Minions & Monsters & Mikes & Oscars - A Film Study - Ep 539

Minions & Monsters is the movie we Mikes NEED right now, and therefore, we are proud to do a film study, especially because of how fun this movie was and what a terrific homage it was to film history. NON-SPOILER REVIEW: Reception & Box Office Discussions - 3:11 WHY WE NEED THIS MOVIE SO DESPERATELY - 8:38 A Pierre Coffin & Co-Filmmakers Profile - 10:22 General Thoughts & Rave Reviews - 13:21 Performance Notes & More General Thoughts - 17:50 A Review of the Production Values - 22:17 An Oscar Lens & Overview of the Animated Feature Race - 24:23 SPOILER WARNING - 26:30 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW: A Tribute To Hollywood History ONLY the Minions could pull off - 27:15 The only legitimate complaint Mike1 has - 30:19 The Framing Device & Why these A & B Storylines work so well together - 32:17 Mike1’s Screenwriting Lesson - 39:25 That Ending & Stinger Scenes - 41:14 What’s Next for the Minions & Despicable Me Franchises? - 47:13 Disney vs Illumination Round 2 - 48:53 Box Office Over/Unders for Moana + Minions & Monsters - 50:24 OUTRO: Stay tuned for more 2026 Film Study Episodes on The Invite, The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, etc. We’re also going to enjoy more episodes of Oscar Race Checkpoint including our Top 10 Films of the Year Thus Far + Fall Festival Lineup Announcements. Plus, we’ll soon be diving into to our Summer Series including our Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Rewatch Series and Mid-Year Oscars Report. Aaaand we discuss Obsession and oh by the way our final grades. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar