Fabulous

Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2004)

This was a great movie, better than the first one. It was very amusing the way it turned all the fairy tale stereotypes backwards.
There was an incredible amount packed into the film. This might be one you would want to see several times in order to make sure not to miss anything. Also, if you don't know your fairly tales and your Mother Goose, the whole thing is going to go over your head, as you won't recognize what those characters are or why they're there. I wonder whether our modern kids really know all those old stories, or whether you have to be an older person to understand the thing. My kids did like it, though, and better than the first one -- mostly, I think, because there was less romance and more conflict and suspense in this one. Kids don't usually like to see a lot of romance.
The character development was decent, not particularly cartoonish at all. The main characters are genuinely noble in their self-sacrifice and their trueness. They come off better than your typical cartoon characters.

I found out later that I made a mistake by leaving before the end of the credits as apparently something happens afterwards that I missed, so beware.