Despicable Me (2010)

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Jan 22 2025 | 00:05:59

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Episode • January 22, 2025 • 00:05:59

Show Notes

Is Gru despicable or devoted? That's a deep question for a shallow man... Or is he?

Orignal Review:

Gru is despicable and a villain, at least in his mind. He’s been in the game a long time and hasn’t really made the impact he dreamt he would. And he’s been trying to gain his mother’s approval since he was a boy. And now with a new breed of villains on the horizon, younger and a bit better at it than Gru, he will have to do something that has never been done before to prove he is the best. With the help of his faithful little minions, he will...(pause for effect)…Steal The Moon! But he’s going to need some help. His idea is simple. Adopting three girls he could get into places he couldn’t before. Using them he will get what he’s always wanted, or will he? We see the relationship between him and the girls start to get in the way of the mission at hand. To be despicable or be good for the first time in his life? Will he able to stay the course and steal the moon and become the greatest supervillain of all time? Will he ever gain his mother’s approval? Well, find out for yourself. The comedic elements between Gru, the minion, and the girls are very fun to watch develop throughout. It has its heartfelt moments and is a fun overall experience you’ll most likely enjoy even if you’re not considered a kid. But kids will love it, that’s for sure.

Notes:

and bless us that while we sleep no bugs will crawl into our ears and lay eggs in our brain, and once the moon is mine the world will give me whatever I want to get it back and I will be the greatest villain of all time that’s what i’m talkin bout, and please bless someone will adopt us soon and the mommy and daddy will be nice and have a pet unicorn amen, anyone come to adopt us while we were out, are these beds made of bombs, Bank of Evil Formerly Lehman Brothers, chilax i’ll just get another loan from the bank they love me, curse you tiny toilet, do you have coconuties, do you really think this is an appropriate place for little kids cause uh it’s its not, don’t let her take us Mr Gru tell her you want to keep us, don’t worry the moon is as good as ours, Evolution of Exposives, first give me the moon then we’ll talk, freeze ray, girls I want you to meet Gru he’s a dentist, girls welcome back to the fortress of vectortude, goodbye recorded message, Great Pyramid of Giza, he is gonna kick your but, he punched my shark, how do you remove them is there a command nonstick spray crowbar, I bet their house is made of gummy bears, I don’t think he’s a dentist, I got the pyramid in my hands, I hate that guy, I have pins and needles I’m sitting on, I like him he’s nice but scary like Santa, I love everything about your plan except you, I said cookie robots not why are you so old, I see you’ve made a list of your personal achievements thank you for that, I was thinking heist is a Tuesday thing, I went to kindergarten I know how the alphabet works, I won’t even mention the Eiffel Tower also from vegas, I’ll stuff you all in the crust, in my eyes you always be one of the greats, it has been disintegrated by definition it cannot be fixed, it poked a hole in my juice box, It was your cousins idea, it’s a mathematical term quantity represented by an arrow with both direction and magnitude, it’s like my tooth that has a cavity that can only be filled with children, It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die, Just so you know you’re never going to be my dad, Knocked over, Kyle these are not treats they are guests, leaving everyone to wonder which one of the worlds villains is responsible for this heinous crime and where will he strike next, Let’s go destroy another game, life is full of disappointments for some people, Margo I will catch and I will never let you go again, Minions assemble, Miss Hatties Home for Girls, mom not cool, moon landing, msnbc, now go clean something of mine, now you’ll think twice before you freeze someone’s head, Oh poop, Okay you got me the dentist thing is more part time, Pop soda, rule number 3 you will not cry or whine or laugh or giggle or sneeze or barf or fart so no annoying sounds alright, so goodnight sleep tight and don’t let the bedbugs bite because there are literally thousands of them oh and there’s probably something in your closet, sorry buddy shows over, squid launcher, SR-6, Swan Lake, The Big Beer 16000 fl oz, The great pyramid of giza has been stolen, the larger the mass of the object the quicker the affects of the shrink ray wear off I call it the Nefario principle, the point is there are a lot of new villains out there younger than you hungrier than you younger than you, The Solar System, these aren’t pajamas it’s a warm up suit, Three Little Kittens, ticket number 072069C, Tim Mark Phil this is very important you have to get the girl a new unicorn toy, top secret research facility East Asia, trust funds a value that stands the test of time, Vector that’s me cause I’m committing crimes with both direction and magnitude oh yeah, we are going to steal pause for affect the moooon, we stole the statue of liberty the small one from los vegas, we stole the timesquare jumbotron, when we got adopted by a bald guy I thought this would be more like Annie, why would he come he gave us up, wouldn’t want to spend the weekend in the box of shame now would we, yes mine is shaped like a dead guy, you got to be pulling on my leg, you’re never gonna get adopted Edith you know that don’t you, you’re too late son NASA isn’t sending the monkeys no more, You’ve been at this for far too long with far too little results, zip it happy meal

Episode Transcript

[00:00:01] You know, life loves to throw us curveballs, and it doesn't make any exception for who you are, what you are, anywhere else in between. [00:00:11] So I am, of course, the deputy of movie deputy reviews, bringing you another interrogation of a very unusual movie. I mean, this movie came out before I even started Movie Deputy. But through the chronological events of the laboratory, the last years, and the more movies that have come out like this, even when this first came out, I'm just going, what in the world are these things? And is this gonna appeal to anybody besides preschool kids? And I have to admit that I was surprisingly impressed at the broad audience that a story such as this would get the attention of. They might be wondering why I bring it up like that. Well, because this is one of those movies that you just have to wonder what they were thinking when they drew these things. It's like they look like little yellow capsules, like little pills with eyes on them. Some have one eye, some have two eyes. I still haven't figured that out yet, but I'm sure you've probably already figured out that I am talking about Minions. Now, what is a minion? Now that. That is hard to explain. It is basically this creature type thing that talks in nonsense, except for a few words, including banana. [00:01:32] That's just. It's silly. But their whole goal in life is to help villains, specifically this one particular villain named Gru. Now, what is so special about Gru? Well, that's something that we learn over time. It's like the first Despicable Me came out in 2010. [00:01:52] And with despicable Me, the score I gave it, I'm gonna just tell you right up front, I actually gave this movie a 6, 6 out of 10 on the deputy scale. And of course it's innocent. I mean, this movie is. Yeah, there's absolutely nothing inappropriate in this movie. I mean, some unusual off color humor, but nothing to the point of being even risque in the least. Like, nothing even close. And the entire comedic element are these minions. Now they are. [00:02:24] They're so cute, they're ugly, if that makes sense. And just kind of a really unusual fashion. It's like, you wonder what they were thinking. Like I said, some of them have one, some have two. Some of them are a bit more intelligent than other ones. And it's just, you're like, okay, what is this supposed to represent? But we've been able to figure that out over the course of movies. I think there's like six or seven out now, especially with the one that read that came out a few months ago. [00:02:53] And so I thought I should probably do these in order of when they came out. So I hope you're ready for this. I'm jumping in with both feet and just going from there. But here is the original review that was on Movie Deputy from the original despicable me in 2010. [00:03:12] GRU is despicable and a villain, at least in his mind. He's been in the game a long time and hasn't really made an impact that he had dreamt that he would. And he's been trying to gain his mother's approval since he was a boy. And now, with a new breed of villains on the horizon, younger and a bit better at it than Gru, he will have to do something that he has never done before to prove he's the best. With the help of his faithful little minions, he will steal the moon. [00:03:49] Yeah, but he's gonna need some help. His idea is simple. He's going to adopt three little girls that he could get into places he couldn't before. Using them, he will get what he's always wanted. Or will he? We see the relationship between him and the girl start to get in the way of the mission at hand to be despicable or be good. For the first time in his life. Will he be able to stay the course and steal the moon and become the greatest supervillain of all time? [00:04:23] Will he finally gain his mother's approval? Well, I guess you're gonna have to find out for yourself. The comedic elements between Gru, the Minions, and the girls are very fun to watch, and it's fun to watch it develop throughout. It has its heartfelt moments, and it is certainly fun as an overall experience. [00:04:44] And surprisingly, you might. I can't talk. That you'll likely enjoy even if you're not considered a kid. But kids will love it, that's for sure. And honestly, the more that I've seen these movies, it's truly for kids of all ages, because I think we all still have a little bit of that goofiness and merriment and everything inside of us. [00:05:05] And I've noticed a couple typos that I had in the original. Error. Original review on that. On the website. And that's embarrassing. As I'm sitting there reading along and I'm catching myself going, that's all, folks. [00:05:20] But that's just part of it. So if you've never seen these movies, this. This one is a good one to start with. It kind of helps you understand the nonsense. You've got to be able to appreciate nonsense type humor. Like the stuff that is just. That is so stupid. It's funny that it's so that it's so ugly, it's cute. It's just that kind of humor that just is really over the top. If that is not something that appeals to you, this probably wouldn't be a movie for you. But if you are a kid at heart, then you will definitely find something in here to enjoy. So I will be back tomorrow with the next in these series, so bear with me and I'll be back soon. Bye.

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