When heroes retire and villains miss the normal life

The day couldn't be safer and more secure with Metro Man (Brad Pitt) looking out for despicable villains. One day he's there; one day he's not.


Dreamworks also got out of the box and let the villains conquer the big screen. Megamind (Will Ferrell) finally deciphered the hero's Achilles' heel, and managed to incinerate him to the bones. What's next? He takes over the city, feel the power and ends up getting bored without any more hero to fight to.

And so he invents one to keep the story alive, but ironically ends up being the hero of the city instead. And the story itself is merely about villains abruptly changing into heroes; it's more about how both parties eventually get sick over their pre-destined lives.


WHEN HEROES RETIRE


Our heroes grow old, too. I was taught that when one gets old, he tends to look for simpler things in life. Nevertheless, there has been no record of any Walt Disney or Marvel hero growing old still wearing that silly cape and hovering above the city. We've seen Metro Man contemplate about the importance of life before getting killed. He realized he had missed a lot of things and focused much on saving people who didn't even teach him about life.

And so the hero just retired, and left the apathetic people to fend for themselves. It's true among us anyway: we get bored everytime and itch to try something new. Change is our nature, that's why it's stupid to be disappointed when things wouldn't be the same again.


WHEN VILLAINS MISS THE NORMAL LIFE


I honestly found it corny that Megamind was emotionally changed by a woman. Nevertheless, this made our blue-painted villain to enjoy the simpler life and fall in love.


After all, he was not really born a villain--he was made one through years of staying at a local penitentiary with prisoners teaching him bad guys are good ones. He was always humiliated at his school as well.

It's mainly about being sure about the things we really want in life while we're conscious at the moment. We may want something just because we're influenced by others to want it, but it won't obviously make us happy and contented. In this part of the story, Megamind the villain managed to choose to change, telling us we can, too.