Boring

Rating: Null/10 (27 September 2004)

I realize that the majority of people probably loved this movie. My son did. I feel like I must say what I did like about Shrek 2 to begin with. I loved the animation. It was wonderful. It was just about up there with Pixar. I loved the characters of Donkey and Puss n' Boots. Both were hilarious and stole the movie.
What I love about Pixar animations and many of the Disney animations is that they are timeless. Any child in any decade could watch them and enjoy them and totally understand them. The same with any adult.
Shrek 2 is a total period piece. I doubt seriously that a person in 2010 will get the jokes. There were too many references to other movies, Disney cartoons, TV, and real life things. To me, it seemed like a really bad sequel where all the writers sat around a table and said hey how about we throw this in and wouldn't this be funny. The references to Ghostbusters, Mission Impossible, From Here to Eternity, and the Fabulous Baker Boys got old very quickly. The references to pop culture with Justin Timberlake, Ricky Martin, etc. got old. So instead of coming up with something original, they just rehashed old movies.
Like many other people I felt Fiona had no role. She was just there. She makes a comment to Shrek at the beginning of the movie along the lines of she changed for him. So at the end of the movie Shrek has the opportunity to change for her. Does he? No. If he had, this would have been a perfect set up for the next Shrek movie - their new life together. So they go back to being Ogre's. Nothing new.
To me, there was nothing original about this movie. I got tired of Jeffrey Katzenburg's slams against Disney. So you got fired by Michael Eisner. Get over it. You have gone on to something much, much better than you ever would have had at Disney and now Michael Eisner is on his way out. Put that all behind you and start coming up with something original.