Argumentative Essay On Despicable Me 3
There’s no way around it — the Despicable Me movies are rather fun, and no matter what reservations you have on the overload of Minions in pop culture, they’re hard to dislike as well. The third installment, Despicable Me 3 is precisely as fast paced, zany, ridiculous and often hilarious as the first two movies, if you’re in the mood for harmless entertainment you can’t go wrong with this one.
Now that Gru (Steve Carell) has been established in two movies, the makers of Despicable Me 3 don’t really try very hard to give him another big existential crisis. This time Gru is happily married to Lucy (Kristen Wiig) who has turned his life around and made him relinquish his villainous lifestyle. Things take a turn when Gru discovers that he has …show more content…
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Poster of Despicable Me 3. Image via Twitter
If you’re looking for something ‘new’ in the franchise you’ll be disappointed because it’s more of the same. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing because the Despicable Me movies don’t need to reinvent the wheel — the story concept itself is fun enough to alter just a few elements each time and still deliver disposable entertainment. You get Gru in his weird accent doing stupid things, while the Minions are in a mini movie of their own — getting themselves into increasingly silly scenarios. The sibling rivalry between Gru and Dru is funny, as is the cameo by their mother Marlena (voiced by Julie Andrews).
The good thing about these movies is they never stop lobbying grenades of visual flair or fast paced mayhem — there is so much going on in every scene it becomes impossible to stop and complain about anything. Director Pierre Coffin (who also voices the Minions) infuses a ‘so many gags per minute’ approach to keep the kids giggling and the adults chuckling through the short run time. The biggest surprise in the film is the villain Balthazar Bratt (Trey Parker) who is, in many ways, the funniest addition to the franchise to date. Giving away the details of his character would rob you of the fun — so all you need to know is that he’s a bitter man with a mullet and a canceled
Now that Gru (Steve Carell) has been established in two movies, the makers of Despicable Me 3 don’t really try very hard to give him another big existential crisis. This time Gru is happily married to Lucy (Kristen Wiig) who has turned his life around and made him relinquish his villainous lifestyle. Things take a turn when Gru discovers that he has …show more content…
Image via Twitter
Poster of Despicable Me 3. Image via Twitter
If you’re looking for something ‘new’ in the franchise you’ll be disappointed because it’s more of the same. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing because the Despicable Me movies don’t need to reinvent the wheel — the story concept itself is fun enough to alter just a few elements each time and still deliver disposable entertainment. You get Gru in his weird accent doing stupid things, while the Minions are in a mini movie of their own — getting themselves into increasingly silly scenarios. The sibling rivalry between Gru and Dru is funny, as is the cameo by their mother Marlena (voiced by Julie Andrews).
The good thing about these movies is they never stop lobbying grenades of visual flair or fast paced mayhem — there is so much going on in every scene it becomes impossible to stop and complain about anything. Director Pierre Coffin (who also voices the Minions) infuses a ‘so many gags per minute’ approach to keep the kids giggling and the adults chuckling through the short run time. The biggest surprise in the film is the villain Balthazar Bratt (Trey Parker) who is, in many ways, the funniest addition to the franchise to date. Giving away the details of his character would rob you of the fun — so all you need to know is that he’s a bitter man with a mullet and a canceled