiona once Shrek helped her escape from the tower. Overhearing Shrek venting outside, he sees a chance for revenge and another chance at the kingdom.
The setup then becomes what would Shrek’s life have been like if he hadn’t been the one to rescue Fiona that day? In exchange for his day back to his mean pre-Fiona Ogre self, Rumpelstiltskin takes another day in return and picks… the day Shrek was born.
Its fun to see Fiona empowered after having to save herself in this version, as a strong, fearless warrior bent on stopping evil witches that now hunt Ogres down for Rumpelstiltskin. I liked falling in love with the characters all over again while Shrek did the same with Fiona.
The 3-D aspect isn’t needed, but its fun and adds a new element to a franchise that was showing its age. The extra $3.50 a ticket is steep though, and without effects to warrant the technology, felt like gouging.
I found myself tearing up at the end applying the premise to my own life and kids, but I will be happy if the creators still to their guns and make this the “final chapter”.
The premise is straightforward and for a mother like myself, totally relatable. Shrek is now the father of triplets and is starting to tire of the monotony of everyday life.
A montage plays of his day to day routine and how one day runs into the next. At the triplets first birthday party, Shrek loses his cool and after hearing one little boy ask him time and again to “Do the Roar”, does just that before storming out of the party.
A new character is added in the way of Rumpelstiltskin – a bitter, angry little man who is still stewing over losing far, far away when Fiona’s parents no longer needed his help rescuing Fiona once Shrek helped her escape from the tower. Overhearing Shrek venting outside, he sees a chance for revenge and another chance at the kingdom.
The setup then becomes what would Shrek’s life have been like if he hadn’t been the one to rescue Fiona that day? In exchange for his day back to his mean pre-Fiona Ogre self, Rumpelstiltskin takes another day in return and picks… the day Shrek was born.
Its fun to see Fiona empowered after having to save herself in this version, as a strong, fearless warrior bent on stopping evil witches that now hunt Ogres down for Rumpelstiltskin. I liked falling in love with the characters all over again while Shrek did the same with Fiona.
The 3-D aspect isn’t needed, but its fun and adds a new element to a franchise that was showing its age. The extra $3.50 a ticket is steep though, and without effects to warrant the technology, felt like gouging.
I found myself tearing up at the end applying the premise to my own life and kids, but I will be happy if the creators still to their guns and make this the “final chapter”.
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