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Despicable Me 2
2013 · Film · 98 min
Part of Despicable Me Collection
Directed by Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
AnimationComedyFamilyScience Fiction
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
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It's actually fairly rare for an animated sequel to outperform the original.
https://filmrust.com/2019/02/12/where-lego-2-went-wrong-an-50-movie-analysis-of-the-best-and-worst-times-to-make-an-animated-sequel/
Incredibles 2, Shrek 2, Spongebob 2, and Despicable Me 2 were really the only ones worth making, vs gambling on a new property.
Just checking a few random movies.
Movies I checked that have this disclaimer:
- Despicable Me 2
- Django Unchained
- Inception
- Jurassic World
- James Bond: Spectre
- Avatar (extended cut)
- Spaceballs
Movies I checked that don't have this disclaimer:
- Tangled
It's usually among the very last lines of the end credits, among the statements about dedication to the environment, distance from the tobacco industry, lack of animal abuse etc. If you're not watching the end credits you will never notice it.
Gravity was the first 3D movie I've seen, and I was quite pleased at how little they decided to gratuitously do that.
On the other hand, there are numerous animated films I've seen on DVD in the last few years (Despicable Me 2 being the latest example) that had entire sections that clearly existed for no other reason than to justify the 3D ticket price.
I enjoyed Gravity, the 3D effect occasionally added to the experience and didn't detract much. I wait for the next time 3D really adds to the experience before I do it again, and I'm guessing that will be a long time.
The 3D ads before Gravity started (including Hobbit 2), on the otherhand, were often unwatchable.