comedy, 3D, bad boy turns good

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2011)

Megamind is the movie that gave me the most surprises this year. Its story is a combination of The Incredibles and Despicable Me, though the 3D effect is a bit redundant.
What could soothe me most apart from watching an innocent boy growing bad and then turning good again? At first I felt indignant for Megamind as the chance of being adopted by a decent family was snatched by Metro Man, and how he was treated in school saddened my heart too. The choice he was forced to make seemed understandable: if I cannot be the boy with the best behavior, then why not just be the bad boy?
In this film,Megamind is not only a villain, but a human being with heart and feelings. His eyes can speak: how helpless and melancholy he is when Roxanne turned back on him at a rainy night. He was also childish in the way that he got really worried when he found he had no rival to fight with, and therefore decided to extract Metro Man's DNA in order to make a new hero. Obviously Megaman didn't have the evil plan that villains mostly have, say either rule the city or destroy it once and for all. Arguably it was Roxanne and the love inside him that saved his soul.
The movie is full of surprises and light jokes, just thinking about what happened at Metro Man's little secret retreat resort and the comedic performance of Minion. The songs played out of the gigantic cassette player succeeded in making audience laugh out of breath.
I empathized with Megamind so much that after the movie, the thought came to my mind that if it were a sad ending, I would not in the mood for anything joyous in the upcoming several days.