The erasure of the family of origin

Christian 2022-11-29 01:08:13

The classic story of American animation, the traditional section of superheroes saving the general public. Regardless of the content of the story, what impressed me the most about the film was the reflection of real life.

The influence of a family of origin on a person is latent. Both are alien lifeforms, one has superpowers, the other has superintelligence, but they still go to two different extremes. The root cause must be the growth environment. At the beginning of their growth, the environment of the two people was two extremes, which is the great contrast brought by the original family. Therefore, the original family is undoubtedly the most powerful hand in the process of shaping the characters of the two protagonists. Positive and negative extremes.

In addition, as a metroman from a superior background, he has his own ideas, an independent personality, and a clear understanding of life and the future, which is why he has suspended animation in exchange for the life of his dreams. On the other hand, magmind never understood what he was after. After defeating metroman, there is no goal anymore, so the stupid idea of ​​creating an opponent appears. Even if he becomes the new superhero of the city in the end, he is just following the steps of metroman, and he does not have the future he desires.

The influence of the family of origin is not all bad, but I personally think that if you want to have a clearer understanding of yourself, become a truly independent individual, and understand the pursuit of inner values, then cutting off the connection with the family of origin must be impossible. Less.

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Megamind quotes

  • [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.

  • 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.