Fig 1, Megamind (2010)
The film Megamind follows a hopeless super villain who tries everything to get rid of his arch nemesis Metro Man who always saves the day. Megamind finds himself being surprised when he actually manages to defeat his long time enemy. But without Metro Man, Megamind has no purpose in life, so he creates a new opponent, who quickly decides that it's more fun to be a bad guy than a hero.
The break down of this story is that without a rivalry between two opposites, it starts to get boring. in the film you watch as fame and fortune of becoming the ultimate villain is not all what it is cracked up to be. Megamind has to find another way to still be bad. This set-up is bright and amusing, even if it does feel recycled from bits and pieces of such recent animated landmarks as "The Incredibles" with its superpowers and "Despicable Me" with its villain. "Megamind" even goes so far as naming Megamind's fishy sidekick "Minion" ( Ebert, 2010).
This film does copycat. but it show us how the villain who has beaten is nemesis, and then has it all goes into madness not being able to fight another superhero again. then gets the most daftest idea to then create his own, which backfires. the super hero in this film is not really in it. but when he is, his the happy go lucky favourite hero in the city. the end is when it all changes and the hero that was created by the villain then becomes his own villain and the villain that created him becomes the hero with the other hero that faked his death and has come back from the grave.
This film uses aspects from all superhero movies and follows what happens to the bad guys.
Bibliography
Ebert, Roger. (2010) Megamind. At: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/megamind-2010
Illustration
Fig 1, Megamind (2010) [cover] At: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001526/
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