PEP REVIEW: Puss in Boots makers give a new spin to nursery rhyme characters

Demai G. Sunio-Granali
Friday, November 04, 2011 @ 01:28AM  |  1973 views

    "You may know my name, but you do not know the legend." - Puss In Boots  
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As adults, we sometimes (usually) wish that we can go back to the old times and be a kid again—those carefree moments when all we had to do was to dream about going on a wild adventure and satisfy our hunger to experience life.

In Dreamworks Animation's new 3D cartoon flick Puss In Boots, that wish is brought to life.

THE PLOT. We've previously met Puss on the big screen via Shrek 2 in 2004. He was the feisty swashbuckling cat who became friends with Shrek and Donkey.

In this "self-titled" movie, we take a look into the life of the Latin-tongued feline's journey prior to meeting his ogre buddy.

The story occurs when Puss was convinced by his old friend Humpty Alexander Dumpty to steal the "magic beans" from the notorious pair of Jack and Jill.

He teams up with a new character, Kitty Softpaws, to do the job.

Eventually, they are able to succeed, only to find out that he was used by Humpty to further his selfish ambitions—he wants to get rich by stealing the golden egg-laying baby goose.

Puss gets arrested and goes to prison for his criminal actions. There he meets Jack, the original bearer of the beans.

Jack then reveals to him that Humpty's plans could turn devastating if they do not return the baby goose to its vengeful mother.

Soon, Puss escapes jail using his wide-eyed charm with the help of Kitty who comes to the aide of her beloved.

Puss gets into another action-packed round of adventure to save the town from destruction.

The film features the voices of Antonio Banderas as Puss, Salma Hayek as Kitty, Zach Galifianakis as Humpty Alexander Dumpty, and Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris as Jack and Jill respectively.

THE REVIEW. We'd have to say that hands down, it is one of the best movies we've seen in 3D so far.

Starting from the Dreamworks logo up until the end credits, you would find yourself reaching for the floating figures in front of you because the images are just so distinct and almost true to life.

At times you might even dodge and cover to protect yourself from flying pieces of wood, trees, etc. scattered from the action scenes.

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