I was watching the trailer for the upcoming prequel to Despicable Me, Minions the other night, and I was left with my mouth hanging open in shock. What had me in such a tizzy, you ask? Well, it was a couple things, but mostly it was the end shot of one of the cute little yellow guys in a red thong with his butt hanging out. WHAT!!!?.... HOW!!!??..... WHY!!??? is this even a thing? Seriously, Why? I LOVE the Despicable Me movies and the Minions, and eventhough I had a wee bit of problem with one of the minions in a French maid's costume in one of the earlier movies, it was no where near as eyebrow raising as the red thong. There is also a scene with one of them in hot tub with 2 yellow fire hydrants that appear to be suggest naked women. Come on is it really necessary to have these types of images in a movie that is so heavily marketed towards children? I wondered if I was being overly sensitive, so I showed my sons. They range in age from 25 to 10. They all felt the same way I did. That having the cute, lovable minion in a thong showing his butt was inappropriate. I was instantly sad too, because I really wanted to take my two youngest sons to see the movie because we are HUGE fans. Now I am not so sure I will. I might, but I am not sure, yet. Now, before any of you get all mad and make rude comments or think I am sheltering my children from the world blah, blah, blah, calm down. If my sons still want to go see the movie, I will take them. One, because they are old enough to understand that adults sometimes put weird, unnecessary stuff in "kid's" movies and two, because we openly discuss things that we feel are inappropriate in movies and on television. Sometimes we disagree. But not this time. I am sure we will laugh our heads off at the movie, as we have done at the previous 2. However, I will wince every time something adult comes across the screen and feel sad that movie makers feel this is cute. Have you seen the trailer I am talking about? Well, watch it below and tell me what you think.
I agree 100%. The part about the thong made my jaw drop. They are making more and more "family" films and ahow with completely inappropriate content.
ReplyDeleteI agree 100%. The part about the thong made my jaw drop. They are making more and more "family" films and ahow with completely inappropriate content.
ReplyDeleteThe producer,writer and director ought to know not to use adult humor in a kids flick
ReplyDeleteI just saw it on tv and i am disgusted there is no way my son is watching that. Have u ever looked into wat minions r.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more. I loved the first 2 movies (although I did find the minions to be a bit creepy at some points) but when I saw that trailer, I immediately became disheartened. What I find even more creepy is the adults that defend this kind of content. I would prefer if the minion wasn't wearing underwear at all and it was just his little butt hanging out there because that IS cute and has a childlike innocence about it. But a THONG. There's nothing cute or childlike about a revealing piece of lingerie even if it is on a cartoon character. And the whole thing with the fire hydrants... it's all very inappropriate and children tend to mimic things they see in popular culture. This is why I'm also severely against kids watching Katie Perry and the like. None of this is innocent.
ReplyDeleteYep, same reaction as you.
ReplyDeleteI also was shocked those two specific scenes in the trailer, especially the hot tub scene, that is inappropriate.
ReplyDeleteHey.. In the movie, I believe Scarlet and Herb were making out, because the man who had came in the room and slowly walked away after seeing them..
ReplyDeleteThey don't feel it's cute. They are purposely trying to sexualize young children because for some adults the next best thing to being sexual with an underage child is exposing them to such ideas. That is the sad, perverted bottom line.
ReplyDeleteYou're being too dramatic. What can such little scenes from the movie like this affect children? To wear a thong or hold fire hydrants?
ReplyDeleteI just watched this tonight with my 3 and 6 year old and was wondering if I was crazy for thinking that perhaps that was a cartoon for adults... apparently I'm not alone.. my kids won't be watching that again:)
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