movie review - Megamind
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Toronto, 2017.09.27
This is an animated kids movie featuring a super-villain as its central character. He triumphs over his arch-nemesis, a super-hero, but then finds life without challenge. So he decides to create a new super-hero to fight. He's even picked out a name: Titan. But the hapless fool he picks for the job wants no part of the job, or the name. But he likes the power and the trappings there-of. Calling himself "Tighten", he sets out to destroy the world, leaving Megamind to try to save it.
It's a clever story, the kids enjoyed it. The cast is great, the story's good, and I liked the originality and watching the prickly villain adjust to the hero's role.
Recommended.