The minions are back with Gru 4. Despicable Me. The famous children’s saga is back to sweeten the summer for the little ones. And this time they want to do it with new ideas, but with the same humor as always. To do this, they introduced menacing and cruel supervillains and even superheroes. All in order to prolong the life of one of the most successful franchises of the entire 21st century.
A lot has changed since the first part. Gru He already has a whole family. In addition to three little and inseparable girls and the ever-faithful minions, he now has a wife and a new son. But it’s not that simple. He’s joined the good guys, and his job is to stop the world’s worst villains. And that will lead you on the path to Maxim Le Malone of his greatest rivals when he was still a young student. A feud that would come to the surface and cause Gru start a new life incognito to protect your family.
Gru 4. Despicable Me
Illumination embarks on a new and exciting adventure that will delight little ones with its fast pace and always irreverent humor. However, it doesn’t bring anything particularly new to the saga, and many of its ideas don’t come to fruition. Or at least, not as many as initially promised.
True to themselves
The illumination clearly showed the way to go. All previous deliveries worked well. The box office responded, and the children left the cinema happy and smiling. So there was no point in changing the formula in Gru 4. Despicable MeThe film has the same structure as always. Gru His path crosses with a new supervillain with a terrifying plan that will force him into a radical adventure where the fate of the world – this time HIS world – is at stake.
In this regard, the saga has lost much of its originality over the years. The company continues to be very inventive, and there are funny superhero minions who now openly copy Marvel and DC. But the basic principles are the same as always. There is no reason to take risks, since this is a solid and effective foundation. But logically, each passing film feels less fresh than the previous ones. And less emotional, since the connection with its main characters is not as powerful and visceral.
Half of the ideas
Within the bounds of the imagination that the studio has always demonstrated, Gru 4. Despicable Me The aforementioned superhero minions stand out, but so does the great dilemma that the main characters face. To stay safe, they must move to a new city and take on a whole new identity. The premise of all these plots is fascinating, but the film suffers from some flaws.
And even if the ideas are good, they are not fully explored. See Gru transformed into an ideal and optimistic neighbor in the style of Ned Flanders That’s great. But it’s all just four disjointed scenes that don’t really come together to form something cohesive that moves the character through a real arc.
What’s worse is that the challenge of introducing so many characters with so many plots isn’t confusing, but it is tiring. Gru 4. Despicable Me It’s a lot of fun and it’s quick, just an hour and a half. There’s no chance of getting bored. But deep down, it feels like a series of small, unanchored moments that should have more cohesion. There’s no thread structuring its side stories, which end up ostracized without affecting the main story at all.
Less minions
It’s even more painful with minions. Despicable Me 4 puts a lot of emphasis on its great protagonist. And that’s great. But the franchise’s strong point is the cute yellow creatures with the googly eyes. And while they continue to provide the biggest laughs, unfortunately, their presence in this installment is a little more leftover than we’d like. Bean, Kevin And Stuart They remain the main ones, although the tape is responsible even for eliminating the latter, locking it in the machine.
As for the superhero plot, everything here is reduced to something very secondary and unrelated, which again could well not have been in the film and would not have affected the story at all. It relieves moments of greatest tension and helps to saturate the main plot with its eccentricity and madness with oxygen. But it doesn’t go any further and it’s a shame. At least the presence Gru Jr. This partially compensates for the comedy of the film’s key scenes.
Definitely, Gru 4. Despicable Me This becomes a new part of the saga, which does not shine, but does not contradict either. It remains in the mainstream of the previous ones and regains the humorous and adventurous essence, although it loses originality and feeling. A mixture of ideas that could be better developed and connected, but which will certainly entertain the little ones.
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