Starring: Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross, Brad Pitt
Director: Tom McGrath (Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa)
Quick Thoughts: Megamind is another solid family film in a pretty good year for animated movies that was somewhat overlooked because of how vastly superior Toy Story 3 was compared to everything else. Megamind features a stellar voice cast with Will Ferrell and Jonah Hill particularly killing it. The story essentially asks the question: what would happen if Lex Luthor defeated Superman? And this film is basically an animated version of that story. Megamind is a bald supervillain with genius-level intelligence, Metro Man has all the same powers as Clark Kent, and the alliteratively named Roxanne Richie is the story’s Lois Lane. Megamind isn’t exploring the deep, human thematic issues like Toy Story 3 does, but it’s still a funny and enjoyable kid’s movie that manages to tug just a little bit at your emotions.
Viewings: 1
Replay Value: Probably a must own for families. I’d watch it again but no rush…
Sequel Potential: Seems likely.
Oscar Potential: How long before 5 films are nominated for the Best Animated Feature category? This film got passed up, but it was pretty good.
Nudity: N/A
Grade: 6.5/10 (Recommended)
Recommendation: A solid family film that adults should enjoy and kids will love.
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Megamind (2010)
March 3, 2011The Other Guys (2010)
February 7, 2011
Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson, The Rock
Director: Adam McKay (Step Brothers, Talladega Nights, Anchorman)
Quick Thoughts: I’m not really on Team Will Ferrell anymore. It’s been a while since his movies have been consistently good. Step Brothers was solid, but he’s been putting out duds pretty regularly for a few years now. The Others Guys isn’t that bad though, but I owe most of my enjoyment to Mark Walhberg’s character, who actually had me laughing more often than Ferrell. There are lots of running gags used throughout the film–like Michael Keaton’s character spouting various TLC or Ferrell’s unexplainable ability to pull extremely hot women–but most of them are barely chuckle-worthy. The best scene in the film is when Samuel Jackson’s and The Rock’s cameo comes to a close. The Other Guys isn’t a total failure, but there’s not much of a plot to speak of and it’s not funny enough to make up for that.
Viewings: 1
Replay Value: Ehhh… Ferrell movies have a tendency to grow on me, but I haven’t been giving many of his films a second chance lately.
Sequel Potential: I don’t think so…. maybe.
Oscar Potential: None.
Nudity: None.
Grade: 4/10 (Netflix It)
Recommendation: If you’re still on the Will Ferrell bandwagon, this should still be right up your alley, but if you’re like me, and his schtick has gotten kind of old, I can’t imagine this movie will change your mind. Still, there’s worse ways to waste your time.
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