where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Friday, November 8th, 2010
show: 11:45 a.m. ( Extra Dollar Off First Show Matinee )
costs: $9.75 Ticket + $5.50 small Popcorn w/ Butter + $4.50 medium Diet/Zero ( w/ Barq's & Cherry flavors ) Coke = $19.75
auditorium: 7, with the 3-D screen
seat: 5th row, 10th column
synopsis/overview: To fill the void left behind by the death of the superhero Metro Man, a supervillain by the name of Megamind creates another superhero. But Megamind's plan backfires on him. Now, he must decide whether to remain a super villain or to become a superhero.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Bounced-off; 2.) Right and wrong; 3.) The school for gifted children; 4.) Against the world; 5.) Dodge ball; 6.) Baddest boy; 7.) Battles; 8.) Stealth car; 9.) Switch; 10.) The dedication of the Metro Man Museum; 11.) Hide-out; 12.) Observatory; 13.) Warming-up; 14.) Copper; 15.) Explosion; 16.) Skeleton; 17.) Victory parade; 18.) "We have it all, yet nothing at all"; 19.) A city without a hero; 20.) Museum; 21.) "Heroes are made"; 22.) Dandruff; 23.) Discovered hide-out; 24.) Accidental shooting; 25.) No record; 26.) The "Forget-Me-Stick"; 27.) The "father-figure"; 28.) Training; 29.) Secret crush; 30.) "Not my type"; 31.) "The only name that I could trade-mark"; 32.) Titan; 33.) Dinner; 34.) Technical glitch; 35.) Black Mamba; 36.) No-Show; 37.) Team-up; 38.) Game over; 39.) Under new management; 40.) Roxanne's apartment; 41.) "I guess we're here"; 42.) The lair; 43.) Super speed; 44.) Choice; 45.) Music man; 46.) I'm the bad guy; 47.) Back to prison; 48.) Tightenville; 49.) "Your best quality"; 50.) Minion; 51.) "I hate reminders"; 52.) Presentation; 53.) "The punk I've heard about"; 54.) Disguise; 55.) Metrocity; 56.) Look-back; 57.) The fall; 58.) Defuse; 59.) "Code: I guess we are"; 60.) Drama queen; 61.) Positive feed-back; and 62.) Bonus Scene during the Ending Credits.
favorite scenes: I liked the scene wherein Titan flies-off the tower in a huff and the glass windows shatter.
I liked how Titan failed to show-up because he was busy playing a video game.
I also liked how the cube fell into the fountain near the end of the movie.
audience reaction: There were only two others in the auditorium with me. And both elderly men seemed to like this movie. I may have to see this again in I-Max to gauge the reaction of its intended audience.
recommendation: I enjoyed this movie, too.
spoiler alert! Since this movie is aimed at children, I shall limit my spoilers to the bare minimum. Why would they allow a baby to be kept imprisoned? Why did the new bad guy not have dandruff and flaky skin since dandruff cells could only be expected to create more dandruff cells? Why not use stem cells, instead? Oh, yeah, I forgot ... they only had dandruff samples. Why didn't Megamind use his "super-stuff" on his own self, instead? I know that I would have at the drop of a hat. At the very least, he should have split it into two batches so that he would have some "super-stuff" to use on himself, too.
fyi: The song, LOVING YOU, by Minnie Ripperton is one of my favorite songs. This song is the first song that I heard and fell in love with when my siblings and I came to live in this country way back in 1975. Minnie sure had such a lovely pleasing-to-hear voice. This song brings back memories each and every time that I hear it.
word of advice: There's always a bit of good in anyone and everyone--relatively speaking, that is.
tidbits: I wanted to rent a sub-compact car for my weekend trip to Bakersfield. But Hertz didn't have any on their lot.
So, I went to Quality Tune-Up to have a 75,000-mile maintenance work done on my 2001 blue Hyundai Accent. The mechanic told me that despite what it says in my car's service manual, I didn't need a new air filter and/or spark plugs because they were still good, that I can wait until the 90,000-mile maintenance schedule is due before I have the parts replaced. So, he just gave my car an oil and filter change, checked the tires' air pressure and checked the fluid levels and it was good-to-go. Great! He saved me money that I really needed for my weekend trip.
I decided to go to Harvest House Health Food Store in Concord, CA so that I could take for a test-ride the new Tom-Tom GPS that my sister in Michigan gave me last June. But when I unpacked the cord to plug it into the cigarette lighter socket, I dropped it to the ground and the adapter's tip broke-off!
I went to Concord, anyway, because I needed to buy more soap and some RealSalt to give as presents to my friend in Bakersfield.
