Comments | megamind_movie: "Right and wrong?"

snoflake_girl66 in megamind_movie

"Right and wrong?"

Dec 21, 2011 14:18

Ollo! It's me, the lurker that posts every now and then! So, earlier, I was watching Megamind, and something caught my eye. In the scene when they're showing Megs the flashcards, he says, "They taught me the difference between right and wrong". When he says "right", they hold up the card with a police officer and shake their heads NO. When he ( Read more... )

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pitbulllady December 21 2011, 20:30:18 UTC

It means that the prisoners taught, or rather, TRIED to teach, him the opposite of what most of us would consider ethically "right" or "wrong". They were trying to teach him that a police officer was "bad" and a burgler was "good". In other words, they were trying to influence the kid to break the law and think that this was acceptable behavior.

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innsmouth_eyes December 22 2011, 04:50:03 UTC

I took it as his confusion over what he was being taught. The guys smile and nod for the bank robber, so that's "right" and they show disapproval towards the policeman so that's "wrong". They're not teaching a moral lesson, they're bust teaching what they know. Steal stuff, watch out for cops.

What I think sagisen14 January 5 2015, 20:00:23 UTC

I think that Megamind now what's right and wrong because it's Megamind as a man who is talking in the background and not Megamind as a baby. But that's just what I think and that hasn't want to be right. (Excuse me if you don't understand everything but i'm from sweden and is only 12 years old.)