Minions: The Rise of Gru- details, trivia, goofs, random notes (Pt. 5)
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This room had a lot of interesting concept designs; here's a few I could find:
The balls in the background of the final version are moving.
Also lobby concept art below. Not an exhaustive list by the way. For more, I recommend checking out Travis Ruiz's instagram.
Looks like Belle and Jean were almost fully-realised when this was drawn; however, the two villains behind them were scrapped. Handpuppet guy is called Gee-Wiz; he appears in an instruction video for the Minion Blast ride at Universal. Alien guy appears as a figurine in Poppy's treehouse.
You fall down there, you're done for. How is this the bottom floor? There must be something down there, right?
They don't look very convinced. Belle leans over a bit to get a better view.
Jean-Clawed makes this face (😬) when Gru's talking; clearly realisation that he just brought in a kid for interview. I think his look of concern is less for Gru and more for himself. He chews his thumb in worry.
JC glances at Belle as Wild Knuckles is mentioned. She scowls.
If Gru is 11 3/4 in January, his birthday would be around March/April time.
Just this shot. It was at this moment he knew, he fked up. Obviously this whole exchange tells us JC was responsible for sifting through applications and sending out the interview invitations. He looks up in a 'crap' kinda way.
Jean also took over Belle's second-in-command position when WK was usurped as implied by his position at her right. He's literally her right-hand- or rather, right-claw- man.
Gru glances between them here. Random note, these two look super tired throughout this entire scene; like, noticeably so. It's not prominent in other scenes. Didn't get much sleep the night before, it seems.
I really like the detail paid to Jean-Clawed's mechanical claw. It's not just hanging there; it's properly attached via the chestplate and two straps, and has a bunch of sliding buttons as well. That's a level of care I appreciate.
Diddums. Belle seems to be simultaneously talking to both Jean and Gru when she says 'what's wrong with you'.
Jean's startled a little when Belle gets up.
Gru stealing the stone is technically all of their faults. Jean mistaking Gru for a tiny man, Nefario letting him in, and Belle revealing the stone to prove a point and not hiding it away again. And technically all the V6 for betraying WK in the first place.
'Sucking his thumb'- play it off dude, play it off. JC stops and looks a little nervous before glancing at Svengeance and laughing along with the rest.
These two are fun. Nunchuck crosses her fingers through the air as she laughs.
Gru could have shown off a lot of villainy here. The queen's crown, hello? We know he still has it. If he never mentioned his age, they may not have noticed. Or at least, he could have lied about it. Also, did he just not put his age and birth year on his application? But he puts a photo? What are we doing bro.
Wingman knocks Gru to the side.
Gru looks back as Wingman loses control.
V6 are leaning over.
NUNCHUCK'S FACE; best shot, hands down.
JC gets knocked back, Belle remains unphased.
Nunchuck praying here; looks genuinely concerned.
Svengeance looks rogue.
Jean-Clawed thinks this whole thing is hilarious.
Belle looks back at the boys. Nunchuck is conducting them.
Accidentally found this shot, holy hell 😂 seconds before disaster.
Belle gets out of the way in time. The guys are all knocked back; Jean loses his hat in the process. Somewhat hard to hear, JC says 'everybody, pile on!', jumping right up there, while the others attempt to help.
After seeing this post, I realised that I am not alone as an observationist. Today I decided to share my observations on BBJC,enjoy!
They had interacted before this, but I'll put it in the bonus section
During this, Belle was listening to Wild's call, and Jean was alr looking at Belle before this and thus eye contact
During the murder of Wild, they're at each other side and when Belle was mocking Wild, Belle looked back and this causes Jean to back up a bit
After that he laughed and grinned, implementing that he might had enjoyed it
After the death of Wild, we'll notice that The V6 switched places, and yes, they're at each other sides
This is probably the only angst scene between them, Belle is angry at Jean due to him bringing a kid up to this interview. But she just asks him 'what's wrong with you?' and that's it after he replies
Oh, and also this (she might have mocked Jean)
After Wingman jetpack malfunctioned, they wanted to drag him down. In this scene, Jean hugged/supported Belle, implementing that they were very close
They chase down Gru together after Sven, Strong and Nun-Chuck failed, despite Jean being scared, he still goes with her(also, Jean was the only one that held Belle's chain in this movie)
After Gru entered turbo mode, Jean jumped and attempts to stop the bike, teamwork!
After Jean had fallen down, Belle walked quickly to him
Haleigh WILL win veto and Tyler WILL put up JC as a pawn and then everyone WILL vote JC out once he crumbles and explodes on the block and proves to be an annoying ass liability
I can’t believe I really have to sit here and start thinking about which person out of Tyler, Brett, Angela, Kaycee, or JC I’m forced to root for in this season
