doesn't beat the first

Rating: 7/10 (28 June 2004)

It's hard to say why Shrek 2 is less appealing than its precedor. The storyline has more depth, but the movie shows some 'dead' moments during which you're not sure whether you have to laugh or not.
The animation of characters has improved where possible. When I saw the Fairy character the first time I thought she was really human. And when you thought the castle of Sir Farquad was impressive, you should see the castle of Far Far Away. Too much is not enough!
Donkey (the chatterbox) still is the funniest character in my opinion. I really laughed my *ss off when he was trying to entertain himself on the (obviously) long trip to Far Far Away.
So the movie has only one flaw, being that it isn't better as a whole than the first movie. I guess that's the curse on sequels.
Rating 7/10