Can we talk about this adorable motherfucker though
Minion is a masterclass of design.
The first time we see him, he is the definition of ugly cute.
Look at those eyes, those teeth… Our brains get conflicting information but the big smile and the engaging eyes make us settle on “cute.”
And then we see him in his suit.
Again, such a great balance of familiar and alien, grotesque and adorable. He’s now HUMANOID without being the slightest bit HUMAN, you see his biological body as just the head but you can also parse out his suit and just focus on the fish elements thanks to the lighting in the glass dome.
We can SEE how this would be an “evil minion” while also embracing all the good our brains have developed seeing his younger form.
He is the cutest (adult) character in the whole movie, hands down, and yet he really should also be the most terrifying and alien. A lot of this comes from David Cross’s brilliant performance, so much from the insane animation, but also from the meticulous design that constantly challenges us to RECOGNIZE he’s an angler fish from space with terrifying teeth who is obviously 100% carnivore.
Watching Megamind bantering with the Mega Megamind (ie, his “evil” self) in ‘The Button of Doom’ always makes me feel a certain kind of way.
LOOK at this goof xD
“Fancy a slice of Hero Pie?”
“Only if it comes… a la ‘explode’!”
(He’s having the time of his life xD)
“Do you feel the taunting power of my eyebrow?” (also his expression here? Yum…)
“How DARE you brow me!”
He’s TAUNTING the big scary robot! The robot who’s casually chucking CARS at him, for heaven’s sake! xDD
“That’s right, metal face… Follow me to your doom…” (Also, yum again…)
“Prepare for a crushing defeat!”
“Ugh, the old evil me is so annoying!”
“Marco!”
“Polo!”
The dream team indeed ❤
He looks so happy! Even when he’s arguing with himself xP How can you not adore this goofball ^^
Bonus – I have NO idea why Megamind sticks his cute li’l butt in Minion’s face in this scene (neither apparently does Minion xD) but I just about die laughing every time xDD
“I studied art in Florence, that’s why I thought a lot about the meaning of this painting and I thought she’s the perfect woman. So, I talked to myself ‘Why not?’ Why can’t I be Botticelli’s Venus? I can be perfect even with all my imperfections. In the end, all women can represent this figure.”
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