Excellent Summer Film! I will see it several times.

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2006)

The original movie worked very hard to stay light hearted and fun. It succeeded beyond expectation as most fans can attest. Ignore the Cannes Film Festival reviewers here - they have that jaded, smarter than you halo over their burned out, hollow lives.
Here's what you should know: It's more serious, but, still a summer movie in that it is filled with fantasy, magic, over the top action, and humor.
It's darker and has more scenes of death - important to know if you are taking the kids.
Even though it is 2.5 hours long (which I prefer as a minimum length to learn anything) there is still so much detail you have to pay attention or you will get confused or miss an important detail. Some previous reviewers obviously missed details and hence their confusion over some parts of the film.
Expect to see sides of all the characters you have not seen before.
DO NOT DRINK A JUMBO DRINK OR YOU WILL BE SORRY!
Stay until the end of the credits!
ENJOY!