Top 10 Moments from Shrek the Third (2007)
Everyone talks about how great the first and second movies in the Shrek franchise are, and about the many amazing moments, but not too often to people talk about the other sequel, known as Shrek the Third, released in theaters in 2007. It was panned by critics and audiences, but honestly I beg to differ. I have a certain love for this movie, which I have expressed ever since I made an account on here, and now it's time to talk about the best moments from this movie. With that being said, here is the list.
We open the movie immediately after the logo fanfare without a "Once Upon a Time" book. Instead, it gets cloudy, and the atmosphere is much less welcoming and more dark. I like that already. Then we get to Prince Charming, who's supposedly on a quest to save Fiona, who's trapped in the tower.
It turns out it's a play at a restaurant. Since the death of the Fairy Godmother, this is his way of making money. However, the audience taunts him constantly, forcing him to leave and get to his room, where he swears to avenge his mother's death by becoming king of Far Far Away no matter what it takes. It then cuts to Shrek and Fiona waking up.
Such a powerful and badass opening, and I dare to say it's better than the first Shrek's opening.
Prince Charming goes to the Poison Apple Tavern, where all fairy tale supervillains spend their time hanging out. He tries to convince them to help him overthrow the regime of Far Far Away by telling them how they never got their happily ever after and that he would give them what they sought if they helped him.
It's better executed than what I said here, but it's pretty badass. Especially when he's done and takes a drink, that scene is absolutely chilling!
While this scene is opened up by a pretty tasteless joke (whether or not you interpret it as a joke or just a way of Shrek telling how sick he is of being royal), and there are tasteless jokes during this particular scene, I found it overall to be powerful.
There have been deaths throughout the Shrek franchise, whether it be villains, but this is the only one that really has that emotion. Shrek and Harold talk about who should become the next king, as Shrek doesn't want to take the throne.
It's a really powerful and sad scene overall.
Now sure, this is nowhere near the best finale out of the Shrek movies. Even as a fan, I think it's the weakest overall. That, of course, doesn't mean it's bad. It just doesn't have nearly as much tension or drama.
But it's good in its own right and quite hilarious. Prince Charming performs in a musical theater where he plans to kill Shrek once and for all, with Shrek constantly interrupting and pulling the best laughs in the entire franchise. Then the friends come and save the day. Arthur delivers a speech to the same villains I talked about in #2, and they switch sides.
Prince Charming then attempts to murder Arthur before being hit by the falling tower in his play, which leads to his demise.
Right after Prince Charming swears to take over Far Far Away, we open up the movie with Shrek and Fiona, now the king and queen of Far Far Away, waking up in the morning. Shrek sure doesn't like being a king. He accidentally kills someone while knighting them, sinks an entire ship, and despises his new set of royal clothes.
It's pretty relatable, and thus the reason this item is up here. It's not as iconic or great as Shrek 2's Accidentally in Love opening, and debatably Shrek's All Star opening, but it's pretty good.
I got chills the first time this moment came on screen. Prince Charming rides as a passenger on a witch's broom, with his whole army following. They get down to town and terrorize the people.
In the end, they break into the castle and steal the throne. It's pretty awesome.
The single biggest impact this movie left on the Shrek franchise. This is also where Shrek as a whole should've ended as a trilogy, as Shrek and Fiona have finally found happiness together, and they have one big happy family after all these years.
This scene also showed us that the Far Far Away plot has finally come to an end, and they can rest now.
One of the most meaningful scenes in the whole Shrek franchise, where Shrek and Arthur discuss their daddy issues. Shrek comforts him by telling how much he has developed since the first film, since he originally thought he was a monster because of the way people treated him.
Overall, this is a great scene.
A bit of a minor moment, but a great nod to the first Shrek film where Shrek and Fiona got attacked by Monsieur Robin Hood. Now, it's Prince Charming's minions who are attacking them as soon as they wake up in the forest.
Shrek, of course, wins.
Nothing immediately significant. This was only for the jokes and so that Donkey and Puss could have more to do in the story than simply being Shrek's two-dimensional sidekicks.
But the stuff that happens due to this can be quite hilarious at times, like when Puss in Donkey's body tries to appear cute to the guards to avoid being arrested.