Despicable Me 2

Anyway, moving because as I'm sure you know, the whole family's gone yellow fever over Gru's minions because the hit 2010 animated cartoon film, Desipcable Me, returns but is it any better than the previous installment? It's just one of the things that make me go hmmm...

Despicable Me 2

Gru and his adorable but super funny minions are back and so are the three orphaned girls he's taking care of. In the first installment, Despicable Me is the brainchild of the then-new animation studio Illumination Entertainment which situates it in a world where villainy is the norm. It centers more on aged baddie named Gru (played by former The Office lead actor Steve Carell), who wants to steal the moon in order to get his popularity back from his rival villain but when the three orphaned girls showed up, Gru's life never been more harder than imagined.

Today, we're not talking about the first one. Let's talk about the sequel every kid in the block's talking about and while some say that the sequel's going to be better than the first one, I'm not sure what it is. Anyway, for the sequel, Gru, a former super villain, tries to live a normal life with his three little girls while starting his new business selling jams and jellies when suddenly, the Anti-Villain League recruits Gru for a mission: to take down a new enemy threatened for world domination. For a now-hero Gru, he's not alone because he's been paired up with an agent from the Anti-Villain League named Lucy Wilde (played by Kristen Wiig from Bridesmaids).

Now, about that new character Lucy. I'm kinda confused about her...probably because of her ginger hair and...um..hey! Am I...the only one who thinks that Lucy's hairstyle from Despicable Me 2 kinda look like Donna Noble's from The Unicorn and the Wasp episode of Doctor Who?

Anyway, never mind about that but about that film. Although it is a sequel that picks up where the original one lefts off, it's still lack more of the fancies when it comes to the storyline. It feels a bit mediocre than being too despicable for a sequel like that. It doesn't feel more of a sequel but rather like mixing up both the right and wrong ingredients which sometimes, it's tasty while sometimes isn't. No offence but I think the storyline will get me bored right until you get to the best parts and when the best parts kicks in, that's when the true "Despicable Me" science kicks in but that doesn't last for long.

But still, even though it feels a bit too "regular" for a sequel of a 2010 animated family fun film, it's still packs the same goodness from the first part. I still have Gru, the three little girls, and all of the minions that is oh so fun and cute, you just really wish you wanna spend time with those cute, yellowy, minions! HOW CUTE! I just wanna hug one!

So, there we are. Despicable Me 2. Even though the storyline lacks something from the original, it's still one of the best family fun films you and your family can enjoy for the whole summer. "When the world needed a hero, they called a villain." Enjoy it while you can!