Ofcourse you are expected to have seen Madagascar 1 to enjoy this movie in full.. A very good mild, comedy, with brilliant voice-overs.. actually both madagascar movies are low on graphics or animation compared to movies that pixar(Makers of 'finding nemo','incredibles') makes.. but the voice-overs take the stage and make you ignore your expectation of high standards of animations.
I actually don't like the idea of movie people taking a series.. like part 1, part 2... except if the different parts have isolated stories, jokes, and don't require the audience to have followed all movies in the series to understand the next one.. like they do with Harry potter movies.
Most of the comedy's(or entire movie's) context in Madagascar 2 goes back to you having seen the earlier movie, or at least having a friend next to you explaining you the context of the jokes. I went with a friend who hadn't seen the earlier part and was not enjoying the movie as much as me.
Children will love it I think, I found many children in the hall laughing out or screaming understanding the sequences in the movie..
And here actually I have an observation.. Children seem to like or relate to, or identify animals and characters in animation movies that are low on graphics.. just like they see in comic books.. more than understanding movies like 'Incredibles'/'Finding nemo' which I would say requires you to be an adult to enjoy it fully. Just like how Ice Age series are also popular with children.
So, maybe the crew of madagascar were indeed doing a stripped down comic book like graphics for animation rather than the other way like I was wondering in the first part of this post.
