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bad guys are made , not born
Josie 2022-09-30 10:53:54
There are two lines in the movie that impressed me: heroes are not born , they are made; think about bad guys , they always lose. Human nature is inherently good? Human nature is evil? It's not all caused by the day after tomorrow. Megamind isn't actually a bad guy at all, just a geek who is less socially capable than Sheldon and still gets rejected despite his efforts. Metroman is not a hero either, just a superpower who longs for an ordinary life. The rejection of classmates produces villains, and people's dependence produces metroman. There is no innate good and evil, only the influence of the day after tomorrow. According to what Megamind said, the villain did lose in the end. He actually lost as a villain, but he won back his true self.
Extended Reading
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[at the Metro Man Museum, on opposite sides of a raised circular walkway that surrounds a giant Metro Man statue at statue-face height]
Megamind: [holds a bouquet of flowers] I've made a horrible mistake. I didn't mean to destroy you. I mean, I MEANT to destroy you, but I didn't think it would really work.
Roxanne Ritchi: What are we supposed to do? Without you, evil is running rampant through the streets.
Megamind: I'm so tired of running rampant through the streets. What's the point of being bad when there's no good to try and stop you? I had so many evil plans in the works - the illiteracy beam, typhoon cheese, robo-sheep... Battles we will now never have. So it's good to have this time now... You know, before I destroy the whole place.
[activates a timer concealed in the bouquet]
Megamind: It's nothing personal, just brings back too many painful memories.
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Roxanne Ritchi: [about Metro Man] I thought he'd make one of his last-minute escapes.
Megamind: [disguised as Bernard] Yeah, he was real good at those.