I was kind of surprised that Shrek did THAT well, but it is a good movie. We caught a matinee yesterday, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I think a lot of the criticisms of the movie come from the fact that with the first one, no one was expecting it...now they expect more. I think I liked the first one better as well, but 2 was very good as well. Puss in Boots was actually funnier than I expected too. Saw some trailers for more animated features coming up...the Incredibles and Shark Tale, both looked kind of funny, lots of stars lending voices in Shark Tale the way it looks.