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Puss In Boots 3D – Movie Review

Now I do have to admit that Puss in Boots is one of my favourite characters from the Shrek movies so this film has been something that I have really been looking forward to seeing and though it has taken me a while to catch up with it at Apollo Cinemas Rhyl, I just couldn’t wait any longer!

Puss In Boots 3D Movie Review

As with the Shrek movies we find Puss in the world of fairy tales with a bit of a spaghetti western thrown in the mix, just for a bit of fun

Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) joins together with Kitty Softpaws (Salma Heyak) and old friend from his childhood, Humpty-Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis) on a quest for three magic beans which will give them a chance to climb the magical beanstalk and steal the golden goose and become rich beyond their wildest dreams with the goose’s Golden Eggs.

But holding the trio back from such wonders is the evil Jack and Jill who are a sort of Bonnie and Clyde of the fairytale world, so it proves a little hard for them to just get the beans and climb the beanstalk.

“My thirst for adventure will never be quenched!”

Puss in Boots (Image via RottenTomatoes.com)

The witty banter between Puss in Boots and Kitty Softpaws is quite funny and it reminded me of those days with Banderas and Hayek in Desperado and Once Upon The Time In Mexico, there are also couple of references that only the adults will get, such as a young Humpty-Dumpty telling Puss in Boots about Bean Club, “First rule of Bean Club, don’t talk about Bean Club. The second rule of Bean Club… don’t talk about Bean Club.”

Kids will love that the film has so many funny things going on for them that I don’t think they would be too bothered by the adults laughing at things the kids don’t get, but it’s a family film at the end of the day and as we know from experience from the Shrek movies, adults do get some rather saucy references thrown in just for fun

Puss In 3D!

Now I did go and see the 3D version of the film and yes it was quite good, depth was done well and though there wasn’t really that much that would make you duck and dive, it still did give you a feeling of being in some of the scenes, specially in the clouds at the top of the beanstalk and the chase between Puss in Boots and Kitty Softpaws.

But the 3D is really spectacular and to be honest I do think that the 2D version would have been just as good, maybe I’m just getting used to all the 3D in movies now

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Overall Thoughts For Puss In Boots 3D

As a first outing in his own movie, Puss In Boots is a lot of fun, though maybe their could have been a little more originally on the storyline, it did just seem like a retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk to me and towards the end, without spoiling it, did seem very much like Beowulf, may be that’s just me.

But the kids will love the film and that’s the point to have fun with the kids, so Puss In Boots 3D gets 7/10.