Shrek 2

The promise here--appropriately, given the ogre theme--is like land in Florida: a lot of it turns out to be swamp. The film has its moments, but given the wit and fun of the original, we should get hours, not moments. The Puss in Boots character is a hoot, but he disappears for long stretches of the story. And the use of music, so fresh and hip in the original, sounds decidedly stale here. (It does not help that they picked some of the worst songs ever recorded.) I'm glad I saw (and paid for) a matinee--at $9, this would have been a rip-off.