Despicable me. Me? No, no, no, not me.

* Warning !!! May contain spoilers.
Today, took a tiny breather by walking to the cathay near my house to watch 'Despicable me'. As described by Ziwei, it was an entertaining movie, with a great blend of hilarious and touching moments. Hmm... how should I describe the afterthoughts lei? Firstly, it's a story about the extremely kawaii minions. Yes ! They are sooooo cute and sooooo innocent, I'm completely smitten with them. Without them, there will not be so much laughter throughout the cinema and without them, there will not be the touching moments as they are the bridge that brought the Super villian close to his 3 newfound daughters. In fact, it must be said that our lonesome villian, before finding family in the 3 new kids, had actually long found family in these minions. I strongly suspect from how he calls them out by names (even though they really look almost all alike) and asks about their families, that the villian really regards them as more than employees. Secondly, it's a story about how villians can have a childish side about them. Our villian in this case is just an attention-seeking child who wants to prove to his mum that he is capable of great things, and of course also to fulfil his dream of flying to the moon which I bet is also the dream of most children. Albeit his means of doing so is erhem... a bit controversial, but kudos to his determination to fulfil his dream, even though he's broke already. Lastly, it's a story about how the innocence of children can melt the heart of the greatest evil. It's about how blood ties do not really matter because it's the heart that really tells. The best thing about children is that they alawys return you 10 times more than what you have given them. Hence the power and charm. Do not apply this equation to adults though as you will most probably be severely disappointed.
All in all, this is a good movie that I will recommend to whoever who wants to relax a bit, but doesn't want to waste $$$ watching a stupid comedy. Only a small problem though, I wonder what the villian is going to survive on now that he's got no funding from the villian's bank, has turned over a new leaf, and has 3 extra mouths to feed. Hmmm.... food for thought.