Megamind Review

By: Robert Acosta

Cast:
Will Ferrell as Megamind
Tina Fey as Roxanne Ritchi
Jonah Hill as Tighten
Brad Pitt as Metroman

Plot: After many failed attempts of defeating his Superhero nemesis Metroman, Megamind finally rids of him. He gets bored and must create a new Superhero to fill the void that he has left both in his life and in Metro city.

Review: Initially, you're going to hear that Megamind is a mix of the movies The Incredibles and Despicable Me. Both of those films were tremendous for the animation department of movies and while Megamind shows some similarities of those movies, it's not exactly the great blend of those movies.

Megamind follows the villain, Megamind, as he introduces himself and his rivalry with Metroman. He allegedly defeats Megamind and has the city all to himself. He soon realizes that he needed Metroman almost as much as the citizens of the city did, he was incomplete without him. So, he creates a new superhero and that plan, like all of his plans, backfired.

And so the comedy ensues. Or so it should. Not that it didn't have its funny moments but it was more clever than funny. It tried too much to reinvent the wheel if you know what I mean. Not that it would have worked better if it was the typical story but I think it tried too hard to be unique, rather than letting it be what it was. A satiric view of the whole superhero genre.

So in trying too hard to be something it's not, the comedy also becomes forced rather than flowed. It was forced and at times, just plain unfunny. Then at times it showed its silly and funny nature and you think the movie had a chance at being entertaining.

The story is a bit played out. The villain is shown doing exactly what he does best, achieves at something, wants to be the superhero or viewed differently and it all works out in the end. Though in this case it just has to do with superheroes rather than the people featured in drama movies.

Overall, Megamind has its ups and downs, almost evenly. It definitely has its laugh out loud moments and it also has its dull moments. Clever, unfunny, satire, superhero movie. For what it's worth, i'm split and that will be the feeling you leave with.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5