INTRODUCTION
Somehow, when movies come out they seem to like to target exactly the same audience and fight for viewership. This is the case of Despicable Me 2's release alongside Monsters University. However, in the fight for advertisement place, Despicable Me 2 was the clear winner with more people having knowledge of this show as compared to Monsters University. In fact, chances are that many of you would have seen this movie way before this review... which is a sad thing, but nonetheless, for those few who are still out there contemplating whether they should see this show, read more to decide and find out.
So for those few who are still unaware, heres the poster for the movie!
| One of the many minions |
Heres another
| The boss Grue and his minions |
Here goes the review
Storyline 3/5
The movie's main story plot is supposed to be emphasizing on how a villain can provide much assistance to the police because of their knowledge of how a villain thinks. Only problem is, this villain happens to be a budding father of 3 girls as well as the owner of a team of evil (READ as CUTE) minions that assist him in doing his bidding and all his manual labour.
The storyline for a cartoon type of movie is pretty much what you would expect. There is a whole overarching plot with very minimal twists and turns probably to cater to its supposed younger audience. Nonetheless, it is a good enough plot to provide the substance to actually focus on its main draw, which is its characters.
Character 4/5
This is probably their principle focus of the entire movie. In fact, from the posters seen above, some might even mistake this movie to actually be focusing on the minions itself. Alas the core character in this movie remains to be the human (or rather ex-villain Grue which is the hunch backed pointy noise person in the 2nd poster or if you are lazy to refer.. this guy here)
| Look at his pointy nose! |
He would be the main focus, and the secondary focus actually falls onto his supporting cast... WHICH is still not the minions, but rather his 3 "daughters"
The 3rd most screen time type of characters would then finally be the minions right at the bottom.
With so many characters to focus on, this movie creates a problem of too little screen time with any one of them and hence although they are entertaining, they don't really have much to remember about themselves. You could probably only describe all of them in 2 sentence and struggle to come out with any more descriptions.
Still, this is probably a good move to attract the younger and cute loving crowd which actually was the draw of the movie for many people.
Cinematography 3.5/5
Cinematography is normal, at best it would be slightly above average due to some shots focus on providing comic relief via good perspectives, and also the occasional unique perspective shots such as a first person view. Its not action movie impressive though and there are little wow shots.
All in all, the shots are trying to be funny, rather then to impress and those far off shots taken are just too colorful to look epic.
Music 3.5/5
Music as with many cartoon movies is above average, probably worth listening during the movie and does add some immersion value but after that, its pretty forgettable.
There are some fun moments when the minions start to do some singing, but its at the end of the show and just seems to be for the purpose of generating laughs. Its funny and cute, but thats all it is.
Spectacle 3.5/5
This is the place where its harder to give a score. I am facing this problem because many people seem to enjoy it, but it really was not impressive in the action front, neither was the storyline good. The only aspect that was going for the movie was actually the minions, which like i said, was the main draw, but actually had not very significant screen time.
I would even go so far as to say that perhaps this show would have been more fun had it focussed entirely on the minions only. This probably would be the direction this movie would take, to flesh out the minion's story and lifestyle more instead of Grue and the kids. Still, the movie was almost able to be entertaining all the way to the end for me and I guess that would be good justification to see this show, but only if you 1. are a fan, 2. have a lot of spare time, 3. Have kids who wanna see the show, 4. Have excessive money!, 5, Have a girlfriend who wants to see the show, that sort of thing.
Storyline : 3 (Generic animation kind of storyline, pretty one sided and simple)
Character : 4 (Many characters, some of which are particularly lovable)
Cinematography : 3.5 (There are attempts, but nothing to impressive)
Music : 3.5 (Just above average, like above, there are attempts but its more for fun then for music)
Spectacle : 3.5 (Provides entertainment value but does not excel in anything else besides cute factor)
Overall : 3.5 (Overall, a 3.5 score shows that fans will be able to enjoy the movie, casual movie goers probably won't regret seeing the movie, but they would probably not regret NOT seeing the movie either. Thankfully it appeals to some ladies and children which will most definitely help it up in the box office. The tons of free advertisement out in the net and on you tube also helps.)
So heres my very late review of Despicable Me 2, thought I would have had a chance to see War Z this week but was busy with something else, would also probably watch Pacific Rim so stay tuned for a review!
To end, heres a music clip from youtube!
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