When you’re watching a part two of a film, you have to bring to focus the feeling the first part left behind when you were done watching it. It’s that feeling you compare with this one. Well, overall, this movie is a little like the first but with a new adventure. So, if you liked the first one like I did, you’ll certainly like this one. The issue you may have, or what you should have in mind before seeing this movie, is that it doesn’t bring much new to the table and the plot is straightforward.
Despicable Me 2 is a 3D computer-animated family sci-fi crime comedy film
and the sequel to the 2010
animated film Despicable Me, produced by Illumination
Entertainment.
After Gru stole
and returned the moon with the help of his adorable minions and a master plan
that involved him adopting three beautiful girls, I was curious, like anyone
else, to see what life would be like for the once-notable super-villain turned
father.
Despicable Me 2 didn’t
lack the fun that its
predecessor had. The movie now had a new focus since Gru is no longer a
villain—his life was much different, and his new focus became his children. The
whole fun in this movie has a lot to do with Gru dealing with one of his
children facing adolescence, which includes boys. The movie also added a love
interest for Gru: a woman who’s just as crazy as he is.
As easy as the
job looked, Gru made it more complex. He suspected one restaurant owner as the
culprit—not because of proof, but because the restaurant owner’s son had taken
a liking to his daughter. So, Gru wanted both father and son arrested.
But things got
more complicated when Gru noticed that some of his minions had gone missing,
and his partner was also kidnapped. With all this happening and the
responsibility of fatherhood hanging over him, Gru had to find a way to save
his minions and the world from the criminal mastermind.
Fun movie to watch and as I have said, Gru is now a family man, which is heartwarming, but it does remove some of the edge that made him interesting in the first movie, when he was a villain. Also, I felt the romantic subplot with Lucy is underdeveloped, and Gru’s personal struggles, like overprotectiveness toward his daughter, take focus away from the central mission.
The voice
casting for Despicable Me is one that always thrills me. I enjoy the
voice casting very much, and the characters they introduce into the movies are
always extreme—you either find them extremely annoying or very
interesting. Despicable Me 2 is a lot of fun, and I do hope we get to
see a Despicable Me 3 in the near future.
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