10 2015 Movies That Are Destined To Disappoint You

5. Minions

F**king Minions. 2010 saw two animated movies that dealt with a supervillain finding their heart. One managed to provide an interesting take on the superhero genre that made up for its lack of originality with charm. The other featured a bunch of yellow gibberish-spouters. And for some reason that meant Despicable Me was a hit and Megamind was swiftly forgotten. There's nothing innately wrong with the Minions, Gru's little yellow henchmen, but the way they've become their own merchandising brand, leading to a plethora of imitators (the kids in Brave, the animals in The Lorax, the octopi and the transformed penguins in Penguins Of Madagascar) all seems a little over-the-top. Whatever the enduring appeal (is the joke really just they're a bit silly?), it's worked - they're getting their own spin-off in 2015. Moved from Winter 2014 to a prime July 2015 spot, there's clearly high hopes on behalf of Universal that this'll be one of the summer's biggest hits. Now come on. Even if you like the Minions (how?), there's no reason to expect a movie where they're the entire focus to work - they're funny asides and likely unable to carry a proper plot. Never has an animated spin-off that puts an in situ interesting character in their own adventure (Penguins, Puss In Boots) made you do anything but long for the wider cast. It'll make truck-loads at the box office (the Minions-heavy Despicable Me 2 almost passed a billion), but that doesn't mean it'll be any way an enjoyable waste of money. F**king Minions.