Oh Hancock, I had such high expectations for you. How could you let me down?
When I watched the trailer for Hancock, I assumed it would be spectacular. It had Will Smith, a big effects budget, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron, a new concept, and a superhero. Before I go into details I just want to express the pain I feel when I think about the fact that this movies COULD have been so much better than it was.
The movie started off great, Will Smith made me laugh, there was a cute kid, Jason Bateman was adorable as always, and Charlize Theron was a fox. (if only I could look so hot) But at the halfway mark (I suppose it could qualify as the film’s climax, there is a really lame twist where you find out that Hancock and Mary (Charlize Theron…I’d also like to add that Mary is a weak name for a superhero) are actually husband and wife and have lived for thousands of years together. Which actually could have been cool if they had bothered to explain where they came from, what their purpose was, and why Will Smith had an obession with eagles throught the movie (Patriotism?).
My random side notes on the movie:
Did you realize that the french kid was the creepy kid who played the young Michael Myers in the Rob Zombie remake of Halloween (which was really not as awful as you would have expected).
3 years ago • Notes