Despicable Me
Published 2011-03-17
Film info
- Title Despicable Me
- Directors Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
- Year 2010
- Run time 1hr 35m
- Genres Animation, Family, Comedy
- Tagline Superbad. Superdad.
- Cast Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig
Vying for the title of World's Greatest Villain, Gru - along with his hilarious crew of mischievous minions - plots to pull off the craziest crime of the century: steal the moon! But when Gru enlists the help of three little girls, they see something in him nobody else has ever seen: the perfect dad.
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:43 | Already I want a minion of my own and the film hasn't even started yet. |
| 1:44 | Julie Andrews! |
| 3:19 | Ooh, who is going to check out the pyramids to make sure they're not inflatable? |
| 4:04 | Hehehe, I love him. |
| 5:34 | Panda rug! Now I have to not like him. |
| 9:06 | I like the idea of having a screaming crowd ready to cheer you up whenever you want. |
| 13:46 | That youngest kid is just like Boo. |
| 14:37 | That's my kind of parallel parking! |
| 19:37 | Tiny elephant!! |
| 22:08 | Star Wars should have had air fight sequences like that. |
| 23:33 | He's playing a Wii. Evil people play Wii's too. |
| 24:12 | Fists coming out of the wall, it's just like Total Wipeout. |
| 25:43 | "Liiightbulbbb." I'm going to be saying that. |
| 29:15 | "How do I remove it? Is there a command?" Sadly not with kiddies. |
| 32:54 | "Somebody broke that." I'm going to be using that too! |
| 36:30 | Minions on the ceiling! Blatantly stolen from the Willy Wonka movie though. |
| 37:11 | The oldest girl is voiced by the girl from Drake and Josh, right? |
| 39:10 | Woah, I'd stop drinking Coke if it had that effect! |
| 46:53 | They made the minion into a glow stick! |
| 50:33 | "Look at that fluffy unicorn! It's so fluffy I want to die!" |
| 52:44 | "It's so fluffy!!" |
| 54:57 | Just had to explain the concept of Stuffed Crust to Mr C. |
| 57:54 | Minions have resumés! |
| 1:02:47 | "Pretty please?" "The physical appearance of the please makes no difference." |
| 1:06:13 | Russell Brand is pretty good in this. Not a fan of his normally. |
| 1:12:17 | Great recall on the gravity minion. I'd forgotten! |
| 1:12:48 | They have a minion mission control. |
| 1:14:42 | That bit was in the trailer and still it was funny. |
| 1:21:35 | How many times can one person be crushed by the moon before they give up? |
| 1:29:46 | Woot! Bonus points for extra stuff during the credits. |
Thoughts
I always knew I wanted to see this since I saw the trailer when the one yellow thing punched the other yellow thing. I was sold. I didn't know much else about it, other than I heard Steve Carrell talking about it on a radio show once.
Another film that made us laugh a significant amount! We were both in need of something simple and amusing, and this was both of those. I would say it doesn't have the multi-layer elements that make a kids film really something special, but if you just want to zone out in front of the TV for 90 minutes, it's perfect.
I don't want to make a habit out of putting clips into these posts, but you have to watch this to the end. It's SO fluffy!
Rating: 4 / 5
