Hancock (2008)

Posted : 9 months ago at Feb 11 19:45

I thought "Hancock" was going to be pretty bad. The previews looked like nothing but ridiculousness and just plain dumb. I never thought I would feel the way I did after watching it. I surprised at how good it was. The story was well put together, and actually made a lot of sense. Along with the humor, cast, and everything necessary for a very good film. I laughed hysterically throughout a lot of the scenes. The cast was all there, co-starring Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron. I personally can't recall any major flaws. I can't give it a 9 or 10, because it's obviously nowhere near perfect. Just a few barely noticeable cons. I may be saying a lot, but "Hancock" might be one of the best comedies of 2008. It comes highly recommended by me. Extremely good film. ...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 12 months ago at Nov 11 6:36

''I gotta wonder what kind of a bastard I must have been, that nobody was there to claim me. I mean, I am not the most charming guy in the world, so I've been told, but...nobody?'' A hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who's trying to repair his image. Will Smith: John Hancock ''Call me an asshole one more time.'' The only reason I did not award this Hancock one star is that the underlying theme of redemption is a commendable goal. I can even honestly say the first third of Hancock was quite entertaining, but it begins to spiral downwards fast. For lack of a better word, the movie became just predictable and flat. And it's hard to imagine Will Smith in a sub...Read more

Rating : 4/10

Posted : 1 year ago at Oct 29 0:27

"People should love you. They really should, okay? And I want to deliver that for you. It's the least that I can do. You're a superhero. Kids should be running up to you, asking for your autograph, people should be cheering you on the streets..." Stale. Vapid. Hollow. Offensive. Inconsistent. Illogical. Lame. Fluffy. These are the words that popped into my head while watching Hancock; a nonsense hodgepodge of intriguing ideas attempting to offer a unique twist on the conventional superhero movie. 2008 appears to be the ideal year for disappointing superhero movies to crawl out and subsequently die. This film was released in the shadow of Doug Liman's second-rate Jumper. Both lethally suffer from awful screenplays and a contemptible, self-indulgent, selfish hero. Hancock works from a ...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Sep 8 20:57

La película no está mal y Will Smith hace un papel aceptable. No hay mucho más que decir, salvo que los efectos son espectaculares -algo que uno da por descontado en una producción de estas características y que ya se ha visto en la serie Héroes, por ejemplo- y que esperaba una vuelta de tuerca y encontré otra. Eso estuvo bien. Claro, Charlize Theron está muy bien... en un papel que le queda bastante chico.
Por lo demás el relato es fallido en varias partes y ciertos aspectos de la trama tienen una justificación bastante débil: amnesia del personaje, circularidad del amor, tendencia al bien (aún en la bajeza de carácter), etc.
Para ver un domingo y evitar el bajón está bien.

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Sep 1 9:25

Stunning was the director's ability to end a good idea for a movie. The impression we have is that he used all the money available for production in the early scenes, and then had to make the film more humble in the last minutes of projection. The film starts with an idea and if go forwarding, until from a given time, changes the course of history, becoming a film totally meaningless and without logical explanation of events. Neither the charisma of Will Smith is present, the forced expressions, trying to make a character who dissociasse of their previous characters is failure. Finally, a film that will certainly not worth being assisted. ____ Incrível foi a capacidade do diretor de acabar com uma idéia boa para um filme. A impressão que temos é que ele usou todo o dinheiro ...Read more

Rating : 1/10

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Aug 31 4:39

Ok let's get one thing straight Will Smith could play Satan and still be charming. I mean come on' a complete ass hole of a superhero and you still want to root for him. If anybody else played that role the movie would have been a cataclysmic failure. Dave Chappelle was considered for this film and it has been reported that the script has been around for 10 yes 10 (T-E-N) years! Anyways enough of the movie trivia overall this movie had a great premise. An non caring, alcoholic, destructive, selfish superhero who obtains a PR (Jason Bateman who apparently will be type cast for the rest of his life as "that guy" to play) to help his rep. Yep there are not nearly enough movies like this. "Jumper" helped with this new genre of superheros (who tend to think only about themselves), but it still...Read more

Rating : 7/10

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 12 22:39

will Smith stars as John Hancock. Not your average superhero who at first is drunk then realizes that there is more to life and he is not alone. However, this more serious look at superheroes is quite interesting.the first 30 minutes of the movie seems to be an action/adventure but then turns to a serious look at life through a superheroes eyes. Jason Bateman who seems to be a regular in peter Berg's film seems to be Hancock's saving grace. and himself is having issues at work with "changing the world". When Hancock and Ray (Bateman) collide, people Get mad because of the way Hancock handles the situation and then ray stands up for him. thus, being one of the many turning points in the movie. there is 2 big twists that happen in the movie and are very hard to explain with out ruining i...Read more

Rating : 10/10