Boringly Ever After

Posted on Jan 21, 2007 in Films/Theatre | 3 comments

My wife and I took my eight-year-old niece to the movies for her belated birthday present. It was her pick and she had her heart set on Happily N’ever After, an animated snoozer that tried to be Shrek but failed specatularly. As one IMDB user commented, “N’ever, n’ever see this movie”—I concurr. Honestly, I didn’t see all of it; bordem, darkness, and a late night mercifully rescued me from the trials and tribulations of Rick, Ella, the Prince, and other forgettable characters. How can such a colorful movie be so dreary?
This is the part of the blog entry where I’d talk about the film in greater depth. Seeing as how there was no depth and the story was as weak as a thrice-used teabag, I’ll simply question why well-known celebrities like Sarah Michelle Gellar and George Carlin bothered participating? Carlin must have decided that some quick cash was worth tarnishing his edgy-comic image by uttering the eight lines his character (the wizard) had. Of course, he may have had more lines during the parts I slept through.