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Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Film Perfection

Beautiful, moving film.

A lot of fun.

In the first two movies, I really enjoyed the story lines and the interactions between characters but for this movie, the whole twin thing is awkward and not that great of a dynamic. Maybe if it was his Dad instead of a brother? Anyways, after watching this a few times, I'm starting to realize that things just don't add up for various scenes. Where Dru lives, Fredonia, they seem to be known for their pig farms which is a weird concept in general, and then the girls go to a cheese festival in town for a bonding experience. The thing that doesn't add up is that we don't have pig cheese, it's not a thing. I work in a cheese department in a large grocery store and we have cow's, sheep's and goat's milk cheese but no pig milk cheese. Pig's are very difficult to milk so this cheese festival - where did all the milk come from? To make the statement of their cheese obsession even grander is when you see a guy dunking his brie into his coffee when Dru and Gru are running away from the police. Next confusing bit is when they arrive to the festival and Lucy asks the butler what is going, which he answers, but when Lucy tries to distract the girls from the Tipsy Unicorn, she suddenly knows about the traditional dance that's happening. The first couple times I watched it, I didn't really catch that but now that I see these glaring holes, I can't unsee it.

Balthazar Bratt (Trey Parker) had been a child star portraying a lovable villain in the 80s. After losing his job, he decided to become a villain for real. Gru (Steve Carell) and Lucy (Kristen Wiig) stops Bratt from stealing the world's largest diamond. When the AVL change leadership, they get fired. The Minions abandon after Gru refused to revert to villainy. Gru is told that he has twin brother Dru who is a pig tycoon on the island nation of Freedonia. Dru reveals their late father's super villain persona and wants Gru to teach him the ways of a villain.I still like the characters despite this less-than-stellar outing. It's shocking that the movie without credits is no more than 80 minutes. This feels like a rushed job. I even like Bratt. If not for the love of these characters, I would consider this a failure. As a character, Dru holds some interesting promise. For that promise to be realised, he needs to turn evil. In fact, that should be the plot of this movie. Once Dru is introduced, that turn becomes fully expected and it should be executed sooner rather than later. Despite liking Bratt, I would prefer putting him in cold storage and first developing a better story for Dru. This is a misstep in franchise management.

While there are several interesting things going on at a rapid fire rate, there seems to be no real center to this thing. Even in an animated film, we want a story and characters that we recognize. The animation is awesome and I enjoyed the Mean Kid actor and his adult incarnation. I quickly became bored with the minions. They have no soul or interest to me.

Logic - If you like watching movies with consistent logic, or movies that have established rules that they follow or movies that are at least coherent, then skip this movie. This is just a load of nonsense. Yes, there is a plot, but a lot of it makes very little sense. Your disbelief is going to be so suspended, it might break. Plot - See above point. Also, there are a ridiculous number of side plots in this movie. All of them manage to be stupid and unfunny and boring. Characters - The characters in this movie are even more boring and simplistic than ever. They're also even more inconsistent. They keep ignoring everything that has already been established. I feel really bad for the voice actors. I cannot believe that Trey Parker is in this movie. I have no clue how he agreed to be in this nonsense. Animation - The animation keeps getting worse over time. It is so incredibly lazy.This movie is not funny. It is not entertaining. There is no joy to be found here. This is a terrible movie. I really hope they don't make another one. The only good thing about this movie is that its pretty short. The only reason I saw this in theaters was because my mom made me see it with my dumb brother. That theater was pretty full and guess what? NOONE LAUGHED.