dcandido

I thought that the first Madagascar had promising characters and a decent premise, but it was very poorly put together. My son, who was 8 or 9 at the time loved the movie, however. We saw the sequel this morning and we both agreed - it was much better than the original. And, since part II begins with a brief summary of part I, there is no need to see the first one to understand what's happening in the new movie. All the main characters are back and there are many new ones as well. Going in, the big question on my mind was "do the penguins play a bigger role in the sequel?"... answer is "Yes, but not much bigger". All in all an enjoyable movie that outshines it's predecessor!

I took my son to see this on Saturday. When I saw the running time I was filled with dread and I brought the Ipod in case of boredom. Well, I'm happy to report that the Ipod stayed off for the entire film.

Considering the source - a cheaply made cartoon from the 60's that was intended for 8 year old boys - this was an entertaining movie with a very cool "look". The acting was reasonably good and Christina Ricci was a beautiful mix of innocent/sexy!

BTW, I'm not really a fan of the Wachowski brothers - I liked the original Matrix, but thought the sequels stunk. Have not seen V yet - guess I need to get out more!