Puss In Boots...

Last night Mom and I saw Puss In Boots. According to Wikipedia...

Puss in Boots, a 2011 computer-animated adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation, is a spin-off prequel to the Shrek franchise, which follows the character Puss in Boots on his adventures before his first appearance in Shrek 2 in 2004.

The film starts with Puss escaping a bounty hunter and entering a nearby town. Puss learns that two murderous outlaws, Jack (Billy Bob Thornton) and Jill (Amy Sedaris) have the magic beans he's been looking for half his life, which lead to a giant's castle holding valuable golden goose eggs. When Puss tries to take them from the two outlaws, another cat with a mask interrupts. Both fail and escape, and Puss follows the cat back to his hideout, where they have both a dance and a sword fight. After getting hit in the head with a guitar by Puss during their fight, the other cat reveals that she is female, much to Puss's surprise. Puss then meets his old childhood friend Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis), who introduces her as Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek), one of the best cat thieves in the world. They ask him to join them in finding the beans, planting them, and getting the golden eggs which lie at the top. Puss refuses to work with Humpty due to a past betrayal that left him falsely accused for robbery, alienating him from his hometown and adoptive mother. Puss abandoned Humpty in disgust, leaving him to be apprehended by the authorities.

Puss In Boots was actually pretty good. There were some very nice elements in the feature -- in particular, the dance-off between Kitty and Puss. The setting of the feature is more in keeping with Zorro than with the medieval trappings in Shrek. The story-telling was not as strong as I would have liked, but, Puss In Boots managed to hold its own reasonably well. We had a good audience for the showing -- no cell phones or overly noisy peoples. And, since we arrived a bit early, we were able to stake out our favorite seats. Overall, it was a good night out and Puss In Boots was well worth the price of admission.