Megamind is a not bad but not great film that takes a very scatter shot approach at lampooning the superhero genre and never steps out with its own message or voice.

The premise of the film is familiar as it is basically ripping off every superhero movie before it.  Megamind, like Superman, is jettisoned from his plant at the cusp of its destruction only he doesn’t have superpowers beyond high intelligence.  But don’t worry; there is a Superman in this story. Megamind’s arch rival is sent out as his race’s last hope, a much more human like race, from Megamind’s neighboring planet before it too is destroyed.  The two become rivals unlike any other in Metro City and they do countless battles where Megamind’s greatest victories are near ones.  It’s when an unlikely twist is thrown into their relationship that Megamind is forced to rethink his ways.

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