# Megamind vs. Despicable Me **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721 "2011-02-26T18:43:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/1 "2011-02-26T18:43:47Z")
Two films. Similar ideas – focusing on a supervillain. Both hand henchmen named “Minion.” Which do you think is better? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/2 "2011-02-26T18:51:35Z")
Despicable Me by a lot Megamind was meh in comparison It’s so FLUFFY!! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/3 "2011-02-26T18:53:18Z")
I can’t speak about the other one but I though Despicable Me was one of the best animated movies I had seen in a loooong time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/4 "2011-02-26T18:53:49Z")
I only saw _Despicable Me_. _Megamind_ is coming from Netflix sometime in the future, but I’ve no pressing urge to see it. “Curse you tiny toilet!” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/5 "2011-02-26T18:56:15Z")
I haven’t seen Megamind, yet (though I intend to), but Despicable Me is great. I kind of need to rewatch it, though…I was sick at the time, and mostly missed the ending. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/6 "2011-02-26T19:22:37Z")
I saw both in theaters and I really can’t say that I preferred one over the other. They were both great. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/7 "2011-02-26T19:43:48Z")
I saw both. I felt _Megamind_ had more interesting characters. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/8 "2011-02-27T01:30:05Z")
Definitely preferred **Despicable Me**. The characters were far more interesting, and the movie had a heart. It was also funnier. **Megamind** started out on the wrong foot with that overly long and talky exposition sequence before the credits. It also was what Chuck Jones used to call “radio with pictures”: it was all based upon dialog, with nothing being shown by animation alone. And **Despicable Me** had much better minions. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/9 "2011-02-27T02:01:13Z")
I enjoyed both, but had more fun with **Despicable Me**. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/10 "2011-02-27T02:20:58Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I saw both in theaters and I really can’t say that I preferred one over the other. They were both great. Same here. You needed an option for this. I chose Megamind but ask me tomorrow and I might choose DM. DM did have the funniest scene (personal to me) in any movie this year. I have a thing about glow sticks, so when one of the Minions cracked open another and shook him so he started to glow I absolutely lost it. I laughed harder than I have in years. Wait, can I change my vote? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/11 "2011-02-27T02:44:08Z")
Saw both. Liked both. Megamind was more thoughtful, but DM’s minions were so cute I could just die! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/12 "2011-02-27T02:55:16Z")
Saw both. **Megamind** was certainly enjoyable, but **Despicable Me** ‘wins’, in my book, for more ‘LOL’ moments. Also, more emotion (again, imho). ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/13 "2011-02-27T03:09:23Z")
I only saw Megamind. Despicable Me looked dumb (“IT’S SO FLUFFY!”). ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megamind-vs-despicable-me/572721/14 "2011-02-27T03:22:22Z")
Saw both, and it was a near thing, but in the end I voted for _Megamind._ I felt that _Despicable Me_, awesome though it was up to that point, muffed the ending. If I’D written _Despicable Me_, I would have ended it with Gru saving the children, yes, but then having them join “the family business” and become supervillains-in-training. They certainly had potential. As it is, I thought the plot dissolved into out-of-character mush in the last few minutes.