I feel like it's almost unfair for me to give reviews of any movie with the Minions in it. I LOVE minions. The Minion memes aren't really my favorite thing... I can't really understand people that don't like minions- I can understand people not liking the Despicable Me movies or the Minions movie... but I know that I could never give a movie with minions in it a bad review. It's just something you're not going to hear from me.
That being said... I also did not think I would ever like a movie as much as the original Despicable Me... and I really think this movie was just as good if not better. And I think... it's probably the best from Illumination Entertainment. I feel like with the first Despicable Me they were a new company so as amazing as that movie was... it wasn't everything it could be... this movie I thought was getting to a Pixar level. I know that's a very high comparison... but I really think Illumination is getting on that level and this movie is sort of the start of it.
I don't even know where to start with this movie... there's a lot of great stuff going on here... I guess I'll start with the Villain: Bad Brett or Bad Bratt. He's an 80s child actor that played a kid villain on TV and then when he grew up... the show got cancelled and Brett never really handled that well... so he became his TV character. He's all grown up, he has a bald spot... but he still wears all 80s clothes, listens to 80s music. His weapons are very 80s and it's very "80s kids." I thought that was a lot of fun. He's maybe one of my favorite villains ever... I thought he was really funny. I was happy that he was voiced by Trey Parker. I feel like part of the problem with Despicable Me 2 was Benjamin Bratt. He did a great job... but he isn't really a voice actor and I thought they could have gone with someone that was known for voice acting. Trey Parker is known for mostly adult animated movies... but he did a great job in this as the villain. I feel like in Despicable Me 2 they were trying to get big names to do the movie- even if they weren't necessarily voice actors. Idk... it was just nice for them to go back to people that are so great as animated characters.
I also loved seeing Lucy as a mom. It kind of brought back the magic of the first Despicable Me with Gru falling in love with these girls and him being such an amazing dad. The Minions Movie was definitely lacking that sort of sweet aspect of the first 2 movies. As much as I love the Minions... Gru and the Girls are still my favorite part of Despicable Me. And it was fun to see Lucy added to the mix now too. Plus Lucy is such a great character. I think it's cute that she and Gru dress the opposite... and I just like Lucy.
And I liked Dru. I thought the "Evil Twin" thing was kind of funny... even though they're both kind of the evil twins lol. And I thought Dru was kind of stupid and that was funny... it was funny to see the minions as villains again and seeing them in Jail... that was really funny. And the Singing competition... it was just great!
And let's talk a little bit about the Easter Eggs because that was kind of cool. I didn't know that Illumination was working on a How The Grinch Stole Christmas Cartoon... or maybe just a Grinch cartoon, not sure if it's specifically How The Grinch Stole Christmas... but Margot was wearing a T shirt with the Grinch on it... and I looked it up and they are working on The Grinch! So that's cool! The singing competition was also called Sing! Which is an Illumination Entertainment movie- the last one released in fact. And Idk if they were easter eggs per se... but references to the first movie. The Fluffy Unicorn was in it... idk if it was in the 2nd movie... but it was nice to see such meaning in the Fluffy Unicorn. Silas Ramsbottom was back, Dr. Nefario was sort of back, Gru's mom was back... I think there were more easter eggs I didn't catch. I was hoping Vector or someone was in it.
All in all... fantastic movie. It had a lot going on and it was really cute. I didn't even mention the Uni-goat... who I love! It was just really cute!
Byeee!
-Shannon
That being said... I also did not think I would ever like a movie as much as the original Despicable Me... and I really think this movie was just as good if not better. And I think... it's probably the best from Illumination Entertainment. I feel like with the first Despicable Me they were a new company so as amazing as that movie was... it wasn't everything it could be... this movie I thought was getting to a Pixar level. I know that's a very high comparison... but I really think Illumination is getting on that level and this movie is sort of the start of it.
I don't even know where to start with this movie... there's a lot of great stuff going on here... I guess I'll start with the Villain: Bad Brett or Bad Bratt. He's an 80s child actor that played a kid villain on TV and then when he grew up... the show got cancelled and Brett never really handled that well... so he became his TV character. He's all grown up, he has a bald spot... but he still wears all 80s clothes, listens to 80s music. His weapons are very 80s and it's very "80s kids." I thought that was a lot of fun. He's maybe one of my favorite villains ever... I thought he was really funny. I was happy that he was voiced by Trey Parker. I feel like part of the problem with Despicable Me 2 was Benjamin Bratt. He did a great job... but he isn't really a voice actor and I thought they could have gone with someone that was known for voice acting. Trey Parker is known for mostly adult animated movies... but he did a great job in this as the villain. I feel like in Despicable Me 2 they were trying to get big names to do the movie- even if they weren't necessarily voice actors. Idk... it was just nice for them to go back to people that are so great as animated characters.
I also loved seeing Lucy as a mom. It kind of brought back the magic of the first Despicable Me with Gru falling in love with these girls and him being such an amazing dad. The Minions Movie was definitely lacking that sort of sweet aspect of the first 2 movies. As much as I love the Minions... Gru and the Girls are still my favorite part of Despicable Me. And it was fun to see Lucy added to the mix now too. Plus Lucy is such a great character. I think it's cute that she and Gru dress the opposite... and I just like Lucy.
And I liked Dru. I thought the "Evil Twin" thing was kind of funny... even though they're both kind of the evil twins lol. And I thought Dru was kind of stupid and that was funny... it was funny to see the minions as villains again and seeing them in Jail... that was really funny. And the Singing competition... it was just great!
And let's talk a little bit about the Easter Eggs because that was kind of cool. I didn't know that Illumination was working on a How The Grinch Stole Christmas Cartoon... or maybe just a Grinch cartoon, not sure if it's specifically How The Grinch Stole Christmas... but Margot was wearing a T shirt with the Grinch on it... and I looked it up and they are working on The Grinch! So that's cool! The singing competition was also called Sing! Which is an Illumination Entertainment movie- the last one released in fact. And Idk if they were easter eggs per se... but references to the first movie. The Fluffy Unicorn was in it... idk if it was in the 2nd movie... but it was nice to see such meaning in the Fluffy Unicorn. Silas Ramsbottom was back, Dr. Nefario was sort of back, Gru's mom was back... I think there were more easter eggs I didn't catch. I was hoping Vector or someone was in it.
All in all... fantastic movie. It had a lot going on and it was really cute. I didn't even mention the Uni-goat... who I love! It was just really cute!
Byeee!
-Shannon
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