Super-Friendly Humor In Ken Daurio's Despicable Me

The most dark, evil, and twisted individual does not always stay the “bad guy” and can sometimes have a heart of gold deep down inside. It has been proven by character, Felonius Gru in the movie Despicable Me. It is an American 3-D animated children’s movie released in July 2010 (Whitlock, 2013). In the film, Gru is portrayed as a selfish villain focused on taking fun and happiness out of everyone’s lives. Against his mother’s wishes, his childhood dream has been to steal the moon. With the help of Gru’s yellow minion workers, high-tech gadgets and vehicles nothing will stand in his way of accomplishing the most heinous crime ever, including another villain. During a moment of defeat, Gru adopts three orphaned girls to bring down the defense of his opponent. While using them for self-gain, the girls tug at Gru’s

     When it comes to the editing, Figgis mainly used cutting to continuity to preserve the fluidity of most events without the necessity to show them all. The director also uses flash-forwards a few times to give you an idea about the destiny of Sera, which is shown when she reflects about her encounter with Ben to an invisible therapist. Figgis also shot the movie using Super 16mm film to give it a tense, documentary feel. The music is also very unique because the jazzy soundtrack isn’t the usual music in a movie with such an emotional and dramatic plot. The actors have a great impact on the success of this movie because the extremely difficult roles were played by excellent actor stars. The story is done very well because it starts off showing us the situation of the two main characters as they are and as the will be throughout

      From the very first paragraph of the narrative, I noticed that there were several details that the narrator mentioned that required further, deeper thought. For me, this is what made the story appealing.

Bananas. The one item every minion wants. These adorable, yellow, Tic Tac-like creatures depicted in the hit movies Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, and Minions work hard and don’t expect much in return.Their work ethic has received praise from esteemed figures such as Barack Obama, who says that “minions stand for every ideal that America was built on” (Kevin 53). The problem is that minions only work for villains with nefarious plans of taking over the world. In American society, studies found that “99% of the people feel like henchmen to the biggest companies in all sectors of society, from Walmart to Wall Street” (Bob 17). The relationship between the minions and villains bears many similarities to the modern economic and political system of America. The Despicable Me movie franchise is a comprehensive representation of capitalism in America.

Overall I found the movie to be quite interesting and exciting at times but a bit slow in others. The story itself was very clear to me and didn’t cause any confusion. It had a good flow also, just as you were on the verge of falling into boredom with a scene they switched it up on you to keep you

Satirical Elements Behind Mean Girls Mean Girls, a movie released in 2004 and written by Tina Fey, uses a array of satirical devices to makes her audience convulse with laughter, but also to poke fun at the stereotypical cliques associated with high school students. Some people worship Mean Girls as the end all be all for accurate representations of high school, but it is, indeed, a satire that utilizes lampoon and caricature to emphasize the ridiculousness of the drama stemming from the popularity hierarchy present in many high schools. While the movie attempts to point out the flaws in how seriously our culture takes high school drama and popularity, Fey successfully creates a Horatian satire with the persona being the naïf, Cady Heron.

Satirical comedy is a form of aggressive humor that attacks its target from a sense of outrage and with hope of some reform. In contrast, transgressive humor has no such moral desire. Transgressive humor does not expect or desire change and is childish in nature. Though not in its nature, transgressive humor does have the ability to playfully criticize ignorance, prejudice or stereotypes. Such is the case in the most successful, transgressive comedy based show to date, South Park. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park is a half-hour show, purposefully animated poorly, and focuses on the adventures of four nine-year old boys in a small, redneck mountain town. The boys, Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny, constantly abuse each other, invoking racist and

The story-line was very good, but it was not the same as the book. The director made a good choice with having the intro be with the girl in the red dress because if they did that in the middle of the movie as a flashback, then that would have made it confusing for the audience. This choice was good and even better than the book because it made the story-line easier to understand.

The script contains likable characters, some genuinely amusing moments, and sends a message about learning to appreciate and respect others, as well as learning to be grateful for the life one has.

Several of the minor characters spoken dialogue is mixed poorly, each carrying with it a static that at the worst of time obfuscates what's spoken - sometimes I even doubt the performer spoke through a pop-filter when delivering lines. While the protagonists voice-acting is adequate, some of the performances by supporting characters leaves a lot to be desired. At times, there are some inexplicable discrepancies between what is actually spoken and the written captions as well, ranging from the changing of a word to the omission of entire sentences. This, in conjunction with the poor audio mixing, at times shatter immersion. While I was disappointed with the quality of the voice-acting, the soundtrack fares a lot better. Each scene is devoted an appropriately sounding track, ranging from muted, sinister piano loops captioning tense moments, to more drum-heavy synth-rock numbers for the exploratory portions - the soundtrack knows its

The movie Despicable Me directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud was released in 2010. The movie is about an evil villain named Gru, who is the protagonist. Gru comes up with a wicked plan to steal the moon. To succeed in his plan, he needs the help of three little girls who he adopts. These three little girls turn his world upside down, showing him he can be a loving father. These girls change his heart. Coffin and Renaud have used film and narrative techniques to illustrate the theme that good can overpower evil. They also explore the themes, anyone’s heart can be changed by love and how important it is to have a loving family. The directors present these themes through the characters and events of the film.

The film was engaging and thoroughly executed. The actors suited their roles, and played well. The theme in the film was educational and intriguing. Apart from some small flaws, the film was enjoyable. The circumstances around the film, as poor oxygen in the classroom and darkness, made it a little tiresome to watch, and therefore, the film seemed stretched out. In reflection, that impression was misplaced.

Manbearpig: Half Man, Half Bear, Half Pig, but All Global Warming? South Park is a popular animated comedy series written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. While the episodes of South Park are always humorous on the surface, each show usually has a deeper, much more profound meaning and moral. One episode of South Park entitled Manbearpig, named after the monster in the episode, has a particularly potent deeper meaning. On the surface, the episode pokes fun at monster stories, politics, and specifically Al Gore. Deeper down, however, this monster story can be read as a national allegory alluding to the dangers of global warming, the problems with the politics behind global warming, and the eventual doom we will all face

BARRY HUMPHRIES narrates and he does it beautifully. The animation perfectly suits the story, it was five years in the making and it’s worth every minute.

FILM CRITIC Heaven help the unsuspecting families who wander into "Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights" expecting a jolly animated holiday funfest. The holidays aren't very cheerful in Sandlerville, which is why the PG-13 rating mentions "frequent and crude sexual humor." The MPAA doesn't mention it, but there's also a lot of scatological humor in the film, in keeping with Sandler's inexplicable fascination with defecation, flatulence and bodily fluids.