Talkie Zoo: MEGAMIND

Just as nice a movie as you would expect. I really enjoyed this mainly because it has a good story to tell about stereotyping.

Megamind (2010; PG) tells us of a villain and a superhero whose planet was sucked into a black hole. They were saved by being sent away capsules and landed on earth. Megamind becomes a villain because of his giant brain that can devise all kinds of evil. Metroman is a superhero who is similarly gifted but uses his powers for good. Eventually, Megamind defeats Metroman, then becomes depressed because now he has nothing to do!

He assembles wretched machines with teflon hoses and lots of mechanical parts, he works his mind skills for evil, but he still is dissatisfied. Then he meets Roxanne, a TV news person, and decides to shape-shift into a nice guy. (It's also one of his abilities.) She ultimately learns who he is and rejects him. When her camera man winds up being accidentally injected with some super serum, he becomes another bad guy and Megamind is called upon to save Roxanne and the whole city, turning his powers to good. They even discover that Metroman isn't dead, but has been hiding out all that time.

All their lives, both Megamind and Metroman were playing roles that were thrust upon them, when all they really wanted to do was be themselves.