1.3 A personal Critical response to film "Despicable me"

Despicable me            SuperBad. Superdad.

Steve Carell is brilliant as a cruel mastermind with a mad Russian accent.

Its as big as 5 double Decker buses, an experience that will blow you away not only in 2-D but in eye-Popping 3-D. The Imax a cylinder building in the heart of south bank with a breath taking wonderland inside, it felt like I was in a different world.
On the 15th of October i visited the south bank centre, where i found myself going though a dark tunnel to lead to another world at the end of the tunnel i came across a large cylinder glass building it was defiantly out of this world i just couldn't wait to go inside to explore the wonders inside, even the rumours of the screens being humongous made me really excited about this whole experience and how jam packed the inside was gonna be. As i entered the big glass doors i came aross a red capet which felt really authentic, and classical the whole building inside was round which was really unqiue and different. Then as i entered the room where a ordinary cinema screen was nothing compared to a normal cinema screen it was more then  just big i felt like an ant in the cinema.

Despicable me directed by Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud who created the bug-eyed squirrel scrat in the ice age movies, distributed by universal pictures, and had a budget of $69 million (estimated) created a 2010 American picture venture into 3D animation for universal studios. Released in the USA on July 9, 2010 and watched on the 15^Th of October 2010. A comedy animated film that brings a whole film to life making you laugh out loud. The animated, eye-popping film is a funny, filled with action and suspense, and heart-warming.

When an actor has just hit a career low — as I think Steve Carell did in the desperate Dinner for Schmucks — it’s a relief to see them bounce back with a performance that clicks, in a hit film that really needs their services.

In the gadget-fond super-villain ’toon Despicable Me, he plays a meanie so mean that he’ll fashion balloon animals to console distraught children, only to pop them with a pin and walk off with maniacal satisfaction. What Carell brings to this cruel mastermind, actually the hero, is a mad Russian accent, lugubrious timing, and a general air of knowing exactly what he’s doing — one not wholly shared by the movie around him.

The picture is a first venture into 3D animation for Universal Studios and takes a little while to find its feet. Forget comparisons with Pixar, hardly a fair first-time benchmark; it’s closer to the nimble work of Sony’s guys on the underrated.The inspiration level is quite a bit wobblier than those, and the bombardment of posters featuring Carell’s goofy minions, gurning yellow Tic Tac creatures with goggles and dungarees, has Urgent Happy Meal Strategy written all over it. That said, there are enough weird highlights to propel it along, even when it’s gearing up for the predictable redemption of Carell’s Gru character via a trio of adorable orphan girls.

These tykes are a necessary component of his latest dastardly scheme, which involves a stolen shrink-ray gun, an attempt to make off with the moon, and competition from a geeky rival evildoer called Vector.When Gru is coerced into reading them bedtime stories about finger-puppet kittens, who must be stroked with a small brush and wiggled, Carell’s bad-dad routine finds its driest and funniest groove.


The Cast- Main Characters

Steve Carell- as Gru, the worlds former number one supervillian.

Jason Segel- as Vector the worlds number 1 supervillain and a egotistical nerd.

Russell brand- as Dr. Nefario, Gru’s elderly.
Miranda Cosgrove- as Margo one of the children in the film.
Dana Gaier - as Edith one of the children in the film.
Elsie Fisher- as Agnes one of the children in the film.

Before the film, i watched the trailor which gave me a general inview on how the film was gonna be i was extincted to watch it but i wasn't sure whether i was  excited on the film or just going to the imax. After the film i was really glad i saw it, it was very funny and the fact that it was in eye-popping 3D made it more interesting and fun to watch i would defiantly recommend it to a friend and watch it again it was definitely a family film or just a film to watch with a friend.