FRANKI'S FAVORITE FILMS movie review 1: MEGAMIND

i love superhero-type movies, but hate the infallable, sing-minded corniness of movie-makers' portrayal of the heroes. i have always related more to the villains. not because i embrace evil, or whatever else the sheep of the world accuse me of, but because they are simply more interesting -- and human -- and i can see a lot of myself in them than any hero.

i am glad to see i am not the only one who thinks this; congratulations, Dreamworks productions! you have succeeded in creating not only a movie of current design i actually like, but a definite new favorite, which i will add to my profile list as soon as i publish this. i speak, of course, of "Megamind", the story of a classic villain in his persuit of besting the classic hero.

(there are NO actual spoiler alerts following, although, there very well may be in future posts of this nature; today's post is merely a teaser + behind the scenes stuff, to which i am personally addicted.... enjoy!)

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like every classic hero/villain story, despite the extreame genius of the villain's trap, the hero always manages to win at the very last second. (what is with that? granted, most of those villains are incompotent and babble their plans away, allowing the hero to learn exactly how to defeat them.... but why always the VERY LAST SECOND? surely, if you are so "super", you can get in and out with time to spare, allowing the "damsal in distress" to avoid getting, you know, too distressed... anyway, i digress...) it becomes completely routine, and no one expects any different. but what if, thanks to some freak mistake that works out in your favor, you can actually defeat the hero? what then?

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that's what happens here, to the wonderfully-flawed (starting with childhood; growing up in a prison and treated like a villain all his life -- see asch's theory of extreme environmentalism), bright blue, gangly, egotistical, maniacal (what more can a girl ask for in a man?) villain, modestly named Megamind.

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once Metro Man (a hero with no real morals or a personality to speak of) is precieved dead after Megamind's evil invention actually works, Megamind is left to run the city, playing with it as he may. unfortunately, as plotting vengance and defeat were is only hobbies, he is now stuck, a rebel without a cause, or even a clue as to how to go on.

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that is, until rarely-distressed damsel reporter Roxanne Ritchi (a leading lady who is tough, sarcastic, witty, and with a short, sassy haircut that is almost never heard of in a stereotypical superhero movie) unknowingly gives Megamind the answer to his problems.

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what happens from there is for me (and everyone who has seen the movie, whether legally or no) to know, and everyone else to find out.

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the message of this movie: it's not where you come from, but where you are going. simple, easy to remember.

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the oddness of this movie makes me very happy; an endearing supervillain, a fearless "damsal in distress", a vapid hero, and the villain gets the girl.... it's all such a strange concept, even though it's a story i'd been imagining for, literally, my entire life! there's no way i COULDN'T love it! plus some pretty good music, awesome animation, and a 3D presentation that did not go overboard, which is the folly of so many 3D films these days (seriously, some of them, i just wanna punch the producers in the head).

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Megamind is voiced by Will Ferrell, who is not really my favorite actor, but he picks some pretty good parts, and i think that says alot about an actor's character. Brad Pitt does Metro Man, and Roxanne Ritchi is voiced by Tina Fey.

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Megamind is a freakin' awesome movie, and fully encourage my blogger-buddies to see it, laugh at it, and smile when thinking about it days later. also, if either of you finds a Megamind lunchbox, buy it for your franki, and i will fully pay you back, tax and interest and hug included.