Ok…I can safely say that I am certain I am not the last person
\non Earth to see a 3D movie. I know for a
\nfact that my husband hasn’t been to one yet either. I’ve heard they’re super cool and all, but
\nfor some reason we just haven’t jumped on the bandwagon with those goofy
\nglasses. Plus, it doesn’t seem like
\nthere’s been a movie we’ve wanted to see that was actually in 3D. But when the chance to catch an advanced
\nscreening of Dream Works 3D animated flick Megamind<\/i>
\ncame up, I jumped…even though it meant hitting the theater again<\/i> by myself. (Brett was
\nstill out of town at a business meeting)<\/p>\n

I planned ahead and packed a book to kill time while waiting for
\nthe previews to start. I was not as
\nsavvy as the people in front of me who packed Ziploc bags to pour their endless
\nbucket of refilled popcorn into…my stomach actually hurt as I watched the four
\nadults and two children go through six<\/u> buckets of popcorn before<\/i> the movie even started!<\/p>\n

As soon as I put on my super uncool 3D glasses, I have to say it
\nwas like being in a whole different world!
\nWhat have I been missing?? Seriously, what a fun experience…and things
\njump out at you off the screen!<\/p>\n

Megamind<\/i> is a superhero vs. super villain story based on the premise
\n“what if Lex Luthor defeated Superman?” The flick features the voices of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. FYI: Brad Pitt and I go way back…he’s MO boy. As in, he is “Missouri” boy. Raised in Springfield, Missouri (where I went
\nto college) he came back there for the premier of Meet Joe Black<\/i> in 1998. Incidentally,
\nthat was when I was writing for SMS’s college newspaper, The Southwest Standard<\/i> and got to cover the press conference. Brad and I had a special moment when I asked
\nhim if he would ever go back to college to finish his degree. He answered no, he’d left the University of
\nMissouri just weeks before graduating with a journalism degree to head to
\nHollywood and had never looked back.
\nThen he looked me dead in the eye and asked “why do you ask?” I totally froze and all I could squeak out was
\n“I don’t know, I was just wondering.” It
\nwas his piercing blue eyes that got me….<\/p>\n

Anyway, back to Megamind.<\/i>
\nSuper villain Megamind (Ferrell) spends his life trying to overcome his
\narchenemy & superhero Metro Man (Pitt) and conquer Metro City, never
\nquiet succeeding. It looks like things might
\nhave finally turned his way during one of his botched hostage plots involving
\nMetro Man’s girlfriend, news reporter Roxanne Ritchi (Fey). But it doesn’t
\ntake long before Megamind realizes that every yin needs a yang. He
\ndecides to make Roxanne’s cameraman Hal (Hill) into Titan, Metro City’s next
\nbig superhero…except Titan is more interested in being bad.<\/p>\n

I’d say it’s probably the best Will Ferrell I’ve seen
\nin a long time. There were lots of laughs from the audience and the CGI
\nspecial effects prompted “oohs” and “aahhs” from the kids
\n(and me!). Not having attended a lot of children’s movies, I learned a
\nvaluable lesson: don’t sit near the end of the row…apparently kids can’t
\nmake it through a movie without having to go the bathroom…a lot. The
\nmakers of Megamind<\/i> also did Shrek<\/i> and
\nthe same subtle adult humor mixed with the kid comedy hit the mark here.
\nThe soundtrack had me tapping my feet, gotta love it when movies use
\nmusic you’ve actually heard before! My only complaint is how Tina Fey’s
\ncharacter was drawn…does every<\/i> female cartoon have to have a waist barely wider than
\nher neck and a bustline that should topple her?<\/p>\n

Overall I would say a fun family film…one that
\nyou would enjoy even if you saw it by yourself, wearing dorky glasses.<\/p>\n

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