Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Minions (2015)


"Before Gru, they had a history of bad bosses"


Directed by Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
Produced by Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
Written by Brian Lynch
Starring: Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan
Narrated by Geoffrey Rush
Music by Heitor Pereira
Edited by Claire Dodgson
Production company: Illumination Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: 10 July 2015 (United States)
Running time: 91 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $74 million
Box office: $1.215 billion



"Minions" is an animated family comedy film, and a prequel/spin-off to the Despicable Me franchise. It tells the story of three Minions who before working for Gru have been hired by Scarlet Overkill to help her to take over the world.


Cast
  • Pierre Coffin as Kevin, Stuart, Bob and the Minions
  • Sandra Bullock as Scarlet Overkill
  • Jon Hamm as Herb Overkill
  • Michael Keaton as Walter Nelson
  • Allison Janney as Madge Nelson
  • Steve Coogan as Professor Flux and a tower guard
  • Geoffrey Rush as the Narrator
  • Jennifer Saunders as Queen Elizabeth II
  • Hiroyuki Sanada as a sumo wrestler
  • Steve Carell as young Gru


Who can disclaim that the Minions are sweet and lovely? So I went to cinema just to see these cute creatures. And you know what? I was surprised how much violence that animated film contained. Probably all those deaths and rudeness there were to emphasise Minions' kindness but I didn't appreciate it.


Advantages
  • The Minions 
  • Music

Disadvantages
  • Too much violence for the animated film
  • Scarlet Overkill is too villainous

Strangenesses
  • Why Queen Elizabeth II seems so... ridiculous?

Clue Moments
  • Meeting with the Nelsons
  • Meeting with Scarlet
  • Stealing the crown


It's interesting that existed les Mignons (from mignon, French for "the darlings" or "the dainty ones") That was a term used by polemicists in the toxic atmosphere of the French Wars of Religion and taken up by the people of Paris, to designate the favourites of Henry III of France, from his return from Poland to reign in France in 1574, to his assassination in 1589, a disastrous end to which the perception of effeminate weakness contributed. 


Soundtracks
  1. Donovan - Mellow Yellow
  2. Doors - Break on Through (To the Other Side)
  3. Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance (March No. 1)
  4. Edwin Astley - Main Theme from 'The Saint'
  5. Galt MacDermot - Hair
  6. Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield - Bewitched
  7. John Lennon, Paul Mccartney - Revolution
  8. Paul Mccartney, John Lennon - Love Me Do
  9. Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
  10. Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
  11. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Auld Lang Syne
  12. Saint Petersburg Radio - Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67. Allegro
  13. Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man
  14. The Beatles - Got to Get You Into My Life
  15. The Box Tops - The Letter
  16. The Dubliners - Rocky Road to Dublin
  17. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
  18. The Monkees - (Theme From) the Monkees
  19. The Turtles - Happy Together
  20. The Who - My generation
  21. Van Halen - Eruption


Quotataions
* * *
Scarlett Overkill: DO you know who this is?
[points at a British Royal portrait]
Kevin the Minion: Uh... la cucaracha?
Scarlett Overkill: This is Queen Elizabeth! And I really, really, really want her crown!
* * *
Scarlett Overkill: Work for me, and all this will be yours: respect, power...
Stuart the Minion: Banana!
Scarlett Overkill: ...Banana!
* * *
Herb Overkill: Woah! These guys are pumped!
Scarlett Overkill: Maybe, I'll settle them down with a bedtime story.
Bob the Minion: Bedtime story?
Scarlett Overkill: Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. The pigs encountered a big, bad wolf, who hired the three pigs to come work for her. One day, the pigs did something very stupid, so the wolf huffed, and puffed and she BLEW THEM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH! The end.
* * *
Scarlett Overkill: Doesn't it feel so good to be bad?
* * *
Queen Elizabeth II: [beats up Bob] Gentlemen do not steal ladies' crowns!
* * *
You may see the trailer here.


Plot: 6/10
Entertainment: 6/10
Animation: 7/10
Originality: 6/10
Music and Sound: 7/10

6/10

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