It's good to be bad

Megamind (2010)

I managed to miss pretty much all of the big animations last year, so I guess I'll be checking them out this year as most of them have already landed on DVD and BR. This one however I still managed to catch on the theaters. Didn't have too high expectations for this, was waiting for some kids movie with a few laughs. Luckily I got quite a bit more. You can divide this movie into 3 parts, the beginning, the middle and the end. The beginning was absolutely brilliant. Was laughing very hard and it was truly quite great with tons of surprisingly good ideas. Had it continued with the same attitude and cleverness this would have been the best animation ever made. The middle turns more into a kids movie with lots of cliches and the usual moral lessons. There were still some scenes that made me laugh and it didn't get boring. Towards the end it picked up some momentum again and even though the moral lessons continued it managed to surprise me quite a few times. The voice acting fits the characters very well and the cast is quite great. The animation is very nicely done and the usage of 3D fit it quite well most of the time. Sure there are tons of stuff thrown into your face but it's luckily not focusing on just them to give some cheap thrills. Also the soundtrack was quite great. Despite the few cliches this was entertaining and funny enough to keep the interest up throughout.
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