Reviews WesternAnimation / Megamind

Excellent Film

The Good: Crisp, clean animation, mixed with strong storytelling and humour. The film tackles a lot of themes on morality, choice, destiny, lying, and of course, good and evil, and handles them all very well.

The Bad: Some of the jokes will probably go over the heads of younger audience members (the Marlon Brando impression, for one) and the ending is a little awkward.

A very enjoyable offering from Dreamworks studios. As fans of both comic books and classic rock music, my sister and I both loved this movie, and were practically falling out of our seats while we watched it. I would recommend it to anyone who is fond of the superhero genre, or enjoys atypical romantic comedies. That was the most suprising part about the whole thing. While the movie purports to be a tale of heroes and villains, at it's heart it's essentially a classic love story - with some very interesting trappings to go with it.

At first, when we were heading into the theatre, I was worried that the film would be too much like The Incredibles or Despicable Me. And while it doesn't offer a whole lot of originality in its premise, I was delighted to find that it's very little like either film. There is a true gem of quality here for anyone willing to give it a chance.