Megamind

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2010)

Despicable Me was a good alternative computer animated superhero movie, and this was next one to be released, I was a little dubious but I gave it a chance, from director Tom McGrath (Madagascar, Madagascar 2). Basically blue bulbous-headed extraterrestrial Megamind (Will Ferrell) grew up in the world of the bad guys, unable to do anything good, while Metro Man (Brad Pitt) with his super powers grew up to be good, but Megamind made sure if he was going to be bad, he would be the baddest. So Metro City has to put up with Megamind and his schemes to try and take over the city, and Metro Man comes along to save the day, but one day everything changes. After Metro Man claimed his weakness was copper, and an explosion occurs at the observation tower, a skeleton in his costume is thrown out, and it looks like the super villain has finally defeated his enemy. Now with the power to take over the city, Megamind allows everyone to go on like normal until he decides what to do next, but he slowly realises there is no fun to be had and no reason to exist without a hero to stop him. So Megamind decides to put things back to the way they were by inventing his own super hero from the DNA of Metro Man, and he unintentionally passes the powers onto dweeb news cameraman Hal Stewart (Jonah Hill). As he trains the new hero with is newfound super powers, Megamind disguises himself as Bernard (Ben Stiller), friend of new reporter Roxanne Ritchie (Tina Fey), and they continue dating to the point where Megamind is in love with her. Eventually she does find out who she has really been dating, and she doesn't want to see the super villain again, and worse is to come when Hal, aka Tighten has decided, with Roxanne refusing him too, that he is bored of being a hero, and it is more fun to be the villain. So now Megamind, with the help of Roxanne must find a way to stop Tighten before the city is destroyed, and they may have hope when they find out that Metro Man isn't dead after all. In the end, after some explosive fighting and chase sequences, Metro Man does help save the day, but returns to being some regular guy, Tighten goes to jail, and Megamind is praised as the new city hero, with Roxanne by his side. Also starring David Cross as Minion, Justin Theroux as Megamind's Father, Jessica Schulte as Megamind's Mother, Tom McGrath as Lord Scott, Emily Nordwind as Lady Scott and Spider-Man's J.K. Simmons as Warden. The voices are all fine, the references and spoofs of Christopher Reeve's Superman, including Ferrell's impression of Marlon Brando, is amusing, the 3D element isn't too obvious, and there are some good action scenes, it is a likable animated comedy adventure. Very good!