"Shrek 2" is no where near as good as the first movie, but still happens to be a well done sequel. The animation got better, the voice acting is just as good, the story seemed to be well developed, and the setting of the movie was really good looking and managed to make the film itself work solid enough. Pretty good sequel.

You have to have a very high IQ to understand Shrek. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of swamp physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Shrek's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterization- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature,for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depth of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Shrek truly are idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance the humor in Shrek's godlike catchphrase "What are you doing in my swamp", which itself is a reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Andrew Adamson's genius unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools how I pity them.

Wonderfully funny and fun.Picking up where the first Shrek movie left off, Shrek and Fiona are now happily married and living in Shrek's house in the swamp. Donkey reappears, much to Shrek and Fiona's annoyance. The King and Queen of Far Far Away hear of their daughter's (Fiona) marriage and invite Shrek and Fiona to the palace to celebrate. When the King discover's that Shrek is an ogre he is immediately opposed to the marriage. Prince Charming, who is determined to marry Fiona, appears and he and the King band together to separate Shrek and Fiona and get Fiona to marry Prince Charming. The Fairy Godmother also appears, and she is not as benevolent as you think.Good fun, with some great jokes. Mixes medieval settings with modern in-jokes and parodies. Quite clever, some of the jokes - definitely not just a movie for kids. Rollicks along at a good pace. There are some silly sub-plots but these don't consume too much of the time and are glossed over through the frenetic pace.Great use of well-known characters from children's fables, eg Puss in Boots, Pinocchio, The Three Little Pigs.Superb animation, as you would expect from DreamWorks. Spot-on voice casting too. Pick of the bunch, for me, is Jennifer Saunders as the Fairy Godmother. She gets some of the best lines and her deliver is brilliant.There is a large amount of music in the movie, not to the extent that it is a musical (thankfully), but enough to make it more than just background. The songs are a bit hit-and-miss. Some (eg Eels' "I need some sleep") fit in well with the movie and help the tone, while others just feel like populist fluff. On the whole, the choice of music hinders more than helps the movie.Overall, an entertaining way to spend 1 1/2 hours or so.

Let me start this off by saying, shrek 2 has the greatest ending in film history. I have never been more hyped in my life, then I was when I was in that theater and fairy godmother started singing I need a hero. That song was not only a perfect fit for the movie, but a perfect song to describe what I needed at the time. At that time I was a seven year old with cancer worse than Deadpool's, but unlike DeadPool I didn't have treatment that turned me into a superhero. Instead, I had Shrek, I can honestly say Shrek saved my life, soon after seeing the movie my cancer got oggred and was cured. Shrek 2 is so good I recently failed a chemistry test because all I could think about was the sacrifice of the giant gingerbread man, who was killed by the Knights when they poured the hot milk on him. Why did he do this? For Shrek. He died for Shrek, so that Shrek could find Fiona and reunite with her. While Jesus died for our sins, the giant gingerbread man died for Shrek, which in my opinion is an even more important and noble action. Shrek 2 also has the greatest bonus feature in the history of DVD bonus features, with the feature Far Far away idol. This feature is literal perfection, even includes a guest cameo in that of Simon Cowell. The film also starts off with an amazing gag that most of you probably missed. When Prince Charming goes to the castle expecting to find Fiona and comes to find that the hungry wolf is there instead, if you are looking closely you can see that the wolf is reading pork illustrate, that has a pig in swimsuit, similar to that of sports illustrated swimsuit edition. Knowing all of this, we can only imagine what the wolf was planning on doing if Prince Charming didn't interrupt ;). The only problem with the film is that there was no running of Jew, which was featured in Borat which came out 2 years later, also it would have made perfect sense for the running of the Jew, as Shrek is often making fun of Disney princesses, and since Walt himself was not a fan of Jews, why not throw it in there. If there ever is a Shrek 5 hopefully they throw that in there. In conclusion Shrek 2, is the greatest comedy of all time, and by far the greatest Shrek Film. P.S There will be no Shrek the third review, as that film is more disappointing than the Star Wars prequels, and it makes my cancer come back every time I talk about it, and it should really suck Donkey's right nut. P.S.S That Punk boy from the Shrek is love, Shrek is life video, can go off himself. The events described in the video are completely false and was all CGI, nothing was real. It's bullcrap, that the video has tarnished our hero legacy's because some punk kid can use cgi for a video. If the kid from that video is reading this, I hope fairy godmother comes to your house singing I need a hero, as the giant gingerbread man walks down your street destroying your neighborhood, and than eats you when he finally finds your punk ass.