Shrek the Third

Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Justin Timberlake

Directed by Chris Miller and Raman Hui

Rating: B+

Shrek (Myers) finds himself now ruler of Far Far Away after Fiona (Diaz)'s father dies. Shrek soon realizes he is not cut out for the royal life and goes off in search of the next heir to the throne, leaving a pregnant Fiona at home. Shrek, Donkey (Murphy), and Puss (Banderas) find Artie (Timberlake), a picked-on teenager at high school and take him to rule Far Far Away. However, Prince Charming (Rupert Everett) gangs up with the fairy tale villains to take over as king of Far Far Away. Fiona, her mother, Snow White, and other princesses fight their way out to stop Charming from taking over.

Shrek the Third continues to enchant audiences after all these years since the beginning of the franchise. What many people enjoy about the Shrek films is that its contents are for both children and adults. In each Shrek film, viewers are introduced with even more fairy tale people. We finally get to see Snow White, Cinderella, Rupunzel, and Sleeping Beauty who are portrayed different than we imagined. We even get to see some fairy tale villains get together, like Captain Hook and the Evil Queen.

What I love about Shrek the Third is that no matter how old you are, you can still enjoy this movie (as goes for all four movies). They're entertaining, funny, have an intriguing plot, and you finish the movie happy. Another great thing I love about Shrek is that fairy tale characters come back to life. We get to see the Three Little Pigs, Pinocchio, the Gingerbread Man, and many more come back to life. They're all back in these movies and it's fun to see them again.

The Green Hornet

Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz

Directed by Michael Gondry

Rating: 3 stars

When Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is left his father's large company, he wants to do something cool with his life so he decides to fight crime after he witnesses Kato's (Jay Chou) awesome fighting skills. Not knowing anything about villains or how to become a crime boss, he gets information on what his next move should be from his receptionist Lenore (Cameron Diaz). However, he attracts the wrong attention and the crime lord Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz) is after him.

Personally, I didn't like this movie at all. It's definitely a "guy" movie but even then, thats a bit of an insult to the gender. First of all, the script for this movie was poorly written. Secondly, the bickering between Seth Rogen's character and Jay Chou's character was annoying. A five minute scene is wasted on them throwing each other across the room in a fight. Thirdly, Cameron Diaz's character should not have been in there. Her character bascially told the guys what to do, unknowingly, and to be the reason the two guys fight with each other. I was disappointed that this movie was so bad. It was two hours I will never get. I would only recommend this movie for those who enjoy pointless movies that don't require any thought.