Despicable Me Facts

Fur is always a Synonym of fun, isn't it?

’The secret life of pets’ it's the latest try of Illumination Entertainment and Universal Studios in the head of the director Chris Renaud (The Lorax, Despicable me) this time accompanied by Yarrow Cheney to produce a blockbuster that is not related to the Despicable me franchise. Released this 8th of July in the USA, and with a gross of $414 $346.8 million USD, this film answers the question that all pet owners have always asked; What do they do when we leave them alone?. With this premise, the movie captures the attention of the public with the great visual design and characters that the studio has us accustomed to but fails in creating a memorable story.

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The graphics and character are new but something is familiar, the larger part of the story uses the successful formula used in toy story. The premise it's the same, instead of toys we replace it with pets. From a story lover, the script created by the writers Cinco Paul and Ken Dario (Despicable Me), lacks the soul of a great animated movie Like the writer and director of Toy Story Jhon Lasseter described, “It’s about telling great stories with memorable characters that are truly, deeply entertaining for the audience. They’re funny, but they have heart, and they move you. That’s a great animated film” (Lasseter). The movie success in having fun characters but fails in delivering a story that leaves a clear message and touches the audience. Multiple opportunities to bring awareness to the problem with the abandoned pets were wasted; meanwhile, the comments made toward the topic were vague and off timed failing to engage the viewer and leave a message. Despite all of that, there's no doubt that it is a funny movie, even the parents of the children that filled the theater cracked a couple of laughs with the visual gags and references. The one-liners and poop jokes are the life savers in a story that with the new characters is likable, but doesn't earn a place in your DVD

Even with the typical cat and dog cliches that had a couple of cat owners hot-headed; the interesting variety of characters provides a sweet relief and breaks the standards that animated movies usually have. The usually flawless furry friends that we know, were replaced with a catalog that went from atattooed pigs and a weird crocodile . Despite the variety, there’s no discussion that this was a dog movie; however, none of the many canine characters were at the level of appeal that the rabbit Snowballs had . The lunatic leader of the flushed pets turned to be the most charismatic and iconic character despite being the villain; similarly to what Renault did with Gru in despicable me.

The variety of characters allowed the animators to display a great catalog of distinctive personalities. Even with the obvious dog domination, the animation didn't seem boring. In the contrary, each animal portrayed a different personality taking into account the diversity of breeds of the same species that featured in the