Should have stayed as background characters.

Rating: 2/10 (14 August 2019)

Here's the thing, I liked the minion characters when they were introduced in "Despicable Me". They provided some of the comic relief but were generally harmless. But they made such a splash with kids they had a much larger role in the second movie which I felt was too much. Much like Mater, from Pixar's Cars, he was popular with the kids so they gave him a much larger role in the second movie to it's detriment. So it wasn't a surprise that Illumination decided to give the minions their own movie.
The whole thing just feels soulless and corporate. And I admit the only reason I watched it was because I was on a plane and I had either seen or rewatched all the movies I wanted to see and figured it would at least help to pass the time. And it did. But I was not entertained nor did it help with the boredom I find myself in when flying.
The problem with movies like this is they rely too heavily on a character or joke carrying the movie. In this case, it's the minions that need to be minions. They are supposed to follow the strongest and most powerful villain they can find whether it be a dinosaur, Napoleon or the main villain of this movie named Scarlet. And along the way they mess things up in their attempt to be minions to these villains. And that's the movie. Are you laughing yet?
I totally get why they made it. Hollywood isn't interested in making a good movie. They're interested in making money so anything that could net them a profit is then produced. And in Illumination's case it's literally doing whatever they can as cheaply as possible.
Sure their products look good and are popular with the kids but is is asking too much to have a movie that adults can appreciate too?