I was pleasantly surprised by the layers of parody and homage in the screenplay.

On the surface, this is Yet Another Animated Superhero Film. Deep down… well, it's still that. As it's targeted at younger audiences, the plot is neither complex nor filled with unpredictable twists. Older viewers like myself will see everything coming from miles away—but it's a fairly enjoyable ride.

Something about the vocal performances, and/or how they were tied into the character models, felt "off" the whole time, unfortunately. Other animation studios have a better handle on melding the elements of an animated character into one cohesive whole, but I should also cut DreamWorks Animation some slack on this ten-year-old film.

What makes this a solid 7/10 for me despite the predictable story beats and technical production values was the core of this story: Megamind's development as a person. In the end, he's the only important thing in the movie. Sure, the action sequences were pretty well done. Yes, Minion was a great (riff on the archetype of) sidekick. But if Megamind didn't grow and change as the story progressed, this would have fallen flat.

In a perfect world, [spoiler]the _deus ex machina_ part of the ending when Metroman "came back"[/spoiler] would have been real, but I'm nitpicking again.

Worth a watch. Maybe don't buy it for your permanent library, but _Megamind_ is certainly good enough for some evening when you want something decently amusing to watch that won't require a ton of focus to understand.