Megamind

I'll say it. Dreamworks is KING. With the exception of Pixar, Disney kinda sucks, but Dreamworks has produced hit after hit with little recognition. Think about it. Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon to name the more recent ventures, whereas even Pixar failed more or less (Story wise) with Up and Wall-E. Megamind (Farrell) is the super villain to Metro Man's super hero. It's the basic hero/villain premise that takes a great comedic turn. Megamind is actually able to kill Metro Man and therefore is basically given control of the city out of fear. He soon becomes bored with his new power, which his right hand man (who is actually a fish named Minion) that gets around in a mechanical body built for him by Megamind. Minion's (David Cross) mechanical body is equipped with fur, as if to resemble a bigfoot. That detail cracked me up for the entire film.  Megamind realizes he is evil and must have a hero to make his life complete. Essentially by being defeated on a regular basis, he finds purpose. He uses some of Metro Man's DNA to create another hero. This goes horribly wrong, and now he must become the hero to save his city. His turn for the better comes around because of a little emotion called love. Dreamworks has more clever story lines with in depth jokes written for adults, but suitable for children. The first big laugh came inside the 15 minute mark when we get to see the hero and anti hero dialogue during a match. It's witty and funny. Then the laughs continue very regularly throughout until the very end, which near the end I saw a poster that mocked the Obama campaign posters from his election year that got me to go "HAHAHAH". Watch the movie and you will see. Dreamworks continues its stronghold on premier comedic animation.

NBM rates Megamind - Phenomenal

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