Mega Mind

[Whippet Angel]

Considering that DreamWorks basically got into bed with Aardman to get their hands on Wallace & Gromit

Sorry... This line just makes me laugh every time I read it.

[Ben]

I aims to please!

[CGIFanatic]

Here is a review of the "Art of..." book. It has lots of pictures and a short video of the reviewer skimming through the book.

http://parkablogs.com/content/book-revi ... f-megamind

[EricJ]

I wasn't saying it was a bad movie but it was the worst received movie ($$$) for DW. I was just saying that if DW continued to make movies like that then they'd probably be history now.

W&G:CotWR had the Curse of the September/October Animated--
DW probably thought they'd have a "Halloween-themed" movie...But every animated movie released between the August end of summer and the valuable first-November is usually considered a weak, non-studio or unfranchisable title "dumped" into the slow month without competition, when kids are back in school and audiences are taking a breather from movies:
Alpha & Omega, Igor, Everyone's Hero, Astro Boy...What are they hoping to accomplish?

(DW even KNEW they were dumping "SharkTale" in October, were they trying to make W&G suffer the same fate?)

[Ben]

Alpha & Omega, Igor, Everyone's Hero, Astro Boy...What are they hoping to accomplish?

Oh, I don't know...maybe something that would become a cult hit like The Nightmare Before Christmas?

And Shark Tale, whatever the merits or not of the movie, made a chunk of change...

[estefan]

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs also did extremely well in its September release date.

Alpha & Omega and Legend of the Guardians haven't been so lucky this year, though.

[CGIFanatic]

I think the superheroes genre is quite popular stateside but haven't the slightest clue what the overseas market thinks of the subject. I don't know why but think it will do Mad2 # (180m or more) mainly because both movies came out in November.

[Dacey]

Alpha & Omega and Legend of the Guardians haven't been so lucky this year, though.

Which is an absolute shame, really...well, at least regarding "Legend of the Guardians."

I saw it in 3-D and was blown away by it. And if you enjoyed "300," then you'll get a kick out of the way Zack Snyder uses his signature slo-mo style for the action scenes in a completely PG-rated way.

[CGIFanatic]

The first five minutes of the movie was aired last night on Nickelodeon. I don't know if DWA/Nickelodeon will take issue with the video being posted on youtube but you can take a look at it before it is taken down (or not).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjAqZs2CKzg

[Dacey]

I think I'll just wait until I see the movie.

[Macaluso]

I love how the marketing for this movie has spoiled literally every single thing about it. I don't really have much interest in it anymore

[Whippet Angel]

Yeah, it seems their plan to get us more interested in the film has backfired in the worst way.

[CGIFanatic]

I don't believe DreamWorks is as inept as to let a major plot point out of the bag without them knowing they've got further surprises in store for audiences - I bet there is an explanation for Metroman's return and I don't think it is because they don't kill him.

[Dacey]

From what the reviews are saying (without "spoiling anything"), it would seem as though MetroMan is indeed "killed"...but it's obvious from all the trailers that he somehow manages to make a comeback.

I am thinking, though, that I will probably end up finding this quite fun. I love superhero movies, so I'll find it amusing for that reason alone.

[eddievalient]

One thing the trailers haven't spoiled: Who's the villain? What bad guy (or catastrophe or whatever) is so bad that a supposed villain becomes a hero to stop him/her/it? That's what intrigues me enough to see this.