good laughs but can't compare to original

Rating: Null/10 (23 June 2004)

This movie was interesting. I felt this picture was much more commercial
then the first film. In this way, it loses the sense of fantasy displayed in Shrek 1. The fairy godmother wasn't as intriguing as a
villain compared to Farquad. I felt like the humor was a bit forced in this movie, a little more spontaneous this time. I don't think the Zorro cat was really necessary in this one, but sequels always seem to throw more curve balls to make movies like this try to work. Overall, I did laugh at a couple of the allusions to Mission Impossible and E.T. This movie suffers as any sequel does in trying to top its predecessor but always falls short to a cliche of forced humor and lack of character identity.