Here you can see me and Jacque’s poster on the narrative of the Disney Pixar Movie MegaMind.

This films narrative like most films is split into 3 sections Act 1, Act 2 and Act 3. In Act 1 we have the setup where the film follows an antagonist who’s s goal is to take over the city and defeat Metro Man but in reality he just wants to fit in. Also in Act 1 we have the disruption where in this film Mega Mind kills Metro Man in a fight and he finally after many defeats takes over the city and has power over everyone. In Act 2 we have the climax where in Mega Mind the whole city discriminate against him for being in control. He then feels guilty and he wants everything to be back the way it was where good was against evil, so he makes his own hero from a random person and trains them to be heroic and for them to fight against him. Before Act 3 we then have the resolution where he realises he wants to be good as he prefers keeping his dignity when he is in his disguise with his girlfrend. In Act 3 tighten becomes evil as he finds out that his mentor is MegaMind. He then gets out of control destroying the city and stealing Mega Minds girlfriend. In the denouement Mega Mind defeats tighten in an epic fight and saves his girlfriend and a happy ending is concluded.

I think the theme of this film and the message behind it is that we all have a choice about how we act, and it is our actions, not our past, that determine what kind of person we are. The “duality of man” is also a major theme in Mega Mind and we see it in the denouement. It is the idea that every single human being has good and evil within them and Megamind being the antagonist at the start of the film shows us that he doesn’t want to be good and that he likes being evil. But at the end of the movie he develops as a character and becomes the protagonist as he Fights Hal Stewart (Tighten) to save the people of the city he now cares about, here we see he understands and acknowledges how wrong he was for his ignoble actions and need of power at the start of the film.