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"Plot" spoiler, although somebody told me it was in the previews.
Snow White sings away in homage to Fiona in the first Shrek, and gathers birds and squirrels and the entire armada of forest creatures (take that Disney), then one of the billion songs kicks in, Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," and the opening siren's song wale sends the creatures to attack the gate guards.
That humor, self-reference, and pop-culture rip off was one of the many defining moments of Shrek the Third.
Some of the animation was indeed freaky, and you can tell the animators are showing off most of the time. A couple scenes clunk, like the high school scene; it's like the four writers got bored of the thought as soon as it was thunk.
But it was damn fun, even with the "be true to yourself" theme smudged in between the verbal and visual humor thrown at you every 14.2 seconds.
And Stephanie, you need to get over your vendetta against computer animation, or just admit that you've lost your inner child and give the reviews to someone else.
