# Shrek 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107 "2004-05-20T03:11:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/21 "2004-05-22T18:32:09Z")
Eddie was the fast-talking guy in the film, when just about no one else can really be depicted as such. We all like Slow-Talking Jones, but not everyone can be slow-talking in a movie. ---
**Author:** ![rngadam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@rngadam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rngadam)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/22 "2004-05-22T22:12:17Z")
Shrek 1 was ROFL, Shrek 2 was LOL. I guess mostly because #1 was much more innovative and original when it came out. I still think it was a great movie, well worth seeing in the movie theater, althought I regret going for the Imax screen - the image was fuzzy. I’ll definitely rent it on DVD too to see what was missing. Puss in boots was genius! ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/23 "2004-05-22T23:38:29Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I hope no one here who saw it left when the end credits started rolling- a few minutes into them, a new scene starts showing Dragon coming to reconcile with Donkey…and a surprise! Would you mind spoiling it for someone who loved the movie, but didn’t think to hang around for all the credits? I thought it was a really good movie, and I’ll definitely get the DVD when it comes out. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/24 "2004-05-23T01:04:33Z")
I would tell ya, but I don’t know how to make the spoiler box. There IS a hint at the beginning(pretty obvious to me) when Donkey mentions his dragon wife. I only knew to stay the credits cause of a local critics mention of it in the paper. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/25 "2004-05-23T01:20:07Z")
Always stay for ALL the credits for EVERY movie. You never know what you might miss. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/26 "2004-05-23T01:56:28Z")
Dragon returns with a litter of donkey/dragon hybrids. Funny movie. I’ll never look at Pinocchio the same. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/27 "2004-05-23T02:22:22Z")
Heck, I for one will never look at **Larry King** again. The riffs on LOTR at the beginning just about killed me. And when Puss in Boots said “I hate Mondays” riffing on Garfield was brilliant. Especially with the Garfield movie coming out shortly ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/28 "2004-05-23T07:12:05Z")
I thought John Cleese was an excellent choice for the King. He had just the right level of anxiety in his voice, especially after you know his entire story. ---
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/29 "2004-05-23T16:13:39Z")
great movie. my family loved it. but why was i the only one to laugh at the “Hay buddy, why the long face?” line? ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/30 "2004-05-23T17:00:53Z")
The ‘Cops’ parody was pretty funny, down to pepper being applied to suspects eyes (with a pepper mill no less!) but the kicker was when one knight pulls out a tiny bag from Puss n Boots’s belt, looks at it and says “Catnip.” then Puss replies, “ahhh thats not mine!” ROFL ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/31 "2004-05-23T17:17:06Z")
I felt like the jokes were wonderfully funny, as you would expect with some of the top notch comedians in the movie, but the story was flat. It was an excuse for the jokes, there was no “flow” like the first movie. Things just sort of happened in 2. And dang, I didn’t know about the ending credits. I really should have. Both Dreamworks and Pixar love doing “outtakes” and extras at the end of the credits… ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/32 "2004-05-23T17:22:06Z")
I really liked the Puss n’ Boots character and some of the gags with him… I won’t say much more than that since by itself it’s not really a spoiler, but he killed me. In a movie with Mike Myers, Jennifer Saunders, Eddie Murphy, and John Cleese who would guess the funniest character is Antonio Banderas? ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/33 "2004-05-23T23:32:28Z")
okay, I saw this yesterday … and i have 2 questions 'cos a couple of things aren’t ringing a bell AT ALL … A) what was Pinocchio’s fetish? B) what was the whole Mongo thing about? there were some funny moments for sure, but I enjoyed the first one more - I guess like others have pointed out, mainly because the first one had a lot of surprises, and this one mainly recycled … Thanks, S. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/34 "2004-05-24T01:16:59Z")
> [@skutir](#): > > I really liked the Puss n’ Boots character and some of the gags with him… I won’t say much more than that since by itself it’s not really a spoiler, but he killed me. In a movie with Mike Myers, Jennifer Saunders, Eddie Murphy, and John Cleese who would guess the funniest character is Antonio Banderas? That was my reaction, too. The hairball cough was also a perfect mimic of a cat. I just saw it and enjoyed it, and even with a theater half full of kids they were not completely annoying, except for the one behind me kicking my chair but that always happens. Some day though … er, anyway, I loved it. **Aceospades** - I laughed at the “why the long face?” joke … but I think I was the only one in the theater that did. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/35 "2004-05-24T01:43:17Z")
Pinocchio wore womans thong underwear. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/36 "2004-05-24T02:37:55Z")
I anticipated this development, so I’ve been wondering… What do you call donkey/dragon hybrids? Half-assed dragons? Geez. I hope the movie didn’t already make this joke. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/37 "2004-05-24T02:41:35Z")
Mongo hit as two different parodies: 1- the Sta-Puft marshmellow man from _Ghost Busters_ 2- Alex Karas’ character from _Blazing Saddles_ I liked the movie. Esp Puss babbling in Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/38 "2004-05-24T02:46:10Z")
btw, the Faerie God Mother was absolutely fabulous, don’t you think? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/39 "2004-05-24T03:01:24Z")
> [@Tiramisu](#): > > **Aceospades** - I laughed at the “why the long face?” joke … but I think I was the only one in the theater that did. No, toss me in there, too. But Lady Chance looked at me like I was a fool. I seem to recall that ‘Rocky the Rhode Island Red’ told that joke in ‘Chicken Run’ for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107/40 "2004-05-24T03:05:52Z")
> [@Murcielago](#): > > I thought John Cleese was an excellent choice for the King. He had just the right level of anxiety in his voice, especially after you know his entire story. the only problem was that i figured out the king’s “secret” from the moment they made the “down at the pond” reference, so it was no surprise to me think about it, we’re in a medeival “fairy tale” environment, what else _could_ it have been… loved all the subtle inside jokes, correct me if i’m wrong, but there even was a Lewis Black reference there during the Mongo rampage… the Farbucks across from the Farbucks 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrek-2/246107.md?page=3)