Shrek 2, 2004 - ★★★★

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Shrek and I drank this potion and well, now... we're sexy!
This movie was really fun. I prefer it to the first one. So many references to other movies, fables and fairytales.
I had so much fun watching this. So many great jokes.
The characters are all great, also great acted. Donkey is probably one of my favorite movie characters ever, he has the best lines ever.
Eddie Murphy did an awesome job. I don't know if he ad libbed much, but I'm still giving him credit for the jokes and delivery.
Mike Myers also is great, as is Cameron Diaz. Antonio Banderas as "Puss in Boots" came in new and did a great job, he is so funny.
All the characters are very great.
The music is awesome, they used some really great songs and also had some written especially for this movie.
The animation looks good and I feel it looks much better than in the first one but maybe I just got more used to it after having watched the first one a few days ago.
It's a childrens movie at first, but like the first one, also very enjoyable for adults and it has some jokes that probably go over the childrens heads.
All in all I enjoyed it quite a bit and give it 4 out of 5 stars.