I know nothing about it except that memes indicate people like it. I'm usually on board with a DreamWorks or Pixar movie but I'd mentally sorted this one into the 'not for me' category along with Minions for some reason (not intending to compare the two).

[–] Nefara@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago

Yes, the first one is goofy but it did the whole "what would an actually average person do with superhero powers" shtick before it was cool, and managed to make it funny and pretty sweet too.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes, it's a commentary on the way that generational systematic racism and overpolicing negatively impact black youths. And also a deconstruction of incel ideology.

[–] Varven@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes the first one yes definitely just don't watch anything after the first one after the first one it's a cringe fest

[–] logging_strict@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I live for cringe!

Dead Snow I was sad.

Dead Snow II i'm still besides myself. They hit the ball out of the genre!

But if you can't appreciate (good) cringe then the point would be missed

[–] Varven@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I'm not talking about good cringe I'm talking about bad cringe

[–] BadNewsNobody@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

IMHO....fuck yes! It's a funny and clever movie that should've gotten more recognition but was overshadowed by other releases that same year. As a grown man on the edge of 40 it's one of my favorite movies and never fails to get a laugh. Endlessly quotable, lots of clever little jokes and gags that are hilarious when you notice them.

I'd say it's absolutely worth at least one watch and if you like it enough to watch it again you'll definitely notice some things that you didn't the first time around and get a whole new set of laughs.

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How DARE YOU put the sacred name of Megamind equal to those yellow turds.

[–] Kacarott@feddit.de 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, the first despicable me was decent imo. But the abominations which followed...

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I agree with you. Now it feels like they're based their entire studio's identity on those yellow turd and milking it to the bone.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The whole idea was to make money the whole time!!!

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

It's surprisingly funny with a lot of absurdist humor, there's a lot to like, but also not every film is for everyone.