Enjoyable and Fun

Rating: 8/10 (29 November 2006)

I watched this several nights ago with my wife and we both really enjoyed it very much.
I think it is better to the first film in almost every way and from every angle, the acting, production, direction, screenplay, special effects - everything. Having said that I thought the first film was good too.
This film contained a lot of "monsters", far more than the first film and to be honest, I was surprised that the film didn't have a higher classification than it does. When I was a kid I would have had nightmares for weeks due to some of these horrific creations but it seems that kids are much more tougher nowadays. The special effects were great, especially the tentacles on Bill Nighy's "octopus" character.
If there is one criticism to be made then it would be, for me, that the movie went on a bit too long. I'm not a very big fan of long movies and it has to be something extremely special to hold my interest for more than 100 minutes or so and this film only just managed to keep me watching to the end. I'm glad I did though. It's not that the film was boring, it's just that I find it really tough to sit still for so long and hold my attention.
On this evidence, I strongly hope that there will be a third film.
Great!