Despicable Me and Minions Movies - Nostalgia Critic
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They're some of the highest grossing movies of all time...but why? Nostalgia Critic looks over this bizarrely iconic franchise. Let's take a look at the Despicable Me and Minions movies!
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Despicable Me is a computer-animated media franchise centering on Gru, a reformed super-villain (who later becomes a father, husband, and secret agent), and his yellow-colored Minions. It is produced by Illumination and distributed by its parent company Universal Pictures.
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2010 was, for the most part, a solid year for animated movies, as you had Despicable Me, Toy Story 3, How To Train Your Dragon, and Tangled
Megamind
You forgot Shrek Forever After.
Ah a truly good year
Wow man just gonna sleep on Megamind like that
@@jaytompkins6743 Of course I wouldn’t forget that movie.
Who can remember the ending of the 1st movie? When Gru originally only adopted Margo, Edith, & Agnes to get the shrink ray, but then he became genuinely attached to them. I adored the ending when Gru reads them a bedtime story he wrote himself, inspired by a book about kittens. In his story, he is a unicorn, & he incorporated them as the kittens who melted his heart. Then he unexpectedly went to kiss them all good night, then Margo (the one with glasses) actually hugged Gru & said “I love you”. 🥲 the music in the background really does help.
Then the book he read to them became real and you could/probably still can buy it.
Yeah, the first movie was actually pretty cute and the minons weren't obnoxious yet.
The minions lining up to gets hugs and kisses too was cute. And the one getting back in line 😅
When he says "OH NO....that other book was...accidentally destroyed maliciously" got a howl out of me 🤣
@@masedaace5473 I loved the first movie, but because of Gru's character arc not because of the minions at all. Actually the movie wouldn't have lost much without the minions. When 100% of the marketing of the second movie only showed the minions, with Gru being nowhere to be seen, I completely lost interest in the franchise. It turns out there was actually a nice cinematic trailer that showed that it was going to be a spy thriller with an emphasis on comedy... I assume that trailer was shown as a movie preview in theaters because I never saw it on TV, it wasn't until years later I saw that trailer on UA-cam, and by that point the Minions movie was coming out so it's pretty clear that as soon as the second movie was started, they pretty much only focused on the minions in the marketing.
I think the funniest thing about the film series is Trey Parker admitting that he was in the third film for the money and his daughter
He also said he asked the producers about how they did the Minions' voices so he could apply it to the Member Berries.
Literally he was playing Randy Marsh
yeah you know what honestly that's also wholesome and also a bit of a reasonable thing
@@TheAlexSchmidt you know what that kind of explains why to be honest ( then again I stopped watching South Park atfter PC principal and seriously he always feels like the definition of a guy that should be punished by all the crap he has done)
@@changsiah2 they have had an episode where he was helpless to change the situation, it was Macho Man identified as a woman 😂 and you should definitely check it out 😊
A cool fact: The actors are filmed the entire time they read their parts. Their facial and hand expressions are used on screen. Steve Carell's wife had fun pointing out the expressions in Gru that reminded her of Steve.
Fun Fact about Despicable Me 3: Trey Parker stated that his daughter was a key factor in his decision to take the role of Balthazar Bratt. He said that she was almost two at the time and he thought it would be cool for her to "actually watch something I've done."
Yeah, because there’s no way she could watch “South Park”! 🤣
Yeah. Because it’s not age appropriate
I like the way you phrased it: these movies are cinematic candy. Candy might not have any nutritional substance, but sometimes you just need a bit of candy to make you feel good when life gets rough, and that's okay.
i feel like that's just what illumination goes for in all their movies, and i like that tbh
Exactly :)
Despicable Me 4 needs to be set a few years (around between 4-7 years) after the third film, with the kids growing up and focusing on Gru going through Empty Nest Syndrome.
I also hope in the upcoming film, we get a evolved minion as the antagonist, who's independent, self-motivated and speaking human languages. It also creates a parallel between him and Gru.
That is if they are willing to change the models of the girls?
I do not need that pain in my life, which means I absolutely need it like everyone else.
I think it should be the three of them trying to help Gru and Lucy in the AVL as young adult/teen agents. They disagree with it, but the girls insist because they have to try and stop Dru and chaos ensues. Vector, El Macho, and Bratt(Might have misspelled that last one), all three return and join forces to trick Dru and defeat Gru and Lucy at the same time.
@@rainbowshinelove1208 My bet is all three go in different paths. One once to be a full time villainess and rule with a evil boyfriend, one once to be a agent of good to defeat her sister, and the last once to live a normal life away from her family’s crazy jobs.
Eh maybe not fully but it would be nice to have them grow up a bit. Not many shows/ movies are bold enough to show their characters ageing like normal people/ animals.
A cool fact about Scarlet: One of Scarlet's paint collections is Andy Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans". There are 32 of these paintings. Each of them features a different flavor. The one Scarlet has in her collection is the Tomato Soup, which debuted in 1897 by the Campbell Soup Company. The company is still making this soup. Warhol first exhibited these 32 paintings in 1962. Given the movie its set in 1968, it fits into the movie's timeline. These 32 paintings are now a part of New York City's Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection.
Implying, in the Despicable Me universe, Scarlet's assets were eventually seized and returned to the public. I'd actually watch that movie.
Really for paintings of soup?
Wow.
@@joshholland8564Some of Van Gogh’s most famous works was of sunflowers. I think painting mundane things has always been a thing. It’s still art. And if you know Warhol’s work, paintings of soup cans makes more sense.
My dad doesn't really laugh, or smile, much, but every single one of these movies crack him up so much and he can't stop laughing so I like watching them just because of how happy they make him
Fun fact about Rise of Gru: When the Minions are about to sleep with Gru because of the thunder, you can hear three Indonesian words. They are "Nasi Goreng" which means "Fried Rice", "Kecap Manis" which means "Sweet Soy Sauce" and "Terima Kasih" which translates to "Thank You". Pierre Coffin, who voices the minions, has an Indonesian mother.
It’s crazy to think that Despicable Me is now old enough to be nostalgic for some people. I was 6 years old when the first one came out in 2010, as well as 9 when the sequel came out in 2013, and now I’m 19 years old. Man, time sure does fly!
For me personally at this point anything pre covid 19 and pre Biden is beautiful nostalgia of better days 🥲
Omg you are just a baby lol
Same I can't believes I was only 5 when the original came out I have a lot of nostalgia for the second film because I would always play it with my brother at my grandmas house
It’s crazy to think, because it really doesn’t feel that long ago. Like, I was about 7 when the sequel came out, but that feels like it was just last week.
I’m the same age as Shrek.
*Agnes: “IT’S SO FLUFFY!! I’M GONNA DIE!!”*
One of my favorite cute moments from Despicable Me!
I love the way that Buster walked to the door like he was thinking "Okay, that's enough of that. Open the door so I can get to the food before Chaplain can." 😹
It's funny because in a bonus animated clip in the Blu-Ray of the original Despicable Me, it was revealed that the minions were the result of an accidental experiment done by Gru, yet the Minions movie made it to where they were always here so I guess those bonus shorts are no longer canon
My theory is during Rise once he met the original batch he cloned the others to make a massive army. Bob Kevin, Stuart, and Otto didn't have easy to recreate bodies so they remained as one.
From my understanding, bonus shorts like that are usually never canon to begin with.
That would have been more interesting than what they actually went with.
Fun Fact about the first one: The bedtime story "Sleepy Kittens" was made into a tie-in board book that can be purchased, although it does not include the pull out brush that was featured in this movie.
I like all the fun facts you left in the comments section :)
I tried to watch these films recently. Something that impressed me is how tight the script for the first film is. I'm serious, if you analyze it beat by beat, there is very little content introduced that doesn't come back later or serve the greater plot. It's insane how far the quality dipped in the later films in the franchise.
Fun Fact about the 2nd Despicable Me: During the two scenes where Minions are rowing a boat the Minion in the "stroke" position is shouting "My-co" which sounds like "Michael" as in the old folk song "Michael row your boat ashore, hallelujah."
I thought they where saying paddle.
That first Despicable Me is still so funny and sweet. I saw it in theaters when it first came out, and still enjoy watching it whenever I see it on tv
Two is pretty good too. Many jokes didn't land for me but at least seeing the girl trying to be a good mom gave me warm feeling.
@@gameskyjumper1721 The part where Margo dates the Mexican kid was the best part of despicable me 2 .
@@zoelindwall637 ANTONIO
@@pennysanchez7656 yes
@@zoelindwall637 I legit used to have a crush on Antonio as a kid. Margo was literally me at the time.
The first _Despicable Me_ is definitely the best film in Illumination's library. (Aside from _The Super Mario Bros. Movie,_ that is.) With plenty of genuine heart to balance out the humor. The second film didn't have as much heart, but was still pretty good. The first _Minions_ was funny for the first five minutes, then just became cringe whenever Scarlet Overkill wasn't on screen, _Despicable Me 3_ was okay, but nowhere near as good as the first two, and _Rise of Gru_ is definitely better than the first _Minions,_ and honestly a guilty pleasure of mine. Overall, this franchise did a great job at putting Illumination on the map, but definitely contributed to its infamous reputation later on. And I have no clue where _Despicable Me 4_ currently in development could possibly go from here.
A pretty thorough analysis there.
Despicable Me 2 actually got an Oscar nomination. Really says something about the state of animated movies in 2013.
No the second is the best, it still has the heart of the first and it’s funnier.
- Despicable Me 2
- Despicable Me
- Minions: Rise Of Gru
- Despicable Me 3
- Minions
Isn't Peanuts also from Illumination?
@@BrenoRanyere No, that's from Blue Sky.
Ever since Doug started talking about whole movie franchises in one episode, I thought the Despicable Me franchise needed one, it has such a dip in quality that's interesting.
Yeah, this is the one time where the one franchise an episode bit feels warranted rather than lazy
I remember watching minions when it came out and i felt like I completely wasted my money; and I pirated that movie.
No it doesn’t, it was always hilarious, just some are funnier than others.
Well at least in the first 2 the minions connected to the main plot in some way unlike the Minions movies and 3 where their prison plot could’ve been entirely deleted and nothing would change in the gru plot.
@@rhaeasoul8531rue. I have a soft spot for the third movie though. I wanted to see more of Lucille (or whatever her name is) getting to be a mom for the girls and there was very little of that in the 2nd movie. Much more in the 3rd.
I ignore the minions anyway, they are the least interesting part of the movies for me.
A fact about hair: The song "Hair" is sung in Minionese by Stuart to mesmerize the guards with his hypno hat. This was the title song of the musical by the same name and was written by Galt MacDermot. The musical, which was a celebration of the hippie culture, debuted in 1968
It doesn't even feel that 2010 was 13 years ago. Time really flies.
Fun Fact about the third one: The scene in which Bratt's giant robot walks out of the ocean into the city is mostly likely a nod to the Godzilla film franchise, where the monster often makes its appearance in a similar way
Now all we need is Nicolas Cage screaming random gibberish words that are actually real while also being covered in violet paint
Oh God.
I watched Mortal Engines in theaters, and there were mixed reactions when the minion statues appeared. The guy next to said: “Oh, come the f***** on.” The woman next to me said: “They are deities at this point.”
My mom was obsessed with the Minions. It seemed like a lot of middle age women were obsessed with them
I wasn't at first. I seem to have that about short, yellow characters. First I hate them with every fiber of my being, then I give in and love them a lot. The same thing happened with Spongebob Squarepants.
Yeah, and it shows with those Facebook memes that were everywhere back then.
My parents were obsessed to. I wasn’t but that’s probably because I was a teenager at the time
The boomer-esque memes are what ruined the minions for me. It’s like the Winnie the Pooh memes that were around before that. Just awkward
Fun Fact about the soundtrack to Rise of Gru: The original soundtrack contains cover versions of 1970's hits, while in the movie, contains the actual versions by their respective artists. For example, "Goodbye to Love" is performed by Phoebe Bridgers on the soundtrack, while in the movie, it is performed by the Carpenters respectively.
Fun Fact from the 2nd despicable me: When the villain tap dances on the floor tiles to enter the code for the door to his lair, after he repeats the five-note pattern a second time (first four measures of the song La Cucaracha) the final sequence is completed by the mechanism as a low pitched horn sound. This is how the alien ship responds when a five-note pattern is played over and over by the scientist in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
I think if they're going to make another Despicable Me movie, maybe have one where Gru's daughters are considering going into the "family business". One of the girls wants to become a super villain, one of the girls wants to become a super hero, and one of the girls doesn't know where to go, but wants to do what makes Gru or Lucy proud.
The second movie also took full advantage of Pharrell Williams' Happy which released the same year and was a huge global hit.
Fun fact about Gru: Gru's visual appearance was based on Christopher Lloyd's Fester Addams in The Addams Family (1991), while Dru's visual appearance was based on Lloyd's Fester Addams in Addams Family Values (1993).
Another fact from the first one: The scene where Dr. Nefario flies after Vector's ship to rescue Gru and the girls, when he says "there he is", appears to be a nod to Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), when Lando Calrisian flies the Millenium Falcon up under Cloud City to rescue Luke, and also says "there he is". In both scenes, someone is hanging precariously, and they are surrounded by clouds with a low sunset type of lighting
What a great way to celebrate the release of the Mario movie this week .
Fun Fact about Minions: Kevin, Stuart, and Bob visit Villain Con, which shares a lot in common with Comic Con. Indeed, Scarlet Overkill's bombastic presentation takes place in "Hall H", commonly used for some of Comic Con's biggest events.
Despicable Me was born at the beginning of 2010's decade and became a global phenomenon. I still miss 2000's though.
Minions actually made an appearance in 2009 when illumination posted a video on their UA-cam introducing them
Another fact from Rise of Gru: Gru goes to an ice cream shop and skips the line by spraying all the customers with his "cheese ray," yelling "Cheese ray! Cheese ray! Cheese ray!" This is a reference to the first Despicable Me film, in which he freezes all customers at a coffee shop with his freeze ray, yelling "Freeze ray! Freeze ray! Freeze ray!" Minions: The Rise of Gru is a prequel to Despicable Me, and so the freeze ray is perhaps a result of improvements made on the cheese ray; perhaps Gru realized freezing people was more effective than covering them in liquid cheese
This franchise is so popular it got its own film production company studio which is really surprisingly
Minions when you ask them what villain they served in 1939 - 1945: 😐
A even more fact from Despicable Me 2: One of many examples of how macho the villain is, the bull above the front door of the Salsa & Salsa was an actual bull. When Gru, Agnes and Edith enter the restaurant looking for Margo, you can see the back half of the bull protruding from the wall above the door.
A fact from the first Minions: was it was the first Michael Keaton non Pixar animated film
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Do you really think you can keep me from skipping a boring ad, just by showing me a random clip of your cat doing nothing?
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Because that will always work.
Say what you will about DM3, Balthazar Bratt is a very entertaining villain. Exploding Rubik’s cubes, Walkmans with built in disco light grappling hooks, self inflating bubblegum, and Keytars that generate powerful sound waves when you play 80s techno songs. He is a great comedic villain for the third film.
Agreed
I actually legitimately enjoyed the first movie. I thought the humor could be really clever at times and it had me bursting out laughing at some parts too. Like the first time you see Vectors hideout and the pyramid is painted to look like the sky with a cloud on it. But I also think that the “heart” wasn’t half assed in that movie, like it feels in its sequels.
I still have to say Bob gets too much hate from the Minions community he is so underrated and such a blast
He is such a cutie! He and Dave are my favorites of the Minions.
@@LadyOnikara Bob is the Scrappy-Doo of the Despicable Me franchise. They both did nothing wrong (although Scrappy was more hated until the s**tshow that was Velma vindicated him) and somehow got their own fans despite their huge hatedom.
@@LadyOnikara Mine to! I don't get why people hate Bob. He's such a sweetie.
Bob is absolutely adorable. My little heterochromatic baby must be protected at all times.
I LOVE BOB! Who's hating on him!? Hes so cute and innocent.
I have fond memories of the 3rd movie, specifically the unicorn subplot. I don't remember why, I just remember being surprised by it. I think it's that I kept going to these movies expecting the usual trash and kept finding that they were made with care, that the studio didn't just crap out a sequel but did their best every time, and it came through.
Well to be fair, the final big action scene at the end of 2 really stopped at Gru and Lucy holding each other in the water and smiling, just looking happy and in love. And I think the notes to "I Swear" start picking up before they switch to the minions singing it.
One thing I'm surprised you didn't bring up is the villains. Where did all the great Disney villains go? They migrated to illumination. These guys are the only ones making bombastic, memorable, BLATANT villains that have the energy and personality of something from the Disney Renaissance, and NONE of them are this bullshit "twist" garbage Disney has been forcing down our throats for the last twenty years.
A interesting fact from the first one: When Gru is leaving with the girls the first time, each of the girls has her own luggage. When the young one is being carried out on Gru's leg, no one is carrying her backpack. But she has it leaving his vehicle when they get to his home. Also, since the ship had already re-enlarged well before the Minion, it is hard to see, no one noticed.
Man 2010 was such a amazing year for animated films and really showed how good animated films could still be without losing their charm
The minions' greatest strength is always the marketing. I see them in adverts, I see them in memes. It's the old adage that kids will see anything if you advertise enough
A fact about Edith from the 2nd one: There's a brief shot in the film in which Edith is playing ping pong with a minion, but uses a pair of nunchaku as opposed to a ping pong paddle. This is a reference to a famous Chinese Nokia commercial in which a Bruce Lee impersonator in a mock "lost home video" also plays a game of ping pong using only a pair of nunchaku.
These movies were my childhood, thanks so much for releasing this video! Minions: The Rise of Gru was pretty good, definitely worth the wait for me! Also, you doing a baby-talk voice and talking to your cat whilst doing the sponsor segment was SO adorable, thanks for brightening my evening! Buster is so cute, I love your cat!
My favorite one has to be the first one. My favorite part is the montage of Steve trying to break into Jason's lair and all the cliche yet imaginative ways Steve was foiled.
A fact from the 2nd one:When the Minions assemble to give Dr. Nefario a 21-fart-gun salute, the bugle call "To the Color" can be heard playing in the background. This is a U.S. Army bugle call that is traditionally played on Army posts after the call of "Retreat," as the post flag is lowered at the end of the duty day.
something i always think about with the first minions movie is a group of writers trying their best to avoid the years 1939 and 1945 so they wouldn't have to write the minions working for a certain someone.
Its worth pointing out many character designs for these movies were done by Sergio Pablos, who worked with Disney during its renaissance but his style was most noticeable in Treasure Planet and his passion project, Klaus.
Another fact from the 2nd Despicable Me:When Gru goes back to Macho's house to rescue Lucy, he goes in handcuffs with two minions painted purple. The scene is reminiscent of R2D2 and C3PO going to Jaba's palace because of the shot of the door opening, with large teeth on the bottom of the door to prevent it from being battered in. It is shot from the same angle and is thus a tribute to Return of the Jedi in that brief shot.
These films are easily forgettable but every time I re watch them I genuinely enjoy them as much as I did when I first saw them. They’re fun and good for a laugh when you really need a break from reality
Ah, yes.
The SpongeBob boogers that are the one of the primary reasons the Oscars still don't give animation the credit it deserves.
Minions is an unsung and underrated classic. The scene where they make the Guards sing is exactly where it goes from good to great.
I really loved the torture scene, and ending alongside the big chase with the villians.
Only the adults would really get the musical references in that one.
I mean COME ON!!!
HAIR!? The Monkees?!? FREAKING ABBEY ROAD?!?
That first one with the guards was honestly amazing, to the point where if you didn’t know what it originally was before you would look it up later😂😂😂😂😂
@@MrMnM-ed5ht I laughed at how they played that one Doors song at Villain-Con, but censored it so you can't hear Jim Morrison yell "She get HIIIIIIIIIIGH!"
A fact about the Van Halen guitar in Minions: When Stuart is presented with the guitar at the end of the film, he plays the guitar solo of Van Halen's "Eruption". Given the movie was set in 1968 while "Eruption" was released in 1978, this means that Stuart played this nearly ten years before Van Halen.
The movie never acknowledges the existence of Van Halen so it’s not an anachronism. Stuart is just playing the guitar.
“These films seem to speak a secret language to kids that kids really understand and gravitate towards.”
This, add a ton of fan service, and you have the Super Mario Bros movie in a nutshell: pretty barebones when it comes to plot and character development, but boy was it fun, and my kids adored it.
Illumination: We don't need a good story in our films.
Miyamoto: Excellent, me neither! They're gonna be our studio!
Despicable was given so many sequels but Megamind didn't.
I remember watching the original Despicable Me. I thought it was hilarious, especially with Gru just being a walking meme.
2022 was simply the year people really wanted to stick it to Disney
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"The minions spoke a language that only kids seemed to fully embrace."
Objection! Facebook aunts! Facebook aunts everywhere, for some strange reason, loved minions and would meme them to death.
Also, I remember a time where a good chunk of adults loathed the minions because they were everywhere, like how Doug does with Pokemon.
I feel like these movies are successful because they blend in a little adult humor into the films, and it's well balanced with the mostly kid humor as well. It never tries to go too far in the PG-13 direction, which, for a kid flick, is good. But, it doesn't resort to pandering too much, and they are very colorful and bright. Seems like a very successful formula.
“Missing the syrup on your pancakes?” Was an okay joke, but Doug realizing what he said had me dying 🤣
Fun fact: Sergio Pablos, the head animator for Tantor the Elephant in Tarzan and Dr Doppler from Treasure Planet and the director of Klaus was the one who pitched the story idea for Despicable Me.
The gentlemining tik tok meme is honestly the best thing to happen. Me and a bunch of my bois contribute to it and we don’t regret it one bit! 😂
Thank you for doing this series as one video instead of having us sit through five separate videos.
I know that there's going to be a Despicable Me 4 in the future, and the only thing that I am hoping to at least see is the Gorls finally grown up, they been the same age from like the last three films now.
I love the Despicable Me and Minions movies. So now you know somebody who loves them.
I love them, too!
Me too. The first Despicable Me from 2010 is my all-time favorite movie.
I remember hearing somewhere that the minions do speak a translatable language that consists of different words from other irl languages
I had a chemistry teacher in high school that was obsessed with the minions!!! And there were so many memes that moms would post about them on facebook 😂
I like how Despicable Me is essentially about a man who slowly adopts an entire family
I know the later ones really cashed out on the whole Minions idea but man those first three films were so incredible in the way they could show emotion without it feeling over the top
Wow you're doing both Despicable Me/Minions and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish?! AWESOME! And love the lovely new intro man! 😁
LOVED the sponsorship gag this week! Doug's attempts to keep it going while being distracted by Buster was hilarious! Maybe one with Chaplin next time? Or Buster again? Or both?!? Would be great fun :)
"I don't know anyone who hated them, but I don't know anyone who loved them either."
That's Illumination in a nutshell: Make films that are just interesting and pretty enough that they catch people's interest, but not spectacular enough that they get major interest or even cost all that much to make, pump most of the budget into marketing, and rake in the dough!
The Minions always kind of reminded me of what happened with the Rayman franchise and the Raving Rabbids. The rabbids became a lot more popular than the main series, so much so that they mostly just did Rabbids games instead of Rayman ones. The minnions and the rabbids even have a similar vibe to them with9 the rabbids maybe being a bit more violent and anarchic. Hell, they even got their own show a couple of years ago.
I think Minions would’ve been a great opportunity to have the zany insane wacky humor they had in the first Despicable Me, while not taking away from the emotions. If you want their humor, hey here’s a whole movie for that! But no Despicable Me 3 literally has them taken out of the plot to get back home and it never connects with the other 5 plots
Why is it the Minions from Despicable Me are so popular/iconic yet the Pizza Planet Aliens from Toy Story aren't? I've never been a fan of the Minions at all, but even the 1st time I saw Despicable Me I enjoyed everything in the film except the Minions. Part of the reason why they were annoying was the fact that they only spoke in gibberish & the occasional word, but I realized after a while that they are blatant ripoffs of the Aliens from Toy Story. Think about it: The Aliens are 3 eyed green aliens with oval heads in blue jumpsuits that often speak in unison & only say a few things. The Minions are 1 eyed yellow round creatures in blue overalls that often speak in unison & say even fewer things. But the most annoying thing about the Minions to me is that (much like a lot of side comic relief characters in animated kids films) they are far too overused & take away from the seriousness of scenes while the Aliens are sparingly used to make a quick joke & lighten the mood (or at 1 point save the day) then move on. Finally, while there are some who argue that the Minions are far more useful as sidekicks helpers to the main cast than the Aliens, l the Minions (as shown from their spin off film) cause a lot of problems for the people they work for, meanwhile the Aliens (as we saw from the Buzz Lightyear animated tv show) are actually scientists & engineers that are key to Star Command rather then a hindrance to Buzz & the other Space Rangers. Sorry I went on a rant in this comment, but I really can't stand the Minions, so it bothers me how "iconic" they became in popular culture when they are so annoying as side characters especially when compared to the Pizza Planet Aliens.
As much as I love the Despicable Me movies, there's something wrong when people only know it for the minions...
Anyways, great review ^^
Watching the "Bad" scene in DM2 for the first time made me sincerely wish I could live an alternate timeline where Megamind came out before DM1. That way we'd be getting more sequels to that instead.
Also a Fact from the first one: When the Minions go to the store to get the replacement toy, there is a scene in which the "baby" shakes up a bottle of soda, puts it in his mouth, hilarity ensues. On the shelf behind him, the labels on the bottles read, "POP (then in much smaller letters) soda", and the word "POP" is arranged to make the cheeky joke of creating the word "POOP". One can assume this must be intentional, as the word "pop", which is necessary for the joke, is used pretty exclusively in a small part of the upper Midwest, or pretty much all of Europe.
I loved the minions at first but man they were over shared and got annoying. Just my opinion.
Nah you’re right. They were cute and occasionally funny harmless pill shaped dudes. Now they’re annoying overblown pieces of shits.
Same here
I love the first Despicable Me and the scene in Minions where they start singing Hair in minion language
A fact about the fire hydrant: The fire hydrant in London is a red American-styled one. In fact all fire hydrants in the UK are under the pavement covered by yellow drain covers marked with an "H". Additionally there is always a yellow sign with a large black "H" on a wall nearby so the location is easily identified.
I remember the first trailer I saw for Despicable Me back in 2010.
It was just Gru walking down a corridor with the minions, and then the minions started fighting.
I wasn't sure what to expect at the time. 🤔
I didn't actually see it until my last week at school in 2013.
I thought it was hilarious 😄
You should've mentioned the soundtracks too. My son went crazy for the Despicable Me song from the first one and Happy was a huge hit
7:48 I know who Kevin, Stuart and Bob are! Kevin is the tall one, Kevin is the one with one eye, and Bob is the short one with 2 different colored eyes and a teddy bear named Tim.
A nice fact: Sandra Bullock wore minion-inspired shoes to the film's premiere.
The Minion craze is still raging to this day XD
Why is it the Minions from Despicable Me are so popular/iconic yet the Pizza Planet Aliens from Toy Story aren't? I've never been a fan of the Minions at all, but even the 1st time I saw Despicable Me I enjoyed everything in the film except the Minions. Part of the reason why they were annoying was the fact that they only spoke in gibberish & the occasional word, but I realized after a while that they are blatant ripoffs of the Aliens from Toy Story. Think about it: The Aliens are 3 eyed green aliens with oval heads in blue jumpsuits that often speak in unison & only say a few things. The Minions are 1 eyed yellow round creatures in blue overalls that often speak in unison & say even fewer things. But the most annoying thing about the Minions to me is that (much like a lot of side comic relief characters in animated kids films) they are far too overused & take away from the seriousness of scenes while the Aliens are sparingly used to make a quick joke & lighten the mood (or at 1 point save the day) then move on. Finally, while there are some who argue that the Minions are far more useful as sidekicks helpers to the main cast than the Aliens, l the Minions (as shown from their spin off film) cause a lot of problems for the people they work for, meanwhile the Aliens (as we saw from the Buzz Lightyear animated tv show) are actually scientists & engineers that are key to Star Command rather then a hindrance to Buzz & the other Space Rangers. Sorry I went on a rant in this comment, but I really can't stand the Minions, so it bothers me how "iconic" they became in popular culture when they are so annoying as side characters especially when compared to the Pizza Planet Aliens.
Honestly I gotta I really wish I had Gru as a Dad because he just seems like he be the perfect dad
How about that wholesome scene in the 2nd movie? ❤ I loved that scene where Gru hosts a birthday party for Agnes (the one obsessed with unicorns) & he organised a “Fairy Princess” to turn up to the party. When the performer couldn’t attend for whatever reason, rather than tell Agnes the bad news… HE ACTUALLY PLAYED THE PART HIMSELF! 😂
That was both funny, & WHOLESOME at the same time!
I actually love all the Despicable Me and Minions movies…No joke, love them all
A fact about the main Minions: The main minions share different traits and personalities Kevin is tall, has 2 eyes and has a smart personality, Stuart has a medium height, has 1 eye and has a intelligent and funny personality, bob is small, has 2 eyes but both have a different color and has a kind and cute personality
Love the new opening!!