Megamind is DreamWorks's latest offering in their battle against fellow animation giants, Pixar. Megamind tells a story of a super-villain, Megamind (Will Ferrell) who gets his butt kicked by Metroman (Brad Pitt) on a daily basis. But when a more evil super-villain 'appears', Megamind has to take an unfamiliar role, to be the Hero and no longer the villain.
You would think that this movie is straight forward and predictable. And you're right! It is straight forward and totally predictable. The cliched story of a villain turn good and developing feelings for his most frequent kidnap victim. Jokes are unoriginal and repetitive. This is not to say that the movie sucked. It just failed to embody any 'WOW' factor to it. Simply put, its just another superhero cartoon.
The animation is definitely pleasing on the eye. The detail, the colours, the whole environment is spectacular to say the very least. Voices of characters are well-chosen, each voice fitting each character. SOME jokes and comedic moments are funny, but I definitely did not laugh my ass off. The characters (ie. Megamind, Metroman, Roxanne etc.) are all very unoriginal. I hoped for something a little bit more original.
Well, in a nut shell, this is no where near the likes of DreamWorks's best work (Shrek 1 and How to Train Your Dragon). But neither is it one of the worse ones (eg. Shrek 3 and 4). Its a very watchable cartoon but not one that will remain with you like Shrek. However, it is safe to say once again, DreamWorks have failed outshine titles from Pixar (ie. Up, Toy Story 3). Pixar is still number 1 in my book when it comes to amazing animation.
Rating: 5.5/10
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