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And this is coming from someone who really likes the original Megamind movie. It's in my top 5 DreamWorks movie list! While I do understand that this movie was only intended to advertise the new series called Megamind rules! For Peacock streaming service, I still feel like there was no effort put into this.

The story starts off just a couple of days after the events of 2010 movie. Where Megamind (Keith Ferguson replacing Will Ferrell) tries to fit in his new role of becoming a new hero of Metro City. However, it turns out that he had a group of villains in the past called Doom Syndicate, and they still believe that Megamind is a villain. As a result, he's dealing with a difficult task of pretending to be a villain, while still trying to save the day, otherwise, the syndicate will execute their evil plan. On paper, it's not bad of a plot, however the execution of it is just awful. First of all, the plot recycles some elements from the first movie, with Minion (who is renamed into Old Chum) separating from Megamind because of conflict, and the heroes teaming up to stop the bad guys. Second of all, it doesn't even add any interesting details to spice up the story. Even the humor is mostly dull, where almost all of it, except for 2, were an embarrassingly huge miss. The action scenes were unengaging, as if they came straight out of a bad video game. However, despite it being a direct follow up, it actually misses a lot of elements. Like the whole doom syndicate existence. It was established in the prequel, that the protagonist only had minion by his side, yet in here, he has a whole team. I could go on and on, but I'm afraid this might fall into spoiler territory. Also the time is inconsistent. For example, in the first movie, characters still had flip Nokia phones, yet in here, they have smartphones, even though only a couple of days passed between the movies.

As for characters, they all sucked. The old ones are just plain imitations of their past selves. And the new ones are barely interesting to begin with. The voice acting can range from okay to annoying. But you can tell none of them sound like the old actors. I noticed how this movie also forgot about the existence of other characters like Metro Man, Hal Stewart, Bernard and even the Warden. Which gave the movie more sour notes. Also the conflicts between villains and heroes are annoying. They act like high school students. Especially when the Syndicate can't even decide on who the new leader is.

Finally, the animation is the definition of salt to an open wound. Usually, even in weaker DreamWorks movies, the animation would be the best aspect of them. However, in here, the graphics could actually comparable to the infamous 2012 movie Foodfight! Which is very frustrating for a huge animation studio.

I can say with confidence, that this is the true worst DreamWorks movie of all time. Even if they had other bad films in the past like Shrek the third, Trolls, Boss baby, Spirit untamed and Joseph King of dreams, I doubt anything of them can be as bad as this. It's a huge disgrace for Megamind fans like myself and just movie goers in general. Skip this one at all cost. It's not worth your time. If you want to watch a better movie about a villain saving the day, you can watch Sponge out of water, Despicable me or even the first Megamind. But, unless you want to suffer for 85 minutes, I recommend to avoid this movie like the plague.

I expected this film to be like a comedy like Monster in law, where 2 female protagonists fight at first because of their different views, but as the time progresses, these two make up. But instead, it's a really strange movie, where Andy (Anne Hathaway) wanted to be a journalist, to achieve her dreams and succeed, she decided to work for a very strict boss Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep). Yes! It was hard for her, especially due to the fact that Andy wasn't a huge fan of the Runway fashion magazine. But she found a way to impress her boss, by dressing up the way Miranda wanted. She gets higher salary and even a fashion trip to Paris. But loses her boyfriend. Thus making her life sad. I can see how this movie challenges Andy by making her choose between close people and career and she decides to persue her dreams.

I must say the acting is great! It makes all characters feel real, like it's something that is down to Earth. No over acting or under acting, just calm expressions. I also liked the conflicts, for example Emily being in a car accident or Jacqueline being the new boss instead of Miranda because of her divorce and soon retirement. Sadly, despite that, it's a forgettable experience. Because, it's not a comedy, I didn't laugh once. As for drama, it's a bit complicated, but it wasn't too thought provoking, at least for me. Pretty hard to think of anything good or bad about it! Just something I'd watch once and forget about it several days later. Still liked the acting and the conflicts, but overall, not spectacular or awful!

I enjoyed the first movie, sure it was a bit cliche, but still thanks to it's fantasy-high school mix, it became more than that and managed to entertain me and other fans around the globe. So obviously, Hasbro would make not 1, but 3 sequels, each having a different theme. This one is about music and battles!

Some time after the first movie, the group of 3 sirens notice that there's Equestria magic, since it's exactly what they wanted, the trio decided to step in and try to get it. Meanwhile, Sunset Shimmer from the last movie tries to redeem herself, but outside of the mane 5, nobody would want to hang out. Later, when Sunset wanted to introduce Canterlot high to the Dazzlings (sirens), she noticed that they were after the magic and to get, they have to make everyone go against each other. So, Twilight Sparkle has to go back to the human world, create a song spell and banish the sirens. The plot is a big improvement over the first movie, since it has 2 things, that make the experience worthwhile. First the songs, they were upbeat and fun! Each one has a memorable melody and lyrics, except the spell song, but that one was intended to be bad! I especially love Shake your tail from Rainbooms and Under your spell from Dazzlings. They are different, since the latter one comes from the villains, and it sounds more evil in general, but I like how distinctive they are. Even Trixie got a song, but sadly, we barely heard it, because of Rainbooms arguing scene. But luckily, it's available online separately. And I especially loved the Welcome to the show song, which is a final battle scene between Rainbooms and Dazzlings. And the first time both would be face to face with each other. Speaking of the sirens, they are actually my favorite villains of the whole MLP Franchise. It consists of Adagio Dazzle, the leader who wants the power so bad, Aria Blaze, the more sarcastic type, and Sonata Dusk that is barely evil and rather eat tacos and have fun than taking goals seriously. All of them are surprisingly interesting, and I especially love their singing skills. The mane 7 characters still remain the same, except for Sunset. She used to be the meanest student, but now changed a lot, and wants everyone to see the good side of hers. I like how she progressed, thus making her seem real and relatable to some people. Yes, she did a lot of mistakes in the past, but we see that everyone can learn from their mistakes and start a new life. She's extremely different from her past self, and I'm proud of this decision of both the character and the writers.

The story is mostly focused on the battle of the bands and trying to stop the villains from making everyone angry! Sure, still cliche, but even if that, it's at least more creative with the new music theming and even more mythology. The jokes aren't the strongest part of it, but it has moments, like Sonata just wanting to celebrate Taco Tuesday or when Maud pie (Pinkie's sister) would feed her pet rock. Lastly, the animation got better as well. I love the new costumes, since they are neon rainbow themed, and I noticed that the animation is more fluid since last time. Not to mention, they even added more background characters, like Photo Finish, Lyra and Bon bon, Derpy, Bulk Biceps, Octavia and even Cloud Kicker. This proves that Hasbro also cares about the fans who watch both the show and the movies, so they would add some fan favorites!

This is honestly a great follow up to the first film, thanks to it's improved animation, more great friends and foes, amazing songs and a more entertaining plot. Definitely a must watch for Equestria girls and My little pony fans. Even if you never watched the first movie, you'd still like this one, but only of you either liked MLP or at least fine with it. Haters wouldn't like much though, maybe for the exception of the Dazzlings, cause I believe they can make anyone fall in love with them. Still, I'm very impressed by it, especially the soundtrack!