Toy Story, Monsters, Inc, Shrek, now Despicable Me
PostedJuly 25, 2010
Bebop
from Garland, Texas
Despicable Me belongs in a list of the best CG animated movies of all time. It's that good. Underpinning the whole affair is a script with so many good jokes, it would have been an entertaining hour to just read it off the page. But once you layer on the wonderful characters complete with the most expressive facial expressions I've seen to date, you really have something. It's very funny, and so engaging the very loud child behind us (during the previews) hardly uttered a sound besides laughing all the way through. They could have gone dark with this theme, but they didn't at all. Our bad guy is at once lovable even before his inevitable and predictable change of heart. This is one we'll buy. What else can I say?
Wall-E was a delight all the way through. Typical Pixar/Disney quality. Amazing graphics. During the city scenes, look away from the action at all the detail in every shot, then remember somebody sat at a workstation and created everything you are seeing. Just wow. The story is a beat-you-about-the-head-and-shoulders environmental message, but the weapon is a foam bat with a feather taped to the end, so you don't mind so much. There are a few very good characters, but nothing like Toy Story, or Nemo. The story itself is just okay, but it is a fun ride the whole family will enjoy. Another hit for Pixar.