We saw "Despicable Me 2" and it was disappointingly juvenile

[drwex]

The movie is basically OK. I'd give it (barely) 3 out of 5 stars. Some of that is because it doesn't have the novelty factor. The original D.M. was hilarious in part because it was unexpected. Our kids wore their "minion" T shirts this time and we all remembered how good the minions had been when we first met them and didn't know what they would do. This time it's generally predictable and where it isn't predictable it's "funny" at the level of a fart joke. Repeated several times.

If you're 10 or 12 this probably is hilarious; fart jokes generally are, at that age. My suspicion is that because the plot of the movie involves romance for some of the characters they felt they had to put in fart humor to keep the boys interested. That's sad and sexist, imo.

The movie is also sort of lacking in the over-the-top spy gadgetry that made the first one more fun. The original Despicable Me was in the vein of Get Smart/Danger Mouse/Inspector Gadget, which I very much enjoyed and which I missed this time. Having taken out the gadgets they just didn't have anything to replace with, and it shows.

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[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Ah well. We won't be able to afford to go to that list of movies we wanted to see this summer anyway, so I guess it's just as well.

[drwex]

We'd be happy to send you a pack of movie passes if that would be helpful.

That said, a movie with little girls might not be the wisest choice.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Given how much we saw Maggie as Margo, and Alanna as little Agnes, yeah. Whenever we do see it, it's going to be painful. She even got her hair done like Agnes a few times, had taken to quoting the "it's so FLUFFY!" and got a plush unicorn and a pair of plush minions for her birthday.

We're going to have a hole in our hearts for the rest of our lives. Right now we can't even go on to the next Dr. Who (Miles, ever resourceful, has figured out how to use the temporary cheapo laptop to get Netflix and hook up to the TV), because it's apparently about scary nightmare things happening to a kid, and we just can't face it now.

[drwex]

Understandable. The offer is still there, if you'd like.