The Gist
“You are destined for…”. could mean a lot of things. It could be you are destined for evil, love, good will, but young Megamind filled in the blank as GREATNESS when his father placed him in the space pod heading for earth. On his way there Megamind crashes into another baby in a space pod….Metroman. From that moment on they became rivals destined to battle for all eternity. Almost every week they have a battle in which Megamind gets his butt kicked and sent back to his liar. When Megamind comes up with a brillant plan to get rid of his rival he quickly acts on it and and succeeds in destroying Metroman forever. The people of Metrocity run and find shelter and fast as they can because Megamind has taken over the town. Now Megamind is on a rampage destroying everything in sight and there is only one person who can stop him, and that is Roxanne Ritchi. While the rest of the town has given up this former girlfriend/newscaster of Metroman’s will stop at nothing until she finds out how to stop Megamind and save the town of Metrocity!
What We Think
“You are destined for…”. could mean a lot of things. It could be you are destined for evil, love, good will, but young Megamind filled in the blank as GREATNESS when his father placed him in the space pod heading for earth. On his way there Megamind crashes into another baby in a space pod….Metroman. From that moment on they became rivals destined to battle for all eternity. Almost every week they have a battle in which Megamind gets his butt kicked and sent back to his liar. When Megamind comes up with a brillant plan to get rid of his rival he quickly acts on it and and succeeds in destroying Metroman forever. The people of Metrocity run and find shelter and fast as they can because Megamind has taken over the town. Now Megamind is on a rampage destroying everything in sight and there is only one person who can stop him, and that is Roxanne Ritchi. While the rest of the town has given up this former girlfriend/newscaster of Metroman’s will stop at nothing until she finds out how to stop Megamind and save the town of Metrocity!
What We Think
Reviewed by The North Star
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Rating: PG
I saw this movie a couple of weekends ago thinking it was going to be terrible. The commercials made it look cheesy/predictable/all the elements for a bad movie. At the end I was pleasantly surprised! It wasn’t the best movie in the entire world but it wasn’t so bad as to walk out. I actually found myself laughing at most of the parts that were supposed to be funny. Megamind would often pronounce words completely wrong but he would think he was right so you would have to guess which word he was meaning to say, which I thought was funny. The good thing about this movie was that they had a character everyone loved and that was…minion. Minion was Megamind’s best friend from the start who was always there helping him at the drawing board when his plans failed. Minion was just so kind and lovable it was really hard to believe that he was evil. Now…..the least liked character. Roxanne Ritchie. I love Tina Fey but her character in this movie really, really bothered me. It was obvious from the first scene she was going to have a romantic relationship with Megamind at some point and she just treated Megamind like dirt. Sure, he is a super villain but he has feelings to and she never even gave him a chance! Her character also thought she knew everything, when in fact she knew almost nothing. In short, she was a conceited know-it-all who cared way to much about looks.
Now on to the magical thing called plot!! This was definitely an original plot line. With a normal movie the hero and the villain would just fight the whole movie and it could go either way as to who wins in the end but in the first 30minutes of the movie, they eliminated one of those variables which was the hero. To see how everything unfolded after that was really interesting and so for that the writers get a thumbs up! The only complaint I have about the plot is that at parts it could get slow and I found myself staring at the ceiling waiting for something interesting to happen.
In the end this was a pretty decent movie and better than expected but I wouldn’t recommend it!
Real Teen Rating~ C+ : Just Average
Reviewed by Dream Catcher
I love this movie. When I first saw it, awhile ago, I was in agreement with North Star. I didn't think it was the greatest thing ever and I didn't think it was terrible. I just thought it was okay. Recently I watched it again with my dad and my little sister. I found the jokes to be funnier than I remembered. I remembered it being a very average animated movie, nothing more, nothing less. But suddenly it has become me and my sister's favorite inside joke. It's a dorky kind of guilty pleasure movie where you quote stupid yet somehow funny lines and post pictures of scenes to your sister's wall. Maybe that's just me. Inside jokes and weird sisters aside, the script of this movie is actually pretty good. Some of the dialogue is actually pretty witty and, while on the outside it may appear a kid's movie, adults (and teens) could enjoy the jokes, too. Will Ferrell is hilarious as Megamind because once you know it's him the voice is obvious, but you wouldn't realize it was him unless someone told you. Tina Fey is always funny. And Jonah Hill played the most awkward character ever and he was perfect at it. Overall I think it's a funny movie worth watching at least once. Trust me, it'll get a laugh or two out of most of you.
Real Teen Rating ~ B+ : Worth Watching!
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