Okay fine I'll admit it I'm a big Despicable Me fan and I love minions, don't judge me!I thought both of the first two Despicable Me movies were fantastic and to a lesser extent enjoyed Minions (2015) so logically I was going to enjoy this, but did I?Well it has the same charm, it has the great voice talent, it has a stellar soundtrack and it has minions! What is there to dislike?Well I don't dislike it but truth be told it's not on par with the other movies, I don't know quite what it was but I just wasn't feeling it this time as a lot of the jokes missed their mark, the minions took a backseat and the twin brother aspect of the plot was a tad weak.Regardless Despicable Me 3 is a lot of fun for all the family complete with lots of jokes that the parents will appeciate and a great retro 80's soundtrack. Being a big South Park fan I really appreciated the work put into this by Trey Parker, he's a multi-talented fella as demonstrated here.The franchise still has life in it and hopefully won't be going away anytime soon.BANANA!The Good:Great soundtrackSame ol'charmTrey ParkerThe Bad:Story is weaker than previous filmsThings I Learnt From This Movie:Giant titan mechs can be made by one single person in a matter of daysTrey Parker needs more voice workI want a uni-goat!If she doesn't get fluffy back in the next movie I'm rioting.........awkwardly..........by myself

4/30/18. If you like the earlier movies with these characters and the Minions movie, then you'll probably like this. But, it's not as good as the earlier movies.

The first movie in the series was alright. I'd probably give it a six out of ten. It's not exactly bad, but it's not even close to good either. Second movie started to take risks with dumb ideas that ultimately flopped. Probably a five. That brings us here, to the third installment, which I'd give a three. It could work if done better, but it fails on several accounts. It could probably be worse, but it'd take some effort. The first problem that shows up is the antagonist. He's not right for a few reasons. A Hollywood actor who lost his series when puberty hit. The first problem is, if the series was popular enough, they'd make a sequel series that works with this. Then we cut to him now, and he's a rich super genius who's got technology years ahead of the time, an inconsistent trait through the entire series where the important characters were trying to make profits through criminal means when they had more advanced technology than anyone else that they could patent and sell. We also hear his phrase, taken from his show to be used for laughs, but coming from a grown man, "I've been a bad boy" comes off as creepy and, to some, maybe even lewd for a kids' movie. From here we go on with a generic scene. It's not good, it's not bad, but kids will enjoy it. Then we get to my least favorite type of humor, awkward humor, except it's worse now because Gru is completely naked, hanging by bubble gum, floating in front of a window and trying to lighten the mood. This comes off as nothing but awkward. We then continue on to see our first plot point. Gru and the girl, whose' name I forgot because the characters are bland, get fired by a new owner to the criminal organization despite coming closer than anyone else to saving the the item being stolen. This could be done for some interesting things, but all it does is provide a hollow justification for a moral shift later on that, ultimately, isn't even the cause of the shift. It then goes on to Gru trying to survive without a job even though he has the before mentioned tech, and recieves a letter to meet his brother, Dru. Upon asking his mother about this, we find out that she was cruel to Gru to try and stop him from becoming a villain. The problem with this is that this is a lie, she was just cruel and put him down, there was nothing evil about child Gru. Then we meet Dru, which is a terrible reskin of Gru that doesn't come off as an alternate Gru but rather comes off as a gay stereotype. Except there's nothing else homosexual about him, leaving immediate questions as to what the character is. Then we find out that Gru's family has villainy in its lines, which amounts to nothing. At this point the forgettable tangle of pointless plots, like intelligent girl eating some cheese because her mother thought it was a good idea and getting tangled in a "romance" she doesn't like and cute girl going off to find a unicorn. At some point we reach an infiltration scene with a Gru-Dru sixty-nine thing that's probably supposed to look like Yin and Yang, but would sail over most kids' heads and disturb most mature viewers. We then get into a generic escape scene with a rip-off of Megamind's flying robots in the form of flying dolls, then reach a defiance of logic as the antagonist flies in and catches them disguised as the wife of Gru, apparently having bound and gagged her, made a disguise of her, and stealing the plane all while Gru and Dru escape over the course of a few minutes. Then we get to the climax where the antagonist has a giant doll robot from his TV days, in which he plans to use the diamond he stole to laser the city and use bubble gum to send it into the air. The motivation behind this is unclear. His robot gets foiled by Gru and Dru after some defiance of the established rules with the bubble gum. The movie ends of with Dru, who the entire time has been wimpy, useless, and unlikable, successfully stealing things from Gru so that he can be the new villain, a plot point which makes no sense at all. Gru was bland as always, I can't remember many of the plot points because they went absolutely nowhere, the rest of the characters were simple, and Dru, the biggest new character, was unlikable and useless the entire time, making us agree with Gru and the hate he spews rather than hoping for some sort of apology scene.

This one is probably the best so far. The main character looks a lot like a vilain in the old Spirou and the fast submarines also. The animation is getting even better it is smashing. The comedy is quite funny but not super hilarious. Excellent overall with great ideas. Reminds me of the Zorglub series also.