Megamoot

Rating: 4/10 (6 January 2013)

What makes a hero? Upbringing, genetics or some cosmic mix of fate? As two pods with infants near Earth they collide. One carrying Megamind (Will Ferrell) ends up in a prison facility, where he is consequently raised by the inmates and their perverse sense of right and wrong. The other one, carrying Metro Man (Brad Pitt), lands where Megamind was destined to be before the ill-fated collision: straight into luxury and the loving care of a high-class family. Thus their fates seem to be set from the start with the privileged and indestructible Metro Man destined to be a hero, while Megamind always pigeonholed as the offender, the bad guy, the villain. During another of their countless confrontations, Megamind seemingly destined for an n-teenth defeat, the inexplicable happens, as Metro Man suddenly meets his demise. Thus Megamind has managed the ultimate victory and is left to control Mega City unchallenged. But no challenge, means no fun, so Megamind soon ventures to create himself a new super-foe (while simultaneously falling in love with journalist Roxanne Ritchie (Tina Fey))...
The animation genre has a knack for extremely well-written narratives, possibly due to the immense budgets for creativity, which are necessary for their development. "Megamind" feels well-polished as a nicely wrought satire on the superhero genre with some hearty commentary on the human nature (although lets not get overly philosophical on the impact the movie aims to make). Nonetheless "Megamind" falls foul to high expectations of the genre, lacking a strong backbone of likable characters, instead featuring an extremely irritating and plain unfunny Jonah Hill as Tighten as the ultimate foe. Megamind, Metro Man and Roxanne each have limited appeal with none of the secondary cast captivating interest. Limitedly humorous "Megamind" fails to be truly entice, and as it is above all entertainment, deserves low grades in this regard. Despite some admirable underlying themes, which should be applauded by parents for their significance, the frontal narrative lacks enough inspirational impact to truly linger on the mind.