This animated film is about a supervillain, Megamind (Will Ferrell) as the protagonist, whose arch-nemesis, Metro Man (Brad Pitt), is the town hero whom everybody loves. He finally kills Metro Man early on, but realizes that he is a useless villain without anyone to fight.
With a somewhat unique twist on a plot concept that has been explored before, this movie takes its humor to another level--not as far as HOW funny it is (because it is probably on the same level as The Incredibles in that category), but with the KIND of humor. It's very satirical--interrupting the emotion, even, at some parts. But it was very interesting and an amusing film to watch. I enjoyed it thoroughly--although I wished it would be funnier at times (especially considering the vocal talent that it possesses). However, I feel as though the humor that it had was possibly above many people's heads, and will be appreciated more somewhere down the line. But for now, it won't be the best of the year as far as animated films, but it will be far better than many that I've seen before.
Overall Grade: A-
-Ethan Brehm
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