'Megamind' is Dreamworks latest animated film to be released intocinemas. It is a story about your typical Villain and Super-hero whoconstantly battle each other with the Super-hero always winning.Megamind (Ferrell) is the protagonist and the villain who repeatedlygets defeated by the heroic Metro Man (Pitt). Although this film puts aturn from what is usually the norm and gives us the story from the badguy's perspective. The plot of 'Megamind' is that after many battleswith Metro Man in which he keeps getting defeated he still comes backfor another battle but this time he succeeds in destroying Metro Man(by accident). Though first pleased with his victory Megamind soonrealises that his life has no purpose with no super-hero to fight. Hecreates another super-hero to do battle with but things go hay-wirewhen that super-hero Titan (Hill) goes bad and it is up to Megamind tobecome the good guy and save the day. This is a refreshing change tothe conventional super-hero, good vs evil and allows for a moreinteresting storyline. Megamind is primarily a super-hero movie spoofand does to super-hero movies what Shrek did to fairy tales. Spoofsoften fall flat on their face but 'Megamind' pulls it off with a gooddeal of comedy, it is cleverly written with some of the funniestelements of the movie being dialogue between characters, one of myfavourite being between Megamind and Metro Man via a large televisionscreen. The character of Megamind was extremely well made, he isinstantly likable despite being the villain as he is a loser whoseplans go wrong and makes mistakes easily. His lines are clever andfunny and delivered wonderfully by Will Ferrell whose recognisablevoice is instantly funny. Though Metro Man has only a small part in thefilm he is still a fun character being very typically super-hero. BradPitt's voice fits in well for the role as his voice is what you imaginea super-hero's voice to sound like. Jonah Hill as the 'dorky' cameramanand then as super-hero turned bad Titan is less funny than Metro Manand Megamind with only a few funny bits that were down to him, the restof the time is mostly him destroying things. Tina Fey as the reporterRoxanne and the love interest of Megamind is an important character butnot necessarily a funny one being mostly a character for others such asMegamind to bounce funny lines off. She is the love interest ofMegamind and this 'love' sub-plot was one of the only aspects of themovie I had a problem with. Megamind is a super-hero movie spoof butfails to poke fun at this romance as there are times and especiallytowards the end of the movie where there moments that are not meant tobe funny of romance between Megamind and Roxanne but can be exceedinglycheesy and cringey and I feel it would've been better if they had madefun at this along with the rest of the movie. Overall 'Megamind' is afun and entertaining movie that is worth a view as it is guaranteed toget a few laughs out of you at the least a good cast brings the movietogether and a clever new storyline cements over some of the relativelysmall flaws that the movie has.

I really really really hate Will Ferrell. Usually just the fact that heis in a movie is enough to turn me off from the film as a whole.

It's a good thing I didn't actually know he was in this when I boughtthe ticket.

All in all, I was expecting to kill an hour and half with alight-hearted "kid's movie", which would have been fine, but instead Igot a well made comedy for all ages.

A good family movie, has multiple levels of humor, simple sight gagsfor the kids, snappy banter and one-liners for teenagers, and maybe not"sophisticated", but more nuanced jokes for adults; things that a kidwould miss. This film uses different characters and their interactionsto make that work.

For the very young, the highlight of the film will be the interactionsbetween Megamind (Ferrell) and his sidekick Minion (David Cross) aswell as Megamind's frequent mispronunciations of common words; "School"is "Shoool", "Spider" is "Speeee-yder", and "Metro City" is made torhyme with "attrocity". Teenagers will likely find the awkward humor ofHal/Tighten (Jonah Hill) their own cup of tea, largely as satiricalreflection of the modern, (sub)urban teenager's view of the world. Andadults are more likely to see the most humor in the way the plot isboth an homage and gentle parody of comic book staples like the bad guyalways losing, and their seemingly endless supply of elaborate weaponsand traps (they come from a surplus store in Romania), as well as thedeveloping love story between the Lois Lane-esque Roxanne Ritchi (TimaFey) and Megamind, turning the romantic element of many classicsuperheroes on its head.

The CGI, while not quite Pixar quality is good and crisp. Thesoundtrack is a fantastic mix of the best of classic rock (OzzyOsbourne and AC/DC always make a movie better). The jokes fly quicklywithout becoming obnoxious, and it is one of the really few moviesmarketed toward kids, but actually equally (if not more so) enjoyableto adults

I just got back from seeing "Mega Mind", and have to say that I reallyenjoyed it. Even though it was in 3D, the glasses did not darken theimage. At least not too much anyway. Did this need to be in 3D? Not tomy way of thinking, but it didn't hurt the film either.

This film has strong quick witticisms that will have a full packedhouse laughing through much of the first 20 minutes. We have a basicstory with a psychological twist, that only gets better as it goesalong.

There are parts that are a bit over the top, even for a CGI super-herocomedy, but the film doesn't suffer too much for it. I think it's goodsolid entertainment, but I think I would only take in another showingif I was with a group of friends and family.

Beyond that, "Mega Mind" offers a new twist on the super hero crazeover the last several years, and should delight most family audiences.Please note however that the music can be a bit loud, and some smallerears suffered for it in the form of crying and tears in the theatre.Not a big deal. That's what parents are for :) The rest of us withoutkids should be tolerant given the venue.

All in all a good watch. If you have a space $14 burning a hole in yourpocket and a free weekend afternoon, give it a shot.

Enjoy!

p.s. one critique, one of the characters at the end should have made abigger showing than he did.

p.p.s. some of the writing is almost too clever. I got all the humor,but thought it was almost surreal as to how intelligent witty some ofthe characters were portrayed as being.

Oh, this is the stuff! What a tremendously enjoyable movie MEGAMINDturned out to be. Sure, the origin story is profoundly unlikely and thedenouement is positively unbelievable, but who the hell cares? Thismovie is fun, fun, fun. And Will Ferrell, as the misunderstoodsupervillain at its heart, is funny, funny, funny.

The star-studded MEGAMIND tells the story of a criminal mastermind whofinally defeats his archnemesis, Metro Man (defender of Metro City --or, as Megamind styles it, Metrocity) and therefore takes over therunning of the town they call home. Of course, there is a reporter inthe mix, one Roxanne Ritchi, who is an obsession with our supposedvillain, full of moxie and earnestness and voiced ably by Tina Fey.Jonah Hill plays her infatuated and infantile camera man, Hal, withconsummate blabbering skill, and his transformation into a spurnedsadist by the movie's end is delivered with great relish. David Crossis superlative as Megamind's fish-like minion, the aptly-named Minion,and Brad Pitt is perfectly serviceable as Metro Man.

But the star here is the petulant and accident-prone ramblings ofFerrell as Megamind. His mispronunciations are unendingly amusing, hismegalomania is kind of adorable, and his unbridled arrogance is somehowcharmingly endearing. He's a lot like KIM POSSIBLE's Dr. Drakken,actually (who is also, I would point out, blue), but is a far moresympathetic character. I mean, he's mindboggling brilliant, but doesn'tseem to understand what a "code" for something is. That is SO CUTE. Thewriting here is top notch, and it is mostly the dialogue he is giventhat makes this movie really pop, but there can be no doubt thatFerrell brings an instantly likable tone to proceedings that makesMEGAMIND a treat from the very outset.

How tragic, that Ferrell's best performance since Ron Burgundy shouldcome in a movie in which he doesn't even make an appearance.

The underlying theme here is one of Nature vs. Nurture, as one of thoseHere's the Moral, Kids voice over wrap ups at the end makes all tooclear. Redemption is possible, everyone makes mistakes, don't judge abook by its cover, we should all follow our bliss, yadda yadda yadda.Whatever, dude. This year's DESPICABLE ME also sang that song, and it'shardly the first; the anti-hero is certainly nothing new in genre. FromThe Punisher to Riddick to Dr. Horrible (a debt to whom Megamind surelyowes a thing or two; Metro Man, certainly, is at least a spiritual heirto Captain Hammer, with perhaps a little Roger Ramjet thrown in), thetrope has been very well explored. What MEGAMIND does is to elevatethat concept into the kind of What Next? scenario superhero storiesrarely address: what happens when there is no bad guy left to battleanymore? And what if the bad guy wins? What exactly makes a bad guy?And if bad guys don't get the girl, can being a good guy maybe get yousome action? (In cartoons, the answer to that is apparently -- andperhaps a little misleadingly -- yes.) Produced by Ben Stiller, thismovie also features his voice in a brief cameo as misanthrope Bernard,whose guise Megamind takes on as he woos the oblivious Roxanne. (Atleast it's not just him with glasses on; and we never do discover ifMetro Man has an alter ego. That's a refreshing change!) Some of themovie's most enjoyable moments come about as we watch our blue-skilledsupervillain begin to live his own life instead of try to controleveryone else's… although, none of that can hold a candle to Minion'sOscar-worthy comedy death scene.

I have to say, I've not been previously too enamored of Dreamworks'other animated features. SHARK TALE, MADAGASCAR, KUNG FU PANDA, therecent HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON… I didn't hate any of them, but neitherdid they really win my heart. (And SHREK: blech.) But with this one, Iam suddenly a convert to the SKG fold, and can only hope they hold trueto form and decide to put out a sequel.

Called MINION.

wow!!! This was a great animation movie after long time and also thedream-works did a good job ..Definitely it gonna be a huge hit..Thisfilm has all of the things that needs a movie to win Suspense RomanceFight and overall hilarious!!!!!!!!!This is the one of the good movieafter Avatar and how to train your dragon

When we see the film the first scene is mega mind is falling to deathbut then there is twist and all over that the things written areexactly fantastic and also their costumes are wonderful.The friend ofMegamind is actually a fish but even this tiny thing get beautifuloutfits in this film and definitely without age limit people will loveit