I'm not sure what I expected when I went to see the new Minions movie. What I got wasn't what I signed up for. At best, the movie was fair to okay. I usually walk out of movies hyped about what I've just seen. When I left the Minions movie, I wondered why they bothered to make it. Then I realized what it was: all the really funny parts were in the trailer. Yeah there were "cute" parts but the more it went on, the more I just wondered when it was going to get good.The beginning was funny, but again, most of it was in the trailer and they only expanded some of the scenes rather than adding more. A warning, if you don't like or appreciate the 1960s, or making fun of Britain or British culture, then you won't like this.
I kept wondering why the movie was such a disappointment and what I really expected. I guess I really expected a heist movie, based on the trailer. I expected to see a lot of scenes of them trying to get to the queen's crown in the Tower - as suggested by the trailer - and see lots of the minions at work. That would have been funny. But just having those three as the only minions wasn't as funny as it could have been. Quite frankly, as I watched the little clips in the credits, I thought that train of thought would have made a better movie than what I had just seen.
It really is a shame. I love Despicable Me one and two, and I was really looking forward to this movie, but the plot was blah and they just seemed to do the same jokes over and over (someone can count how many cups of tea each British person drinks). It seemed that they tried to cram so many tropes into the movie, that it just became too much. I usually like Sandra Bullock, but her character was typical and flat. I really wasn't invested in any of the characters except Bob.
If you decide to see it, then don't bother with watching it in 3D. There were only two moments that I can remember that were truly well-utilized by the 3D element and they didn't last more than a couple of seconds each.
While I would welcome another "Despicable Me", I think we need to dispense with the Minion movie idea. They work well as they were intended, but not within their own movie.
