Hancock – starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman
There is a famous Hokkien proverb “BOH TAU BOH BUAY” meaning “No Head No Tail”, and I think that says it all for the movie.
Hancock – played by Will smith, is a guy with super natural powers and with a natural vice of alcoholism. He is incredibly sarcastic and cracks some good jokes despite showing some incredible non-sense action (though inspired by the movie Jumper). He is the most hated super hero, till his life is changed by a public relations consultant who introduces him to anger management and alcohol management……..!!hard to digest that.
But it’s a super hero movie, so u can ignore small details and watch on for some action. But my advice, don’t wait for the action to come, it will never come in the movie. Just a few camera thrills and then it does not carry the momentum of a super hero movie. Who would want their kids to see a super hero, who is abusive, has a reasonably irritable attitude, and is always high on Jim Bourbon whisky!!!
A couple of sequences in the movie find a good laugh in the cinema, but overall it fails to bind audience’s interest. I think had this movie been promoted not as a super hero movie, it would have got some appreciation, because people don’t come to watch a superhero movie with a story line of super hero fighting with his own problems of loneliness and identity crisis. Superheroes are considered to be god send machos, by the audiences still, and are expected to involve in social service acts, saving the planet or for an even bigger issue and not just their own image improvement issues.
I think I would give 1 star for the novelty of action in the first scene and the overall comedy in movie, and a half star for a little surprise in the middle of the movie, a half more for Charlize Theron. She looks stunning. Overall I would rate it not more than 2 on the scale of 5.
“There are heroes, there are super heroes and then there is ….. HANCOCK.” If that is the promised offering of the movie, then I think it needs to be remade to keep the promise.
There is a famous Hokkien proverb “BOH TAU BOH BUAY” meaning “No Head No Tail”, and I think that says it all for the movie.
Hancock – played by Will smith, is a guy with super natural powers and with a natural vice of alcoholism. He is incredibly sarcastic and cracks some good jokes despite showing some incredible non-sense action (though inspired by the movie Jumper). He is the most hated super hero, till his life is changed by a public relations consultant who introduces him to anger management and alcohol management……..!!hard to digest that.
But it’s a super hero movie, so u can ignore small details and watch on for some action. But my advice, don’t wait for the action to come, it will never come in the movie. Just a few camera thrills and then it does not carry the momentum of a super hero movie. Who would want their kids to see a super hero, who is abusive, has a reasonably irritable attitude, and is always high on Jim Bourbon whisky!!!
A couple of sequences in the movie find a good laugh in the cinema, but overall it fails to bind audience’s interest. I think had this movie been promoted not as a super hero movie, it would have got some appreciation, because people don’t come to watch a superhero movie with a story line of super hero fighting with his own problems of loneliness and identity crisis. Superheroes are considered to be god send machos, by the audiences still, and are expected to involve in social service acts, saving the planet or for an even bigger issue and not just their own image improvement issues.
I think I would give 1 star for the novelty of action in the first scene and the overall comedy in movie, and a half star for a little surprise in the middle of the movie, a half more for Charlize Theron. She looks stunning. Overall I would rate it not more than 2 on the scale of 5.
“There are heroes, there are super heroes and then there is ….. HANCOCK.” If that is the promised offering of the movie, then I think it needs to be remade to keep the promise.
