Megamind (Will Ferrell) is the super villain of Metro City and has been in constant battle with his arch rival Metro Man (Brad Pitt) who is loved by the people for always foiling Megamind . However when Megamind apparently “kills” Metro Man he is now the criminal kingpin of Metro City. However he realizes that without a Yin to his Yang their is no purpose left for him. To get excitement back in his life he uses a piece of Metro Man's DNA (left from is costume) to turn a lonely cameraman (Jonah Hill) into the new super hero but makes things worse when Megamind must become what he thought he would never become; the hero.
Their are three types of Dreamworks films that come out in the Film Olympics. Gold, Silver and Bronze. In Megamind's case it gets a silver because although the animation and story is good and did feel like its one of those movies that just repeated what other Super hero movie have done. My biggest complaint for this movie is that they ripped off Superman in the opening sequence to the point were even someone who has never seen Superman would know its a parody. I also saw a few references from Batman and Spider-Man however I don't think anyone would really notice or care because it doesn't take a famous scene from their movie.
I would say the animation for Megamind is good but the problem with it is that their really isn't anything new or revelatory in it. Whenever a new animated film comes out I have high expectations that it will do something that has never really been done in animation like Wall-E (2008) or Shrek (2002), but this film uses the theme of super hero's which has already been done with the Incredibles (2004), not that its a bad thing its just I think that this film could have come up with a more original theme to approach its message of rivalry.
In terms of acting for this movie I did find it rather predictable for a Will Ferrell comedy . I did think Will Ferrell was good as Megamind and the best choice for a comedic bumbling villain that is trying to succeed but always fails. In terms of the antagonists I didn't care much for Jonah Hill as the bad guy and thought they should have brought in a more serious actor for his role as super villain yet I did like his transformation to become a villain. Brad Pitt as Metro Man was a bit too card board and typical Superhero image like Superman who is more of a celebrity than a hero and I mean Metro Man not superman. I thought the worst acting came from Tina Fey who I thought was just their to be the Lois Lane to the needed Superman in this movie. David Cross on the other hand I found to be perfect for the good old comedic villains sidekick that everyone loves to hate.
However I would say the story of a villain in desperate need of his rival was a good new story element and the new hero becomes the new villain with the old villain becoming the new hero . Although I didn't like Megamind I do think that the kids that see this will love it because it is primarily a family film and a few of the jokes were funny in it. So if you have kids than I suggest you take them out to see it, they will love it as much as I didn't.
1½/4 Shamrocks
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