Despicable Me 2 v World War Z

Despicable Me 2

This Monday I got a parking fine on my car. I was late by 20 minutes so I wrote a letter to the county council:

If you don't revoke this chicken shit ticket I will never shop in your town again.

Yours faithfully
Pete Brooker

You would have thought a town like Huntingdon that was pictured on the front cover of Crap Towns 2, would welcome people with open arms to their shanti shithole. I will keep you posted on developments regarding my ticket. So in need of cheering up I saw Despicable Me 2 alone. 

Plot Summary

Gru goes undercover to foil some other mastermind from destroying the universe....or something.

Hilarious.

Geeky trivia from IMDB

Al Pacino was set to play Eduardo and had recorded his lines, but then dropped out of the project, with the studio citing "creative differences". He was replaced by Benjamin Bratt. 

Tomato Meter - 75% (critics)
Tomato Meter - 89% (audience)
Peter Meter - 89%


World War Z

Last night I took a trip down to the local boxing gym. However I struggled to find the right building so went to the cinema again. On my own, again.

Plot Summary

Brad Pitt drops the kids off on a boat and goes traveling. He then bumps into the undead and doesn't swear once. No one swears! I can buy the zombie premise, but you think someone would curse at some point. Not very realistic. 

It's a summer blockbuster that features a global disaster. I was very much looking forward to someone saying 'Wake up the President'. But no one did. In fact 20 minutes in they declare that the president is dead. I was very disappointed. 

Geeky trivia from IMDB

Filming took place in several areas of the UK including Cornwall, England where the UN control room scene was filmed alongside scenes on the Ministry of Defence Primary Casualty Receiving Facility (PCRF), RFA Argus (AS on the flight-deck). Filming also took place in Glasgow, Scotland with the streets made to look like those in Philadelphia with many American cars, trucks, taxis and street signage shipped in from the USA. Also filming took place in Valletta, Malta. 

Tomato Meter - 67% (critics)
Tomato Meter - 75% (audience)
Peter Meter - 84%


Final Verdict


Well it was no Outbreak that's for sure. Now there is a film with a contagious disease AND swearing. Here's a clip of Dustin Hoffman telling Donald Sutherland to go fuck himself.

So WATCH Outbreak and NOT World War Z OR Despicable Me 2.