So I just got back from the cinema after seeing "Dispicable Me" and I must say I was pleasantly surprised.
As posted earlier, I was a bit hesitant about this one. I kept seeing previews for it and really was not intesterested but now i'm glad I did check it out. Dispicable Me hits all the right notes, and let me say even an evil genius can be won over by the love of three adorable children, even if he did have a black cold heart to start off with. But I think I am jumping ahead of myself. Let me begin.
Dispicable Me is the story of an evil genis Gru voiced by Steve Carell (I love this guy) who wants to pull off one of the biggest heists in the world. He wants to do the impossible and steal the moon (yes the moon, now if that isn't evil what is?) With the help of his extremely old partner Dr. Nafaio (voiced by the funny man Russell Brand) and his thousands of extremely funny yellow Minons (yes they steal the show) he sets out trying to conquering his task. But without any money to fund his new project until he can get his hands on the shrink ray, he sets out to get funding by the evil bank (yes even normal banks have evil banks). However, when he is denied his loan and his nemesis Vector (Jason Segal) steals the shrink ray before him, he trys everything to get it back. With no luck, he notices three young girls Margo, Edith and Agnes granted access to Vector's home due to them selling cookies for their orphange. Gru comes up with a plan where he will adopt the children and hatch a way for the girls to get robot cookies into Vector's home to steal the shrink ray. I am not going to tell you anymore but this is where it gets good.
What worked about this movie is it hits all the right notes. The children (especially little Edith) with their innocence would melt any person's heart (try not falling in love with her) and Gru is no exception. I'm not going to say that he is won over straight away cause that would be stupid and no point of the movie, but with hillarious consequences in a variety of scences Gru's cold heart stars to melt.
Carell pulls off Gru well with the support of the three talented young ladies who voice the young women in the movie. Jason Segal is at his annoying best as Gru's arch nemesis and Russell Brand is great as Gru's partner. The Minons although annoying at the start have some very funny scenes and are used to full effect.
The visuals in this movie are exception and I urge you to see it in 3D. The rollercoaster ride is worth the admission price alone. You literally feel like you are on a ride and be warned you may even feel your stomach drop. Director Chris Renaud has used the 3D to great effect to feel the scope of the whole movie. Being his first time in the director's seat after working on all the Ice Age movies, I feel he has really outdone himself.
But I did have a few problems with this movie, even though I feel I might be a little picky with them. Firstly, the Minions I felt were a bit of a rip off of the tiny aliens in the Toy Story films (I'm sorry I relate everything to Toy Story but it is my fav. movie). Even with the same sort of voiceing I thought they seemed all too familier. The only other thing was that it had a few scenes which kinda dragged. I mean I know its a kids movie which adults will also enjoy, but just a few spots lagged a little for me. I know these are kinda meaningless and I am probably being a bit too harsh, but hey I need to review how I feel when I watch movies and this is what sorta annoyed me about this one.
I would though recommended it. It has some extremely funny moments, and by the end if you don't love the orphan girls then you really have a cold heart. The animation uses large scales to its advantage to show the the dynamic of the way Gru thinks about taking over the world, and I must admit the storyline is very clever by changing up if an evil genius can also have a soft spot (hello Dr. Evil). This movie is anything but despicable. I don't know if Gru will become as famous as Shrek, Woody and Buzz but I feel he, like this movie, could grow on anyone with repeated viewing. 7.5/10
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