The film
Megamind revolves around its brainy, villainous, and hilariously incompetent titular character. From the beginning, it seems like it would just be your typical superhero-supervillain kind of movie, having obvious resemblance to
Superman's story of arrival on Earth. There was even a reporter love interest, Roxanne Ritchie, a la Lois Lane. The only difference is that the focus here is on the bad guy. However, as the story progresses, it veered farther and farther away from the normal superhero plots. First of all, Megamind unexpectedly beats Metro City's seemingly unbeatable protector, Metro Man, and the city was left in his and his sidekick, Minion's, control. It gets much more interesting when all of this tires out Megamind and he goes into some kind of existential crisis, unsatisfied of how his world is now that he's achieved what he thought he wanted. It was brilliantly ironic how, after this, Megamind put everything in his power to undo his achievements and restore his life of unsuccessful attempts to rule over the city. That was where he found purpose in. What is very interesting about the plot of the film is how the villain, Megamind, is humanized in his search for happiness in acceptance after accomplishing what he thought he wanted. The storylines are complicated (Megamind played Bernard to woo the girl Roxanne, Tighten's supposed father to train him as the new hero, and Metro Man at one point) but it's endlessly entertaining that you'll never worry where the story is going. There isn't much emotional punch, but the characters are incredibly fascinating that you are still curious as to how everything would resolve. How can the villain get the girl? How can the villain find acceptance? Will a new hero solve everything? Their stories are wrapped up neatly by the end. The whole film is pure fun, the twists are mostly fresh and original, and the characters have so much depth to them that the watcher is engrossed more and more layers are revealed in every scene.
The film Megamind revolves around its brainy, villainous, and hilariously incompetent titular character. From the beginning, it seems like it would just be your typical superhero-supervillain kind of movie, having obvious resemblance to Superman's story of arrival on Earth. There was even a reporter love interest, Roxanne Ritchie, a la Lois Lane. The only difference is that the focus here is on the bad guy. However, as the story progresses, it veered farther and farther away from the normal superhero plots. First of all, Megamind unexpectedly beats Metro City's seemingly unbeatable protector, Metro Man, and the city was left in his and his sidekick, Minion's, control. It gets much more interesting when all of this tires out Megamind and he goes into some kind of existential crisis, unsatisfied of how his world is now that he's achieved what he thought he wanted. It was brilliantly ironic how, after this, Megamind put everything in his power to undo his achievements and restore his life of unsuccessful attempts to rule over the city. That was where he found purpose in. What is very interesting about the plot of the film is how the villain, Megamind, is humanized in his search for happiness in acceptance after accomplishing what he thought he wanted. The storylines are complicated (Megamind played Bernard to woo the girl Roxanne, Tighten's supposed father to train him as the new hero, and Metro Man at one point) but it's endlessly entertaining that you'll never worry where the story is going. There isn't much emotional punch, but the characters are incredibly fascinating that you are still curious as to how everything would resolve. How can the villain get the girl? How can the villain find acceptance? Will a new hero solve everything? Their stories are wrapped up neatly by the end. The whole film is pure fun, the twists are mostly fresh and original, and the characters have so much depth to them that the watcher is engrossed more and more layers are revealed in every scene.
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