Despicable Me ThreeDisc BlurayDVD Combo Digital Copy

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Rickie Sarvis says...

I was a bit hesitant to see this movie when it 1st came out but decided to give it a chance. LOVED it! It started off kind of slow but then it was non stop funny and touching from then on out. I saw it in 3D the 1st time and took my oldest daughter to see it Sunday night and I loved it even more!! :)



I rank it right up there with Toy Story 3

I can NOT wait for it to come out on DVD!

Posted on December 8, 2011

Lasandra Cruel says...

Sure, it's fun to see movies like Inception, Predators, The Expendables. I enjoyed all three of those movies I saw. But then again, it's also fun to get a release and go see one of those cute films that is just a nice little fun, clean release. And "Despicable Me" is just that! I did indeed see Toy Story 3 and loved it, but believe it or not, I may have enjoyed this movie just a bit more.



Despicable Me is 90 minutes of pure fun. It's safe for the whole family, and is wacky, out there FUN. Parents will not have to worry about seeing their characters looking at death straight in the eye in an incinerator, or there being rude jokes aplenty, because your kid will love this and so will you. You'll be surprised at how great the characters are, or how quirky and fun the minions can be, and how much you'll be laughing. And to top it all off, this film in 3D has some of the best 3D I've seen!



The film is about Gru, a foreign criminal who is skilled in stealing massive objects. He has stolen many things in a lifetime alone, from the Times Square Jumbotron to the Paris Eiffel Tower. He runs an army of cute yellow minions, and he plans to steal the moon, his greatest crime. However though, a copycat named Vector, who is smarter than him too, has stolen the pyramid of Giza and replaced it with an inflatable one. To add insult to injury, he now has to adopt THREE little girls. As if working too hard wasn't enough? He's gonna have a hard time running those lives!!!



This film has it all. Great humor, cute animation, Good 3D (STAY THROUGH THE END CREDITS!!!), and some good voice acting. If you want some good clean fun, be sure to see this movie!

Posted on December 8, 2011

Jesse Graeber says...

I went to this movie reluctantly, mostly because my ten year old talked me into it.I had only seen the trailers and I was expecting an extended version of Spy vs Spy, which I have never really loved. This movie suprised and delighted me.Far from being a sad 3D version of silly one-upmanship, this movie had a lot of heart, and a lovely message.



I especially enjoyed how the main character struggled with the growth he experiences throughout the movie. We get to see him struggling with the difficulty of giving up his old behavior patterns and goals, even though he clearly sees that he could be happier if he let them go.And the difficulty that Groo's only friend has with the changes he experiences as he lets three little girls into his life, and how his friend tries to prevent him from changing, are a great reminder that sometimes when we make positive changes in our lives the people around us aren't always as supportive as they should be.



My son loved the movie too, although not for quite the same reasons I did.He wants a glass floor shark tank for our living room now.I said I'd think about it.

Posted on December 9, 2011

Harvey Will says...

Okay, first let me be clear. I in no way wanted to go and see this movie. Why did I go? Well that is what you have to do when you have a 10 year old brother and the parents don't want to take him to see it. Anyway, twenty minutes into the movie I started to think that the movie was okay for younger children, because it was quite a silly plot line (the main aim in the plot is that they want to shirink the moon) and was maybe lacking in some emotion. However, I have to admit by the end of the movie I quite enjoyed it, you really get to see Gru (our villian turned dad),on his journey and see the changing emotions he has to go through, not to mention the decisions he has to make. Some of the scenes our quite touching and some of the dialogue is quite humerous.

Now I just want to mention the cast, there is a very good cast including the very funny Steve Carell, Jason Segal, Julie Andrews, Russell Brand leading the cast but of course I have to give credit to the actresses who played the three girls Miranda Cosgrove who was excellent playing the smart older sister, Dana Gaier as the moody teenager and finally there is Elsie Fisher who at about 8 years old is a natural.

So overall I think that this is a great family movie, the kids will enjoy it more but I enjoyed it and I am a 16 year old girl, however i think that it isnt a movie I would watch over and over again but I think children would.

It is definatley worth a watch.

Posted on December 11, 2011

Kori Sibayan says...

this movie had it all.i loved it and so did my wife. so much so we went to see it 2 times good for kids and adults

Posted on December 11, 2011

Edgar Milici says...

I had seen the various teaser trailers for "Despicable Me" and it looked okay, but it was not until I saw the trailer that suddenly introduced three little girls into the mix that I was actually interested in going to catch this in the theater instead of waiting for the DVD.The little yellow minions were certainly cute enough, but it was the whole idea of how the character of Gru, a nefarious villain who is plotting to steal the money, ends up having to take care of those three little girls that got me interested.After all, these are computer animated little girls, which means they have those great big eyes.Well, in turns out, that Gru has hatched up his evil plan to steal the moon because the villain down the street, Vector, has been stealing Gru's thunder (well, actually, Vector stole a pretty big landmark).The three little girls, who live in a local for-profit orphanage, have been going door to door selling cookies.Gru turned them away, but Vector loves cookies, which gives Gru an idea that involves the girls and cookie-robots for this wacky new moon race.



One of the things I found impressive about this movie is that Gru's voice never really sounded like Steve Carell, and the same can be said for Julie Andrews as his mom or Kristen Wiig as Miss Hattie.An animated film where the voices do not conjure up the actual actors and actresses is rather refreshing.But the voices are really secondary to the main strength of the movie, which is that it is pretty much non-stop comic cuteness.I loved the fact that each of the minions has his own name, even if I could not remember the names or really tell any of the minions apart, and it was nice to see that the two-eyed and one-eyed minions all got along with each other in complete and utter minion harmony.This is one of those madcap movies that throws little jokes and gags in at pretty much any opportunity.Meanwhile, the closer Gru gets to his goal of stealing the moon, the more it becomes obvious to us that the bad guy is having his heart stolen.I had my expectations of how it would play out, and all of my guesses turned out to be wrong, and most of what directors Chris Renaud (the Oscar nominated short "No Time For Nuts") and Pierre Coffin (the U.K animated short "Gary's Fall") came up with was better.I laughed and I cried, which is pretty much as good as it gets at the movies.





This was my first movie in digital 3D and to my surprise I survived the experience without having my head blow up like it does when I see totally hand-held camera movies like "Cloverfield."The only downside was going out in the bright sunlight after wearing "dark" glasses for a couple of hours.On the one hand I have nothing specific to which I can compare my digital 3D experience, but it was nice to actual enjoy thinking that objects were about to hit my nose as opposed to seeing a 3D move in 2D like "My Bloody Valentine 3D" and being annoyed anytime a patently obvious 3D gimmick pops up on screen.I guess I find the visual tricks a lot more fun in an animated film than in a horror flick.I might be willing to try a non-animated digital 3D movie next, although those all seem to be CGI dominated films, but I guess that is to be expected.Apparently they can turn anything into digital 3D, but I am not sure if I am ready for the technology to be applied to "Gone with Wind," "Casablanca," and "Citizen Kane," although it cannot possibly be as bad as colorization.Anyhow, I liked the 3D experience way more than I had anticipated and for the rest of you that went gaga over "Avatar" or "Toy Story 3" in 3D, all I can say is that my sense of wonder this time around probably made me bump the rating up higher than I might have if I had seen the movie in 2D, but it was definitely a key part of my wonderful experience today.

Posted on December 14, 2011

Larisa Ozimek says...

My kids & I thoroughly enjoyed this film!I laughed til I cried!Definitely one of the best movies we saw this summer!I can't wait for it to come out on DVD; it's at the top of our Christmas list!

Posted on December 14, 2011

Alfredo Rickner says...

Rest assured if you enjoy laughter and a heartwarming tale this is your film. It's not a deeply philosophical story and may be called simple by some, but what it attempts to do it does well through the use of cleverly written characters, stylized visuals, and a great soundtrack.



The story: May not be the most original premise in the world but is presented in a very fluid manner with original and funny jokes aimed at adults and kids alike. The ending may or may not make you cry happily but odds are to the former no matter whether you're single, married, with kids, or a kid yourself. It's a story that touches anyone with parents. The characters all seemed to posses traits which viewers can identify with someone in their lives, which is very difficult to do and shows good writing (Notable use of a great portrayal of a single dad family).



The Visuals: Stylized and beautiful. The characters all have pronounced physical character, none are the stereotypical "beautiful" person yet even with their pronounced cartoonish traits they all seem very real to the viewer as believable characters with real lives, almost like caricatures of real people left over from a carnival in any random state.Items in the movie do seem to have well-rendered visual textures, and the style of them follows the style of the people. I never noticed any horrible mistakes, everything looked wonderful.



Sound: Pharrel contributes some wonderful songs to the soundtrack that serve to show that children's movies don't have to rely entirely on recycled tunes. They are both fun and very modern sounding. In addition, the movie doe utilize a Bee Gee's disco hit: You Should Be Dancing, and the classic Boogie Fever by the Sylvers. They add the needed back beat to a couple of dance scenes that you will either love or hate, depending on your tastes. :)



The negatives and conclusion: The complaints are few. Some say the story leans too much to the main character Gru's plot, and not enough to his later interactions with the girls. Some complained that use of obvious 3D tricks was so prevalent that it detracted from the plot. I personally didn't think that either of these was a major issue, this movie isn't supposed to be perfect, it's supposed to entertain and touch you emotionally and I felt that it accomplished this well. Just go in expecting a fun time and you'll most likely enjoy yourself. :)

Posted on December 16, 2011

Adelle Longchamps says...

This is the best movie since finding nemo! Even my husband loved this movie! It will keep you laughing through out the whole movie!

Posted on December 16, 2011

Kendra Lenhard says...

While not quite as wondrous or challenging as a Disney/Pixar film, "Despicable Me" is still a lot of fun, able to make audiences laugh without having to sacrifice story or character development. It's also one of the few animated films to not entertain the idea of heroes - it merely distinguishes between evil villains and not-so-evil villains, the latter apparently capable of good deeds despite their propensity for hatching diabolical schemes. Such a person is Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), who looks like a pointy-nosed Fester Addams and speaks in a pseudo-Russian accent so delightfully phony, it only adds to his charm. His goal has always been to become the world's greatest super villain, but as the film progresses, we realize that, underneath it all, he's actually a pretty nice guy.



He certainly has the means to be a criminal mastermind; within his vast secret lair beneath his looming black house, he and the goggled Dr. Nefario (voiced by Russell Brand) have overseen the creation of ray guns that can freeze people and blow things up, vehicles that can drive on surface streets but look serious enough to drill through the Earth's crust, flying machines equipped with every missile known to man, and tiny robots disguised as chocolate chip cookies. The problem is, Gru's notoriety has been overshadowed by rival super villain Vector (voiced by Jason Siegel), who looks like Bill Gates in an orange jumpsuit and lives in an obscenely secured white fortress (surveillance cameras, hundreds of missiles, trick doors, shark-infested moats - the whole nine yards). Hoping to regain his status, Gru plots his greatest heist yet: Stealing the moon.



Of course, it will have to be shrunk to a manageable size, which is why Gru needs Vector's extra special shrink ray. Here enters three orphaned girls - Margo (voiced by Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (voiced by Dana Gaier), and Agnes (voiced by Elsie Fisher) - who get by selling boxes of cookies door to door; Gru adopts them, knowing that they can safely infiltrate Vector's fortress. What begins as a simple plan turns complicated when the girls start behaving like the children they are. They run around. They make noise. They touch things they're not supposed to touch. They always want to be read a story before going to bed. Aside from those things, they actually expect to be raised, a responsibility Gru has avoided after growing up with a sourpuss mother (voiced by Julie Andrews). Does he have it within himself to be a dad and a super villain?



Many animated films have scenes stolen by the antics of their supporting characters. "Despicable Me" is no exception; here, we have Gru's minions, a multitude of yellow ball-shaped one- or two-eyed creatures of unknown origin that speak fast, high-pitched gibberish and are a bit accident prone. You look at one and just can't help but want to punt it across a football field. It would probably be able to take it, judging by the hilarious physical abuse they all endure throughout the film. They're goofy, broad, and given the best sight gags, so naturally, they thoroughly upstage all the other characters every time they appear in a scene. They're even given their own epilogue segments during the end credits, which have little to do with the actual story but deftly take advantage of the film's 3-D effects.



Ah yes, the 3-D, seemingly inescapable these days. It's a process I admittedly have mixed feelings about. Sometimes is works beautifully (Disney's "A Christmas Carol," "Avatar," "Alice in Wonderland"). Sometimes, it's either an unnecessary gimmick ("Clash of the Titans," "My Bloody Valentine 3-D") or a total disaster ("The Last Airbender"). I'm glad to say that it works for "Despicable Me," especially during a scene at a boardwalk amusement park when Gru and the girls ride a roller coaster. There's also the moment when Gru makes an emergency landing in the middle of the street; the point of his shuttlecraft juts out from the screen, which momentarily made me think it would poke out my eye. Still, if you have the choice, go for traditional 2-D. Aside from paying less at the box office, you won't have to bother with the glasses, which can often times be a distraction.



Regardless of the dimension involved, "Despicable Me" is a delightful film - funny, sweet, and a triumph of animation and visual effects. Kids will enjoy it for its bright colors and physical humor, and this will almost certainly include Dr. Nefario's demonstration of a gun that emits a foul-smelling gas: "It was supposed to be a DART gun!" Gru exclaims in frustration. Adults will like it for its subtler touches, like a sign that reads "The Bank of Evil (formerly Lehman Brothers)." Everyone is sure to enjoy its good-natured spirit, especially when it's coupled with scenes of Gru's minions. Mark my words: They will be remembered long after memories of the plot have faded.

Posted on December 22, 2011