Shrek 3 is a sad, empty chapter in the Shrek saga. The jokes are flat, the pop culture references are forced, and the big play finale made me squirm in agony. The first movie was brilliant but this one shows that writers are running on empty. Graphically it's a beautiful movie but the movie seems forced to make as much money as possible. The writers clearly needed another year or two to develop the story. Ratatoui and Surf's Up were vastly superior to this movie. Even my daughter hated this movie.