Saw it... Great movie, if you leave the theatre as soon as you see him in his silly costume, and assume that they'll make a sequel that makes up for the fact that the second half of the movie sucked so hard... Basically, the movie goes from being just like the trailer, with no explanation of how he's got the powers and stuff (I'm totally cool with not having to hear some stupid excuse for impossible things) to having just enough exposition to tick you off that they don't just give you a freakin' flashback scene. As soon as the "one person knows" (from the tv trailer) comes in to effect the movie takes a horrible turn for the idiotic, taking an interesting and personal story of a man with powers and turning it in to a boring difficult-to-watch and awkwardly impersonal story of multiple boring caricatures that you've seen a thousand times taking screen time away from the character you came to see a movie about... The first half of the movie was so good too... I'm quite disappointed.
I'll be seeing it on Friday. I hope it is not as bad as you say, but on a Movie Website (joblo.com), the gamut usually runs from your type opinion to those gushing over how great any given movie was. Which is why I make my eclectic reviews with a disclaimer that "I enjoy bad movies." Speaking of which, I intend to see Hellboy next week as well.
I thought it was decent.. a hell of a lot better than prince caspian. but i was an idiot for see that one.. i even liked it better than the new indy..
Hancock Review by Shale July 3, 2008 I got off work early today and caught a 4 p.m. showing of Hancock. Right off, I will give this a Shale 4-DVD rating and may even go see it again in theater. That seems at odds with the majority of critics who didn't care for this movie. OK, guess I'll dust off my "I Enjoy Bad Movies" adage, but really this was not a bad movie. It started out as the routine summer CGI action/adventure with a little slant in that the "hero" was really messed up in the head. An alcoholic misanthrope who goes to battle the bad guys drunk, doing so much collateral damage that all of LA was out to get him. He didn't really care since no one could touch him - how do you bring the man of steel to justice? So, all anyone could do was just call him an asshole. That, BTW is a running gag throughout the flick and the first one to call him that is a cute little kid who tries to get him out of his drunken stupor to stop the shooting car chase in progress on the LA Freeway. Hancock (Asshole) You've likely already seen all the action scenes in the trailers of Hancock's screw ups, including his stopping the train with his body and the consequent derailment for miles. This was the scene where he saves the life of PR man Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman) who was stuck on the tracks. As the angry crowd heckles Hancock, Ray comes to his defense because it was his life that was just saved. PR man Ray defends Hancock after train wreck Ray then takes an interest in Hancock and tries to work his public image while getting him to clean up his act. When the authorities berate him for his criminal indifference and call for justice, Ray convinces Hancock to turn himself in; detox and try to become a real superhero. Reluctantly, the bitter Hancock does. Hancock turns himself in Ray is a social do-gooder but his usually supportive wife Mary (Charlize Theron) is visibly put off by the crude, obnoxious Hancock. She has to endure him because her young son adores him and her husband is really trying to help him. Hancock serves time in prison (predictable scenes of bad guys in the slammer getting more grief from Hancock who put them there) and gets his act together by the time crime gets so out of control in LA that the police commish calls him for help. Hancock literally cleans up and puts on his superhero uniform and does good. He even seems to be on the good side of Mary as the three of them go out to dinner together and we learn a little of Hancock's history and how he came to have super powers. Hancock Turnin' Around Here there is a plot twist that I thoroughly enjoyed but which seems to be one reason so many critics faulted this movie. This was so refreshing a turn in the movie that it was the selling moment for me. Again, go see this movie. If you don't enjoy it, call me an asshole. I'll handle that better than Hancock. Shale's movie rating scale: 0 DVD No I would not waste my money or time seeing this movie again. 1 DVD I would get this DVD for $5 or $7 2 DVD I would get this DVD for $10 3 DVD I would get this DVD for $15 4 DVD I would get this DVD for $25 as soon as it was released.
Typical super hero movie except the plot twist and explanation was even more stupid and ridiculous... had it's moments though
It was good right up until the moment he began to conform to society’s standards, and then it turned into a typical, everyday, run of the mill, super hero epic Hotwater
