Now don't get it twisted, the monster is the same size. But the movie or rather the running time of it, is way bigger. Do you have to have seen the first one to get this? Not at all! And the movie makes fun of that fact too - you get the whole two hours fast forwarded in 10 seconds or something like that. And that is also the quality or level of humor you can expect here.One thing that is eerie, how close the US president is to the one currently running (or is that dividing?) the country! Not sure if Trump was already in Office or elected when they finished shooting this. Not really in the mood researching that either. Whatever the case, it does show that Germany as many other countries does look over to the US and is influenced a lot by them. For better or worse ... and same goes for the movie ... and the even longer running time, which they divided into two movies. That's also a stab at the industry trying to exploit movie goers with cashing in on ... well let's not waste time thinking too much about it. The jokes in here didn't take long to "develop" either. If you are into silly ... well here you are. What more do you want?