Clearly cashing in on the Minion craze

Rating: 4/10 (14 July 2015)

The movie starts out with the minions trying to find their perfect evil master- something the preview has already shown us...Except this lasts for about 20 minutes before the movie actually gets going to the "plot".
Second thing i didn't like was that the antagonist wants the queen's crown, to be respected and rule the land- OK thats fine and all, but she has all these cool weapons, can fly, has armor, but yet she holds a contest for all the villains to get it for her instead because...I'm not sure why. Supposedly she's the most notorious villain there is. Instead she comes off as a very bland, one dimensional character and while i enjoy Sandra Bullock's films she does absolutely nothing to bring any life to this character at all. She clearly shouldn't have been cast for the role- or any other voice work- in my opinion.
Secondly, while i do like the music in the film (classic rock), it just seems shoehorned in to cater to the parents/grandparents and for only that reason. There's also a reference to the Beatles which was just embarrassing and eye rolling to say the least.
Finally, the antagonist can get smashed by a rather large chandelier, smashed into buildings, and blown up...but cannot withstand...ice??!! Yup...ice. Seems like the writers needed something to tack on at the end that would tie directly to the first Despicable Me film, (this IS a prequel after all), and so they chose ice. Its not even a big, heaping pile of ice either.
On top of that kids in the theater weren't laughing all that much (at the scenes that were clearly made FOR kids to laugh). However most people clapped at the end of the film. Whether its because it was a movie they enjoyed or just glad it was over is debatable.
4/10