Megamind (Will Ferrell) is a super-intelligent alien who — at only eight days old — is sent to Earth by his parents as his home planet is destroyed by a black hole. However, he lands in the Prison for the Criminally Gifted at Metro City, thanks to another infant alien similarly sent from a different planet who eventually becomes a superhero known as Metro Man (Brad Pitt), defender of the fictional Metro City.As a result, whilst Metro Man is a gifted celebrity, Megamind is a neglected outcast, due to his destructive intellect, with his piranha-like sidekick Minion (David Cross) as his only friend. Realizing that he is only gifted in causing trouble, and jealous of all of the attention and praise young Metro Man receives, Megamind becomes a supervillain to rival Metro Man, though he is thwarted on a regular basis.
During one of his many attempts to defeat Metro Man, Megamind kidnaps news reporter Roxanne Ritchi (Tina Fey) and uses her as bait to lure Metro Man into the city observatory where Megamind intends to kill him with a death ray. The plan appears flawed enough for Metro Man to escape, but he proclaims that the inside of the observatory is lined with copper, which he says drains his power. Metro Man is then seemingly killed by the death-ray. Megamind is initially thrilled that he has defeated his archenemy, and he proceeds to live the criminal dream life, taking over town hall and plundering the city. However, he soon grows depressed over the fact that without someone to fight, his life as a supervillain no longer has any purpose.(source)
At first glance the movie’s plot is fairly basic. It’s your typical hero V. villain; hero always wins and always prevents villain from being too villainy. However the movies portrayal of the villain is a nice change, and it does play out differently than many of your comic books.
The overall “comedy factor” of the movie passed, but not with flying colors… more like hovering colors (corny attempt at being creative). The movie is funny, don’t get me wrong, but it isn’t a movie where you’d call up a buddy and be all “DUDE just saw the funniest movie!” It had more giggle scenes then laughing scenes…and yes I said giggle.
The movie’s visuals were very good. The animations and special effects were flawless and worked well to really give you the whole superhero vibe. The building’s in Metro City looked great, and it was almost sad to see so much destroyed by all the reckless Super Humans.
All in all the movie was good. Parents this is a family appropriate movie and for those of you older then 12, it’ll make you laugh too. The voice over actors did a phenomenal job which made the movie fun to watch. Megamind’s random mispronunciation of words has inspired me to say “Holo” (pronounced Hole-oh) when I answer my phone. I enjoyed the movies ending and I’m sure you will too… unless you’re demented.
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