Better Than The First!

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2004)

What a delight, despite numerous flatulence jokes (which I loved), it got a "G" rating (ol' Jack Valenti lightening up?)!
They poked fun at everything including Lord Of The Rings, Disney (more than once) and From Here To Eternity...
However, it was Puss "Y" Boots who definitely stole the show (I am still driving my family mad imitating the dialogue and accent), with Antonio Banderas' marvelous performance by dissing Donkey without his even realising and his sending of a famous Garfield aphorism, I cannot wait for 3 and 4, which are already being prepped I hear! (Is a Baby Shrek next? And what about Ye Olde Fairy Godmother, is she really gone? How did she start, was she really nasty from the beginning or did Power Corrupt as said by Lord Acton...)
In fact, I think that Banderas should get an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Voice-over!
The animation in this sequel was better than the first like Prince Charming's hair in the beginning or the furniture's details and the raindrops when Shrek thought all was lost...
Even the soundtrack was marvelous, there wasn't a single song that sucked! It's rare indeed when a follow-up exceeds the origin, but Shrek 2 is right there with the best of the best!