Movie Review: Despicable Me 2

One day a boy was strolling through a place of some kind and he stumbles upon a movie theater.

He checks to see what movies hey have out of curiosity.

When he does he sees that there’s a movie called Despicable Me 2 out.

He nods his head and walks away.

Of course he buys a ticket though because next to the movie it said Original Version.

Rating:  PG

Time: 98 min

Director: Pierre Coffin

Stars: Steve Carrel, Kristen Wiig

In Spain, they do not call Despicable Me, Despicable Me.

I don’t know why but instead they call it a different name that I will now translate into English.

In Spain, Despicable Me is called Gru 2: My Favorite Villain.

So they put the main characters name and also they put my favorite villain.

He’s not even a villain in this movie!!!

In the trailer it obviously shows that he is now working for this top-secret anti-villain league.

Well I can’t really blame them for it though they named the movie when the first one came out when he actually was villain.

But to move on to other stuff I have been looking at other people’s opinions on this film and some say that they like the first one better, and surprisingly some say that they like this one better.

It’s only surprising because most of the time, the original movie is better than the sequel.

I can’t think of any exceptions at the top of my head besides that I liked New Moon better than Twilight even though in the end, they both sucked.

But anyways, let’s get on to the review!

So Gru has stopped being a villain and has turned into the really boring normal person. (He still has his minions though!)

And so an anti-villain league hires him and Kristen Wiig together to find a bad guy and take him/her to JUSTICE!

So what was good in the movie?

Like in the first one, the best things about the entire film are the minions.

In the first one they were so funny and now that the producers see that they put a lot more effort into them.

And it works!

In every single scene that the minions are in they crack you up!

They are so funny and stupid and so unique!

The humor was good I guess.

For kids mostly, but I think that a couple of jokes applied to adults.

The art is getting better and better in every animation film.

I really liked the different character personalities in the film.

They were all great to watch and none made me want to strangle them.

But yeah that’s pretty much it.

So what was bad?

I thought that the kids in the movie were way underused.

In the first movie the kids were the movie.

They made the plot thicker and the humor funnier.

In this movie, they barely do anything!

If they were just removed from the film entirely, to me it wouldn’t have made the slightest difference.

Also I thought that solution to problem at the ending was bad and dull.

It was sort of like… “OH NO THERE’S SOMETHING BAD GOING ON!!! BUT DON’T WORRY! LUCKILY ENOUGH BEFORE ANY OF THIS HAPPENED I CREATED THE SOLUTION! YEAH!!!!!!”

That’s pretty much exactly how it goes.

But not just that though!

I also felt that of the big moments of the movie were done poorly but if I said which I would spoil it, so I won’t.

But all in all, the movie is really fun and if you have little kids than you should definitely bring them to this.

Score=7.0

Movie Review: Fast & Furious 6

So as you know, I am in Spain.
And in Spain, movies that are old for us are new in Spain.
So looking at the movies they had, I found a movie that came out a while back for us but that I had not seen yet.
So here we are, let's review Fast & Furious 6.

Rating: PG-13
Time: 130 min
Director: Justin Lin
Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker

Before we start the review let me just mention that because I saw this movie is Spain I also saw it in Spanish.
What that means is NO English!
But that to me doesn't really matter because the whole movie is nothing but action with a few moments of dialogue.
And also because I know enough Spanish I can review this as best as I can and hopefully that will be good enough.
But I think it will be enough because once again the movie is basically just a whole lot of action.
OH!
And let me just say that in the states, this movie is rated PG-13.
But here in Spain they have a entirely different rating for the movie!
They also have a different rating system but once I tell you what they rated it I bet that you'll understand the difference.
So in the states it's PG-13, but in Spain it's 18.
Translating 18 into an American rating, there this movie is rated R.
R!
SERIOUSLY!
This movie is a straight up PG-13 and nothing else!
But anyways let's get to the review of Fast & Furious 6...
SPANISH VERSION!
Well not exactly because I'm not actually reviewing it in Spanish, but I did see it in Spanish, so the result of my term is-
ANYHOW...
The plot of this movie is that the whole crew is back again to help "The Rock" take down this new and super bad crew!
But they're millionaires, why would they want to do this?
Because Vin Diesel's once dead girlfriend returns back from the dead!
It is surprising that they have this many movies for one franchise.
You can't compare it to Harry Potter though because at least Harry Potter knew how many movies it was going to make before it started making all of them.
This franchise is just going to keep on going until people get bored and stop paying to see it.
So what was good in the movie?
Before I talk about that, let me just mention also that I have not seen the 2nd, 3rd or 4th even though I know what happens.
All I have seen is the 1st, 5th and now the 6th and let me just say the new ones are so much better than the first one!!
That is actually a first for me.
Anyhow, getting into the review, let me mention that this movie is all about the cars and the action.
So if they don't have that, than they don't have anything.
Luckily for them, they do have it!
The movies action is big, loud, explosive and just so much fun!
The special effects are amazing and the action scenes are just so entertaining to watch!
And now I must admit that this movie is one of those rare movies out there that I can't really rate seriously because it's a movie that's made for you to have fun.
I can't say anything about the dialogue, (mostly because I saw the movie in Spanish) but only because this movie was made for you to have fun.
Nothing having to do with the fact that I am in Spain.
And even though the action was unbelievably stupid (but also entertaining) I can't really say that was a bad thing.
Even though it was stupid and could never be pulled off in real life without a country blowing up with it, it was still entertaining so I can not say that as a bad thing.
Actually now that I think about it, there is one bad thing I can say about the movie.
My friend back in my hometown had spoiled a lot of the twists for me. (I HATE YOU!!!!!!)
I am not mad at him for that though.
But anyways, the one twist he did not spoil for me, I unfortunately saw coming.
So the whole movie was totally predictable.
But probably not for you, just for me.
So all in all, this review has been a mixed confusing one so to wrap it all up I'll just say that got to this movie if you want to have a really fun time and not think about anything!
Score=7.0