Shrek 2
The people at Dreamworks have come back with probably their only successful franchise to date to give us a sequel to Shrek. To recap, Shrek's (Mike Myers) an ogre and he's found the perfect mate in Fiona (Cameron Diaz), who always reminds me of D.J. from Full House. But now, it's time to meet her parents, voiced by John Cleese and Julie Andrews. Along with Donkey (Eddie Murphy), the trio head out to the kingdom of far far away to meet the in-laws. But the meeting turns sour from the get-go. To complicate things further, the King had already promised Fiona to Prince Charming (Rupert Everett). So the Fairy Godmother tries to set things right for her son Charming.

I'll have to admit, I fell asleep in the middle. Maybe it was a combination of partying hard the few days before and little sleep to interrupt it, but that's what happened. In spite of this, from what I did see, the sequel manages to re-create the magic of the first, even if they try really hard to accomplish it. The one thing that works really well is the performance of Antonio Banderas as Puss, who brings with him fresh laughs every time the cat is on-screen. But you have to endure lots of filler like long, drawn-out songs being sung, never a good thing to have if your movie is not a musical. Once you do however, revel in the superior animation and root for the guy named Shrek. 3 stars