I was just watching a featurette-type thing on Facebook (I’m a fan of Megamind ) and they were talking about how Metro City was the largest set they have had to work with so far… Makes me wonder if it is larger than Pixar’s biggest set, which, from what I’ve heard, is the city on WALL-E.
Stupid rambling, I know… but it just kinda crossed my mind.
And I think you should go see it, Danachii. I really, really want to see it again, but I don’t want to use up my money too fast, and no one else wants to pay for it. I need to get back in the MM spirit if I wanna finish my drawings!
It’s not stupid rambling Daughter of Eve, thanks for that trivia! I’m a Megamind fan, but I don’t think it’s facebook official yet! I’ll go fan it right now…
Danachii: Funnily enough, I have already seen Megamind today, and I’m planning to watch Tangled this weekend/next week. It’s worth a watch, it is a very charming movie, and another winner from Dreamworks (better than Shrek 4, but not as good as HTTYD).
Daughter of Eve: I love the aerial shots of Metrocity, it did look like a pretty massive set! I’m amazed it was bigger than, say, the isles of Berk or Faraway Land, though I wouldn’t find that too hard to believe. The special effects (explosions, breaking windows, etc.) were pretty impressive too.
So I just watched it today, and I’ll post a lengthier review later, but needless to say, I really enjoyed it in the same league as Despicable Me. Worth a matinee, at least.
As much as Tangled is a really good movie, I have a feeling I’m going to enjoy Megamind a lot more because I never did spoil any of the scenes for myself prior to the film’s release like I did with Tangled. Plus I learned to never trust bad marketing anyway because it’ll most likely ruin a movie experience for me, so from now on if I see a movie that has a lot of potential, I’ll give it a chance.
Judging for what I’ve seen, I guess the Cars 2 sets will be huge. And there will be more than five major cities, so I think we’ll be watching something amazing in visual terms.
You will someday! What I usually do if I can’t afford to see a movie (which is all the time), is when it comes out I rent it from RedBox at a grocery store, only $1! Do you have those where you live?
Yes we have Redbox, but my mom doesn’t have a credit card, However, FoodCity(local grocery mart) has $1 rentals as well, so that’s what I’ll do. ^Thanks for reminding me of that.
We didn’t officially review this title on OM,FV but I saw it and really enjoyed it. I sort of put my thoughts in my book review though.
Megamind is certainly not as good as HTTYD for example, but it is one of Dreamworks’ better outings, and worth seeing. I really liked the characters, and the story - although predictable - was well told.
I saw Megamind today! (I’m in the Uk for those who don’t know, it might have left US theatres I think.)
Just what the docter ordered. In fact, I’d been feeling a bit down that day for various reasons (sleep deprivation on top of some other things) and it really cheered me up, a fun and touching film which I’d heartily recommend to anyone! Even though I’d been eager to see it, since I’d heard great things from people online and off, I wasn’t entirely enthusiatic that day and was even wondering if I would be disappointed (the doubts as ever creep in).
I wasn’t disappointed. In fact I shall preform an act of blasphemy and say I think I enjoyed it more than HTTYD. I’m sure the vast majority of people here even if they really like both probably prefer HTTYD, but I think this movie may have edged ahead for me! It was glorious good fun and pulled me out of my funk today. Of course additional other things helped, but that added to the optimism MM brought in some form- and that even if you think you might fail, you have to at least try!
Of course HTTYD is still wonderful and I think people will continue to say it’s better than MM, but this is just for me personally. I think Megamind maintains something which feels like Dreamworks completely but ultimately works remarkably well and wonderfully. I loved it.
I may have found a new fandom to play in too! I never actually did for HTTYD much as I loved it too, but I think this might be different.
I saw this yesterday with a friend of mine. Geesh, it’s not an epic movie, but it succeeds in it’s primary purpose: BEING FUNNY! It’s your typical Dreamworks kind of humor, but not in a disturbing way. Heck, even the pop-culture references were funny. It just worked!
And really, how can there be no pop-culture references in an urban, modern-day city like Metropolis.
This movie was everything I expected it to be. It’s not 2010’s best animation, and I don’t even think that’s what they were trying to achieve, but it has a great sense of humor and I laughed out loud quite a few times. Great job, Dreamworks.
While I felt it never quite reached the heights (pun intended) of HTTYD, it still ranks among my Top Ten this year. I think it’s good fun, and not as cynical as other Dreamworks movies like Shrek or Shark Tale. The spirit is more in vein of say Kung Fu Panda.
And I couldn’t remember any pop-culture references. I guess that’s another reason it works, the jokes are satirising timeless tropes in its genre (the hero and villain’s extraterrestial origins, the damsel in distress, high-stakes city-destroying climax), just like how KFP spoofed kung-fu/wuxia epics.
No silly time/cultural/geographic-specific references like Shrek did by lampooning Disney, Beverly Hills, King Arthur, pay-TV ads, etc.
I did notice some, but I can’t quite recall them right now. Heck, I can’t even remember most of the parts that made me laugh out loud, because there simply were A LOT.
Either way, it’s a good movie, let’s just keep it at that.
Looks like some wacky fun to me in any case! Hopefully the double pack will be available in the UK too!
I kind of suspect Megamind is trying too hard to be like Metroman was as a hero and thus things fail in that manner. The little end scene where they go ‘Yaaaay!’ Is kind of adorable in its own way too.
When I first saw the teaser trailer for this movie, I was quite unsure about it. But I watched it yesterday and really, really liked it. I didn’t like some of the character designs, but other than that it was a fun, funny movie that had me smiling for a lot of the second half. I prefer it a bit more than HTTYD simply because I like the characters more. Some of the animation was nicely done, and there were some funny lines in the movie. I kind of wish that I hadn’t seen the trailer/ read the synopsis before seeing it, because it would have made the movie mildly more surprising (although it was pretty predictable anyway).
) and they were talking about how Metro City was the largest set they have had to work with so far… Makes me wonder if it is larger than Pixar’s biggest set, which, from what I’ve heard, is the city on WALL-E.
I really, really want to see it again, but I don’t want to use up my money too fast, and no one else wants to pay for it. 
I need to get back in the MM spirit if I wanna finish my drawings!
I’ll go fan it right now…
I’m amazed it was bigger than, say, the isles of Berk or Faraway Land, though I wouldn’t find that too hard to believe. The special effects (explosions, breaking windows, etc.) were pretty impressive too.
^Thanks for reminding me of that. 