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Shadowtext Trickster God from the noosphere Since: Jan, 2001
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#51: Jul 19th 2010 at 3:27:22 AM

I also think it'd have been funnier if the girls had adapted to some of Gru's mindset and did some villainy of their own near the end.
I was looking forward to that happening, too, and was a tad disappointed when it didn't.

Still, it was an enjoyable enough movie. Worth the ticket price, and as good an excuse as any to eat popcorn until you hate yourself.

edited 19th Jul '10 3:27:32 AM by Shadowtext

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#52: Jul 19th 2010 at 8:43:09 AM

One can expect a large portion of fanfic for this movie to have Gru and the girls going out and doing villainous things.

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#53: Jul 19th 2010 at 10:50:37 AM

Agnes' school science project? Genetically-engineered flying fluffy pink unicorns.

—R.J.

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#54: Jul 19th 2010 at 1:06:28 PM

Loved Despicable Me. It made me laugh almost as much as Toy Story 3, bot not quite.

Of course, it's pretty easy to make me laugh.

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#55: Jul 19th 2010 at 1:36:57 PM

Robbie said Despicable Me sucked. How? I wanna know the pros and cons befor I waste 20 bucks, + popcorn, chocolate, Gummi Bears, Pepsi, Goobers, Gum...

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NowhereMan Since: Sep, 2009
#56: Jul 19th 2010 at 1:53:50 PM

^Personally, I thought that 90% of the funny lines were spoiled by the trailers, and that left me bored with stock characters who's motives I didn't understand. I know that sounds like a contradiction, but the characters just didn't feel that interesting.

Also hated the minions. They had one joke, they couldn't talk, and it was repeated over and over. Way too much time.

Also Also, how did the girls manage to afford private dance tutors? It's not like they're well off financially.

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#57: Jul 19th 2010 at 4:08:23 PM

Yeah, the ballet lessons were a bit of a Wall Banger. And the best stuff was in the trailers, but that's pretty typical for most movies.

I liked the minions, though, they remind me of the Rabbids.

—R.J.

NowhereMan Since: Sep, 2009
#58: Jul 19th 2010 at 5:00:20 PM

^While it's true that Trailers Always Spoil the best lines, usually there's at least something left over. The only point in the movie that got a laugh out of me (as opposed to a smirk), was the part with the macaroni prototype.

Compare that to say, Toy Story 3, another recent movie I saw a bunch of trailers for. I knew about spanish mode, and several a few other gags. However the movie still had many gags to offer. Like Mr. Tortilla head, and Barbie's political savy

Also Toy Story 3 had a more engaging cast and plot, but that's not really the fault of the marketing department.

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#59: Jul 19th 2010 at 5:14:39 PM

Yeah, well, Toy Story 3 is by Pixar, so it's hardly a fair fight. wink I think Despicable Me could have come close if there were a few more rewrites to tighten things up a bit.

—R.J.

AetherMaster Since: Sep, 2009
#60: Jul 20th 2010 at 2:07:54 AM

Alright, I'll admit it. I was sold on Despicable Me because of the meme-worthy "IT'S SO FLUFFY!"

But yeah it was an adorable movie and I liked the animation. I'm looking forward to Mega Mind as well.

OnTheOtherHandle Since: Feb, 2010
#61: Jul 31st 2010 at 2:21:04 PM

I felt like Despicable Me was one of those movies that you fall in love with in the theater, then when you step back a bit you find it's not that amazing. I guess when you think about it, it's pretty predictable and a little on the saccharine side, but while I was watching it it was just adorable. I wouldn't say it's a comedy, though. It was mostly just Toilet Humor, and towards the end it took on a more serious tone. But I think it makes up for its lack of funny with cute kids and some heartwarming moments.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#62: Aug 1st 2010 at 9:16:32 AM

^ "Mostly Toilet Humor?"

I counted exactly one toilet humor joke in the whole movie (the fart gun), which was completely overshadowed by the "Boogie Robot" scene.

Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#63: Aug 2nd 2010 at 7:25:50 AM

^There was also the "tiny toilet" as a more... literal example.

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#65: Aug 3rd 2010 at 8:28:12 PM

WMG: The minions are a result of inbreeding and the girl in pink is a transvestite.

A_H_R Resistance is Futile from Crevice of your Mind Since: Feb, 2010
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#66: Aug 6th 2010 at 4:41:06 AM

My review of Despicable Me

Saw this movie at the Drive In, with no particular bias one way or another.

The movie started out funny enough, but it quickly became clear what this movie was going for.

Cute. They were trying so hard, I practicly gagged. The minions weren't bad by themselves, but they kept being inserted gratuitiously into almost every scene.

And then there were the three girls. They were clearly supposed to be individuals. Individuals that had the same interest. Going to dance class that their orphanage mother expy of Mrs. Hannigan from Annie oh- so-lovingly let them take. Yeah.

The oldest one dressed like a teenager, but looked around the age of eleven. She was also a bit of a smart aleck.

The middle one was generic, with no real mini character arc of her own.

Then we get to the youngest one. It was clear that every word that came out of her god damn mouth was supposed to make you go awwwww. It would work if they tried it for only a couple of instances, but every single time? Really?

Also, the whole orphans thing was clichéd. I had assumed they were actually his kids, and they had been sent to him ala The Game Plan. That had made more sense. If this guy could build robot cookies, why not JUST build a robot girl?

More importantly, WHY were the girls still selling the cookies? It was clearly something that you had to do as part of the orphanage. It would've made more sense if they never wanted to see another lawyer friendly girl scout cookie again.

Finally, the plot was very half baked. Many subplots were started that never got followed up on. Gru has mommy issues? MAGICALLY SOLVED. Old assistant doesn't liked the kids? MAGICALLY SOLVED. Giant Banker dude? MAGICALLY FORGOTTEN.

Finally, they carried out Gru's character development horribly. The 'get the unicorn' bit was believable enough, but then they just SKIPPED over everything else, with only them returning home from the carnival. It shows nothing about how Gru lightened up enough to get his face painted or anything like that. Finally, everything after wards, in the montage that should have taken place at the carnival, shows the girls as more annoying than something that has grown on Gru.

And that is what I thought of Despicable Me.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#67: Aug 6th 2010 at 11:00:01 AM

^ Er... well, I don't know about the "mommy issues" and the banker thing being "magically solved," and the whole "Dr. Nefario being anti-kids" was mainly because they were getting in the way of the "steal the moon" plot, which fell apart anyway, so he had no real reason to have animosity towards them.

Obviously the main reason the banker quite have the threat he did in the beginning of the movie was because Gru wasn't relying on him anymore and was doing everything himself, though him not reappearing was... disappointing.

Meanwhile, the mom issues were solved by way of "my mother was horrible and I'm resolving to be a better parent than that." Her final scene in the movie shows that she's still a fairly despicable person.

A_H_R Resistance is Futile from Crevice of your Mind Since: Feb, 2010
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#68: Aug 6th 2010 at 11:01:16 AM

@Known: But there was never any delving into his mommy issues. Yes. He had them. WHAT did that contribute to the plot AT ALL?

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Bailey from Next Sunday, A.D. Since: Jan, 2001
#69: Aug 13th 2010 at 9:48:44 PM

Did they ever actually tell us how Gru got the girls back in the end? I may have missed something, but it seems like one minute he was giving up custody of his kids to an orphanage run by an evil woman who hated him, and the next, they're all living together again. Did he just steal them?

A_H_R Resistance is Futile from Crevice of your Mind Since: Feb, 2010
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#70: Aug 17th 2010 at 8:19:44 AM

Yeah, something like that...

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#71: Aug 17th 2010 at 5:26:09 PM

^^^ They were funny and they gave a basic explanation for his character / motivations.

A_H_R Resistance is Futile from Crevice of your Mind Since: Feb, 2010
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#72: Aug 18th 2010 at 12:49:06 PM

All I'm saying is that it could have been handled a LOT better.

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SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#73: Oct 2nd 2010 at 8:12:08 AM

I'm here to discuss about the Mega Mind's trailers...

So um... Hmm, were they planning to have Metroman survive since from beginning, or did they get too scared of killing him?

(I put those into spoiler tags since it seems that almost nobody in this thread knew(judging from being worried that its 'wimpy super villain vs jerk Superman' premise) what was the premise of the movie.)

edited 2nd Oct '10 8:12:15 AM by SpookyMask

Vree Since: Jan, 2001
#74: Oct 3rd 2010 at 6:09:05 PM

Eh, don't expect much from this one...The trailer started off well enough because it seemed like they would be creating a protagonist who actually has brains, only to turn him into the Contractually Genre Blind Card-Carrying Villain that we have seen a million times before. Plot sounds pretty bland so far, too. I hate it when a movie is about subversion and nothing more.

Well, we'll see.

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#75: Oct 3rd 2010 at 6:22:51 PM

I saw the first 5 minutes of Mega Mind of nick last night. It looks pretty decent.


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