Congratulations to Hollywood for the worst Memorial Day weekend in over 15 years due to a lack of originality and predictable storytelling. Looks like 4 princesses beat a prince in a battle in the desert for the 2nd place spot at the box office. The over-hyped and over-effected Prince of Persia: Sands of Time came in at a disappointing third right behind the ‘girl-power’ Sex in the City 2. Female legions were out in full support even though ‘Sex’ was universally panned by critics. Shrek 4 managed to remain on top for a 2nd straight week but has performed well under Shrek 3 show clear evidence that the franchise should come to a close. Iron Man also stays within the top 5 in it’s 4th week. It looks to end its run just over $300 million. Splice opens next week, let’s hope some fresh blood will rejuvenate this mess of a weekend.
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Saw Shrek 4 this weekend and Iron Man 2 a couple weeks ago. Both good, but nothing too great.
Shrek’s “sequel formula” of “take his wife/family away only to get it back later” was stale 2 movies ago. The only twist in this movie was that it wasn’t b/c of his lack of self-confidence, but b/c of his unappreciative attitude of what he had.
It had a few chuckle moments, but overall… eh.
Thanks Bear for your thoughts. You should write up a full review for Shrek- You know your movies and we’d love to hear more. Let me know!