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Updated Friday, May 21, 2010 2:47 pm TWN, By James Topley, The China Post




	Having already found happiness with Fiona (Cameron Diaz), Shrek (Mike Myers) finds that being a celebrity has its downsides, and he longs to be the ogre he once was, feared and left in peace. (Courtesy of UIP) Enlarge Photo

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Shrek Forever After (史瑞克快樂4神仙)

The story is however rife with humor. Donkey (Eddie Murphy) is an all-singing, all-dancing mule to a pair of witches. Puss (Antonio Banderas) provides the fat jokes as a pampered housecat who has really let himself go, and Gingerbread Man plays a gladiator with a lollipop, making crumbs out of the other biscuits. However it's probably the nod to the “Wizard of Oz” that gets the biggest of laughs.

The jokes do tend to be out of the same barrel as the previous films, but maybe just a little dryer. Puss is “Cat”astrophic, while Donkey is Re“donk”ulous. The film continues to imbue the same magical humor, yet it does feel a little old and overworked as though we've heard it before in a far far away distant memory.

The movie still has something to offer parents as well as children. It's not the “Shrek” it used to be, yet if you're a fan then it's still worth a watch. Older fans of “Shrek” will ultimately be disappointed if they expect the 3-D elements to improve the visual stimulus; this one is surely aimed at the younger audiences.

Although the days of 2-D animations may be numbered, there's still a lot of appeal for them, and until 3-D becomes a tried-and-tested benchmark it will always be an addition to a film, never the foundation.

“Shrek Forever After” will probably prove more of a seller on DVD or Bluray, but for cinema showings I'd personally wait for “Toy Story 3” coming out this summer. I wouldn't be surprised to see a further “Shrek” installment in … let's say three year. Maybe it will be titled “Shrek to the Future: This Really is the Final Chapter!” With the demand for ever-improving visuals, this may finally be the time to lay the green beast to rest, to live happily ever after.

'Shrek Forever After' (史瑞克快樂4神仙) ►Directed by Mike Mitchell / With the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas and Julie Andrews / Animation / 2010 / USA / Rated PG for mild action, some rude humor and brief language / 93 min. / ★★★★☆ / English with Chinese subtitles or Chinese with Chinese subtitles / Now Showing /

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