Despicable Me & Toy Story 3

Despicable Me...I like!!

Alright. The interesting promo made me gave this movie a go. What is it in this latest animation that is so endearing? Let me see... Gru, his yellow minions, and most adorable, Agnes. So, ok..Gru is a villain. He steals things. He has one mission, and only one ultimate mission....that is to steal the moon. To steal the moon, he needs a weapon called the 'shrink ray', and a big loan from the Bank of Evil to build a space rocket. In his most ambitious plan ever concocted with the goal of committing 'the true crime of the century', even better than the other villain who stole the Pyramid of Giza, he has an army of yellow creatures and a scientist/inventor friend to help him out. However, he is not alone in his conquest, a rival, Vector, is in his way. Then he met 3 little orphan girls; Margo, Edith and Agnes (so cute!!) whom he adopted with something else in mind. However, little did he know that he had acquired more than he bargained for with those girls. He learned something else in the adventure.

To me, this movie is adorably funny and exciting. Just don't expect that you will bounced out of your seat with laughter on the first scene because the story builds itself rather 'gently'. Once you have been introduced with all the characters, you would've understand it all and appreciate the funny moments. My favourite scenes include the scene at the theme park ("It's so fluffy, I'm gonna dieee!!!") and when Gru read the girls bedtime tories... :) . Showing in all major cinemas from 8th July, if you like this 3D feature film with the creative works from the guys behind Ice Age and Horton Hears A Who, this one should be in your movie list.

Now, Toy Story 3 is perhaps the most hilarious and emotional one of the 'trilogy' (assuming that Disney/Pixar is not planning for a fourth installment..). Alright, if the first Toy Story was about Woody and Buzz meeting each other for the first time and competing for the affection of then 6-year-old Andy, and in Toy Story 2 they both had their own mission to settle upon and meeting Jesse ( and Andy was still a kid ), Toy Story 3 is about the toy team battling with their fate as Andy grows up and is going to be in college. Who knows what will Andy do to them....keep them, put them in the attic, give them up for donation or just thrash them out?

Jeez, the story is quite thick to me, full of adventure, not forgetting highly hilarious and funny, and emotionally touching too at the end. Who would've thought that I would be nearly teary-eyed watching an animation movie?! I love the previous two movies but I dare say, this one is the best. Whatever it is, it's worth going to the cinema for it. And there's a whole bunch of positive values that we (not only children) could learn from this movie, especially about friendship. Of course, it's a movie for kids, what else can I expect? But you know, not every kids' show can demonstrate a good value behind the funny lines and graphic animation. Toy Story 3 is a must to see.
 ENJOY! 

Note: Toy Story 3 poster from disney.go.com