![]() ![]() It crystallises a dilemma that DreamWorks Animation has always had - a policy of loading the voice cast with A-listers ultimately burdens the script and the story. Despite this, though, a curious feeling envelopes the film - like it could be even funnier, if only he and the cast were really allowed to let fly. Ferrell delivers solidly, again confirming why he’s one of the best comedic line-readers out there. The upside-down premise delivers the gags thick, fast, and with a healthy success rate. After the initial shock and novelty of being in charge wears off, Megamind finds himself a ying with no yang. All is according to the grand law of comics, until one day the villain actually succeeds. The git becomes Metro Man (Brad Pitt), and the adult Megamind (Will Ferrell) wants only to destroy him. From his opening salvo, our anti-hero explains his uncannily familiar origins - at eight days old, sent to Earth by his parents from their dying galaxy, and the blue, large-craniumed baby grows up in the shadow of a square-jawed, smug git who is universally beloved, can fly, and has life handed to him on a silver platter. It must have been slightly crushing for the Megamind crew to learn of Despicable Me being developed at the same time, but their similarities can be written off as coincidence - Megamind, from its very beginning, is far more interested in playing with the conventions of the genre. Wisely, they enter this very crowded field with a fresh(er) take - the villain’s point of view. All, that is, apart from DreamWorks Animation - until now. No surprise, then, that pretty much every major production house has kept superhero movies in tentpole release dates over the last decade-and-a-half. And when it comes down to the protection of Metro City from a new menace, Megamind is discovering that he might just be a decent guy deep down.Let’s face it, if you’ve seen one superhero story, you’ve pretty much seen them all: alien/regular kid affected by supernatural powers/rich person with access to fantastic gadgets rises to meet regular threats from ne’erdowells, learning lessons about the costs of being a hero. Despite his smarts, Megamind is very awkward and clumsy, and his plans never really seem to take off. However, his intellect has made him arrogant and self-important. As his name suggests, Megamind possesses an incredible mind. Personality… intelligent, bumbling, and egomaniacal. Now, Megamind has to decide whether to play good guy for the first time in his life, and save Metro City. However, when the serum is accidentally injected into Roxanne’s dim witted cameraman, Hal, he begins to wreak havoc around the city. Thanks to the idea from Roxanne, Megamind decides to take some of Metro Man’s DNA and inject it into a new worthy opponent. ![]() ![]() After defeating and killing Metro Man, Megamind finds himself without a rival and thus, without a purpose. What started as a plot to lure Metro Man into his clutches quickly turned into a budding affection for the young reporter, though she doesn’t seem to return his affections.Ĭhallenge… figuring out his destiny. Megamind has lived a lonely existence, but he’s recently had his eyes on reporter Roxanne Ritchi. Megamind has been a precocious inventor ever since he was a small boy, and he likes to spend his days hatching new plans and creating new weapons. Interests… inventing new mischievous gadgets. However, the same day he arrived on Earth as a child was the same day that the good and perfect Metro Man was sent from his planet. With his brilliant intellect, Megamind became the self-proclaimed villain of Metro City. Always picked last in gym class, Megamind remains outcast from the rest of society. Megamind lives in his fortress with only his sidekick Minion for company. The prisoners raised him to become a criminal mastermind. He arrived on Earth when he was just a baby, and crashed into a prison for the criminally gifted. They told him that he was destined for something, but he doesn’t know what exactly. Megamind’s parents sent him out in an escape pod when his planet was destroyed. ![]()
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