Megamind

Plot synopsis:
Megamind is shown falling at the beginning of the film and he explains how. Many years ago, Megamind was a super-intelligent alien who was evacuated from his homeworld as a baby, as was Metro Man; the two later arrive on Earth, falling into the paths of super villainy and superheroism respectively and grow up as rivals fighting to take control over Metro City. Megamind is consistently defeated by Metro Man and is in prison. After using a holographic watch to escape with the aid of Minion, a talking fish with the robotic body of a gorilla, he kidnaps Metro Man's supposed love interest, reporter Roxanne Ritchi and holds her hostage to lure him into a trap. Finding that copper is Metro Man's one weakness, Megamind's plan to obliterate him with a death ray powered by the sun succeeds, and Megamind finally takes over the city.
His joy is short lived though, as without a hero to fight, he finds his life as a villain has become meaningless. He goes to the Metro Man Museum, which was dedicated to him on the day of his death and nearly runs into Roxanne. He uses his holographic watch to disguise himself as the museum's curator Bernard, and she innocently gives him the idea of creating a new superhero to take Metro Man's place.
After creating a formula from Metro Man's DNA, Roxanne intervenes in his plans and he accidentally injects the serum into Hal Stewart, Roxanne's dimwitted cameraman, who has an unrequited crush on her. Under the guise of his "Space Dad", Megamind tries to mold Hal into a superhero named Titan, as it was the only name he could trademark but this was misheard by Hal as "Tighten". Unfortunately, Hal's ambitions are crushed when he sees Roxanne and Megamind as Bernard on a date. However, Megamind's disguise malfunctions during dinner and she rejects him, causing him to lose track of his invisible car which contains the diffuser gun capable of removing Hal's powers.
On the day of their planned battle, Hal doesn't show up and Megamind finds that he has been using his powers for ill-gotten gains and wants to team up with Megamind to take over Metro City. Megamind informs Hal that he tricked him, revealing his Space Dad and Bernard disguises. This enrages Hal, and he tries to destroy Megamind, who activates a failsafe to trap Hal in copper as it was Metro Man's weakness, but that too fails. After he escapes, Megamind pleads with Roxanne for help, and they go to Metro Man's hideout to search for clues to why the copper didn't work. Instead they find Metro Man, still alive; having felt pushed into the life of a superhero, he chose to fake his death (and by extension, his weakness to copper) so he could retire in order to do something that he wanted to do: pursue a career in music. He refuses to help despite the danger, but encourages Megamind that good will always rise up against evil.
Not seeing himself as a hero, Megamind gives up and returns to prison. Meanwhile, Hal kidnaps Roxanne and holds her hostage to call Megamind out of hiding. Megamind begs the Warden to release him to face this threat, inadvertently apologizing for an argument he'd had with Minion earlier that caused the two to separate. Minion reveals himself under the Warden's disguise and the two leave to face Hal together.
At Metro Tower, Hal threatens to send it toppling into the city with Roxanne tied to the roof. Megamind appears and tricks Hal, freeing Roxanne, and the two flee as he throws the tower at them. Roxanne gets away, but Megamind is struck by the tower's antenna and appears near death. Metro Man finally appears and chases Hal away from the scene as Roxanne discovers that the Megamind that saved her was actually Minion, and that Metro Man is actually Megamind in disguise. He successfully intimidates Hal, but accidentally mispronounces the city's name Metro City as 'Metrocity' as Megamind often did, and Hal returns. Finding the invisible car, Megamind grabs the diffuser gun just as Hal hurls him into the sky. To avoid falling to his death, Megamind dehydrates himself and lands in the fountain in front of Hal. He immediately rehydrates; his de-powering gun lands in his hands and he fires it at Hal, removing Hal's powers and returning him to normal. Now hailed as heroes, Megamind and Minion appear at the reopening of Metro Man's museum, now dedicated to Megamind instead, while Metro Man, in disguise within the crowd, silently congratulates his former rival.
In a mid-credits scene Minion is doing the laundry when a re-hydrated Bernard pops out of the washing machine. After chiding Megamind about cleaning out his pockets, he knocks Bernard out with the Forget-Me Stick.

Tags: comedy, cute, feel-good, good versus evil, satire, romantic, entertaining

Review:
Some of the great parts of the movie are present in the first few minutes of the film, where we see how Megamind came to be a villain.
It also enables the rest of the film to explore the development of Megamind's established character and whether he is really stuck with the 'role' he's been given--and it all plays out very well as he discovers the path to one's destiny and identity with his rival Metro Man and his love interest, Roxanne.
Really love to see how people can still come up with good and original stories that still have a happy ending, much like the latest Shrek movie.
Megamind, the big-headed alien always picked the last and took for granted while his rival Metroman was the school popular and the handsome boy who everyone wanted to be his friend are always in a conflict and everyone favoring Metroman, Megamind takes this chance to be a villain and extract revenge upon his rival.Seeing the cast was quite the surprise seeing Will Farrell, Brad Pitt and Tina Fey, while i'm a huge fan of Farrell i went to this movie and it was really good, voice acting is top notch, the comedy stands out and i really liked the soundtrack since most of the songs are old-school.This movie is recommended for everyone you will laugh and Will Farrell will draw smiles on the audience, if you get the chance to see it in 3D then go for it since the action scenes are powerful and breathtaking..
Has high replay value because I've seen this movie countless of times now.The voice acting are all spot on; David Cross, Tina Fey, and most especially Will Ferrell are stand outs.
Like I say, 2010 is the best year for animated movies.The story is like "What will happen if the villain defeated the hero?".
While October sees none, November's first animated film (the second one being "Tangled") is "Megamind", a similar movie to "Despicable Me" but in a Supermanalized version."Megamind" uses concepts from Superman such as a foreign planet is on the way to destruction while one little young of the species is hoped to survive and live in another planet.
The level of the animation seemed quite good and the voice actors are perfectly suited for their roles - Brad Pitt as the superhero Metroman, Tina Fey as the beautiful reporter who keeps getting kidnapped by the evil Megamind voiced by Will Ferrel.
Megamind is a great movie with a very well written storyline and a terrific voice cast.Its very funny and the characters,including the villains,are very likable,certain parts are a clear parody of superhero movies,and each one is very clever and you can tell that these writers are fans.Will Ferrell was perfectly cast as Megamind,this character is unique and wacky,and it is obvious from the moment we hear him speak that no one other than Ferrell could have voiced him.The movies soundtrack is outstanding,each song is very recognizeable and used at correct moments,there are also several twists throughout the movie and for an animated family film,it is very unpredictable.Megamind is a very fun movie and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good comedy or family film.
'MEGAMIND': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five) The second CGI animated blockbuster this year to revolve around a super villain learning to be good (the other being 'DESPICABLE ME', which I watched the same day).
It features a large voice cast of A list actors including Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, David Cross, Ben Stiller (who also served as an executive producer on the film and was originally cast in the title role) and Will Ferrell as 'Megamind' (after both Stiller and Robert Downy, Jr. backed out of the role).The film opens with an 8 day old big headed blue alien boy being sent away from his planet by his parents before it blows up.
They both attend the same school, in Metro City, with equally impressive powers (one's a genius and the other has super strength and flight) but due to the one babies rich upbringing and good looks he grows up to be an idolized superhero named Metro Man (Pitt) and the other (the blue alien) grows up to be a despised mastermind villain known as Megamind.
All i can say is wow.....a beautiful film relating to superman and a satire to current superhero movies.From the beginning i was so engrossed in this movie that i had not being able to,in animated movies,for a long long time.There are comedic scenes......there are emotional scenes...the battles are intense.....basically THIS FILM HAS GOT IT ALL..................and when you think you've seen it all.....there is an OH MY GOD moment at the end......although i will admit that the chick here looks a lot like the chick from MonstersVSaliens............still,I RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE TO EVERYONE..........10/10....enjoy this heartwarming movie......cheers..
But Megamind gets more than he bargained for when his creation comes to life.Though "Megamind, " directed by Todd McGrath, has the distinction of being one of the only family-oriented animated films ever to feature a bad guy as its main character, the movie may be too cerebral and esoteric to completely enthrall children and too undisciplined and gimmicky to appeal all that much to adults.
It is hard to be laugh out loud funny without being offensive or crude these days, but Megamind exceeds with flying colors.Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt have a fierce villain/hero rivalry that escalates quickly.
Add in Jonah Hill as the dorky camera man in love with Tina Fey and you have a hit.The animation is great, the music is wonderful, and the dialogue is the best.
It's similar in style and quality to "Monsters vs Aliens." Voice-acting seems good; Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, Ben Stiller, are all decent.
Jonah Hill Fantabulous, Titan is just a total looney but this movie teaches us to care and love even those who who might not be who you normally like.I could honestly go on forever - this not just a must watch movie, this is a must own !!!Great for for the whole family and entertaining from start to finish -this is a movie for you if you just need a good laugh :).
He is not the most dashing leading man around, but he is one hell of a funny man.This latest feature from DreamWorks Animation is a fine testament to that: The title character's over swollen skull and blue skin makes him one of the most disturbingly ugly animated characters of all time, but like the actor who voices him, he is one hell of a funny creature.We feel for you, Mr. Ferrell, we truly do.When we first meet Megamind, he is falling to his death.
In an unexpected turn of events, Megamind defeats and kills Metro Man. To balance the equation of good versus evil, Megamind creates a new superhero Titan, who eventually becomes a super villain.
Back in 2001, when Shrek was released, the studio DreamWorks Animation loomed to be an authentic rival of Pixar, with the potential of even surpassing it for not being subject to the marketing whims from Disney.However, almost 10 years later, it is clear that Shrek was an exception, because even though DremWorks made a few good movies after Shrek (Shrek 2, Shrek Forever After, Over the Hedge and Kung Fu Panda), I think that most of the films produced by that company range from mediocre to horrible.But the studio keeps trying, by copying formulas and always trusting that the abuse of references to the popular culture will rescue them.Megamind is another bad animation movie from DreamWorks.Despite the solid voice acting, Megamind did not make me laugh even once.The actors make their best to bring the forced and lacking of any spark dialogs to life, and the few commentaries which are barely likable only stress the lack of originality and ingenuity from the pathetic screenplay.Co-screenwriters Alan J.
Schoolcraft and Brent Simons tried to make a tribute to the world of the comics, and the references to the archetypes which abound in the super-hero movies are not absent; however, the simple repetition of clichés is not a synonymous of real humor.In fact, with so many interesting "deconstructions" of heroes and villains (from The Incredibles and Despicable Me to more mature movies such as Defendor and Kick-Ass), Megamind feels redundant and unnecessary...something which could have been ignored if the film had been funny; but well, I already spoke about that.And if you think that this is only the typical reaction from an embittered old man like me, I have to add that the whole cinema was alarmingly silent, even during the most elaborated "comical" sequences.And no, not even a soundtrack full of classic rock was enough to dispel the unlikeable air of corporate committee which is noticeable in every scene of Megamind.On the positive side, the animation is good; however, any visual attribute is immediately forgotten when we face the poor story.I lost the count of all the times I looked to my watch during the "exciting" final battle, because I was desperately waiting for the holy end credits to come.And I was surprised when I checked that the running time of Megamind is only of 95 minutes, because I truly felt that it was near the two hours.In conclusion, Megamind is a disastrous hybrid between Despicable Me and The Incredibles, but without the pleasantness from the first one or the ingenuity from the second one.In other words, Megamind is a badly done copy which came too late and with a boring and insipid screenplay.In summary, another false move from DreamWorks, at least in my humble opinion..
A wonderful little kid friendly animation with superb casting of the voices of Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross and J.K. Simmons.
He keeps kidnapping Roxanne Ritchie, a journalist and keeps challenging Metro Man. Later in the story, Megamind feels the void that the absence of a hero has left in him, and he decides to create another hero to challenge.The movie was funny and the writing was well thought-out.
On the surface, Megamind looks like a spoof of the "superhero genre." But when you actually watch the film, it actually has some pretty well done character development and asks some interesting questions.
The supervillain Megamind finally defeats his nemesis, the superhero Metro Man. But without a hero, he loses all purpose and must find new meaning to his life.Of the animated films in the last ten years, "Megamind" does not seem to get a lot of love.
I also liked the insights into the superhero genre and seeing the caricature hero & villain both evolve in the course of the movie.It did start to get predictable in the last half, to the point where I started guessing lines of dialogue (much to the amazement of my boys) and correctly foresaw plot twists.
Megamind will be fun for both children and adults alike (unlike recent animated films-like Rango- that try too hard to target adults and forget that kids want to have a fun time as well).
This isn't an original or memorable film, but it does manage to entertain and I really had a fun time with the movie.While Megamind (Will Ferrell) is going through a near death experience he tells us the story of his life from the very beginning.
This hero happens to be Titan (Hal), who actually turns into a villain himself instead of saving the city, so now Megamind will be forced to become the hero.The plot has several similarities to many superhero stories, and we might be reminded of other similar animated films such as The Incredibles, but Megamind still works as an entertaining animated film because it has an excellent voice acting cast.
You don't have to remind yourself that you are watching a cartoon like in other movies that try to fool you by making these animated films look real and authentic.
Farrell and Brad who we have never seeing together in a real movie just makes lot of sense in this animation.'Megamind' is a nice family entertainer.
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.
Finding themselves landing on earth, one becomes a city's protector because of the good nurturing done, while the other got the shorter end of the stick landing inside prison, and through a series of misfortune decided that enough's enough, and throws his weight on the other side of the moral spectrum.The film turns the superhero genre on its head, and one of the most obvious spins the storytellers here have a field day with is Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster 's Superman, with Metro Man clearly modelled after the Last Son of Krypton with his do-gooder ways and blessed with similar superpowers of flight, strength and that heat vision, and Megamind that of Lex Luthor, but infused with a lot more comedy which also came courtesy of a fishy sidekick aptly called Minion (David Cross).
That, as well as the usual never judging a book by its cover and the likes of the usual moralistic messages in Alan J Schoolcraft and Brent Simons' story, makes it rather preachy at times.But for comic book and superhero fans, this film probably addresses square on why villains appeal, because they make the heroes look good, and if there should be the disappearance of either side, the entire sense of purpose would probably vanish, and interest waned.
With a host of voice talents such as J.K. Simmons, Justin Theroux and even Ben Stiller at its disposal lending cameo appearances, Megamind has what it takes to entertain, and although I didn't watch this in 3D, none of the scenes witnessed do require that format, other than for a handful of deliberately created ones which I thought Metro Man's flight in the beginning of the film en route to his rescue of Roxanne, will probably take the cake..
As my title suggests ,if you go in expecting Pixar, you will be disappointed , but if you expect another Will Ferrel movie, you will have tons of fun, And it is interesting to watch a Will Ferrel movie in CG and without the adult toilet jokes, you don't see that everyday.This is a kind of movie which can be enjoyed both by adults and kids, it has a decent story , good animation and I liked the supporting cast, it's not great or epic as the Incredibles ,it's just simply funny...
Minion (the always solid David Cross) is an enjoyable foil for Megamind and Metro Man (Brad Pitt) turns out to be a fun twist on the superhero.
Villain Megamind (Will Ferrell) is an alien sent to Earth growing up alongside good guy Metro Man (Brad Pitt).
But Megamind also starts to fall for reporter Lois Lane, I mean Roxanne Ritchie (Tina Fey).Like most Dreamworks films the animation is excellent and the action sequence with its camera movements were exciting.
This is one of the best movies i have ever seen, despite it been animated the story line is awesome and creative, coming out with a brilliant trend to swap the villain, mega-mind in place of the long lost hero, metro-man.
Megamind is a anti-hero type of a movie, with some moments of humour, and excellent voice acting by the impressive cast, along with great animation from the work team.
So he makes a normal human into a superhero,but that fails misrabely when the guy becomes a supervillain himself,and Megamind now must save Metro City!The Voice Acting by Will Ferrell as Megamind is very good, and also along with great voice acting from Brad pitt as Metro man, Jonah Hill as Hal, and Tina Fey as Roxie(who is Megamind's crush).Great work from the animation team, making the movie of Megamind a bit like a parody version of Superman,and also well done by the director Tom McGrath,because its never easy to make a animated movie.Finally,Megamind is a quite enjoyable movie with some moments of humour,and people of all ages will surely enjoy it..
Performance wise, well everyone did a decent job, so I'll give honourable mentions to the voice talents of; Will Ferrell as Megamind, Tina Fey as Roxanne Ritchie, Brad Pitt as Metro Man, Jonah Hill as Hal Stewart/ Titan, David Cross as Minion and Ben Stiller as Bernard.The whole story is told from the point of view of Megamind which makes for an interesting dynamic.
I recently saw Dreamworks animation's Megamind, a film about a failed supervillain who discovers he makes a better good guy than bad guy.
"Megamind" is one of the better animated movies to have made it out of 2010, end of story.
The colors were plenty and splendid and the animation itself was amazing.The cast of voices in the movie was amazing as well, with great names like Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, Justin Cross, Ben Stiller, and more.
I thought that Megamind wasn't going to be a good movie but I was wrong.It was a lot better than I thought.It had several actors in it that I really like.Megamind (played by Will Ferrell)is a really funny character who is the movies villain and despite everything he does he cannot get anywhere.My favorite characters are Metro Man and Megamind.It was a really funny movie and is well worth the money to see it in 3D.The 3D effects are great.It has a great soundtrack.I am going to see this in 2D next time I go to the movies.I want a second serving.Best animated movie of 2010.It had a great plot with a mix of comedy and action.9/10 is my rating.