Shrek 2

Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon, as well as the sequel to Shrek and the second installment in the Shrek film franchise. The film stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz, who reprise their respective roles of voice providing Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona. They are joined by new characters voice provided by Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, and Jennifer Saunders. A sequel to the film, Shrek the Third, was released in May 2007.

Plot
Shrek (Mike Myers) has rescued Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), got married, and now is time to meet the parents. Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey (Eddie Murphy) set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and King Harold (John Cleese) find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. It's not just the family who are unhappy. Prince Charming (Rupert Everett) returns from a failed attempt at rescuing Fiona, and works alongside his mother, the Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Saunders), to try and find a way to get Shrek away from Fiona.

Why It's a Hero

 * 1) Incredible animation that's an improvement from the first film, effects it looks much much better than the first film, the lighting is much better.
 * 2) It's not just a great and entertaining animated movie, this is a fantastic followup to the previous movie to the point where some people considers it's one of the best movie sequels ever, the ones that are better than the original.
 * 3) It does everything a good sequel should do, including but not limited to:
 * 4) *Continuing the story instead of rehashing it.
 * 5) *Expanding the universe
 * 6) *Introducing new compelling themes.
 * 7) *Adding in exciting new
 * 8) *Maintaining the elements that made the previous movie great.
 * 9) It brings an interesting question: What comes after the "happily forever after"? We knew that Fiona was a princess trapped in a tower but we didn't knew why she was there, what was her kingdom, etc. Here we get to know her classy kingdom, her parents, the story of her curse and even the people who were behind it in first place (the Fairy Godmother) and we see how Shrek wasn't prepared to deal with the royal background of his wife.
 * 10) It adds in great new characters, like Puss in Boots (who became popular enough to have his own spinoff movie and Netflix series) and villains, Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming.
 * 11) Great story with tons of great moments, hilarious jokes, and clever pop culture references:
 * 12) *Shrek and company invading the castle to a cover of Holding Out for a Hero in the climax is one of the most epic, intense, and even one of the greatest moments in animated film history.
 * 13) *Shrek, Donkey and Puss getting arrested in a parody of Cops is another hilarious and epic moment.
 * 14) *Even little details, such as Prince Charming wearing a kids' meal crown are worth a good laugh.
 * 15) *Mongo's death is both emotionally gripping and funny at the same time.
 * 16) The locations are very creative, like how the kingdom of Far Far Away looks like Hollywood Blvd.
 * 17) The soundtrack is awesome, with songs such as Accidentally in Love, Changes, Funkytown and Livin' La Vida Loca. And unlike its successor, the songs really fit with the scenes where they play in.
 * 18) Excellent voice providing, thanks to Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, and Eddie Murphy reprising their roles as voice providers of Shrek, Princess Fiona and Donkey respectively. Antonio Banderas and the other new voice providers are also great in their roles.
 * 19) *It had a fantastic Latin Mexican dub also.
 * 20) The use of product placement is both subtle and creative. For example, a fast food restaurant at Far Far Away is called "Burger Prince", a parody of Burger King. Along with a poster for a film titled "Lethal Arrow 4" referencing Lethal Weapon 4. And during the climax when Shrek and Gingy are riding on Mongo in order to reach castle and rescue Fiona, a bunch of people are shown running out of a cafe called "Far Bucks", which serves as Far Far Away's version of Star Bucks.
 * 21) The Fairy Godmother is a very intimidating main antagonist who is implied to be behind Fiona's curse to begin with.
 * 22) It was so successful that it competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some gross-out humor, though not as much as the first movie, with the scene where Fiona and Shrek have a fart bubbles contest in the mud which is the worst offender.
 * 2) It can focus more on spoofing pop culture than what it is supposed to spoof, which is classic fairy tales.
 * 3) The scene in which Pinocchio is revealed to wear a pink thong, while funny, can be considered a little raunchy and inappropriate to most people nowadays, as it implies that Pinocchio cross-dresses.
 * 4) Some nonsensical lines, like where one of the three farm girls asks Shrek if he is from Europe, even though the franchise is most likely set on this exact location.
 * 5) The movie was banned in Israel because the government accused the film of making fun of the Isreali singer David D'Or in a joke. The movie wasn't allowed in Israeli theaters until the joke was removed.

Reception
Shrek 2 premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, and it was released in theaters on May 19, 2004. Met with highly favorable reviews like its predecessor, the film grossed US$928.7 million worldwide. It scored the second-largest three-day opening weekend in U.S. history and the largest opening for an animated film at the time of its release. It went on to become the highest-grossing film of 2004 worldwide. Shrek 2 is also DreamWorks Animation's most successful film to date, and it held the title of being the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide until Toy Story 3 surpassed it in 2010. The film received two Academy Award nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, and its associated soundtrack charted in the Top 10 on the US Billboard 200.

Trailers
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Reviews
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Reception
Like its predecessor, Shrek 2 received universal acclaim. On film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 89% based on 236 reviews with an average rating of 7.68/10. The website's consensus reads, "It may not be as fresh as the original, but topical humor and colorful secondary characters make Shrek 2 a winner in its own right.". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 75 out of 100 based on 40 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.