Hancock

[chaseter]

Ok. Before I give my two cents. C- Review. Now to why;

Will Smith returns to his usual hyped up 4th of July film release. Like 'I Am Legend', it has a good premise for a movie but an half way through the film it falls completely apart. I liked the cast, and seing Dange Firch (??) camo was a little bizaare. Here's my beef. Was the counless use of the words A**hole and Sh** really needed? It's a PG-13 film and I think the overkill of those two words plus the one F**k was over the top.

I really wanted to like this film because it seemed like a good film at first. Drunk superzero turns into a hero afterall. The story started off pretty nicely, but the pace of the film was a bit rushed. The 'twist'y type subplot was so obvious from the first moment Charleze Therone (?? no I can't spell names..okay?) hit the screen.

The actions scenes were dull, but decent effects made it a bit better than horrible. Personaly, I would have loved to just see a drunk Hancock movie all the way through with no moral of the story needed.

Personaly, I just didn't like this film.

The overuse of curse words is more and more apparent in every film. This had no gore and minimal blood so it got to use curse words. And he was an ***hole How would a story work with Hancock being drunk for over 90 minutes with him not redeeming himself work This would be the plot: Act 1: Bad guys do something bad, drunk Hanock haphazzardly saves the day. Act 2: Badder guys do something worse, drunk Hancock haphazzardly saves the day. Act 3: Baddest guys do something really bad, drunk Hancock happhazzardly saves the day. THE END Give that writer an Oscar

I disagree.

You gave it a C-...I gave it 7/10...those are equal

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

Saw the 7 o clock showing and thought it was a "Good" movie. The first act is really the funniest part of the film. With Will bad mouthing a couple of people here and there. Second act was kinda cool but not really. I like how he stopped the Bank heist and how everytime calls him "*******" he gets really offended. The 3rd act was strangly played out with those guys from the Bank heist coming back. Acting was pretty better that I expected but its Will Smith,Charliez Theron and Jason Bateman who can go wrong with that? I give a 7.5 out of 10

You sound like a person who's going to go see another bogus Will Ferrell movie called 'Step-Brothers'.

 

[Warhammer]

Hancock being a drunk for the whole movie = stoic character with no character development

 

[chaseter]

You sound like a person who's going to go see another bogus Will Ferrell movie called 'Step-Brothers'.

Yet you wanted a drunk superhero saving the day the entire movie How is that comedy better than Ferrell doing the same thing the entire movie? Mindless action with comedy =/= a good movie. cough Bad Boys II cough.

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

The overuse of curse words is more and more apparent in every film. This had no gore and minimal blood so it got to use curse words. And he was an ***hole How would a story work with Hancock being drunk for over 90 minutes with him not redeeming himself work This would be the plot: Act 1: Bad guys do something bad, drunk Hanock haphazzardly saves the day. Act 2: Badder guys do something worse, drunk Hancock haphazzardly saves the day. Act 3: Baddest guys do something really bad, drunk Hancock happhazzardly saves the day. THE END Give that writer an Oscar

You gave it a C-...I gave it 7/10...those are equal

No NO NO...I it would have gone like this...

Act. 1 Bad guys do something bad, drunk Hancock haphazzardly saves the day. Act. 2 Badder guys do something worse, EVEN DRUNKER Hancock saves the day..barely. Act.3 Nick Hogan crashes his car, passed out Hancock has no comment on why he wasn't there to save the day. The End.

And I gave it a C-, that would equal a 6/10.t:

 

[SPIDERMAN117]

You sound like a person who's going to go see another bogus Will Ferrell movie called 'Step-Brothers'.

You sound like a person who complains about A**hole and the F bomb being used to much in a pg-13 movie? Oh wait you are?

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

You sound like a person who complains about A**hole and the F bomb being used to much in a pg-13 movie? Oh wait you are?

Correct.

 

[chaseter]

No NO NO...I it would have gone like this...

Act. 1 Bad guys do something bad, drunk Hancock haphazzardly saves the day. Act. 2 Badder guys do something worse, EVEN DRUNKER Hancock saves the day..barely. Act.3 Nick Hogan crashes his car, passed out Hancock has no comment on why he wasn't there to save the day. The End.

And I gave it a C-, that would equal a 6/10.t:

Hancock should have busted Nick Hogan out of the slammer. They both live in Miamit:

I always said 6/10 = a D and 5/10 and below is an F

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

Hancock should have busted Nick Hogan out of the slammer. They both live in Miamit:

I always said 6/10 = a D and 5/10 and below is an F

That's for the sequal.

 

[SPIDERMAN117]

That's for the sequal.

Yes and Hancock fights people for no reason and he becomes fully drunk through the movie and get this has NO CHARECTER DEVOLPMENT?

Now thats your kind of movie huh?

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

Yes and Hancock fights people for no reason and he becomes fully drunk through the movie and get this has NO CHARECTER DEVOLPMENT?

Now thats your kind of movie huh?

I'm just saying that Hancock would have been better if he had gotten drunker and his character devolpment would have been a more negitive one instead of a possitive one. Why must we always see the "good" come out of people in movies? I want to see something completley different once in a while.

 

[SPIDERMAN117]

Thats why its a SUPERHERO movie. Have you ever seen a film where the hero is always the the BAD GUY in any film?

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

Thats why its a SUPERHERO movie. Have you ever seen a film where the hero is always the the BAD GUY in any film?

That's what my POINT was!!! NO I HAVEN'T, and I would like to see that for once!!!!

 

[SPIDERMAN117]

Alright just clearing things up a bit.

 

[Sloth7d]

You gave it a C-...I gave it 7/10...those are equal

I always considered a 7 to be a B/B-, myself. 8=B+/A-, 9=A/A+, 10=A++

I say 10=A++ because you only reach ten staus with me if you did everything right AND went the extra mile (aka extra credit).
A 9= getting everything right with no flaws by my standards, so I hardly ever give anything a ten.

 

[FaT_tONle]

There should have been a moral to the story... they just should have gotten away from the freaking love story... it was worthless... what were they thinking there? I mean the vague origin was worse enough... then they just kept piling it on in the hospital scene. I agree Theron's character was SO obvious. Had they just had a supervillain in there instead of...

Spoiler

pairs of fated lovers

the film would have been decent... but every hero needs a love interest I guess... the story was butchered from that point on.

 

[chaseter]

I always considered a 7 to be a B/B-, myself. 8=B+/A-, 9=A/A+, 10=A++

I say 10=A++ because you only reach ten staus with me if you did everything right AND went the extra mile (aka extra credit).
A 9= getting everything right with no flaws by my standards, so I hardly ever give anything a ten.

When I get up into the 9's...I start adding decimals. I just equate it to a grade scale. Perfect = 10, A+ = 9.5-9.9, A- = 9.0-9.4, B = 8, C = 7, D = 6, F = 5-1

 

[DACMAN]

Hancock sucked. It was terrible. And this is from one of the biggest Will Smith fans ever. The action was pretty good, the story in act 1 was great. The story in act 3, the worst I've ever seen (at least since Lady in the Water). It was really terrible.

 

[louiebling$]

Ok just got back from HANCOCK all I got to say is.... it was awesome... went past my expectations

 

[buddha182]

Hancock sucked. It was terrible. And this is from one of the biggest Will Smith fans ever. The action was pretty good, the story in act 1 was great. The story in act 3, the worst I've ever seen (at least since Lady in the Water). It was really terrible.

Thank you!!!! I am sooo glad I am not alone on this!! Glad to hear other people can identify a terrible movie when there IS one!

 

[TNC9852002]

A movie can't be terrible just because the last third of it was a disaster.

-TNC

 

[Valorman]

A movie can't be terrible just because the last third of it was a disaster.

-TNC

I disagree with that, it's like saying a pie cannot be terrible if the last quarter is filled with maggots, sure it was fine at first, but your still walking out of there disgusted.

 

[PWN3R]

All of you have pretty much nailed it. Especially you Chonchie poo.

Loved, loved, loved the beginning parts. The line, "Your head is going up his ass, and you picked the short end of the stick because yours is going up mine." Paraphrasing of course, but that was just flat out beautiful. The last act got impressively lame, it's like they suddenly switched writers or something.

The one thing constantly saving the film near the end was the score. It perfectly complimented the film.

Hopefully the DVD has more of the R-rated stuff they cut out.

Super-powered orgasm scene? That would have been GOLD.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

A movie can't be terrible just because the last third of it was a disaster.

-TNC

I completely disagree, the last third should be the payoff and if the payoff doesn't match the setup I always see the fail as terrible. Signs is the perfect example, was completely into the movie the whole time, it was very tense, then you see the aliens and the entire movie falls apart from there. The last third is the most important part of the movie. Many medicore movies have been saved by great final acts, while plenty of great movies have been ruined by horrible final acts.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I have no idea Why some are casting such hate on this movie. I saw it today and while i can certainly see why some would have issues with certain aspects, there is enough fun here for even the most jaded film goer I would have thought.

The film's biggest drawback is it's short run time which makes it feel like it's in a rush to get to the end, the mythos it attempts to create isn't given enough time, whether you accept it or not as a one that works for Hancock is a personal choice.

Will Smith gives another good performance as Hancock but if given more time he could have really crafted it into something great, however the pacing prevents this. Batemen is excellent, great comedic timing and chemistry with Smith and Theron, Charlize role spices up a touch half way through but i am not really sure what attracted her to this and she certainly wasn't cast as name value b/c she is barely featured in the marketing.

Humour and some heart are the movies strengths with all 3 leads doing the most they can in what seem overly short scenes, the music is also great and used to excellent effect in some of the dramatic scenes.

If you go into this looking for great action i'd say forget it, I admit i missed the beginning so i missed the car chase from the trailers, none of the sequences that follow are anywhere near as good, Berg is a good action director but just seems uninspired here, the battle between

Spoiler

Smith and Theron is a CGI mess of nothingness.

The fragmented nature of the film and speedy run time are a hindrance but there are some fun moments and characters here, given a longer run time to flesh it out and explore the themes it could have been more than 90 entertaining but ultimately empty minutes.

6/10