Despicable Me [Blu-ray] [2010] [Region Free]

Great evening entertainment

Thought I'd catch up with this Minion's film as #4 is now in cinemas and a younger relative likes this. But very watchable with great graphic characters and a plot to follow.

Hilariously funny. Enjoyed by the whole family.

Two competing megalomaniacs, three melt in the mouth orphans, a dysfunctional mother, mad professor and a whole barrel of minions, monkeying around.A sparky tale of redemptive relationships surely complete the components of a winner and raking in four times what you have spent is success by any definition...It just didn't quite work for me.There is certainly little wrong with the film, but after the hype I just "expected" more and was disappointed as a result. The mass appeal and success has to be judged in the context of the narrower interest courted by those it has been recently compared to including Rango [DVD] and Megamind [DVD] which I found hard to beat.The ingredients are perfect, the characters are well defined and worthy of lasting interest. The story is playful, but equally worthy of the comedy. The plot is tight and the whole thing executed tidily in around 80 minutes.Two or three things stand-out. The secret to the monumental success of the TOY STORY's is to cleave the audience sharply in two with the visuals set to occupy the tots and the comic verbiage reserved until they watch again with their own offspring. It doesn't always work, as BEE MOVIE demonstrates.DM is traditional "family" humour and therefore broad to the point of being a "safe" less challenging watch something as dark and edgy as RANGO.In my opinion the shortcomings stem from the writing and editing. Gags come along in number but crack smiles rather than sides, ultimately remaining slightly laboured and predictable. Simply re-voicing segments of the tale would have sharpened the blade perfectly. Equally, editing could easily have provided the alternative cure, with just a little judicious slicing to change the timing and generally loosen up the slightly "forced" delivery.Steve Carrell and Russell Brand provide the lead performances by disguising their characters to the point I am left wondering why they were booked if not only to paste their names on billboards as qualification.The girls are loveable, the villains (Gru included) clichéd as generic bad-guy foreigners. Vector or Victor (by his "geek" name) is irritating in the extreme and quickly becomes distracting. The minions are an interesting oddity and will surely command a series of their own in some shape or form.Where I sound apologetic, it is from the feeling of having stumbled on someone else's party. It didn't work for me, but unlike some of the rubbish I have been tortured by lately, this is far from poor. Kids enjoy "naughty" humour and despite the skulduggery, there's none sufficient to offend even the most pious parents.DESPICABLE ME appeals to a smaller section of the Ice Age 1-3 [DVD]Madagascar [DVD] [2005]/Pirates of the Caribbean 1-4 Box Set [DVD] following.I am not one of them, but I won't be arguing with those who love it.

Finally began watching the Despicable Me series thanks to our 4 year old grandson - loved DM1 and will definitely be watching more 🙂

great movie

Great

This was a highly amazing and fun film to watch. Fantastic animation and voice acting.

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ミニオンが可愛いです。ミニオンの他の作品のDVDは持ってるのに月泥棒だけ持ってなかったので購入しました。映画館でみて以来で久しぶりに見て楽しかったです。

Comme toujours, Disney nous permet de visualiser un BD de haute volée.Que cela sois visuelle ou sonore, la qualité est exceptionnel.Reçu toujours dans des délais très court.

Non ho ancora visto il film, di cui però leggo recensioni molto positive. Il mio giudizio perciò lo scrivo su Amazon come venditore di dvd e posso dire: eccezionale.Ultimamente ho acquistato su Amazon una serie di film di animazione in dvd (10-15) quindi posso esprimere un giudizio sulla base di una certa esperienza. In particolare, ho pagato "Cattivissimo me", circa 5,50€... è vero, l'edizione non è deluxe, anzi se il prezzo è così basso significa che l'articolo è costituito solo dalla custodia e dal dvd, ma per il costo 'equivalente di due gelati non ci possiamo lamentare.La spedizione è più che puntuale, nel senso che spesso gli articoli arrivano prima della data prevista. Conclusione: mai visti prezzi così bassi, soprattutto se cercate film non recentissimi (diciamo dal 2012 indietro), che siano Disney, DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox, Sony, ecc. non fa differenza. Quindi, consiglio sicuramente di scegliere Amazon per la propria videoteca.AGGIORNAMENTO 17/02/2014Ho visto il film e devo dire che l'ho trovato molto carino. E' ben lontano dai classici Disney ai quali sono abituato, ma anch'esso si distingue per un'ottima grafica, qualche gag esilarante e buoni sentimenti. Max Giusti, doppiatore di Gru, rende il personaggio simpatico (seppur burbero) già alla prima frase. E' un film da avere nella propria videoteca, e poi a questo prezzo...

So many of the recent animated films are formulaic, even if they are somewhat entertaining and the kids like them, and they've all got to see them because their friends have seen them, blah blah blah. I did not see this in the theater, as I was expecting it to be as dull as the others that have come out this year. It didn't help that it was (imho) over-advertised, and the image of the strange little yellow creatures, plus the title, made me suspect it was a reworked Mike Meyers show. Then I saw a few reviews that made me think there could be something more to it and it would be worth watching. I took a chance on it as a Christmas gift for my 8-year-old. I was so pleasantly surprised and amused. The yellow characters (the "minions") have just the right amount of personality and coherence in their strange, chipmunk-inspired silly language, combined with impeccable timing and just the merest hint of the word you think they'll be saying (e.g., when they are sitting on the copying machine giggling together, they are saying something that sounds much funnier yet not QUITE recognizable as "Butt! hahahahahaha!") Gru, the "evil" guy, is a little Mike-Meyerish, and he's predictably "evil-looking," with the predictable (for my generation, anyway) Boris-and-Natasha Russian accent--and, as with many CGI movies out these days, I had a vague sense that I'd seen these characters and scenes before (The Incredibles? Bolt? Who knows? They're all the same!) but the three kids actually seemed relatively real--at least the oldest, Morgan, who seems like a sensible, spunky kid. (With real-looking hair!) They actually make use of the animation in this moview, instead of just doing things in animation that you could probably do in a non-animated film. And, while they do have the obligatory roller-coaster ride (to satisfy the crowd who paid the extra bucks to see it in 3D? Future Universal theme park tie-in?), it is blissfully short-lived. Not like a lot of current movies that waste 10 minutes flying around just because they can induce nausea in those prone to motion sickness, with no corresponding plot support, or any reason at all to be included in the 90-120 minutes of any movie (e.g., Jim Carrey's A Christmas Carol, or How to Train Your Dragon, Avatar, TRON). They have made a couple of new animation advances here, my favorite being the smoke, and the goofiness of Gru's life-long attempts to make something of himself. He's just not that good at his aim to be the world's worst villain. But he's nasty and self-centered, and he's got some really cool toys. With great smoke.The plot is not just a relief. It actually has substance and surprise, plus a few truly unexpected touches! It veers AWAY from the predictable at almost every turn, only heading back in to the predictable in order to poke fun of the standard plot lines, then twist them around again. Steve Carrell and Russell Brandt, who can be irritatingly, stereotypically juvenile/dumb in most of their roles, are exquisitely cast as Gru and his inventor/manager. I felt like they'd finally found their medium! Gru is just cold enough so that the tug-at-your-heartstrings aspect is surprising and sweet rather than cheesy, and the kids just seem kind of normal, which is saying something for the CGI-generated cute-kid thing. Julie Andrews pulls off a believable and ironic Mom to Gru. My 8-yr-old was losing herself in giggles at some of the pranks, and I was torn between laughing out loud and marvelling at what a good job the filmmakers had done, and how much fun they must have had developing the plot and characters. The characters and some fun plot points and minor details will make my obligatory 3rd or 4th viewing of it still enjoyable. Plus, the ending is -- dare I say it without sounding cliche -- heartwarming. But still real and quirky and not too perfect or "awwww"-inspiring. Just sweet enough to put an appreciative smile on any parent's face. It is ultimately about family. I swear. And the imperfections of family.This is NOT a scary movie for most kids, even most of the little ones, because the characters, such as the duplicative minions, the shark-mouthed dog, and even the actual shark, are more ironic than real. And ultimately nothing bad happens. Even the explosions are kind of harmless. I'm not exactly sure why this is rated PG, whereas the much more frightening "Toy Story 3" is rated G. (I confess I enjoyed that movie too, but it's cloyingly sweet and a calculated heartwarmer relative to this movie... plus, even though I love Tom Hanks and his acting abilities, his voice generally doesn't do it for me in any of his animated features. It's just annoying.) Get this movie for your kids. Get it for you and say it's for your kids. Get it for you and plug your kids and their friends in so you can get something done around the house or shut them up on that long drive. Get it if you are obligated to watch movies over and over and over with your young kids. Get it if you are a sarcastic teenager. Or a nerd/geek. Or someone who likes to complain about nerd/geeks (Vector, who for some reason made me think of Steve Jobs, I don't know). Get it if you are tired of the same old, same old, and want to watch asomething a little more inventive. Get it if you love Steve Carell & Russell Brandt, or if you hate them. And of course get it just to hear Julie Andrews. Get it if you don't mind a little potty humor (it's funny, not really vulgar). Get it if you have kids, and know how annoying they can be. Oh, and all the minor characters are fun as well.