Terrible Twos

Rating: Null/10 (15 November 2004)

Shrek II is loaded with superb computer animations, lots of Hollywood hit gags, a grown up style story, and is lots of fun to watch. However, I did get the impression after a while, that this was something of a 'DVD promotional feature' with its comical reminders of recent box office hits,
As it is with the great majority of "II's", the initial 'shock and awe' that was delivered with the original Shrek is, necessarily absent from the 'II'.
In spite of the extraordinary lifelike animation, the recent run of big-star-voice and animation presentations has taken some of the 'air' out of Shrek II. This has been the case with animated film features since Steam Boat Willy. Just ask Roger Rabbit.
"II" is okay, but I don't think I'd bother to see III, if there is one.