![]() ![]() Megamind moves like an 1980s heavy metal rock-star. The film is unique in that it positions us to sympathise with villainy and explicitly shows how abuse is oft internalised and then redirected. Late in the picture another character, a socially and sexually rejected kid who is abused by both our hero and villain, himself becomes a violent super villain. Meanwhile, most of the film charters how crime and law, superhero and super-villain, all function as a kind of self-sustaining feedback loop. Metro Man is himself a giant egotistical jerk whose craving for power is a result of his own abusive, absent parents. Here the villain, Megamind, is shown to be a byproduct of both the city which ostracises him and the "good guys" who bully him. "Megamind" is also a bit deeper than your typical superhero flick. The wild, ego-maniacal, unbridled jouissance of it all. Megamind understands the showmanship of villainy. The guy struts about like a cocksure peacock, smoke machines, Black Sabbath, AC/DC and strobe lighting forever heralding his oncoming awesomeness. Megamind, meanwhile, is your classic superhero villain, only fifty times cooler and a hundred times more slick. Metro Man is played by Brad Pitt, his character a suave, debonair and hilariously cheesy ode to all things manly. "Megamind" stars Will Ferrell as "Megamind", a super-villain who delights in his daily feuds with local superhero Metro Man. I love this film, and I encourage anyone who doubted its genius, to give it another try. In the end, I feel we don't deserve a film like Megamind, but neverless we got it and it came with flair to spare. ![]() The soundtrack is fabulously done by veteran composer Hans Zimmer, and the script is incredibly sharp, with so many moments looking back upon that were truly ahead of its time. The animation is fantastic and the voice work is tremendously on point, Will Ferrell (as he does with so many of his characters) brings so much life to Megamind- in a performance you will truly never forget. ![]() The film has such a great character with Megamind, who isn't just a bad guy, but someone who turns to bad to find a purpose- to feel fit in the world around him, even if it means being feared. The film was largely overshadowed at the time by its animated competeter, Despicable Me which was a delightful surprise, but in my opinion no where near as close as smart and funny as this film. Yes it relies on the Clark Kent vs Lex Luthor type of formula, as really most superhero films do, but it took a chance with its ambitious ideas and made it work so well, you can't help but forgive it. Megamind is easily one of my favorite, and one of their most underrated films to date. I have been a fan of Dreamworks Animation for a long time, I grew up watching it, and I always would prefer it to Disney flicks and other animated adventures that would come out throughout the years. A faultless and incredibly charismatic little superhero film, Megamind may stand on the shoulders of other superhero flicks before its time, but it also provides such unique and creative differences that raise the bar higher than ever before. ![]()
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