Review | Minions 2: Origin of Gru

Minions 2: Origin of Gru, achieves its goals, and does not try to reinvent the wheel. Which seems to have worked, since the reception to the children's adventure is being great, both in Brazil and in the USA.

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and the franchise My favorite evil reached its fifth film, this time betting on the past of Gru and her adorable yellow servants. The film is practically an origin story, presenting Gru's childhood and his first steps towards villainy. There was some doubt about the film's potential, particularly after the cold reception of the great lightyear, gives Pixar, by the public. Is the director's job Kyle Balda, once again putting the minions in the spotlight, has a chance of being more successful in winning over your target audience?

The plot takes place in the 70s, still in Gru's childhood. The boy already has the ambition to become a supervillain, and he also has the minions as helpers. They help you build your first hideout, test your first weapons, and perform your first villainies. When the opportunity arises to participate in a selective to join the sinister sextet, a group of villains of which he is a fan, replacing precisely Willy Kobra, his biggest idol, the boy is excited about the opportunity. However, he is not approved and, to prove that he can be as evil as they are, he ends up stealing a powerful artifact, which puts him in the crosshairs of this dangerous team.

As should be obvious to everyone, the main objective of the film is entertainment, and it delivers a lot. The feature is loaded with visual jokes full of references to productions of the 70s, from the opening parodying the 007 films, going through the oriental mysticism (with the right to amulets stolen from temples, Chinatown and the Chinese New Year) typical of the time, the learning with a reclusive kung fu master (even culminating with the infamous yellow jumpsuits, popularized by Bruce Lee and remembered by Quentin Tarantino in Kill Bill), the journey through the American Midwest on a Harley Davidson motorcycle, and culminating in the character designs and the soundtrack, there are profuse references to the time in which the plot takes place.

The Brazilian dubbing is impeccable, with the voice of Leandro Hassum well modulated to look like a more youthful Gru (in the original dub played by Steve Carell). One aspect, however, that may have been misused in the original dub, is the fact that we have big stars (such as Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo and Lucy Lawless) giving voices to virtually speechless characters.

Some translations, however, can be a little uncomfortable for those who speak the English language (which does not include the majority of the target audience), such as calling the villainous group vicious 6 in sinister sextet (making them namesakes of a group of enemies of the Spider man). In addition, some puns are also lost in translation (such as the name of the Sister Chako, Nun Chako in the original), but there is little to be done in these cases.

The plot is simple and fast, as appropriate for children. Kyle Balda neatly tries to deliver a story that can be readily digested, properly enriched with lots of fun and jokes, without worrying about tying all the stitches, which is unnecessary for the purpose of the film. The characters Kevin, Stuart, Bob and Otto maintains the adorable content expected from minions and has just the right amount of fun. But Gru is definitely the main character.

At the end, Minions 2: The Origin of Gru, achieves its goals, and does not try to reinvent the wheel. Which seems to have worked, since the reception to the children's adventure is being great, both in Brazil and in the USA. The film is being shown all over Brazil.

By: Wallace William

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