Too much slapstick for my liking. And yet much was too subtle
for kids, too silly for adults. Way too surreal. Innocence,
magic, and sheer novelty of the 1st film were inevitably not
there -- and destroyed by the inclusion of far too much of the
Real World. Effects sometimes intruded -- don't want to notice
when a character is a live animal vs. animatronic as much as
this. This didn't happen in the 1st film because it captured me.
This one distracted. Overall, they tried too hard.
for kids, too silly for adults. Way too surreal. Innocence,
magic, and sheer novelty of the 1st film were inevitably not
there -- and destroyed by the inclusion of far too much of the
Real World. Effects sometimes intruded -- don't want to notice
when a character is a live animal vs. animatronic as much as
this. This didn't happen in the 1st film because it captured me.
This one distracted. Overall, they tried too hard.