TOO Complicated!

Rating: 3/10 (17 July 2006)

I was personally disappointed by this movie. I walked in the theater expecting a great/exciting movie but walked out utterly confused. I take part of the blame for this because I was not paying attention in the beginning. The "problem" starts in the first 5 minutes of the film. You have to pay a lot of attention to what the characters are saying, especially Jack. That's when they explain everything that's important. And if you miss it, like i did, then you will probably not understand the rest of the 2 1/2 hr. movie.
I didn't like how they made the movie too complicated. It was like a big whole web of mumbo jumbo. If you don't understand one part of the web, it's hard to understand another part. There were too many magical creatures and too much action. You didn't even have time to stop, take a deep breath, and relax.
I think the producers were being too ambitious with this movie. They were trying to make it funny, exciting, adrenaline pumping, complicated all at the same time. They could have stuck with a nice and neat plot like the first one. The first one had a great plot, it was organized, there weren't too many twists and turns, it was exciting, romantic, and funny. The 2nd one was too much of everything that it made it difficult to "digest." I also noticed that there were sooo many parts that they could have just not included at all. And these scenes were each about 15 minutes long.
Overall, I think this movie was a big mess with too many twists and turns, unlike the 1st one.